Holy Week is the days between the birth of Christ and his baptism. Not everyone knows what date Christmastide begins and how many days it lasts. And Christmas Eve begins on Christmas Eve on January 6 in the evening after the first star rises in the sky, the final final date is Epiphany on January 19. As a result, the Yuletide period lasts 2 weeks, right up to the Epiphany itself.
In 2018, Christmastide also begins with the Nativity of Christ and continues until Epiphany Eve. IN church calendar This is an important winter holiday in Rus'. There are many beliefs associated with Christmas. The holiday week in 2018, as in other years, will begin on Christmas Eve on January 6th.
From January 6, from the beginning of Christmas time, the souls of the dead return to our world of the living. From this day on it will be activated devilry. On holy days, witches hold a sabbath, go wild and have fun with the unclean. But, besides this, on these important Christmas days, in which a miracle is possible.
Magic rituals can begin when the holiday week begins. Fortune telling and rituals for Christmastide for the betrothed are the most popular these days. Christmastide in Rus' lasts 2 weeks: holy week from the evening of January 6 to January 13 (Old New Year), as well as January 14 to 19 -a terrible week, right up to Epiphany. These days are best suited for fortune telling, ceremonies, divination, and rituals. Christmas fortune-telling will help you find out the future, and rituals will help you shape and attract necessary development events in the coming year.
What to do on Christmas time: traditions
The Nativity Fast ends on January 6th. On this day you can already drink a little alcohol. On the first day, they visit relatives and friends. People come to visit with congratulations and gifts. It is also customary to thank loved ones for their care and love. Do it sincerely, with all your heart.
Christmastide begins to be celebrated on January 7th. You can start the meal the day before, January 6, when the first star rises. At least 12 dishes are placed on the table.
Another tradition is “Yuletide tales”; in the evenings the whole family gathered in a close circle, invited guests and told tales. There are entire collections of folk stories. Among them you can find original works. Tales were distinguished by mystery, the presence of magic, and miraculous events always took place in them.
During the day on holy days, it was customary for people to go sledding down the hills. And after Christmas time, brides and grooms were matched together, the period of matchmaking began.
IN last days Holy week they were preparing for Epiphany. They made an ice hole in nearby reservoirs. The ice hole had a special shape - a cross.
Throughout the holiday season, you should analyze your income, draw up a budget, and do planning. It is also customary to carry out various fortune telling for Christmas and Christmastide.
What not to do on Holy Week
Popular wisdom put forward a number of requirements that prohibited performing certain actions on holy days.
- You can't count money. It is especially prohibited to count small coins. You will attract tears.
- You cannot sew, embroider, knit in the evening before holidays, or on holy days, otherwise there will be a lot of worries throughout the year that will be difficult to cope with.
- You cannot buy real estate, start new businesses, or open a business during the holiday weeks. At this time, evil spirits are active, they can ruin all your endeavors and bring disaster.
- You can't do hard work.
- It is forbidden to baptize children and get married.
- 7, also on Epiphany on January 19, it is forbidden to guess so as not to lose your luck.
Christmas time fortune telling, superstition
The most suitable time for fortune telling, various predictions and rituals is Christmastide. These days in January, information about the future is open. Every year, young girls and boys used it for Christmas fortune-telling, although this was not approved by the church. Information about upcoming events was available because in the week from Christmas Eve until Epiphany, spirits descend to earth, and through them it was possible to get answers to people’s questions.
Fortune telling is a fascinating and extraordinary way to find out your future. To be precise, fortune telling means prediction. Since ancient times, man wanted to know what awaited him ahead. For this purpose, he used various available means. What motivates people in this case? ...
Fortune telling in Christianity is considered a sin, but on Christmastide one could tell fortunes about grooms, find out about the future harvest, and predict the weather. And then the sins were washed away at Epiphany in an ice hole.
Yuletide fortune-telling was especially popular with young girls of marriageable age; they really wanted to know whether they would get married, what kind of husband they would have. Adults also wondered; they learned about their future. During Christmas time it was allowed to tell fortunes in certain places. Baths, vegetable gardens, verandas, and crossroads were used for this sacred event. In the house it was possible to come into contact with evil spirits only at night, and for protection it was necessary to light candles.
Christmastide fortune telling at home
If you are interested in the topic of fortune telling and prediction, then you should try popular folk techniques. Fortune telling during the Yuletide period is carried out at home; to do this, you should prepare the attributes in advance, study the technique, choose a place and make sure that no one disturbs you.
Fortune telling for Christmas time, prediction on wax
Want to know your future? For Christmas fortune-telling, prepare white paraffin candles and leftover wax candles, metal dishes, a deep cup, fire, and water.
Place the candles in a bowl, place the container on the fire and wait until the wax and paraffin melt. Pour the melted wax into another white container filled with water. Wait until the figure freezes. It is used to look at the future of the person being guessed at. There are the following interpretations of cast wax figures.
Interpretation of wax figures
- Home - replenishment, prosperity, for a virgin - early marriage.
- Ruins are a misfortune in life in the coming year.
- Cave, pit - predicts serious illness, death.
- Rock - obstacles on the way, in the work begun.
- Heart – love, mutual understanding.
- Tree - if its branches are raised up, then joyful events are expected in the near future, drooping branches promise melancholy, sad news.
- Flower - joy, success, brilliant prospects.
- Ring - wedding soon.
- A candle or a church dome is a wedding.
- Damn, which also fell to the bottom - protracted girlhood, obstacles to marriage.
- A dog, an animal with an open mouth - impending trouble.
- Angel - receiving help from above.
- Dog, horse head - true friend, support from loved ones.
- Drop – cash replenishment, payments.
- Star – ambulance Higher powers, all problems in life will be solved by themselves;
- Ship - changes, travel, changes in the financial, spiritual, personal spheres;
- The horseshoe is a harbinger of successful transactions.
- Turtle - slowdowns in business.
- Rooster - it's time to act.
- Snake - duality: curled up in a ball - there is a person who is watching you, if the snake is active - aggression towards the one who is telling fortunes.
- The bear is a strong helper, protector; Teddy bear is a caring period.
- Mouse - empty bustle, fussiness, fear.
- Caterpillar - complete collapse, failure.
- Spider is cunning and cunning.
- A hare is a danger for a man, but a gift for a woman.
- Pig - correct actions, deferred profit (correct).
- Hedgehog - the intensity of relationships with people, a certain person.
- Waves – quick solutions, unexpected changes.
Christmastide fortune telling by shadow
A simple and familiar fortune telling to many. Take a sheet of newspaper; regular white A4 will do. Knead in your hands to form a ball. There is no need to knead tightly. The leaf is crumpled by the one to whom it is predicted. Then place the paper ball on a plate, it should be very flat, you can just turn the regular one over. The plate is placed next to the wall. They set the paper on fire and wait for it to burn out. Place a candle behind the plate. Look at the shadow, and they predict the future from it. The shadow is formed by burnt paper. The meaning of the figures coincides with the interpretation of the figures in wax fortune telling.
Christmas fortune telling for marriage by egg
To predict the future, on holy days in the evening you need to take a glass, pour 3/4 of water into it and beat in the white of a chicken egg. First hold it in your hands and mentally formulate the question. The glass with the protein must be placed in the oven. Preheat the oven. Wait until the whites turn white. Take it out of the glass. Now, look at the resulting figure.
If the squirrel figurine looks like:
- ring - wait for the wedding;
church dome - get ready for a wedding; - a square, a figure with right angles - expect a fatal disease;
- ship - get ready to move to another city after the wedding.
- Damn, it's a flat circle - you'll still be wearing girls for a long time.
Fortune telling about your betrothed in the mirror
All girls of marriageable age dream of one thing - to find out what their groom will be. They will help you predict what your husband will be like Christmas fortune telling. They are held on any day of Christmastide. But our grandmothers believed that the most accurate fortune telling was on the night of the 14th, that is, 13th at midnight. This night is the best time to cast a spell on the groom.
Yuletide fortune telling for the groom - accurate, effective ritual predictions, which are carried out at mirrors. They choose a large room with a balcony for prediction, take two mirrors - one large, the other smaller. Previously, the ritual was carried out secretly in the bathhouse by girls who wanted to see their betrothed.
Preparing for fortune telling: remove pectoral cross, tight clothes, put on a loose shirt, a dress without a belt, let your hair down, take off your shoes.
Place the mirrors as follows: small mirror opposite the large one so that a visual mirror “corridor” is created in the large one. It will be endless. For better visibility, place lit candles on both sides of the mirror.
As soon as you approach the mirror, say: “My betrothed, in disguise, show yourself in the mirror.”
Sit quietly and peer into the mirror “corridor”. Try to focus your gaze. In about ten minutes you will see a picture of your future husband. Some people need more time for this, for example, 15-20 minutes. At the moment the image appears, sharply place a small mirror on the table with the mirror surface down and shout: “Cheer me!” Then cross yourself.
Christmas fortune telling for 4 kings for the betrothed
Ritual fortune telling for kings - great way find out what your husband will be like. Conducted by all girls who have not found their soulmate. To carry out this ritual you will need a deck of cards (regular, playing, new).
The technique for performing Christmas fortune telling for 4 kings and 4 jacks is as follows: Take a deck of cards, select 4 kings and 4 jacks from it, remove the rest. Before going to bed, mix kings and jacks and tuck them under your pillow. At the same time say:
Go to bed, try to remember the dreams you have that night. In the morning, as soon as you wake up, draw one card at random with your hand. If you come across:
- jack – future husband yours will be young;
- king - means that the groom will be older than you in age.
As for suits, spades mean a wealthy, successful man. Cross – unknown man, new acquaintance. Worms - the chosen one will be from the circle of closest friends and acquaintances. Tambourines are a betrothed acquaintance of friends who will introduce you.
Fortune telling for wish fulfillment
They perform fortune telling during the holiday week; the night from 13 to 14 is best suited for this. There are several techniques for making wishes come true.
For cereal. Take the rice and place it on a plate. Make a wish over the cereal. State clearly without interpretation. Then take a handful of rice and lightly throw them on the table. Count the grains. If there are an even number of them, then HURRAY! Your wish will come true!
On the water: pour into a bowl clean water. Whisper your wish. Take the cup of water to the porch or balcony, outside, preferably under the open sky. In the morning, look: you will find a hole in the water - your wish will not come true; if the surface is flat, wait for your plan to come true.
On chicken bones. Prepare the chicken. Eat a paw for dinner. Save the bones. Carefully fold them into a rag or red paper napkin. And then take it outside the gate to the street. Make a wish. The following words are said:
Place the package outside the gate and go home.
Come to this place early in the morning and check: if the bones are not in place, then the wish will not come true; if the bones are dusted with snow, then you should abandon your plan, and if the bones are untouched, then everything you planned will come true.
Methods of fortune telling at Christmas time, simple and popular
There are several ways of fortune telling on Christmas Day. In Rus', the following items were used for predictions: cereals, salt, cards, mirror, water, wax, candles. They often took coins and made predictions with the help of animals. The most popular in the village were simple ways fortune telling at Christmas time, it was believed that they were the most faithful. And in order for this to be so, you just need to believe! You all probably know the most popular fortune-telling at Christmastime - throwing a boot or felt boot through a gate or out a window. Wherever your toe points, from there you can expect the groom.
Rituals on Christmas Day during the Holy Week
In the days from Christmas to Epiphany, our ancestors were always looking for signs and clues that would allow them to predict the future. Rituals on Christmas days before Epiphany were carried out with one purpose - to find out about your future. During this period, they wondered about the future groom, health, and fate. In order to see their future directly, they tried to perform the ritual and see prophetic dream.
The ritual of “ordering” a prophetic dream was popular mainly among women. Do you also want to see a dream predicting the future, in which there will be clues and signs of fate? Remember, on holy days all doors are open subtle world, so treat dreams with special attention. Very often in the period from 7 to 19 prophetic dreams occur.
If you deliberately want to see a prophetic dream, then perform the following ritual. Take a round mirror. Place it under your pillow before going to bed. Relax before going to bed and say the following special words 3 times:
You will definitely see a prophetic dream, just don’t forget that you need to go to bed before midnight.
An original way of fortune telling for Christmas time
Among the original methods of fortune-telling at Christmastime, the following can be mentioned: pulling out a log from a woodpile, to which they approach with their backs and randomly pull out the log with their hand. If the log is straight, then the groom is good, but if it is crooked, the future husband will be clumsy and will have a flaw.
Fortune telling at the closet where clothes are stored. This method is also classified as non-trivial. This is not only an accurate but also a fun way of making predictions. Invite a boy or a girl of about 10 years old into a group of girls. The closet should contain men's and women's clothes. The child should walk with his back to the closet and then pull out one thing at random. At the same time, the child asks the question: “Whose is this?” Vying with each other, everyone who guesses must answer: “Mine.” Whoever is first is the one who gets the prediction.
If taken out of the closet:
- Suspenders - the future husband will have a big belly and a lover of food;
- tie - rich, wealthy;
- cowards - womanizer;
- scarf – with weak potency;
- pants - a cheerful joker;
- socks - a person of modest means;
- skirt - a fashionable person who follows fashion;
- gloves - “thievish”, dishonest;
- jacket or sweater– a good reliable spouse;
- hat - a smart person with high intelligence;
- shirt, shirt
The winter solstice is celebrated as the most ominous day of the year. People call it “Karachun”, which among the Slavs meant “death”, “death”. People were afraid of this holiday; they performed various rituals to help the Sun be born again. They were looking forward to a new sunrise...
The Christmas ritual was performed by those who were lonely and had already despaired of finding love. Everyone who wanted to meet their soulmate and tie the knot with her performed the following ritual at midnight during the holy week. You need to go to the church, walk around it 12 times clockwise. In this case, you should make an appeal to God for help in finding new love. It is believed that such a ritual destroys loneliness and removes vows.
New Year's and Christmas fortune-telling are considered the most “true”. Christmas fortune-telling has its roots in the period when there was only pagan faith in Rus'. During Christmastide, which fell on the winter solstice, our ancestors attached special importance to fortune telling. They believed that on these days all the gods and spirits were most active, and the real and infernal worlds came closest together, thanks to which fortune telling at Christmas on January 6-7 was the most accurate.
Christmastide is usually called the days between Christmas Eve on January 6 and Epiphany, which falls on January 19. When Christianity came to Rus', it tried for a long time eradicate this ancient one folk tradition, fought against fortune telling and superstitions, but in vain. Russian people from generation to generation carefully passed on this important tradition for them, as a result of which it turned out to be closely intertwined with the Orthodox faith.
- Christmastide fortune telling for the betrothed
- Fortune telling with a mirror
- Card reading
- Fortune telling with objects
- Fortune telling with animals
- Fortune telling for the groom
- Christmas fortune telling for the future
- Wax fortune telling
- Fortune telling with objects
- Fortune telling with animals
- Other fortune telling for the future
Christmastide fortune telling for the betrothed
The people came up with many options for fortune telling, however, the most important theme of these festive entertainments was fortune telling for the betrothed at Christmas time. This is not surprising, because in the distant past the fate of girls was determined by the success of their marriage.
Fortune telling with a mirror
Option #1
Yuletide fortune-telling for one's betrothed using a mirror was considered the most accurate, although also the most dangerous, because during the procedure girls often fainted from fear. There is an ancient belief that a mirror is the boundary separating the spirit world from ours. For this reason, many customs and signs arose. For example, broken mirror threatens imminent disaster. If you look in the mirror during a thunderstorm, you can also invite misfortune. In general, most bad omens are associated with reflection in the mirror. In the old days, a woman during pregnancy or immediately after the birth of a child, who was considered “unclean” and capable of crossing the edge of the worlds more easily than usual, was forbidden to look in mirrors. Now mirrors are made using a different technology - they are coated not with silver, but with lead, so it is believed that modern mirrors « short memory", so they are not as dangerous as the old ones. But even now, old people warn young parents not to bring their babies to the mirror, fearing that their weak souls may split into two and then they will grow into cruel tyrants or evil sorcerers.
But it is also believed that the mirror can be a strong talisman. As soon as it is reflected in it, evil spirits forever lose their magical power and ability to harm people.
It is best to conduct Christmas fortune-telling for your betrothed with a candle and a mirror in an unclean place, which is considered a bathhouse, and certainly at midnight, when the border between the worlds is thinnest and most permeable. You need to guess in complete solitude, letting your hair down and removing your belt, if you have one. You need to put a couple of cutlery, a candle and a mirror on the table. After this, the fortuneteller sits in front of the mirror and says: “Betrothed, mummer, come to me for dinner.” At midnight, she can see a man in the mirror leaning over her shoulder from behind. As soon as she sees his face in the twilight, she must immediately cast a protective spell: “Out of this place!”, after which the image must disappear, leaving the frightened fortune teller in safety.
Option No. 2
There is another option for fortune telling on Christmastide on mirrors, where 2 mirrors are used at once, which are placed one opposite the other, mutually reflecting in each other, forming a kind of mystical corridor. On the sides of one mirror you need to install two candles, which you need to light at midnight, the fortune teller herself undresses and sits on a chair located between the mirrors. Next, she needs to peer closely at her reflection. If the mirrors were installed correctly, then you get a whole gallery of reflections, in the depths of which the appearance of the groom may appear.
Card reading
Christmas fortune-telling using cards is very popular. Before going to bed, place four kings under your pillow and say the spell: “Who is my betrothed, who is my mummer, appear in my dreams.” Here are the options:
- the king of diamonds is the most desirable;
- King of Hearts - a rich and young groom;
- the king of clubs is probably a businessman or military man;
- the king of spades is an old groom, and also a jealous one.
Fortune telling with objects
Hair fortune telling
Pour a bowl of water at midnight, throw in a pinch of sugar, salt and stove ash, then mix everything thoroughly. When the suspension calms down, you need to throw a couple of hairs into it: your own and from a loved one. Leave everything like that until the morning. If by morning the hair turns out to be intertwined, then you can count on a wedding, and if they avoid each other, then separation will soon come. If the hair drowns, then it is serious illness or even the death of its owner.
Fortune telling with felt boots
This is the simplest and most frequently used type of fortune telling. The girls got together and took turns throwing their felt boots behind their backs towards the road - where the toe of the fallen felt boot pointed, wait for the groom on that side.
Fortune telling with a broom
Fortune telling on Christmas night can be done by donating an ordinary broom. To do this, you need to pull out several twigs from it and build a bridge from them, which you put under your pillow until the morning, quietly saying: “Who is my betrothed, who is my mummer, he will take me across the bridge.” Then in a dream you can see your future spouse. The twigs can be replaced with matches, from which a well should be made and also hidden under the pillow, but with a different sentence: “Betrothed, mummer, come and drink some water.”
Fortune telling on a thread
This simple option Many girls still use fortune telling. First you need to cut the threads of the same length (it is advisable to choose thicker threads). Then all the threads, holding them by one end, must be simultaneously set on fire from the other end. The girl whose thread burns out before the others will get married first, and the rest will get married after her in the order in which their threads burn out. If someone’s thread goes out immediately or before it burns halfway through, then this poor thing will not be destined to find a pair.
Fortune telling by ring
You need to get a simple glass, where there is no polishing or design, but just smooth walls. It needs to be filled ¾ full with water, and lower the polished bottom into the center wedding ring. If you look closely at the middle of the ring, then such a fortune-telling of the groom at Christmas can reveal his face. But for this you will have to look long and hard.
Fortune telling "Well"
To carry out this fortune telling, you will need a real or symbolic well. The best would be a real well, the lid of which is locked, but not every village has one. In urban conditions, you can put it together from matches, as in a well-known children's game. Near such an improvised “well” you should place a bucket - a thimble with water. The real well must be locked with a key, and the match one must be closed figuratively, simulating a hand movement, and the real or virtual key must be placed under the pillow. When going to bed, say: “Betrothed-mummer, come to me to drink some water at the well, ask me for the key.” It may happen that at night the groom will come to drink water.
Fortune telling by log
Select a log at random from a woodpile or woodshed, bring it into the house, and then examine it carefully - how it appears, so will the fortuneteller’s husband.
This fortune telling for girls at Christmas can be interpreted as follows:
- a flat log with thin and smooth bark - to a young and handsome husband;
- rough and thick bark - to an ugly spouse;
- in places, peeled or completely missing bark hints at a poor groom;
- a knotty log predicts big family, and the number of knots indicates the number of children.
Logs are not so easy to find now, so you can choose any tree in the forest or park instead. Here you will have to blindfold yourself, then unwind and go in search of “your” tree, as in a game of “cat and mouse”. A similar interpretation can be applied here.
Fortune telling with animals
Fortune telling by dog barking
Fortune telling for your betrothed at Christmas can also be in this form. Armed with a knife, the girl must go out into the street at midnight and start cutting snow, saying: “Damn, damn, don’t be silent, damn, damn, tell me what kind of husband I’ll get, should I cry or laugh?” After casting the spell, she must listen to the dogs barking:
- a ringing bark promises a young groom;
- cheerful and cheerful - a kind and cheerful groom;
- shrill - a groom with a bad character;
- sharp, angry barking - a gloomy and strict husband;
- hoarse - will marry an old man;
- howling is a very bad sign, saying that the marriage will be short, and the young wife will quickly become a widow.
Fortune telling with a rooster for the betrothed
Grain is first poured into one plate, water is poured into another, and a mirror is placed next to them and the chicken is placed. Then they bring in the rooster and monitor its behavior:
- if he goes to the mirror, then future groom will be beautiful and gentle;
- chooses grain - a rich groom;
- if he prefers water, the groom will be a drunkard;
- goes to the chicken - a womanizer will come across.
Fortune telling for the groom
This fortune telling is still widespread and familiar to many girls. If a girl has enough courage, she should leave the house at midnight and ask the first man she comes across what his name is. Her betrothed will also be called the same.
Christmas fortune telling for the future
Wax fortune telling
You need to melt the wax in a mug, pour milk into a saucer and place it near the threshold of the house, saying: “Brownie, my master, come under the threshold to drink milk, eat wax,” and after saying these words, immediately pour the melted wax into the milk. Then you need to monitor what happens. Interpretation of figures on Christmas fortune telling on wax suggests the presence of imagination in fortune-tellers, because the resulting images need to be associated with something:
- if a flower appears, then it’s a wedding or you’ll just meet your loved one;
- if stripes form, then crossings and roads await;
- stars will appear - there is hope for good luck in study or work;
- if a person’s silhouette appears, a new friend will appear;
- if a house comes up, then a new household is coming, which in the case of girls hints at marriage;
- a candle or ring also hints at an imminent wedding;
- if a motionless figure of a cross emerges, then illnesses will come in the new year;
- if the cross appears slightly, then you can’t expect big incomes in the new year, and there will be troubles in your personal life, albeit minor ones;
- if the wax turns into a beast, then you should beware of the appearance of an enemy;
- shapeless pieces promise misfortune soon;
- if the wax hardens in the form of trees, then this can be interpreted in different ways: branches directed upward mean imminent joy, and weeping ones mean boredom, melancholy and sadness;
- a pancake that settles to the bottom sentences you to a long girlhood;
- a small cave or hole is the worst prediction when such a picture appears, Christmas fortune telling indicates a grave, serious illness and imminent death.
But it is worth warning those who want to arrange fortune-telling for Christmastide and Christmas in the future that their result may be far from the desired one, so it is better to think about whether it is worth it?
Fortune telling with objects
Fortune telling with bulbs
You need to take several bulbs and mark each one, and then plant it in the ground: the one that grows first, that girl will get married first.
Fortune telling the gender of a child with a needle or ring
Interesting fortune telling for girls at Christmastime can be done using a ring or a needle. If a ring is taken, then it is hung on a thread and lowered into a glass of water, and if a needle is involved in fortune-telling, then a piece of woolen fabric is pierced with it. Then the ring or needle hanging on a thread begins to be slowly lowered near the hand of the person being told fortunes. If the ring (needle) begins to rotate in a circle, then the birth of a girl is more likely, and if it oscillates in one plane like a pendulum, then it is more likely to expect a boy. Well, if the load remains motionless, then you shouldn’t expect a child in the near future.
Fortune telling by egg
Fill a glass with water and pour the whites out of it. raw egg. Then place the glass in a preheated oven to allow the whites to curdle. Remove the glass from the oven and examine the resulting protein structures. Such fortune telling at Christmas can have the following interpretation:
- a ring or dome like a church one - for an imminent wedding;
- ship - marriage followed by moving to another city, or even abroad;
- a drowned pancake - to a protracted girlhood or a chain of troubles;
- rectangle - to death or serious illness.
Guessing what the future holds
Here, in the process of fortune-telling for Christmas and Christmastide, girls hide various objects in felt boots, cups or bags, after which they choose the “container” they like. What was hidden in the selected item gives a forecast for the year: sugar - for a sweet life, ash - for bad life, onion - for tears, ring - for marriage, Golden ring- to wealth, a glass - to drunkenness.
Fortune telling by book
The traditions of Christmas fortune-telling associated with books are very old. Previously, the psalter was more often used for this, but now you can take any favorite book - be it Shakespeare, Tolstoy, or Rowling. First you need to mentally formulate the question of interest, then guess the page and line number, or simply open the book at random. It is necessary to interpret not only a specific line, but the entire phrase of which it is a part. If the found passage is generally difficult to interpret in any way, then you can repeat the fortune telling.
Fortune telling by wood chip
Pour water into a basin, and attach paper strips along its side, where to write possible events (trip, wedding, new job, increase in income, etc.) - this is in case one girl is guessing. And if there are several of them, then write the names of everyone taking part in the fortune-telling on pieces of paper, and make one wish for all participants. Then take a dry wood chip and attach a candle stub to it, which burned in this very house where fortune telling takes place. Light a candle and launch an impromptu boat to the middle of the pelvis. From there, he himself must go to one of the notes - whichever sticks to it, it will come true. If a “shipwreck” occurs, then this event will not happen in the coming year.
Fortune telling with needles
This Christmas fortune telling will require a saucer on which you need to place 21 new needles, and then slowly add water to it. At the same time, the needles can change their position, and from the pattern they form, you can guess what awaits the fortune teller. So, each cross formed by needles means the number of ill-wishers who appeared to the fortune teller this month.
There is another option for fortune telling with needles. To do this, you need to make a pendulum out of them - thread a long red silk thread into a needle, fold it in half and tie a knot at the end. Next, the fortune teller must put a coin (previously always silver) on the table, sit down at the table, lean her elbow on it, and take the improvised pendulum by the tip of the thread and hold it so that the needle points to the middle of the coin. Next, the fortune teller can ask monosyllabic questions to which the answers are “yes” and “no” and continues to monitor the pendulum:
- if the needle hangs motionless, then the question remains unanswered;
- if longitudinal vibrations are observed, then the answer is affirmative;
- if the vibrations are transverse, then the answer is negative;
- at circular movements pendulum requires a more precise formulation of the question.
Fortune telling with animals
Fortune telling with a cat
You need to make a random wish and call the cat. If she steps over the threshold with her right paw, the wish will not come true, but if she steps over the threshold with her left paw, then there is hope. However, the cat may not come at all.
Rooster fortune telling for the future
Most often, collective Christmas superstitions and fortune-telling take place, because finding out fate is much more interesting with friends - what one doesn’t notice, the other will definitely see, and it’s more fun together. On Christmas Eve, girls eager to test their fate must gather in a room, throw grains on the floor, and at midnight bring a black rooster into it. By his behavior, fortune tellers judge their future:
- if the bird eats all the grains, then marriage will shine for the girl who poured them;
- if there is something left on the floor, then a pair will be found whose number matches the number of remaining grains;
- if the rooster decided to fast, then none of the girls will walk down the aisle in the coming year, and they will have many minor troubles in everyday life.
Other fortune telling for the future
Fortune telling by shadow
This fortune telling before Christmas is clear and simple, so modern girls love to use it. You need to crumple a sheet of paper and set it on fire, observing the shadow on the wall left by the burning lump of paper. Although this is the very first stage of this fortune-telling, it can already give quite recognizable images. Then you need to take a clean sheet of paper, crumple it up and put it on a dish or tray, where you set it on fire. During the burning process and after it ends, you need to illuminate the ashes with a candle so that its shadow falls on the wall. This is the second and main stage of fortune telling, where you can judge your near future by the appearance of the shadows.
Fortune telling by fire flame
Nomadic people who spend hours every day near fires probably came up with such fortune-telling. It is not so simple, because a person who will gaze intently into the dancing flames must have a sufficiently philosophical mindset, sufficient life experience and a rich imagination to discern the destined destiny in the flame. Several people can watch the flames of the fire at the same time, and each will have his own vision, intended only for him. It is best to extrapolate the result of fortune telling to yourself - firstly, because it is easier, and secondly, it will be more accurate. If you guess about someone, then this person needs to be imprisoned left hand and focus on it. Need to take it right hand in your two palms and hold it for a few seconds, then look closely at the flame, trying to see in its play a prophecy concerning the future of this person. This fortune telling does not always lead to the appearance of interpretable images. In such cases, Gypsies say that significant changes await him, but now it is impossible to understand whether they are good or bad.
Do you believe in Christmas and Christmas fortune-telling? Have you wondered at least once in your life whether what you predicted would come true? We are very interested to know your story - write it in the comments.
Who hasn't wondered at least once? Who wasn’t interested in looking into the future, lifting the veil of secrets and mysteries? Today we will tell you how to tell fortunes on Christmas and Christmastide.
Having previously googled and asked our grandmothers, we armed ourselves with all sorts of “sacred” things to try out the ancient rites of fortune-telling.
Since ancient times, it has been customary to tell fortunes in January. Starting from Christmas Eve and ending with Epiphany, our ancestors asked the Christmas spirit about their future.
The most favorable time for fortune telling was considered Christmas Eve (before Christmas), Vasilyevsky Evening (New Year's Eve, now falls on January 13) and Epiphany Evening (from January 18 to 19).
We chose Christmas Eve to look into our future. It is clear that we did not find a chicken and felt boots for fortune-telling, but candles, mirrors, water, basins - any modern girl has these items at hand.
So, we are sharing the most popular ways of predicting the future.
Fortune telling first. On wax
It is believed that fortune telling with wax is one of the most faithful and accurate. Not only village girls, but also ladies from high society used this method to tell fortunes. The purpose of fortune telling is to find out your future for the year, find out the nature of your relationship with your husband, and predict your fate.
How to guess
For this fortune telling, you need to prepare a bowl of water and melted wax. We used a paraffin candle.
There are two methods of fortune telling. You can light a wax candle over a bowl and simply drip the wax into the water. Or pour already prepared molten wax or paraffin into water. In the second case, the figure turns out to be more intricate.
The figures can be considered as separate predictions - on the principle that what I see is what will happen, or you can refer to the decoding of the meanings, which can be found at the bottom of the article.
Fortune telling second. In subjects for the future husband
Fortune telling by objects is one of the simplest and easiest fortune telling to perform. Various objects are laid out on the table, by which you can find out future profession husband In the old days, bread meant a peasant, a book meant a priest, coal meant a blacksmith, and keys meant a merchant.
How to guess
Now they use modern things, but among them there must be a wedding ring, which means marriage, but who exactly the husband will be remains a mystery. Symbols of objects can be designated independently.
The girl is blindfolded and she chooses any of the objects lying on the table. Or the second option - the objects are covered with a scarf, and the one who is being told the fortune puts his hand on the covered object.
.jpg)
Item Meanings
Glass - will drink
Scissors - tailor, fashion designer
Engagement ring - get married
Ash is a worthless person
Tablet - doctor
Keys - with the apartment
Candle - electrician, priest
Flash drive - geek
Mirror - dandy (reveler)
Coin - generous, rich
Fortune telling third. Subjects for future life
Another variation of subject fortune telling. Only now the girl learns not about her husband’s fate, but about her own. Usually fortune tellers place objects in bowls or cups, then make their choice.
Item Meanings
Beads - to tears
Ring - get married
Threads - to the road
Coin - to wealth
Tablet - get sick
Empty glass - nothing will happen
Pacifier - to the child
Pen - to ease in solving problems
The key is to new housing
Fortune telling fourth. On the water about future life with a spouse
It's no secret that water has magical properties, healing and predictive power. Therefore, it is not surprising that water began to be used in predictions, fortune telling, and magical rituals.
One of the most popular and easy to perform fortune telling is fortune telling with glasses of water. This method allows you to find out how a girl will live with her future husband.
How to guess
You need to prepare 4 glasses of water. Put salt in one of the glasses, sugar in another, a wedding ring in the third, and leave the fourth glass with fresh water.
If a girl draws water with sugar, the relationship with her husband will be harmonious, “sweet,” warm and kind. Salty water- means an unsuccessful marriage, there will be a lot of quarrels, arguments and tears. Water with a ring means a quick marriage. A glass with plain water can indicate an empty short-term relationship or the absence of a relationship in the near future.
Fortune telling fifth. On the water about the future life
Most likely, this fortune telling was modernized at a later time, but my grandmother, born in 1911, along with fortune telling using a live chicken, with a felt boot on the gate, already used this method of predicting fate.
How to guess
You need to take a basin, fill it halfway with water, attach pieces of paper with a breakdown of events to the walls in a circle - wedding, pregnancy, theft, death, winning, career advancement, illness, money, etc. After this, take half of the shell walnut, in which a small candle is placed. And such a “boat” sinks into the middle of your pond with predictions. Wherever the shell floats is what we should expect next year.
There is another option for this kind of fortune-telling.
Papers with questions are placed at the bottom of a basin without water, then water is poured, whichever paper floats up will come true in the near future. At the same time, in order for fortune telling to have reliable magical power, 13 pieces of paper should be prepared.
Fortune telling sixth. On strings
Since ancient times, the thread was considered a talisman among the Slavs. Therefore, it is believed that fortune telling using threads is very powerful and truthful.
How to guess
Girls should take threads of the same length and set them on fire at the same time. Whoever's thread burns out the fastest will be the first to get married.
If the thread goes out immediately or burns out by less than half, it means that the girl either will not get married or will get married very late.
Another fortune telling with a thread. You need to take three steel needles, three threads - red, black and white flowers. Thread the threads into the needles and stick them into the pillow so that only the needles stick out. The needles should be inserted in a triangle. Then you should make a wish and pull out the needle. A needle with a red thread means that a wish will come true. With a black thread - it will not come true, with a white thread - it will come true partially, or not this year.
Seventh fortune telling. On the book
Previously, it was customary to tell fortunes using the Bible. Exactly at midnight it was necessary to open the Scripture and read the prediction. Now the Bible can be replaced with another book, while wishing for a specific page, line or paragraph. Interesting fortune telling is obtained if you use the “Rubai” of Omar Khayyam or any quotation book. In our hands was “The Alchemist” by Coelho, in which we read: “They don’t drink wine in this country,” he answered. “Faith does not allow.” We were a little upset.
Fortune telling eighth. With mirrors
Fortune telling on mirrors is considered scary and dangerous. The thing is that a mirror in many cultures is a devilish gift and has the property of reflecting not only the physical world, but also the other world.
How to guess
At midnight, place two mirrors opposite each other and light candles. With the correct arrangement of mirrors, a mirror corridor is formed. You should say the spell: “Betrothed, dressed up, come to me dressed up.” Then you need to concentrate and look intently into the corridor. After some time, the figure of the future husband may appear in the depths. If you see some scary figures or feel discomfort, you should say “Church me!”, this will drive the evil spirits back to where they came from.
Angel - harbinger of change
Car - hit the road
Arch - transition to a new level
Butterfly - big changes
Tower - wedding
Letters - important news
Bull - danger
Question mark - uncertainty
Head - new position
Mushroom - an unexpected event
House is a very favorable sign
Castle - something new awaits you, for example, a new relationship
Star - your wish will come true at this stage
Fireplace - home and home comfort. Emotional warmth
The key is a sign that predicts that everything planned will come true, all goals will be achieved
Book - gaining knowledge
Wheel - this figure always means life cycles: one ends and a new one begins
Ring - engagement, marriage
Staircase - the circumstances of your life change in better side. Possibility of advancement through the ranks
Face or faces - a smile on the face indicates happiness. An unpleasant face indicates enemies or rivals
Medal - your efforts will be rewarded
The man is a visitor. If his hand is set aside, he will bring a gift or a new opportunity.
Knife - very soon disagreements can lead to alienation and breakdown of relationships
Monkey - someone is deceiving you
Window - you need to look at a problem or relationship differently
Horseshoe - an extremely happy fate!
Bird or birds - good news awaits you
Child - the beginning of a new business or creative project. May sometimes indicate the birth of a child
Airplane - travel. If the nose of the plane is pointing down, this can indicate disappointment and dashed hopes.
Heart - indicates long-term affection and love.
The sun - happiness, creativity, success. Possible birth of a child.
Ear - listen carefully to what others are saying. You may hear very important information.
Fruits mean prosperity and good fortune.
Numbers - they indicate time.
A cup - happiness and a feeling of emotional satisfaction. An overturned cup can mean the end of a relationship.
Apple - these fruits represent health, life itself.
- Magic ritual with threads
- Fortune telling with matches
- Fortune telling in the snow
- Fortune telling by straw
- Fortune telling on an egg
- Fortune telling on logs
- Fortune telling on a mitten
Ancient fortune-telling at Christmas time for the betrothed
For ancient fortune telling you will need a mirror, a glass of water and a wedding ring. It is best if the ring is a wedding one, you can ask the married relatives for it. But since I didn’t have one, I took my mother’s engagement ring. The sacrament of fortune telling, as in many rituals, is carried out from 12 at night. Or you can do this interesting activity late in the evening around midnight with your girlfriends.
So now let's get started correct location items. Lay out a white towel on the table and place a glass on it. Fill the glass halfway with water and place the wedding ring in it. And now we tilt the mirror so that you can see the reflection of the bottom of the glass, that is, the ring itself at the bottom. The lighting in the room should be sufficient to view the reflection. The main thing now is to concentrate and look at the reflection of the ring in the mirror and at the same time say the words “The betrothed appears.” Sooner or later you will see the silhouette or face of your betrothed. The image, of course, will not come immediately. I sat at this activity for about an hour, and here, of course, the play of imagination and fantasy plays a big role. With such magic, the main thing is to constantly think about your future betrothed. From the bubbles that form in the glass, my imagination made up something incomprehensible, and I wanted to give up this matter, but at the last moment the image of my man came to me. The result was obtained, and I saw the face of my betrothed, destined for me by fate. Later, I got married and completely forgot about this fortune-telling, but somehow during Christmas time I remembered this face, and it immediately reminded me of my husband. If you believe and hope, then you will definitely succeed and you will find the very betrothed with whom you will be happy.
After such fortune-telling, you can arrange a dinner, where they will certainly be present.
Magic ritual with threads
This fortune telling may not show who the young girl’s betrothed will be, but it does tell who will be the first of her friends to get married. For the ritual, you need to cut the threads (you can take regular sewing threads) of the same length. There should be as many strings as there are girls who are guessing, so that everyone can take part in the ritual. At the same time, all the girls must set their threads on fire, and the girl whose thread burns out first will get married first.
Fortune telling with matches
Two matches should be inserted on the sides of the matchbox, one match symbolizes the guy, and the second symbolizes the fortune-telling girl. The matches should be lit, and if the heads of the matches turn in the same direction during combustion, it means that the couple will have a harmonious and strong relationship.Fortune telling in the snow
If, during the period when you can tell fortunes, it starts to snow on the street, then on this day, at midnight, you should go outside and walk along the path that no one has ever walked on. If, before morning, only the girl’s footprints remain dry on the trail, it means that her married life will be simple and easy, but if the footprints are trampled, then she will often quarrel with her husband.Another fortune telling in the snow should also be carried out at midnight on the day when there was a lot of snow. Going outside, the girl must take a handful of snow and throw it in the direction opposite to the wind. If at the same time snow flakes fall on the girl, it means that her betrothed will be handsome, kind, and rich. If snow flakes fly in different directions, it means that the girl’s husband will be elderly.
Fortune telling for those who spend the night in a new place
This fortune telling is suitable not only for those who have just changed their place of residence, but also for those who spend the night in a place where they have not slept before. This fortune telling is quite well known, but many people do not use it quite correctly. Before going to bed, you should cross yourself three times and say the words: “The bridegroom will dream of the bridegroom in a new place.” The male person who the girl dreams about and will become her fiancé in the future. If you dream stranger, then you should try to remember his facial features, hair color, eye color and others features. Sometimes a stranger's dream simply foreshadows the meeting of a new man.
Fortune telling by straw
This ritual is most interesting to perform in the company of friends, when there are a lot of people. At exactly midnight, friends should gather in one room and lock it so that no one can interfere with the sacrament. Next, you need to light a church candle, put straw on the table, knock it into a pile, put a frying pan on the straw, put a pebble on the frying pan and pour a little water. Next, each girl takes turns pulling out one straw, and the pebble will rub against the frying pan. You need to listen carefully to these sounds, as you can hear the name of your future husband in them. There should be perfect silence in the room during fortune telling.Fortune telling on the character of the groom's husband
This fortune telling was very popular in the villages, as there were many dogs that barked. And fortune telling is carried out by the howling of dogs. But, in the city, telling fortunes in this way is also quite possible. To do this, you can go outside and enter the private sector. For fortune telling, you need to not only hear the howling of dogs, but also start picking at the snowdrift with an anode, saying: “Damn, damn, don’t be silent, damn, damn, tell me what kind of husband I’ll get.” After pronouncing these words, you need to listen carefully to see if the dog is howling.The character of a husband can be determined by the way the dog barks:
If the barking comes suddenly and is angry, it means that the husband will be caught gloomy and angry;
If the barking is hoarse, it means the husband will be old;
Frightened barking portends a husband with a bad, difficult character;
If the dog barks loudly and shrilly, it means that the husband will be young and handsome, in the prime of his life.
Fortune telling on an egg
A very simple fortune telling that will help lift the curtain of the future. To carry out the ritual you will need one fresh egg. You need to make a hole in the egg with a needle, and start pouring the white from it into a container of water. Upon contact with water, the protein will begin to coagulate. various shapes, which will tell the fortuneteller what awaits him. For example, the shape of a church or a cross means a quick wedding, the shape of a ring means marriage, a ship or a car means a business trip and career advancement. If the squirrel goes to the bottom, this portends troubles and difficulties.
Fortune telling on logs
In the village, near a shed with firewood, you have to stand with your back and stretch out your hands from behind to choose a log for yourself. If the log arrives without a hitch, then the husband’s character will be ideal.But you may also find other logs:
A thick and heavy log - the husband will be rich and influential;
If there are a lot of knots on the log, then there will be many children in the family;
If the log is crooked, then the husband will have some kind of illness or physical handicap;
If the bark on the log is even, smooth and thin, then the husband will be a real young handsome man;
Rough bark promises ugly husband;
If there is no bark on the log or the bark is damaged, then the husband will be poor;
Fortune telling for the betrothed using a piece of paper
Before going to bed, on pieces of paper you need to write the names of the men for whom the girl has sympathy and the names of those men who have sympathy for her (if these names are the same, then you need to write the name only once), shuffle the papers and put them under the pillow. In the morning, when the girl wakes up, she must draw out one of the pieces of paper at random, the name that will be written on the drawn piece of paper is the name of her betrothed.Fortune telling on a mitten
At midnight you should go outside and throw one mitten, watching how it lands: if thumb will look up, which means that the girl will soon meet her future husband, but if the thumb is pointed down, it means that marriage will still have to wait, but just a little.
Interesting! You can guess the entire Christmas period, which begins with Christmas Eve and ends with the big holiday of Epiphany. But, fortune telling has the greatest power on certain days: on the night of January 6-7, on the night of January 13-14 and on the night of January 18-19. Also, fortune telling should begin at midnight and be completed before 4 am; it is believed that at this time the spirits are awake and ready to lift the curtain of the future.
Fortune telling based on a towel
In the evening, before going to bed, you need to hang a clean white towel on the balcony with the words: “My betrothed, mummer, come wash and dry yourself with my towel.” In the morning, if the towel is wet, it means that the girl will soon get married, and if the towel remains dry, it means that marriage will be postponed for at least a year.There are a lot of fortune-telling for the Yuletide period, on different objects, which contain different powers and messages; our ancestors used them, since Yuletide fortune-telling was a favorite pastime in the villages. Therefore, you can choose any fortune telling and try different methods, to learn a little about your betrothed and future, but to believe in fortune telling or not is everyone’s personal decision!
Christmas time – best time for fortune telling. According to popular beliefs, on the eve of the main Christian holidays (January 7 and 19), evil spirits are most active. Anyone who takes the risk of finding out their fate during this period will receive a reliable answer. It is customary to guess on the day of the winter solstice (December 25), and on New Year's Eve(31th of December). These days you can find out what will happen next year.
Young girls prefer to cast spells at Christmas time. The most common questions are related to the fulfillment of desires and the love sphere. Unfortunately, many traditional methods fortune telling cannot be carried out in urban conditions. After all, the apartments do not have a bathhouse, woodpile or chicken coop. But there are also accessible divination techniques that give truthful and very accurate answers.
Card fortune telling for your betrothed
Cards have always been considered a special magical tool. With their help you can look into the future and find out the character of your betrothed. For divination you will need an unplayed deck of 36 cards. From it you need to choose one card that will represent the fortuneteller. Young girls take the queen of diamonds, women 30-45 years old take the queen of hearts. The remaining “portraits” are removed.
Next comes the most crucial moment. The fortuneteller shuffles the deck well, mentally asking what her chosen one will be like. Then all the cards are laid out one by one in one line. The card following the portrait of the fortuneteller characterizes the future groom:
- Diamond suit (materialist, ambitious, makes decisions quickly):
- 10 – stingy
- 9 – wealthy
- 8 – direct and immediate
- 7 – fussy and impulsive
- Club suit (a respectable person with a rank, a civil servant, a military man):
- 10 – intellectual
- 9 – calm and balanced
- 8 – purposeful
- 7 – suspicious and distrustful
- Hearts suit (the soul of the company, open, pleasant in appearance and in communication):
- 10 – polite, has good manners
- 9 – sociable, loving
- 8 – proud
- 7 – non-conflict, has a sense of humor
- Spades suit (secretive, conservative, has a certain influence on people and status in society):
- 10 – arrogant, selfish
- 9 – vindictive
- 8 – sarcastic, but at the same time intellectual
- 7 – calculating
If the card representing the girl is at the very end, the fortune telling will have to be repeated. But it's better to do it the next day.
Divination by rings
This is fortune telling for a group of girls. Millet or rice is poured into a deep cup and several rings are hidden there. One should be simple (jewelry), the second should be silver, the third should be gold, the fourth should be with precious stone. Each girl takes turns scooping up a handful of cereal and looking at what she has in her hand:
- jewelry - a simple guy with no outstanding abilities;
- silver ring – a person with average income;
- gold ring - a guy from a rich family;
- ring with a precious stone - a noble and rich groom.
- If you only have cereal in your hand, fortune telling predicts a single life.
Fortune telling for the betrothed
Many girls want to know the name of their future groom. There are several simple ways to get an answer to this question:
- On a large sheet of paper, write all the letters of the alphabet in a circle, except for “ь” and “ъ”. A knife is placed in the center of the circle, which must be twisted while asking your question. The blade of the knife will point to the letter with which the betrothed's name begins.
- On the night of January 6-7, folded pieces of paper are placed under the pillow. Each of them should have a man's name written on it, leaving one blank. On the morning of January 7, immediately after waking up, they take out only one piece of paper (without looking). The name written on it corresponds to the groom's name. A blank piece of paper means his name was not on the list.
- Pour water into a large bowl or basin and place the container on a flat surface. There are pieces of paper attached to the edges of the dishes. male names. Then light a candle-tablet and place it in the center of the pelvis. The candle should itself float to one of the pieces of paper (ideally set it on fire), which is associated with the name of the future chosen one. If the candle remains in one place for a long time, this means that there will be no changes in the fortuneteller’s personal life in the next few years.
Fortune telling at the crossroads
A method for those who really want to see the face of their betrothed, but are afraid to tell fortunes on mirrors. At midnight you need to go out to a deserted intersection, draw a circle around yourself and light a small candle. Say three times: “Betrothed-mummer, come and take me to the house.” Then they put out the candle and go home, without looking back or talking to anyone along the way. Having crossed the threshold of the house, they look at themselves in the mirror and immediately go to bed. The image of the groom should appear in a dream.
Fortune telling by water
Another method that will help you see your betrothed. The fortuneteller remains alone in the room and turns off the light. If it is very dark, you can light one candle. A large bowl with ice water. The container should be plain without patterns or decorations. The girl walks around her three times clockwise, washes herself three times with water and says: “My costumed one, my betrothed one, come to the cold bride.” Then the fortuneteller begins to peer intently into the water, trying to make out the image of the chosen one. If the image does not appear, the girl immediately goes to bed. Most likely, the groom will appear in a dream.
Fortune telling on the stairs
At night, the girl goes out to the entrance of her house and goes down the steps of one flight, starting from the first, saying: “Widower - well done - Sagittarius - daredevil - poor - rich - old - married.” Whichever word appears on the last step, that will be the chosen one.
