Palmistry 

Fortune-telling at Christmas time for the betrothed. Divination for the future. Various divination with improvised means

Divination is an integral part of Christmas time. Despite the fact that fortune-telling in the period from January 7 to January 19 is associated with borders Orthodox holidays They have nothing to do with true Christianity. Guessing is an ancient custom, but not at all religious. The Church has long forbidden and forbids any fortune-telling, it considers them harm to the soul.

Vasiliev evening (January 13) and Epiphany Christmas Eve (January 18) are considered especially "prophetic" days for divination. Although, according to an old belief, the betrothed last time you can guess on the night of January 13th to 14th.

By the way, guessing should always be in a good mood!

But the easiest way to know your future is to just get enough sleep. Dreams these days are the most prophetic.

Fortune telling on the betrothed with a mirror

Photo by Ksenia Zakharova

Divination by a mirror is considered one of the most dangerous Russian Christmas divinations for a betrothed. (Why - I recommend reading the section "Mirrors" on this site, especially - "Look through the Looking Glass". Links will open in a new window) .

They begin to guess at midnight, the girl should be alone in the room, and she often loses her senses from fear.

For divination, you will need a mirror and a candle. Let your hair down, if you are wearing a belt, take it off. Place a mirror in front of you, next to it - a candle, which should be the only source of light. Quietly cast a spell: "Betrothed, mummers, come to me for dinner," and look into the mirror. The appearance of the groom will portend a slight swaying of a candle and a foggy or darkened mirror. Look carefully at the left shoulder of your reflection. Examine the face and say the spell-amulet: "Keep away from this place!". After these words, the image of a man will disappear, and you will be out of danger.

You can guess by two mirrors. Put them opposite each other, and between them - candles. If you did everything right, a kind of corridor should appear in the reflection. Leave only your closest friends in the room, but they should not interfere with you and comment. Start peering into the corridor and wait for the groom to appear. After the end of fortune-telling, it is also necessary to cast a spell-amulet.

Divination by patches

This fortune-telling will help you find out about the appearance of the betrothed or betrothed. You need to guess alone, on any holy day, preferably at dusk. Put the pieces of fabric in the box different color- white, black, red, brown. Ask the question: “What color hair will my betrothed (narrowed)?”. Then pull out any shred. White means light hair, black means dark, red means red, brown means blond. In the same way, you can find out the color of the eyes, the length of the nose and other external signs.

Divination in the name of the future husband

1. “Christmas time has come, that’s the joy, the windy youth is guessing,” Pushkin wrote, describing this interesting Christmas fortune-telling. At all times, young girls went out into the street at night and asked the first man they met for his name. It was considered the name of the future husband.

2. The names of possible contenders for the hand and heart are written on the bulbs. They put them in the water. Which bulb will germinate earlier - on behalf of that, wait for the offer.

3. They write notes with names, twist them and put them under the pillow. The next morning they pull out one and read the name of the betrothed.

Fortune telling - who will be the future husband

One of the most interesting fortune-telling On Christmas. Objects are laid out on the table, according to which the husband's profession is guessed. In the old days, these were bread, a book, keys, coal, meaning the work of a peasant, blacksmith, priest and merchant. Now modern things are used, but among them there should be wedding ring. A blindfolded girl chooses an object. If a ring falls into her hands, then she will certainly get married in the coming year, but who this person will be is unknown.

Scissors - it will be a fashion designer, a computer disk - a programmer, a candle - a priest, a pen - a writer (official), a knife - a military man, a glass - a drunkard, cereals - a businessman, ashes - a loser, a coin - generous, a mirror - a dandy (reveler), hatchet - evil. And if a girl comes across a coal, she will walk in brides for another year.

Divination by thread

Only girls guess by thread. Thread three needles with three threads - black, white and red. Have someone carefully pin them to your garment from the back. Not knowing in what order the needles are located, pull out one thread. Red thread - rejoice - this year you will get married and have a baby. White - the road to the registry office is still ordered for you. Black - better turn your attention to your career: marriage will not bring you happiness.

Fortune telling on coffee grounds

To correctly read the sign, it is better to use a simple-shaped cup. After drinking coffee, cover the cup with a saucer and shake it up and down three times. Thickness creeps along the bottom, forming intricate shapes:

    The outline of the dog symbolizes friendship.

    Forest is wealth.

    Staircase - achievement of the desired goal.

    The cross is patience.

    Wreath - glory.

    The mill is a lie.

    Cliff - sadness, longing, loneliness.

    The shadow of a man is a pleasant date.

    The shadow of the house is a symbol of abundance.

    Arable land - good sign- fertility, seedlings, success.

    Meadow, field with grazing animals - the fulfillment of desires.

    Church, bell tower - return home.

    Deer - fast road.

    Gate - the arrival of guests.

    The mountain is a difficult life path.

Fortune telling on tea thick

Holding the cup in the left hand, shake the tea (the liquid should slightly cover the bottom) - making three sharp turns of the cup clockwise, and turn the cup over, holding it with the handle towards you, slightly deflecting, look inside. Mentally divide the volume of the cup in half. Everything that is closer to the pen is related directly to the fortuneteller, the rest - to strangers, but familiar people. Tea grounds at the walls of the cup predict the near future, at the bottom - the distant:

    The bottle is a health hazard.

    Mountains are obstacles on the path of life.

    Tree - getting rid of diseases, fulfillment of desires.

    The key is to health, prosperity, wealth, happiness in love.

    The road - two tracks or two rails - to close changes, if the lines are winding - the path is difficult.

    The turn is associated with drastic changes in life.

    One big star in the center of the cup is a warning: it's time to change the nature of the activity, otherwise trouble awaits.

    The contours of the plane - to an unexpected journey.

    Cross - trouble, suffering, anxiety, illness.

    Coffin - sad news, loss, regret.

    A circle - happy event, marriage.

    Two circles - disappointment.

    Ruins - broken hopes.

    Ball - ups and downs.

    Staircase - takeoff in official and personal affairs.

    The heart is a symbol of love.

    The heart at the bottom of the cup is a disease, a heart attack in a loved one.

    Arrow - bad news. If it flies from you, you yourself can become a messenger of trouble for others.

Divination by wax

Divination, very common in Russia since ancient times. Required: wax ( wax candle), a large spoon, a bowl of water, a small open fire (a regular burner or a candle fire will do).

If the candle is hard, you can rub it on a coarse grater or just cut it into pieces. It is necessary that the wax fit into a tablespoon. Melt the wax and then quickly, in one bold move, pour it into a bowl of cold water. And look, look! Silhouettes, shapes and incomprehensible patterns can tell a lot about the future. You can interpret many figures yourself - they can look like a palm tree (vacation in a hot country), Pushkin's profile (discovery of a poetic gift) or a $ sign.

But some figurines have special meaning:

    If the wax has broken up into small droplets - to the money.

    Many stripes - there will be many trips in the year.

    Fan - difficulties in work, friction in the team. The more clearly the fan is "drawn", the more serious problems should be expected.

    Grapes - good luck and happiness in the coming year.

    Mushroom - life force, health, and not only yours, but those of your loved ones.

    The figure of the dragon is the achievement of a goal, the fulfillment of a dream.

    The bell always means news. A bell that is even on all sides portends good, a crooked one - bad, and several bells mean alarm.

    Asterisk(s) - good luck at work or school.

    A leaf from a tree - someone has conceived evil, they envy you and weave intrigues behind your back.

    The monkey promises betrayal, false friends and lies.

    Pants portend a quick choice on the path of life.

    Flower - congratulations! - promises happy marriage or a romantic date.

    The human figure - a new friend will appear.

    If a figure resembling an apple is formed from wax, take a closer look - the smoother it is, the better sign if the apple turns out to be crooked, a temptation awaits you in the future, which should be abandoned.

    The egg has always symbolized new life, whether it's either the birth of a child or a change in life. In any case, it will be something new and unknown.

Divination with a knife

It has long been believed that the gypsies guessed this way. To do this, they used a round wooden board for cutting bread with a diameter of about 30 centimeters. You may well get by with a piece of cardboard or a large tray, around the edges of which you need to write answers to the most frequently asked questions:
- Yes
- No
- be patient
- near the enemy, hiding under the mask of a friend
- good news
- love message
- good luck in business
- unexpected guests
- love
Today's tears will be replaced by joy tomorrow
- unexpected news
- travel
- important letter
- new love
- delay making a decision

Put a normal one in the center of the circle. kitchen knife and mentally formulate the question. Spin the knife three times. The answer will be the message that the knife point points to for the first time. The other two may be the cause or effect of the predicted event.

If the tip of the knife stops at an equal distance from two messages, the divination must be repeated.

Fortune telling on the gender of the unborn child.

Needed: a ring, a thread, a glass of water.

Pass the thread through the ring and slowly lower it into a glass of water. Then, just as slowly, pull it out and bring it to the palm of your girlfriend. If the ring makes circular movements, a girl will be born. If it starts to swing like a pendulum, then it's a boy.

Divination by things

This fortune-telling should involve as many people as possible who want to know their future for the coming year. On the night of January 18-19, after midnight, each participant must remove the jewelry that is constantly with him. If there is no ring or chain, even a simple button will do. Items must be placed in a basket or box and mixed thoroughly. Two people should stand with their backs to each other so as not to see whose decoration they take out, but for all the guests to see this item. When one presenter takes out a piece of jewelry from the box, the second begins to sing a song, preferably with a meaning: “We wish you happiness”, “Oh, this wedding”, “He left at night on a night train”, etc. Which song will be performed by the owner of the chosen subject, that he should look forward to in the new year. This divination method has almost one hundred percent accuracy.

Divination by Epiphany water and snow

Look for a cleaner place near the house during the day. On the night of January 18-19, without looking, take a handful of snow and make a lump out of it. At home, put a lump in a bowl and leave until the morning. In the morning, carefully examine the melt water. If the water is clear, the year will be successful. Small motes - chores and small obstacles. And if large debris comes across, you need to be more careful and careful.

Boil the chicken tonight. Carefully remove the meat - it can be useful for a salad. And put the bones in a white cloth and take them out into the yard at night. See what happens to them in the morning. If all the bones lie in place untouched, expect a bad year. If the bones are scattered, and a part has disappeared, there are chances for an improvement in the situation. No bones - great luck awaits you.

Pour half a glass Epiphany water. On the night of Epiphany, even tap water is considered blessed. Thread a red long thread into the wedding ring (mother's or sister's). Hold the end of the thread so that the ring is above the water but inside the glass. After some time, the ring will begin to swing and knock on the glass. How many blows there will be - so many years you have to wait for your betrothed.

Christmas time two weeks of winter holidays are called, from Christmas Eve, which falls on January 6, to Epiphany, celebrated on January 19. Fortune telling at Christmas is considered to be the most truthful. By my roots Christmas divination go back to the times of pagan Russia. It is fortune-telling during winter solstice(and this is the period of Christmas time) was given special importance in pagan times. It was believed that it was on these days that otherworldly forces were most active, and the boundaries between the worlds were thinner, which contributed to a more truthful result of New Year's, Christmas and Christmas fortune-telling.


With the advent of Christianity in Russia, Christmas fortune-telling not only survived, but also acquired a more mystical meaning, and although the church tried to fight superstition and fortune-telling, they were carefully passed down from generation to generation, and have come down to our days in a slightly altered form.


Having decided to tell fortunes for Christmas, remember that the result of fortune-telling may not meet your expectations, so is it worth spoiling your holidays ...


There were a lot of ways of Christmas fortune-telling in Russia, but the main theme of all Christmas fortune-telling is fortune-telling for the betrothed (groom). This is understandable, because in ancient times, the fate of a girl depended entirely on how successfully she would marry.

Fortune telling (with felt boots) on the "side" in which you will marry

This is the most famous and widespread type of divination. The girls alternately throw the felt boots over their backs onto the road and, in the direction of the toe of the fallen felt boots, recognize the direction in which they will get married.

Divination with mirrors

This fortune-telling is well known from literature and is now popular with brave girls.

Mirrors in the old days were attributed magical properties. The custom of closing mirrors if there is a dead person in the house also reflects this attitude of our ancestors to the magic of mirrors.

Divination is carried out in an empty and quiet room. There should be no one and no sound. The fortune-telling girl should let her hair down and fully concentrate. She should sit in the dark near two opposite mirrors. The picture of Novikov shows this position of the girl. At midnight, the girl lights two candles, placed on the sides of the mirrors, and says: "My betrothed, mummer, show me" and begins to peer into the gallery of reflections, hoping to see her fiancé. You can sit in front of mirrors for a long time, or you can see your betrothed right away.

Divination in a new house

You can guess only in the house where you spend the night for the first time. Only then is the divination considered correct. Before going to bed, you should cross yourself three times and go to bed with the words: "I'm sleeping in a new place, dream of the bridegroom." The man you dream of will be your fiancé.

Fortune telling on straw

Guessing on straw is most interesting when there are many people present. Exactly at midnight, gather in one room, light a candle and start guessing. To find out the name of your betrothed, put straw on the table, knocked into a ball, put a frying pan on this lump, put a stone in the frying pan and pour some water. Then each of the girls should slowly pull out a straw, and the name of the betrothed should be heard from the sounds made by the stone when it vibrates in the pan. During fortune-telling, there should be absolute silence in the room.

Fortune telling (with burning the thread) on the speed and order of getting married

A simple and visual fortune-telling, which is popular in our time. It lies in the fact that the girls cut the threads of the same length (it is better to take thicker threads) and set them on fire at the same time. The threads must be held at one end, the other - lowered down and must be set on fire. Whoever burns out the thread ahead will be the first to be married. The sequence of burning threads in the hands of girls will show the order of their marriage. If someone's thread went out immediately or the thread burned out by less than half, then this girl will not marry.

Fortune telling (with a ring or a needle) on the gender of the unborn child

With a ring or a needle do certain actions: the ring is dipped into a glass of water, a woolen cloth is pierced with a needle, then, suspended on a hair or thread, it is slowly lowered near the hand of the one they are guessing at. If the object (ring, needle) begins to make circular movements, a girl will be born (less often - a boy), if pendulum-shaped - a boy (less often - a girl), if the object does not move, there will be no children.

Divination (with the choice of subject) on the "quality" of life

Objects are hidden in a bag, cup or felt boot, then the girls choose their felt boot or bag. The choice of an object symbolizes life in the coming year: ash - a bad life, sugar - sweet life, ring - marriage, onion - to tears, glass - drunkenness, gold ring – Rich life etc., you can invent and refine divination with your own options.

Fortune telling with a rooster for a betrothed

Several plates or bowls are taken, grain is poured into one plate (or money is put), water is poured into another, a mirror is placed next to it, sometimes a chicken is brought. A rooster approaching a mirror symbolizes the beauty and tenderness of the future groom, approaching grain or money - his wealth, water - a tendency to drunkenness, if a rooster approaches a chicken, then the groom will be a "womanizer".

Divination with matches

Two matches are inserted on the sides of the matchbox and set on fire. If the burnt heads are facing each other, then the "conceived" guy and girl will be together. If the match heads look in different directions or fall off, then no.

Fortune telling (by barking dogs) about the age of the groom

At midnight, take a knife, go out into the street, go up to the snowdrift and start cutting the snow with a knife, saying: "Damn, damn, don't be silent, damn, damn, tell me what kind of husband will I get, will I have to laugh or cry?"

After saying the words of the spell, shut up and listen carefully to the barking of dogs.

  • If a vicious, sharp bark is heard, then future husband will be strict and gloomy;
  • hoarse barking promises an old groom;
  • shrill barking - the groom will have a bad temper;
  • sonorous barking - young;
  • if the dogs bark cheerfully and loudly, then the husband will also be cheerful and kind;
  • it is very bad if a dog howl is heard during fortune-telling. This suggests that the marriage will be short-lived and very quickly the young wife will become a widow.

Fortune telling "Well"

To conduct this divination, you need a well. If a girl lives in a village and has a well with a lockable roof, then this is ideal. If there is no such well at your disposal, then you should make a symbolic well. To do this, you can use matches, toothpicks, other sticks. Building a well is quite simple. Make a square out of the sticks, laying the sticks on top of each other, and so make several rows. Take a thimble, pour some water into it and place it next to the well. In the villages, girls can pour water into a bucket and put it near a real well. Lock a real well with a real key, “lock” one made of sticks with any key, making the appropriate movement with your hand, and put the key under your pillow. Going to bed, say: "The betrothed-mummer, come to me to the well of water to drink, ask me for a key." A betrothed will come to you in a dream to drink water from your well.

Divination of fate by the shadows

This type of fortune-telling, due to its simplicity and clarity, is very common in the modern girlish environment. The girl sets fire to a paper sheet crumpled by her hand, and then examines the shadow of the burning paper on the wall - this is the first stage of divination, even at this stage quite clear images can arise.

Everyone takes Blank sheet paper, crumples it, puts it on a dish or on a large flat plate and sets it on fire. When the sheet burns out or almost burns out, it is displayed on the wall with the help of a candle - this is the second and main stage. Carefully examining the shadows, they try to find out their future from the images of the shadows.

Fortune telling with a ring to evoke the image of the future groom

Take an ordinary glass with smooth walls, a flat bottom and without a pattern, pour water into it to 3/4 of the volume and carefully lower the wedding ring to the middle of the bottom. The ring must be washed in running water so that it does not carry the information of its owner. Looking closely at the very center of the ring, saying the words: "My betrothed, mummers come to me," you can see the betrothed. To see it, you may have to look into the ring for quite some time.

Fortune telling with inducing sleep about the betrothed

We write the name of the young man on a piece of paper, put it on a small mirror and under the pillow, or put three bay leaves under the pillow. On one they write - "Ananias", on the other - "Azarius" and on the third - "Misail" and cast a spell: "From Monday to Tuesday, I look at the windowsill, whoever dreams of me, let me dream."

Guessing in the night from Monday to Tuesday. A sprig of spruce is taken, placed at the head of the head for the night. At the same time they say: "I lie down on Monday, I put a spruce tree at the head, dream of the one who thinks of me." Whoever dreams, he loves you.

Guessing in the night from Thursday to Friday. Going to bed, they say: "Thursday with Wednesday, Tuesday with Monday, Sunday with Saturday. Friday alone and I, young, alone. I am lying on the Zion Mountains, three angels in my head: one sees. The other will say, the third will indicate fate."

Girls wonder if they go to bed where they didn’t have to before. Before going to bed they say: "In a new place, dream of the bridegroom." In a dream you will see your fiance.

Card reading

Before going to bed, four kings are placed under the pillow and they say: "Who is my betrothed, who is my mummer, that dream to me in a dream." If you dream of a king of spades, the groom will be an old man and jealous, a red king means young and rich, a cross king means wait for matchmakers from a military or businessman, and a tambourine one from the desired one.

Divination by relatives

They go to look out the windows of their neighbors during dinner. If they see the heads of those sitting at the table, they foretell to themselves that future relatives will all be alive; if they don’t see the heads, then misfortune should happen to relatives.

Melt the wax in a mug, pour milk in a saucer and place it at the threshold of an apartment or house. Say the following words: "Brownie, my master, come under the threshold to drink milk, eat wax." With last words pour the melted wax into the milk. Now watch closely what is happening.

  • If you see a frozen cross, some kind of illness awaits you in the new year.
  • If the cross only appears, then in the coming year your financial affairs will not go too well, and in your personal life troubles will overcome, but not too serious.
  • If a flower blooms - get married, get married or find a loved one.
  • If the beast appears, be careful: you will have some kind of enemy.
  • If the wax flows in strips, you will have roads, crossings.
  • Lie down with stars - expect good luck in the service, in your studies.
  • If a human figure is formed, you will gain a friend.
  • House - soon acquiring a new household; for a girl, this is primarily due to her marriage.
  • Shapeless ruins - misfortune in the near future.
  • A pit, small cave or grotto is the most undesirable figure, since it symbolizes the burial place and predicts serious illness or near death.
  • Trees - they can be interpreted in different ways: the upward branches of a tree promise quick joy, drooping - sadness, longing and boredom.
  • A ring or a candle definitely predicts a quick wedding.
  • A pancake that has sunk to the bottom, on the contrary, promises a long girlhood.

On bulbs

Take several bulbs and label each one. These bulbs are planted in the ground: whoever sprouts first, that girl will marry ahead of others.

around the ring

In an ordinary glass glass with a flat bottom, without any patterns, pour 3/4 of water and carefully lower the wedding ring to the middle of the bottom. Then they look through the water into the middle of the ring, where the image of the betrothed should appear.

Throw the ring on the floor. If it rolls to the door, it means that the girl will soon get married, and the man - on a business trip. Can be interpreted as leaving home.

The call of passers-by

Go outside at midnight and ask the name of the first person you meet. That is what your betrothed will be called, just like that he will be handsome and rich.

Eavesdropping

Climb under the window of the neighbors and, of course, listen. If they have a showdown with breaking dishes, you can expect a "fun" year. If there is silence in the house - and your year will be harmonious. Depending on what is happening in the house of neighbors at the time of eavesdropping, and you will develop the coming year.

Fortune telling on a wooden chip

Pour water into a bowl. Attach strips of paper along the edges of the pelvis, on which events are written, for example, a wedding, a trip, receiving money, new job etc. (if the fortuneteller is alone), or the names of all those present who want to know their future. In the second case, one event is thought of, in particular, a wedding, an acquaintance with a future spouse, etc.

You need to take a dry chip, better deciduous tree and fix on it the stub of a candle that burned in the house where fortune-telling takes place. Light a candle and push the "boat" to the middle of the pelvis. From there, the sliver should itself swim up to one of the notes. Which note floats to, the event will happen. If the sliver rolls over or sinks, then the event you envisioned will not happen next year.

Fortune telling on an egg

Take a fresh egg, make a small hole in it and carefully pour the contents into a glass of water. When the squirrel curls up, according to the shape it has taken, you need to guess your future. The type of church means a wedding, a ring means betrothal, a cube means a coffin, a ship means a business trip (for a man) or the return of a husband from a business trip (for a woman). If the squirrel sank to the bottom - be in the house on fire.


Divination on logs

You need to go back to the woodpile and choose a log by touch. If it is even, smooth, without knots, the spouse will come across with an ideal character:

  • thick and heavy log - the husband will be wealthy,
  • there are many knots - many children will be born in the family,
  • a crooked log - the husband will be oblique and lame or angry,
  • a log is even, with a smooth thin bark - a handsome and young husband,
  • thick rough bark - the husband is ugly,
  • the bark on the log is peeled off in places or is completely absent - the husband is poor,
  • cracked log - the husband will get old, pockmarked, with a physical handicap,
  • a big log - a strong, strong husband,
  • knotted log - the family will be big: each knot is an unborn child.

Divination with a cat

Make a wish, call your cat. If she crosses the threshold of the room with her left paw, the wish will come true. If it's right, it's not meant to be.

Divination by the book

It is best to take a book of spiritual content, for example, the "Bible", without opening it, guess the page number and line from above or below, then open it and read it in a hidden place. They interpret what they read in accordance with what the most fortune-telling person is most interested in.

The tradition of guessing at Christmas time is the most ancient and, apparently, will live on for a very long time. For in addition to the natural desire to know what is hidden, the sacrament of Christmas divination is very spectacular and exciting, and sometimes frightening and frightening. Christmas time lasts from January 7 to 19. So if you didn’t have time to tell fortunes on Christmas night, when magical sessions are most powerful, you will have almost two more weeks at your disposal when you can spend Christmas fortune-telling.

Fortune-telling for Christmas time is very popular among young girls and family persons. Late in the evening or early at night, the girls get together to find out the name of the future groom or the date of their wedding, and the ladies of the family wonder about the prosperity in the house.

During the session, everyone had to adhere to certain rules and conditions.

1. You can not cross your arms and legs. One of the explanations for this is that it can kind of confuse the things with which you intend to perform the rite.

2. Be sure to remove all rings and other items that are tied to you or encircle some limbs. It can be belts or bracelets. In some cases, they let their hair down or even take off their shoes and clothes.

3. There must be no noise in the room, there must be complete silence. All other lighting is excluded, except for candles.

4. During Christmas divination, a girl should not be under the protection of her religion. Therefore, be sure to remove the pectoral crosses and remove the icons from the room.

Particular attention was paid to the choice of a place that must necessarily be considered "unclean". One of the best places considered a bath. After all, it was here, according to legend, that spirits, various scarecrows and other evil spirits lived. Very well for divination at Christmas time, some abandoned old house, basement or attic. Particularly courageous dared to guess even at the cemetery, because it was the places at the junction of two worlds - the border places that were considered valuable. Such places can be thresholds, gates, corners in the house. But, perhaps, one of the most sinister places has always been considered a crossroads. They say that each of them belongs to some kind of demon, and in this place anyone will feel the presence dark forces. (when this particular proposal was being written for the site, a cat tray suddenly fell in the corridor, which stood sideways near the wall and was drying ...)

1. At night, go to the crossroads and ask a question about your future groom, draw a circle around you. After that, you should carefully listen to what is happening around. Cheerful conversations, laughter, singing, any other positive emotions will mean an early marriage. Swearing, quarrels, crying will push your marriage back for a year.

2. On one of the evenings in the holy week, going funny company from several people. Small objects specially prepared for this are laid out on the table: a coin, a ring, a needle, an earring, a scarf. You can show your imagination and add a few other items. Then the person lowers without looking left hand on the table. This Christmas divination is to understand the meaning of the thing on which the hand fell. For example, a coin - to wealth, a scarf - to sorrows and problems, a key - new flat. Ring for the wedding. Girls can change this fortune-telling a little and in this way find out the profession of their future groom. A coin is a banker, a passport is a lawyer, a driver's license is a minibus driver, a flash drive is a programmer, scissors is a builder, a spoon is a cook. Again, it's all about fantasy.

3. For the next Christmas fortune-telling, you will need a cat or a cat. Let the animal stand outside the room. Make a wish and call the cat. If she crosses the threshold with her left paw, the wish will surely come true, and if she crosses the threshold with her right paw, obstacles will arise that you will have to overcome.

4. This is a very famous fortune-telling that can be used on any day, not only during Christmas week. Take some book. Guess the page and line number at the top. It remains only to open the book and interpret what was read.

You can also tell fortunes at Christmas time online, sitting at a computer. We are sure that on our site you will find some fortune telling that is dear to your heart. We hope you enjoy your holidays with us!

Useful facts

Vasiliev evening (January 13) and Epiphany Christmas Eve(January 18). According to an old belief, you can guess at your betrothed no later than the night of January 13-14.

A message from the future is best heard in an empty dark room, at a fork in the road or by inviting your cat as an assistant.

In Russia, divination by the mirror was considered the most terrible. If the betrothed who appeared in him beckons to her, the girl may fall dead if she does not have time to cross herself three times and say "Chur me!".

If you are going to tell fortunes, take off your belt, pectoral cross, untie all the knots and undo the braids, and also do not cross your arms and legs.

On walnuts

Dip 2 halves of the shell into a basin of water walnut, after sticking small multi-colored candles for the cake into them. On the sides of the pelvis, attach pieces of paper with the inscriptions "love", "wealth", "career", "journey", "children" and any others. Let the boats sail and watch: to which inscription the boats moor, then the girl is waiting for the next year.

By the name of a passerby

The simplest but effective divination- find out the name of the betrothed by asking the name of the first male passerby you meet at midnight.

By dog ​​barking

Throw in a handful of snow at midnight and wait for the dog to bark. If the barking is rude, the husband will be much older, sonorous - young, distant and intermittent - a foreigner or comes from afar, muffled - a widower or divorcee, and clear and nearby - the groom most likely lives on a nearby street.

By thread

All girls must cut one thread of the same length and set them on fire at the same time. Whose burns out faster, she will be the first to marry. If the flame has not reached even half of the segment, you can not wait for the wedding in the coming year.

On wax

Pour milk into a saucer and place at the doorstep. Melt the wax in a tablespoon. Say the words "Brownie, my master, come under the threshold to drink milk, eat wax" and pour the wax into the milk (a bowl of water is a simplified version).

If the frozen figure resembles a cross, this is a sign of illness, financial difficulties and other hardships. A wax flower speaks of an imminent wedding or a new romance, a beast - about an enemy, a human silhouette - about a friend, stripes - about a long journey or moving, stars - about luck in a career or study.

By paper

Light a candle and turn off the lights in the room. Place a crumpled piece of paper on a flat plate and light the candle flame. Wait until it burns out, and peer into the shadow on the wall from the charred paper. The outlines of the shadow will tell about the future.

By cat

Make a cherished wish, call a cat into the room and carefully observe with which paw she crosses the threshold. The right one will come true, the left one will have to wait.

By egg

Make a small hole in a fresh egg and pour the contents into a glass of water. The shape of a curled squirrel will tell about the future: it looks like a church - a wedding awaits you, a ring - a proposal, a cradle - children, a heart - new novel this year, the gate is a career change, a ship for a man is a business trip, for a woman - marriage and relocation, a cube is a coffin and a threat to life.

By cards

Place king cards under your pillow. Take out one of them in the morning. The king of spades promises that the husband will be jealous, the king of clubs - a widower, the king of hearts - young and rich, the diamond - beloved and desired.

By mirror and water

One of the options for divination on a mirror is to put a large transparent container with water on a table in a dark room, place a mirror behind it, and light candles on the sides on three sides. Look closely into the mirror through the water, and you will see your future and betrothed in it.

By beans

Place 3 beans in 3 bags: peeled, half peeled and unpeeled. Hide under your pillow at night, and take one out the next morning without looking. The more refined the beans, the richer the groom will be. And if an uncleaned one comes across, he will be a poor man.

By groats and rings

Hide in a bowl of cereal different rings: gold, silver, s precious stone, bijouterie. Scoop up a handful of grains. If an expensive ring comes across, the groom will turn out to be noble and rich, a simple one will be poor, and if only cereals are in your hands, the wedding will not be soon.

By needles

Take two needles, grease with melted wax or lard, lower them into a container of water and carefully watch how they sink: instantly - your cherished desire will come true, connected - for a quick marriage, separated - there will be no wedding yet, the girl should be wary of family troubles, and a man - failures in work. If one tip is located opposite the other, this is a sign of obstacles in achieving the goal.

On a towel

A white towel should be hung outside the window at night with the words "Betrothed, mummers, come and wash yourself." If the next morning it is wet, the girl will marry this year, dry - marriage is postponed.

Forecast for the year by subjects

Pour some water into six small glasses and put a coin, a ring, a pinch of salt, sugar, a piece of bread and a match. Blindfolded, choose one of the cups and find out your forecast for the coming year: salt - tears and sadness, sugar - luck, a coin - money, bread - full life, the ring is a wedding, and the match is a child.

To the profession of a betrothed

To find out the profession of the future husband, lay out various objects on the table: a piece of bread (farmer), a pebble (builder), a coin (merchant), a pen (official), a flash drive (programmer), credit card(banker), any other items associated with different professions and also be sure to put a wedding ring. The blindfolded girl makes 3 attempts to try her luck. If she pulls out one item at least twice, there is no doubt in her husband's profession. And if a ring falls into her hands, she will be married this year.

The tradition of Christmas divination has its roots in the distant pagan past. With the adoption of Christianity, divination and magic began to be considered a great sin. Playing with fate, trying to penetrate into the future is a dangerous occupation. It may turn out that the prediction is false, but the person believed in it. So life will not be broken for long for yourself or someone else. However, there are days in the year when all prohibitions are removed, and witchcraft does not bring trouble. This, of course, is Christmas time. In essence, any fortune-telling is a fortune-telling for desires. True Predictions- whether they are good or bad - they are soon forgotten. Maybe for this reason, once a year, you can inquire about fate - find out the truth and forget.

Christmas time - a time of well-deserved rest and collective entertainment

Fortune telling on cards for desire in Russia was not very practiced. It is much more interesting to know the future in colorful details - which side the groom will be from, what his name is, what he looks like. These are all girlish questions, and older people were interested in the harvest, the fertility of cattle, the weather in the coming year, and so on. These questions could be answered at Christmas time. When does the Christmas divination start? You can start them immediately after the appearance of a star in the sky, announcing the birth of the Savior.

What a young lady entering adulthood, does not dream to know his fate? Fortune-telling for the fulfillment of desires among girls is, first of all, questions about marriage. What lies ahead - wealth or poverty, will there be children in the family, health and prosperity? All this is very interesting!

All year long, hardworking people have a lot of worries: in the spring - sowing, in the summer - mowing, preparing supplies for the winter for the family and cattle, in the fall - harvesting and winter sowing. Christmas time falls on the most serene period - from the Nativity of Christ to Baptism and Water Blessing. After spending a year in labor, in fasting and abstinence in Filippovka, having defended a long solemn Christmas service in the church, the people began fun and festivities, which lasted two weeks. In the daytime, hearty and plentiful food was prepared - borscht, jelly, pies, pies. They made a lot of pies, because Christmas time is visiting, treating, caroling. It gets dark early in winter. Traditional gatherings and entertainment come at sunset, when the Christmas fortune-telling begins.

Christmas time as an occasion to make new acquaintances

Each locality had its own experts in the most reliable methods of prediction. They certainly tried to invite them to their party, because even the simplest fortune-telling for the fulfillment of a wish wants to be painted with more accurate details. The fortune-teller was lured with treats, coaxed with gifts and affectionate words. Experienced soothsayers were a kind of actors. The famous spy prophecies were accompanied by the performance of special tunes, round dances. The girls, going to visit for divination on a wish for Christmas time, dressed up in the most beautiful dresses, hair was removed with ribbons and colored scarves - after all, there will definitely be young men in the company. During such gatherings, young people got acquainted, had fun, got married, and on Maslenitsa, parents sent matchmakers to get married on Krasnaya Gorka.

Fortune-telling

The most colorful and crowded fortune-telling for a wish at Christmas time took place with the participation of a matchmaker and was called spying. A lot of people usually gathered at such parties, there were both boys and girls. The guests participating in the action put their rings, earrings or other small personal items in a large dish with water, and the matchmaker put bread, salt and ashes in the same place with the appropriate sentence. The youth with the song led a round dance around her. At the end of each verse, the matchmaker with the words "What to be - that cannot be avoided!" took out two items. The hosts took away their belongings, and the action continued until the dish was empty. If a couple of items belonging to two girls or two boys were taken out, then the matchmaker, at her discretion, could put them back, or she could give them to the owners.

There were other variants of spy fortune-telling. In this case, each verse of the song contained short description some event - a wedding, travel, the birth of a child, wealth, poverty, illness, death - everything that accompanies a person's life and stands out as the most significant. For each story noted in the song, an object was taken out of the dish. The prediction was interpreted in accordance with what was heard

Fortune telling on cards

Christmas fortune-telling is a collective entertainment. It is not interesting to guess on the cards in the company. This is an activity for two, because a fortuneteller usually tells one person for a long time and in detail about his future, past and present, and those around him may get bored at this time. And yet, the demand for this kind of interpretation of fate during this period is very high. Fortune tellers-tarologists write down those who wish to queue for a certain hour, because fortune-telling on cards for a wish using the Tarot deck is not available to many. This is a whole philosophy, but there are more simple ways. Christmas divination on the cards of the French soothsayer Madame Lenormand is much shorter and more accessible. Pictures depicting a ring, a road, rats, a coffin, a child, the sun, a book and other objects and phenomena very clearly demonstrate what the coming year has prepared for the questioner.

You can find out about marriage in the usual way. playing deck, using court pieces, taking into account the suit. This Christmas divination on the cards looks like this. Men guess at kings and jacks. At night, these cards and one lady, denoting the fortuneteller herself, are placed under the pillow. Next, you need to say: “I go to bed on the Zion mountains, three angels in my head. One sees, the other will tell, the third will predict my fate. Everything good will come true, but the bad will not come true and will be forgotten. After that, you can’t talk to anyone until the morning. You must go to bed before midnight. And the next day, immediately after waking up, the first card that comes to hand is taken out. If this is a lady, then the girl will not get married in the next year.

Divination for the betrothed

There is another common and no less simple divination for the desire to find out about the groom. A comb is placed under the pillow, this procedure is accompanied following words: "Narrowed-mummer, come to me dressed up, comb your little head." In the morning, there should be hair under the pillow on the comb. By its color, the bride of the groom will recognize.

Unmarried girls hung a towel outside the window at night and said: “Betrothed-mummer, come to me to wash.” If the towel turns out to be wet in the morning, it means that this year the fortuneteller will meet her future husband, and if it remains dry, then you will have to wait for the next year.

Unpretentious fortune-telling at three tea or coffee cups told whether the girl would get married, get a groom, or remain free until next year. Under each cup you need to put a ring, a flower and a ribbon. If the choice falls on a flower, then the girl will meet her betrothed, if the ribbon, then she will be a free bird all year, but if the ring, then everything is clear.

What did family people think about?

Married women, wanting to know what gender the child would be, poured water into a large spoon and froze it. They looked at the morning, and if the ice turned out to be convex, it means that a boy will be born, if it is concave, a girl, and if it remains even, then there will be no addition to the family yet.

Economic people did not forget about and made weather forecasts for the whole year by months. To do this, they took 12 bulbs and immediately after Christmas church service laid them out in a row on the windowsill. All vegetables were sequentially labeled every January 19th and were examined. Wet denoted rainy months, and dry denoted dry weather. In this way, work could be planned, such as repairing the roof or planting plants.

Scary divination

Courageous girls went to tell fortunes in the bathhouse. There, according to legends, there lived a bathing spirit, which on holy days could show the girl her future husband. Bath divination for a wish at Christmas time was carried out at night, when everyone had already gone to bed. The girl took with her two mirrors and a white plate filled with water without a pattern. Having removed all clothes except the shirt, untying the knots and removing from the neck pectoral cross, she, fortune-telling by the light of two candles, established a corridor from the mirrors. After counting twelve reflections, the girl looked at the plate of water and peered into it. As soon as a face appeared there, she had to immediately turn everything over, and, grabbing the cross, run away from the bathhouse. It was a very dangerous occupation, since the bathing spirit could scare the curious to death and even strangle her if she hesitated. And such cases happened.

The most desperate went to church. Divination by candlelight was carried out in the following way. The girls lit candles and placed them in front of the altar. According to the sequence in which they burned, the order of marriage was determined. And by the soot and the crackle of candles, they judged what the marriage would be like.

Divination with fire

Candles were also used for another way of predicting fate. So, they lit a long thin candle and held it tightly, without moving it, over a dish of water until a small cinder remained. Dripping, the wax created a variety of patterns. Their interpretation required remarkable imagination. The help of girlfriends should be counted with caution. After all, each has its own destiny, and they can see something related to themselves, and not to the one who held the candle, and willy-nilly distort the prediction.

There is a very entertaining desire to know the main events of the beginning of the year. The prediction takes place in 3D format. You will need a clean white wall and a large sheet must be crushed into a large soft lump, put on a tin tray and set on fire. The lighting must be turned off, as the image is read by the shadows on the wall cast by the burning paper. To make the divination successful, first try it with a small sample of paper. When you make sure that the shadows are visible well, you can proceed to the main action. This divination by desire is accurate, because subconsciously every person knows his fate, but we do not always know how to use our own intuition.

Divination with glasses

The events of the year can be defined in another way. Take four identical glasses, number and place four elements in them - a ring, salt, bread and sugar. The girl or boy, that is, the one who asks the question, closes his eyes. One assistant spins the fortuneteller around the axis, the other swaps the glasses. Then the questioner is brought to the glasses, and he, without looking, chooses one of them. If there is a ring in it, then there will be a wedding or betrothal, if salt - sorrows, bread - a rich life and good job, sugar - serene and happy year. The one who chose the ring can find out when he will have an important event- Marriage or engagement. To do this, the glasses are emptied, the person is spun again. Glass number 1 means January, February or March, number 2 - April, May or June, 3 - July, August or September, 4 - October, November or December.

funny divination

Domestic animals also took part in divination. In the old days, they loved the so-called bird fortune-telling. Whether the wish came true or not depended on which paw the chicken or rooster crossed the threshold first: if it was the right one, then the wish would come true, and if it was the left one, then it would not. The bird was frightened by a noisy gathering of strangers, ran away, they poured grains on it, persuaded it to come in.

A company of friends and girlfriends can have a lot of fun if they decide on fortune-telling with a large chest filled with a wide variety of utensils, or a wardrobe. To help the fortune tellers need a child of five or seven years old, who is not very well versed in things. The youth are blindfolded, and the kid takes out various objects from the closet and asks: “Whose is this?” The one who answers: “Mine”, untie his eyes and give the selected item. When all participants are interviewed and endowed with things, you can start interpreting the meaning. Since any Christmas fortune-telling applies only to the next year, the main events of this period are determined by subjects for each of actors. Threads, belts, ties, shoes or a suitcase always portend a journey and travel, the key is the purchase of real estate or a car, the trousers that a girl got, even if they are women's, promise a new acquaintance with a man, if a young man got a skirt, then he will have new girlfriend, glasses and bottles indicate many festive feasts with alcoholic drinks, tableware - to communicate with friends and guests, beautiful jewelry and expensive fur - for wealth, socks, slippers, unpresentable things - for poverty, books - for study, weapons symbolize war, toys portend the birth of a child or pregnancy, etc.

Divination by books

To do this, take six folios of different subjects, for example, the Bible, fairy tales, novels and some reference books. The questions are formulated approximately as follows: “What do I need to do or what should I do to fulfill my desire?”, “What will be the most significant for me this year?”, “How will my professional life?”, “What will happen in my personal life?”. Without looking, the volume is taken and opened. Further, still without opening the eyes, the finger indicates the place where the prophetic text is written. It must be read and understood. The subject matter of the book indicates the major concerns of the coming year, and the chosen text is the answer to a direct question.

Modern divination

With the transition of the calendar to new style new methods of divination also appeared, for example, a wish is made in advance, and to the sound of the Moscow chimes it is written on a sheet, set on fire and thrown into a glass of champagne. During the volleys of fireworks, everyone clinks glasses, hugs and drinks champagne along with the ashes. In order for this New Year's fortune-telling to work, the desire must not only be written and swallowed in time, it is very important that the paper burns completely and the ashes do not wake up on the tablecloth. This ritual usually enlivens the feast very much. Not everyone believes in its effectiveness, so they laugh, looking at how their friends fuss, counting on such magic. Residents are very lucky with this fortune-telling Kaliningrad region. Recently, they have heard the chimes of the Moscow Kremlin and the speech of the President twice, because they New Year comes later than all in Russia. Accordingly, fortune-telling on paper for desire is done twice. The second time they are usually better prepared - and matches are at hand, and the paper is not very hard and not too light (so that it burns quickly and does not shatter before it gets into the glass). In general, you can guess for each desire only once, otherwise conflicting answers will appear and you can get confused. Although, if you treat this as a joke, a game, an occasion to have fun, then why not ...

Christmas traditions and rituals are a great occasion to diversify the routine of everyday life, renew communication with old friends, and make new acquaintances. Such traditions should be protected and cherished. Many will say that any magic is a dangerous occupation, it is no coincidence that the church condemns divination and divination for a wish at Christmas time, but you should not take this very seriously and be afraid of such a sin. There are worse things. Take Christmas games with a grain of salt. Our ancestors, having played with fate at Christmas time, on the night of January 18 to 19, plunged into washing away the sins of two holiday weeks. After that it started usual life with her simple worries and interests, and Christmas time remained in my memory as a bright and cheerful episode.