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Divination for Christmas time: different ways. Divination on mirrors. Fortune telling with a rooster for a betrothed

12 magical days after the Nativity of Christ and until the very Baptism, from ancient times they were called Christmastide and were considered favorable for performing various kinds of rituals and divination.

So in the old days a beautiful and stable tradition was born Christmas divination which successfully survived into the 21st century.

Of course, modern Christmas fortune-telling for the groom and the future has undergone some changes compared to the fortune-telling practices that were known to our ancestors.

However, in turn, they significantly multiplied and expanded, incorporating a lot of new and extraordinary ways of divination.

The history of Christmas divination has its roots in the pre-Christian Slavic era, when in Rus' the end and beginning of the year were considered mysterious time when otherworldly forces came to life, and people did everything possible to propitiate them, extort secrets from them about their future, and also speak next year to prosperity, fertility and wealth.

With the advent of Orthodoxy, these traditions have changed a little. Now this time has become known as "Christmas" - holy days, between Christmas (now celebrated on January 7) and Epiphany (now January 19), but the habit of performing fortune-telling rituals during this period has not disappeared.

In addition, some days of Christmas time are still considered the most favorable in the year for divination and love spells of all types. This is explained by the fact that these days any fortune-telling speaks exclusively the truth, regardless of who and how they carry it out. Such days are considered: the night of Christmas - the time when Christmas time begins, Vasiliev evening - the night under the old New Year and, of course, Baptism itself is the most favorable fortune-telling day when Christmas time ends.

Christmas divination rules

Both earlier and now, mostly women and girls, who most of all wanted to know everything about their future love and family life
Such rituals were performed at home, usually at midnight, by candlelight and alone (as an option, a group of girls gathered to make it not so scary)

The girls tried to take off all jewelry, belts, and ribbons from braids, so that all this would not interfere with receiving the right energy flows from higher powers.

Then there was preparation for fortune-telling, when everyone who wanted to get an answer to their questions tried to formulate their problem as accurately as possible, since it depended on how specific and truthful the answer of higher powers would be.

After the preparations, divination began directly.

Variants of popular Christmas divination

For a long time of operation of various fortune-telling techniques, many of them have changed, changed, rebuilt, or completely lost their relevance.

But some have gone through the centuries and continue to this day to be in demand by hundreds of girls across the country who are going to tell fortunes for the future and for the groom at Christmas time.

To do this, they use a variety of methods and means.

Traditional divination performed at Christmas time

The most stable throughout the entire period of use were, are and remain several types of Christmas divination.

Simple is considered good, but effective divination in the name of a loved one. For him, you need to go outside at midnight and wait for the first man you meet, and then ask his name. As he will be called - so will the husband of the future be called.

Another option for this fortune-telling is to fall under the feet of a passer-by and look at his reaction. How he behaves, so will the groom: if he helps to get up, he will be caring, if he passes by, he will be heartless.

Divination with a shoe

Divination with a slipper is especially popular with our people. During its implementation, it is proposed to go to the threshold of your home, take off your shoes (boots, slippers, shoes) from your left foot and throw them into the street over your left shoulder.

Where the toe of the shoe points, you will have to get married there. True, if he points to a house, then marriage next year will not have to wait.

Finally, it closes the top three of the most important Christmas fortune-telling - a terrible fortune-telling with a mirror and candles. For some reason, it is believed that if something goes wrong during it, then the girl’s soul may not return from such a “mirror” journey.

To perform this Christmas divination, you need two mirrors and two candles. Mirrors are placed opposite each other in such a way as to create a mirror corridor. The fortuneteller sits between them and lights candles. Now her goal is to call her betrothed. He must appear at least for a moment in a long line of mirrored corridors.

By the way, in the old days it was also believed that the most powerful fortune-telling are those that are made by a girl in complete silence by candlelight.

Various divination with improvised means

In the process of divination, as the centuries-old practice of our ancestors, and ourselves, shows, any means and objects are good, because in principle it’s not what you guess on, but how you do it and what the result will be.

In fact, for this reason, divination using improvised materials - fabric and paper, pictures, food and water, working tools and utensils - gained particular popularity among our people.

Divination on paper

Divination using elementary paper is considered simple and quite effective (any paper will do - from newspaper to standard A4 sheets). For example, for one of them, you need to write your desire or cherished dream on paper, then put the paper on a saucer and set it on fire with an ordinary match.

By whether the sheet burns completely or not, one can judge whether what is written on it will come true. It is believed that if a piece of paper burns out completely, therefore, the stars favor the fulfillment of what was planned, but if not, then you should think about it: perhaps dreams will come true, but not immediately, but it is possible that they will never come true at all.

Divination with paper and its ignition

take any kind of paper, crumple it well, thinking about what the next year can bring, and then put it on a tray or plate and set it on fire.

When the paper burns out, you need to pay attention to the resulting silhouette and try to guess from it what the coming year will bring. Although, of course, it is worth mentioning that this type of divination depends entirely on the imagination of the fortuneteller.

Divination on bread

Divination with a loaf of bread will also be interesting. According to him, you need to leave a small piece of bread after dinner, cutting it off from the loaf with your own hands. Then, at exactly 12 o'clock at night, take this piece out into the street and leave it somewhere in a secluded place.

All guessing is what will happen to the bread in the morning. If the bread remains where it was left, then the year will be good, successful and full of positive moments. But if the bread disappears, you should wait for an unhappy year.

Divination with needles

Also modern girls I like simple divination with needles. For him, you need to take 2 ordinary needles, a glass of water and a piece of lard. The needles are smeared with lard, and then lowered into the water. In this case, the fortuneteller must say -

"Oh, my needle-needle,
stop sewing for the father,
stop sewing for mother,
it's time for you, needle,
sew on my pillow!

Then it all depends on how the needles behave. If the needles come together, then love will happen soon, and with it the wedding. But if the needles are kept apart from each other, then there will be no wedding next year.

Christmas divination for the betrothed in a dream

A number of fortune-telling for a loved one that is popular today is connected with another mysterious space where the secret becomes clear and you can easily look into your future.

We are talking about dreams and, accordingly, about such divination methods that are customary to carry out at night, or rather, for the coming dream. The principle of such appeals to higher powers very simple, you need to put the object under the pillow, while saying that the betrothed will come to help in this or that matter, for example:

  • Combed hair (under the pillow we place a comb for hair)
  • Translated across the bridge (the bridge will personify a wooden bar)
  • Belted (you need to put your best belt on)
  • I washed myself and showed myself at the same time (we put soap and a mirror in the headboard).

At the same time, it is worth saying the classic:

“My betrothed, mummer, come to me…”

Before going to bed, you can also use fortune-telling, in which you do not need to remember everything that you dreamed about during the night. To do this, it is worth putting 4 kings from an ordinary deck of cards under the same long-suffering pillow. True, they will still have to be asked that the one who is betrothed come to show himself in a dream.

In fact, the content of sleep is not important. Since in the morning you need to get out of bed, put your hand under the pillow and get any of the cards. Actually, the answer will just be in the card that will be brought to light. King of clubs - the groom will be a widower, peak - jealous, tambourine - beloved, hearts - young and handsome.

Newfangled divination for the Christmas time of the XXI century

Time does not stand still. Epochs succeed each other, and with them the fashion, traditions, and customs of divination for the betrothed also change. What was once relevant becomes only echoes of antiquity, instead of which new phenomena and processes grow.

This is fully true for the world of divination. Of course, many Christmas rites and rituals continue to be popular among modern residents of our country. After all, they are passed down from generation to generation, and simply have proven themselves properly.

Nevertheless, new types of divination are also emerging, the scenario of which takes into account the need to use modern means and methods. Most of these newfangled divinatory variations suggest using a TV, computer, mobile phone, the Internet and other inventions for the purpose of divination.

The simplest options for fortune-telling of the 21st century are telephone. For example, a fortuneteller is invited to dial any phone number at random and ask for the name of the person who will pick up the phone. It is believed that this will be the name of the groom or his mother (if a woman picks up the phone).

Divination through the phone

There is fortune-telling with a mobile device and more difficult. It is necessary to write an SMS to the first number that comes across with a question, the answer to which worries you the most. If there is no response message, hopes and dreams will not come true.

If the response is confusion or “Sorry, you have the wrong number,” then there is a chance that the problem will still be resolved safely. And finally, if a meaningful answer comes to question asked- so be it!
Do not cease to amaze the so-called computer fortune-telling.

One of the most common ways, painfully reminiscent of old divination with a mirror, involves the following steps. It is necessary to turn off the monitor, put candles next to it and, peering into the darkness on the screen, call on the dear one to come as soon as possible.

Divination via the Internet

Another option for fortune-telling through the World Wide Web is to open the first search engine that comes across and enter a disturbing question in it. Then open the first link that will appear during the search, and look for the answer to your mental anguish in it.
Of the newly minted fortune-telling of our time, there are those that are made for children. Rather, in order to find out total, as well as names.

To do this, the girl must collect small glass pebbles, which are usually sold for interior decoration. After that, she must write on them with a felt-tip pen different names which she likes. The number of such stones is not limited.

Then the resulting stones-names are lowered into a container filled with water and the result is evaluated. On how many stones the names have not been erased, there will be so many children. And already by the names you can guess both the gender of the child and his possible name.

There can be many options for modern fortune-telling practices, especially since everyone is free to come up with their own rituals and techniques. The main thing is that they give truthful answers and be effective in use.

Christmas divination in Rus'

Christmas time is the name given to the two weeks of winter holidays, from Christmas Eve, which falls on January 6, to Epiphany, celebrated on January 19. Fortune telling for Christmas is rightfully considered the most truthful and has its roots in the times of pagan Rus'.

During Christmas and Christmas fortune-telling, you can only search in all predictions good sense. Bad omens should not be given of great importance otherwise you will set yourself up for failure in the new year.
We have tried to collect the most interesting and reliable Christmas divination, which we hope will help you uncover the secrets of the future.

Christmas divination by barking dogs

At midnight, take a knife, go out into the street, go up to a 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, abrupt bark is heard, it means that future husband will be strict and gloomy.
If the dogs bark merrily 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.

Christmas divination on wax (candles)

Take cinders of white wax or paraffin candles (holiday colored candles are not suitable for divination), put them in a metal bowl, melt over a fire and immediately pour into a container with cold water. The figure formed at the same time will predict the future that awaits the fortuneteller.
Interpretation of figures
House - soon acquiring a new economy; 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.

Fortune telling on wax and milk

Pour milk into a saucer and place on the threshold. Take cinders wax candles, put in a metal bowl and melt on the fire, saying: "Brownie, my master, come under the threshold to drink milk, eat wax."
Saying the last word spells, pour wax into milk and carefully examine the resulting figure.
Interpretation of figures
The cross is a disease; if its outlines are fuzzy, then soon you should prepare for a series of minor troubles that will affect all aspects of life.
A blooming flower - a wedding in a year.
Animal - an ill-wisher has appeared in a close environment.
A scattering of small stars - good luck in business.
Stripes with blurry edges - trip, business trip, moving, travel.
The human figure is the imminent appearance of a new friend.

Divination by shadow

Take a newspaper sheet and crumple it well (but do not roll it into a tight ball!). Put the crumpled paper on a plate and set it on fire. When the paper is completely burnt out, put a candle next to the plate and look at the shadow that the burnt newspaper casts on the wall. The meaning of the figures that have arisen is similar to the interpretation of wax figures.

Divination by hair

At midnight, pour water into a bowl and add a pinch of ash, a pinch of sugar and a pinch of salt. Mix the water thoroughly, and when it “calms down”, throw two hairs into it: one is yours, and the other is a loved one. Leave the bowl until morning.
If the next morning the hair is intertwined with each other, then the wedding is just around the corner. If the hair is at some distance from each other, then the hour of separation is near.
A sunken hair predicts a serious illness, and possibly the death of the one to whom it belongs.

Christmas divination by ring

Take an ordinary glass with smooth walls (without a pattern and polishing), pour water into it by 3/4 of the volume and carefully lower it to the middle of the bottom wedding ring pre-cleaned. Looking closely at the very center of the ring, you can see the betrothed. Just to see it, you need to look into the ring for quite some time.

Divination by the log

Go into the woodshed, close the door so that it is dark in the room, and choose a log at random. Bring it into the house and carefully examine it: how it turns out to be golden, so will the future husband.
Divination interpretation
The log is even, with a smooth thin bark - the husband is handsome and young.
The bark is thick, rough - the husband is ugly.
The bark on the log is peeled in places or completely absent - the husband is poor.
Cracked log - the husband will come across old, pockmarked, with a physical defect.
A large log is a strong, strong husband.
Knotty log - the family will be big: each knot is an unborn child.
If the log was not at hand, then any tree in the park, square or forest can replace it.
To do this, you need to blindfold, ask someone you know to "unwind" you, as in the game "cat and mouse", and only after that go in search of the "oracle".
All the characteristics that were given to the log will be valid for the tree.

Fortune telling by egg

Pour water into a glass and pour protein into it raw egg. Put the glass in a heated oven so that the protein curls up. After that, remove the glass and carefully look at the resulting figure.
Interpretation of figures
Church dome or ring - fast wedding.
Rectangle or square - a serious illness, death.
Ship - moving after marriage to another city or country.
A pancake that has sunk to the bottom is a series of adversities and troubles, a long girlhood.

Divination by shoe

Go beyond the outskirts of the village, remove the shoe from the left foot and throw it forward over the shoulder with the toe. Where the sock turns, from there you have to wait for the matchmakers. If the sock looks towards the mistress of the shoe, then next year she should not wait for the wedding.

Fortune telling by rooster

This fortune-telling is collective, therefore, on Christmas or Epiphany Christmas Eve several girls should gather in one room and "count". Large grains should be scattered on the floor and at exactly midnight a black rooster should be brought into the room. His behavior will be the answer to the question about the future of fortunetellers.
If the rooster pecked all the grains, then next year the one who poured the grains will marry.
If part of the grains still remained on the floor, then the one whose number matches the number of pecked grains will marry.
If the rooster refused to treat at all, then not a single wedding will take place next year, and for all those present, the near future will be overshadowed by many minor troubles and failures.
Fortune telling "Well and bridge"

Pull out a few twigs from an ordinary household broom, build a bridge out of them and put it under the pillow until morning with the words: “Who is my betrothed, who is my mummer, he will take me across the bridge.”
After that, at night in a dream, the girl is likely to see her future husband.
Matches can be used instead of twigs. Build a well out of them and put it under the pillow in the same way with the words: "Narrowed, mummers, come get some water."
Nut shell divination

Pour water into a bowl. At the edges of the basin, attach strips of paper 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, engagement, acquaintance with a future spouse, etc.
Take half of the shell walnut and fix the cinder of a church or birthday candle in it. Light a candle and push the "boat" to the middle of the pelvis. From there, the shell itself should swim to one of the notes. But the wish will come true only if the paper, upon contact with the "boat", ignites from the flame of a candle.
Christmas book divination

In the old days, the Psalter was used as a prophetic book - a liturgical book containing the biblical book of psalms. Now, in the absence of a Psalter in the house, you can take a volume of your favorite writer - Pushkin, Lermontov, Shakespeare or any other.
In order to find out the answer to a question of interest, one must mentally formulate it, guess the line number from the bottom or top, and open the book at random. The answer includes not only the hidden line, but the entire semantic passage in which this line is included.
If the answer found in the book does not lend itself to logical interpretation, then the fortune-telling should be repeated.
Divination in the name of the betrothed

This fortune-telling, widespread and popular to this day, is probably known to everyone.
At midnight, leave the house and ask the first man you meet for his name. This name will be the name of the betrothed.
Christmas divination with a mirror

Fortune-telling with a mirror at Christmas time was considered the most faithful, but at the same time the most dangerous, during which a fortune-telling girl or woman often lost her senses.
The fact is that the mirror, according to ancient beliefs, is a border separating real world and the world of spirits. There are many signs and customs associated with this. So, for example, according to one of them, a broken mirror certainly promises an early disaster. Misfortune will happen even if you look in the mirror during a thunderstorm. By the way, most of"Thin" signs are connected precisely with the reflection in the mirror. It was strictly forbidden for a woman to look at him at those moments of her life when she could most easily violate the invisible border between the world of the living and the world of the dead: during pregnancy, after the birth of a child and the entire postpartum period, when she was considered “unclean”.
At present, the technology for the production of mirrors has changed: instead of a silver coating, lead is used, which has a very short “memory” and, as a result, is less aggressive. However, until now, old people do not recommend bringing a newborn to the mirror for fear that his fragile soul may split in two and the child will turn into an evil sorcerer or a bloodthirsty vampire.
However, a mirror can also serve a powerful amulet. reflected in it devilry immediately loses his magical power and forever loses the ability to harm people.
Fortune telling with a mirror is best in a bathhouse, in an unclean place, and at midnight, when the border marked by a mirror is most permeable. The fortuneteller should be completely alone in the room, loose her hair and remove the belt, if any. On the table you need to put two cutlery, a mirror and a candle. Then the fortuneteller should sit in front of the mirror and say: “Betrothed, mummers, come to dinner with me.”
Exactly at midnight, she will see a man looking over her shoulder. After the fortuneteller examines his face, she must quickly cast a charm spell: “Chur this place!”. After these words, the image of a man will disappear, and the fortuneteller will be out of danger.
A variation of this divination is a ritual with two mirrors that are placed opposite each other so that they repeat their reflections. One of the mirrors must be placed on a table with two candles on the sides. At midnight, light candles, undress, sit on a chair between the mirrors and carefully peer into your reflection. If the mirrors are placed correctly, then the reflections form a long gallery in which the image of the betrothed should appear.
"Broken hearts"

This divination is more like a game, so it is great for friendly Christmas and Christmas parties.
To carry it out, it is necessary to cut out figures in the form of hearts from cardboard. And by the number of them should be two times less than the guests invited to the party. Each of the hearts must be “broken”, that is, cut into halves in the most intricate way, clearly identifying the male and female. Then mix the parts thoroughly and hand them to each guest at the entrance with the wish to find their half.

Christmas divination for love

This fortune-telling is for the lonely, but eager to meet true love. Come to midnight nearest church and walk around it 12 times. It is believed that this ritual destroys loneliness and contributes to the appearance new love.
Divination by flame

Only gypsies, leading a nomadic lifestyle and forced to spend many hours by the fire, could come up with such a method of divination. It is at the same time very simple and very complex, because one who peers into the flame must have a good imagination and partly a philosophical mindset, as well as rich life experience in order to read the fate destined in the dancing tongues of the fire.
In the flame of the same bonfire, several people can see the future at the same time, because everyone will see in it his own prophecy intended only for him.
It is best to use flame divination for yourself, because in this case it will be extremely accurate and less complicated.
If fortune-telling is performed for someone else, then the person must be seated to the left of oneself and “tune in” to him. For this take it right hand both hands and hold for a few seconds. After that, look closely into the flame and try to see prophetic signs there, symbolizing the events that await a person in the future.
It happens that no real images that can lift the veil over the mystery of being ever arise. In such a case, the gypsies say that big changes await a person in life, but it is still difficult to determine whether they are good or bad.
Christmas divination with a knife

For this type of divination, gypsies use a round wooden board with a diameter of about 30 centimeters to cut bread. If there is no board of this size at hand, then you can take a tray or cut a circle out of cardboard. On the edges of the circle write the answers to the most frequently asked questions:

"Yes",
"Not",
"Be patient",
"Caution: next to you is an enemy hiding under the mask of a friend",
"good news"
"Love Message"
"Good luck in the undertaking",
"Unexpected Guest"
"Love",
"Today's tears will turn into joy tomorrow"
"Unexpected news"
"New love",
"Unexpected meeting",
"Travel",
"Important Letter"
In the center of the circle put the usual kitchen knife and mentally formulate a question. Rotate the knife around its axis three times. One of the three messages, which will show the edge of the knife, and will be the answer to the question asked. The other two may be the cause or effect of the predicted event.
If, after rotation, the tip of the knife stops at an equal distance from two messages, the divination must be repeated.
Divination with needles

Put 21 needles that have never been sewn on a saucer or plate, and slowly pour water into the dishes. Under the influence of water, the eagles will change their original position; according to the current picture, one can promise about the situation in which the fortuneteller is located. So, the number of crosses formed by needles indicates the number of ill-wishers or hostile forces acting against a fortuneteller in the current month.
There is also another version of fortune-telling on needles.
Make a pendulum out of a needle. To do this, thread a red silk thread about 75 centimeters long into it, fold it in half and tie a knot at the end.
Take a coin from a fortuneteller (previously they always took a silver one) and put it on the table. Sit down at the table, put your elbow on it, take the pendulum needle with your fingers by the tip of the thread and direct the tip of the needle to the center of the coin.
The fortuneteller asks a question, the answer to which is the words "yes" or "no", and carefully looks at the pendulum. If the needle stands still without movement, there is no answer to the question yet; if it begins to move in the longitudinal direction, the answer is affirmative, if in the transverse direction, it is negative. If the pendulum moves in circles, the question is clear and should be formulated more precisely.

Divination concealed a mysterious presence dark forces that accompanied the process. Therefore, they usually guessed late in the evening by candlelight. Animals, as a rule, were removed from the hut, since cats and dogs drove away unclean spirits, and he was supposed to help fortune tellers find out their fate.

One of the most terrible fortune-telling was to go to the bath at night, light 2 candles, undress to the naked, put 2 mirrors opposite each other, forming a mirror corridor, and call the betrothed. After a certain time, the face of the betrothed was supposed to appear in the mirror, but in fact it was a demon that took on a human form. And if you do not turn the mirror over in time special words: "Chur, unclean, get out!" - the demon could break out of the mirror and take the soul of a fortune-telling girl. We will not give such terrible fortune-telling here, but we will talk about the most common and simple ones - simple divination on the future, on relationships and their interpretation.

Most Christmas divination is designed for a group unmarried girls girlfriends are fortune tellers, since one is not very interested in guessing. Since today fortune-telling at Christmas time has become more of an entertainment, the more girlfriends gather, the better and more fun.

Christmas divination on the water - who will be the first to marry

It is necessary to take a sick wide basin and pour water into it to the brim. Then each girl must make a boat out of half a walnut shell, stuff it with breadcrumbs and attach a piece of paper with her name or her specific color in the form of a flag on a match. At the same time, all friends should put their boat in the center of the basin with water and remove their hand. That girl, whose boat is the first to reach the edge of the pelvis and touch it, will be the first of all her friends to marry, and accordingly the second, third, etc. are determined. bride. It is impossible to blow on the boats and help them.

Fortune telling on cups and objects for a loved one and his signs

For divination on the signs of a future beloved husband, mugs and objects are needed - a ring, a coin, white and black threads, grain, a needle, a cracker, peas. All these items are placed under the mugs and moved so that the fortuneteller does not see what lies where. Then the girl chooses one or more mugs and determines the signs of her betrothed. Deciphering the meanings: white thread - blond, black brunette, needle - thin, grain - well-fed, ring - handsome, cracker - will be old or much older than the bride, peas - will be green, that is, young, coin - will be rich. You can also come up with the meaning of different objects yourself and put them under the circles.

Christmas divination on the boot

Usually the boot was thrown over the fence, standing in the yard, turning its back to the gate. Having thrown, they went out to look where the toe of the boot was pointing - in that region the betrothed lives. Today you can stand facing the entrance door and throw your boot over your shoulder, making sure in advance that you will not hit any passerby.

By the way, you can also guess on a passerby. You need to go out into the street in the evening, go up to the first passerby you come across and ask him for the name of your betrothed. Fate in the face of a passerby should accurately inform the fortune-teller about the name of her future husband.

Fortune telling on a wish with matches

This is simple guessing. Two girls, holding a match in their hands, make a wish and, with the third match, set fire to the first two at the same time. Whose match burns out sooner - that one's wish will come true faster. The match went out - it will not be fulfilled at all, it burned down by half - it will come true partially.

Fortune telling on wax or paraffin

Wide known species fortune-telling, which requires a wax or paraffin candle and a wide plate of water. A piece of wax is placed in a spoon and melted over a fire, then poured into cold water(sometimes through the ring of a fortuneteller - for fidelity). According to the resulting image, future events are predicted. Or they make a question in advance and interpret its answer according to the wax image

Fortune telling on a cat or dog

The girl makes a wish or a question (with the answer "yes" or "no") and calls her favorite animal from the next room. If the right paw appears faster around the corner, then the answer is “yes” or the wish will come true, and vice versa, the left paw is “no”.

Divination for the future on burnt paper

Divination in the dark, with a lit candle. A girl puts a crumpled sheet of paper on an iron or other non-burning tray or dish, asking a question or simply asking about the future. The tray is placed against the wall in order to see the shadow of the paper on it, the paper is set on fire. When the paper burns, you need to look at the outlines of the shadow of the burnt sheet. Of course, such fortune-telling assumes the presence of a developed imagination among fortune-tellers. Here are some decoding of possible symbols: a house - a move is possible, flowers - to joy, a yoke - to gossip, a dove, a heart - to a new love or wedding.

Christmas divination on dumplings for the future

For this, fortune-telling girls must be able to cook. In the evening, the girls make dumplings, adding additional ingredients to some of them - salt, pepper, peas, sugar, wheat, Bay leaf, bow and others. Then the dumplings are boiled and by what kind of dumpling you come across you can determine what will happen in the near future. Salt - to a quarrel, pepper - chagrin, peas - to replenishment, sugar - fortunately, wheat - to wealth, bay leaf - to good luck and luck, onions - to tears. You can come up with your own meanings for other spices and additives - cinnamon, beans, cloves, etc.

Divination on the book

This is a divination to get an answer to a question. Take a book - preferably art or church, but not technical and not poetry. Fairy tale books are also good. You ask a question, and then randomly say the page number and line number. Find this line - this will be the answer to the question. It is better for girls who are too suspicious and superstitious not to ask vital questions, as the answer may upset.

Fortune telling on a loved one - determining a name

Going to bed, the girl puts papers under the pillow with male names. In the morning he takes out the first piece of paper that comes across and learns from it the name of the betrothed. You can put a comb under the pillow and before going to bed say the words: "My betrothed mummer, come to me, comb my braids." This night, the future husband should dream of a fortune-telling girl.



Together with Christmas, which is celebrated every year on January 7, the most mysterious, mysterious time also begins - this is Christmas time. Christmas time lasts from January 7 to January 19, until the very Epiphany of the Lord. Why is this period considered the most mysterious? Everything is simple, since the most ancient times in the villages during this period, for love, for good luck, or just to find out what lies ahead for them. Curiosity always prevails, so the tradition of guessing at Christmas time has come down to our days.

Today, in order to tell fortunes, it is not at all necessary to go to a fortuneteller or have any special attributes for magical deeds. After all, there is different ways divination at Christmas time at home. The fact is that now fortunetellers cannot do without their “magic” objects, and in ancient times, our ancestors believed that every object that surrounds them means something and carries some kind of informational message. Therefore, you can guess at home, using the most common items that will open the curtain of the future.

Helpful Hints for those who will guess

Before telling fortunes, you should carefully read the rules of fortune telling, take into account all the tips. After all, fortune-telling is not at all a joke and not just fun, it is a contact with the world of spirits, and if you do not take this seriously, then not very good consequences and situations may arise.

So, before starting any Christmas ritual, you should take into account the following tips:

1. Those fortune-tellings that come true the most were usually held on Vasily's Evening (January 13) and Epiphany Christmas Eve (January 18). Also, Christmas Eve, January 6, is very powerful. Therefore, guessing is best on these dates.
2. Divination must be carried out in an empty, dark room, where there are no extra sounds, where exactly no one will disturb the magical process itself. You can also guess or ask about your fate at a fork in the road in the forest, and take a domestic cat to your company.
3. The most dangerous divination is the one in which mirrors are used. After all, mirrors are a portal to other world, and they can simply take the soul of a fortuneteller through the looking glass. Therefore, you need to be able to guess on the mirrors, and prepare for the process in advance, tuning in to a serious wave. If, during a fortune-telling on a mirror, a girl sees the silhouette of a groom beckoning her to him, she must cross herself three times and exclaim “Chur me!”,
4. During fortune-telling, it is impossible for a cross to hang around the neck, it is also impossible for the hair to be braided, and the legs and arms to be crossed.




Divination with an egg

For fortune-telling, you need to use only a fresh egg that has not yet been in the refrigerator. It is best to use homemade eggs, but if this is not possible, then you need to buy eggs in the store, come home and immediately start fortune telling. A small hole should be made in the egg and the contents of the product should be poured into a container of water. The shape of the protein, which will curl up on contact with water, will indicate future events.




If the shape looks like a church, then this is for a wedding, you can also decipher the message if the squirrel resembles a cross or a ring. If the form looks like a child, a cradle, a pacifier or other attribute relating to a baby, then this is a replenishment in the family. The shape of the heart indicates the beginning of new romantic relationship. Silhouettes resembling a gate or a wreath - to a change in career plan. If the protein folds into geometric figure- this is a health hazard.

Divination on a towel

On the night of Christmas or Epiphany, you should hang a new white towel on the balcony with the words: “My betrothed, mummers, come at night and wash yourself.” If the towel becomes wet in the morning, it means that the girl will get married soon, if the fabric remains dry, then marriage will have to wait.




Divination for the future spouse on pieces of paper

On the night of Christmas or Epiphany, you should put pieces of paper under the pillow with the names of those men you like, as well as those men who have already shown signs of attention. The girl should sleep exactly on the pillow under which these pieces of paper lie. In the morning, as soon as the girl wakes up, she must first randomly pull out one piece of paper, the name that will be written on it is the name of her future spouse.

Divination with burnt paper

An ordinary sheet of paper (clean) must be crumpled up and set on fire with a burning candle, while the paper is burning, you need to think about what worries you the most. Then, you should put a burning piece of paper on a saucer, wait until it burns out. After the paper burns out, you should cast a glance at the shadow of the candle.




If the shadow looks like a tree, then this is a problem. A shadow resembling a bird means some good event which will cause a lot of positive emotions. The silhouette of a wolf heralds the appearance of a very good friend, a shadow in the form of a cat indicates that a person has an envious person, a ring - for an imminent marriage.




Fortune telling is a fascinating process, but this does not mean that you can neglect such rituals and do it for fun. It is important to follow all the rules so that fortune telling is true. But, even in such situations, faith in a person’s fortune-telling plays a very important role, if the person is sincerely convinced that fortune-telling, especially if it is good, true, then everything will certainly come true. And if fortune-telling did not show too good results, then you should not get hung up on this and think that this is how it will happen. After all, only our thoughts attract events into life!

Divination for Christmas time at home: ways

The most reliable time for divination falls on Christmas time, this is the period from January 7 to almost January 22. During this period, you can guess at love, wealth, family life. Christmas time is the period from the Nativity of Christ to the Baptism. During this period in Rus', girls who gathered in companies guessed. The guys who also wanted to know if the betrothed would love him or whether the parents would give consent to the matchmaking did not stand aside.

There is a huge number, everyone is guessing Slavic peoples. Let's present some of the most famous and not difficult fortune-telling.

On the snow

If fresh snow has recently fallen, walk on it closer to midnight so that the tracks are visible. If in the morning it turns out that the tracks are not trampled, this promises a free marriage, if on the contrary, then the husband will dominate everything.

If you want to know the age of the future chosen one, you need to go outside at midnight, exactly on Christmas day, and throw a handful of snow. If the snowflakes scatter around, the husband will be much older. Snowflakes land on the face - the young husband will get caught.

By shoes

If a girl or a guy wants to know in which direction the other half lives, you need to throw shoes over the fence, then look in which direction the toe of the shoe is looking - happiness lives there.


For the betrothed

A girl during Christmas time should pour water into a glass and add a little salt. The glass should stand all night near the bed. Before going to bed it is said: "My betrothed, mummers - give me some water to drink." At night, this betrothed will dream.

You can do the same with a comb, repeating the same words as with water, only instead of words about drinking, respectively, it must be said that he combed his hair.

Fortune telling on threads

Girls gather late in the evening, each takes the same piece of thread and all at once light them from a candle. Whose thread burns out faster, the one to get married before everyone else. But if the thread does not burn out to the middle and goes out, this girl should not be married.

On matches

This is very interesting fortune-telling for a couple. Two matches are taken, inserted on the sides of the matchbox and set on fire, before that, the matches are called by the name of the girl and the guy. If the matches look at each other after burning out, they live happily together.


Wax and water

The simplest and most common is divination with the help of wax flowing from a burning candle into a bowl filled with water. Wax can give out all sorts of images - from letters to full-fledged images. It is important not to forget to turn on the imagination here. When asking the name of the future spouse, in the message of the letter, you will need to make out the letters. In questions about the future, try to understand the wax images.

burnt paper

Another interesting way fortune-telling is as follows: crumpled paper is set on fire in a dark room (it is better to do all this with the utmost care so as not to start a fire) and placed against the wall. The task is to see the images drawn by the shadow of the flame.

Coffee grounds

For coffee lovers, this divination will be a double pleasure. There will be a clarification right away - it is best to use finely ground coffee. The principle of divination is quite simple - we drink brewed coffee, see the thick remaining at the bottom, turn the mug upside down in two directions - away from ourselves (for the future) and towards ourselves (for the past) - and put it upside down on a saucer. We are waiting for a couple of minutes, so that the thick is completely spread and dried. Then we turn over and find the traced coffee symbols. The same procedure can be carried out not just guessing at the past / future, but with the designation of a specific issue. You can turn to the Internet to decipher the symbols, or you can connect your own associations.


grain count

Dedicated to those who would not mind counting the number of grains in a handful. For fortune-telling with the desire to get an answer to a yes / no question, you will need a jar with some kind of cereal or grain. Holding over the jar left hand palm down (why the left - because you can’t sin with the right, and magic, although allowed during the Christmas period, is still considered an evil spirit), we ask a question and take a handful of loose substance from the jar. And we're counting. An even number of grains will express a positive answer, and an odd number - vice versa.