Christmas fortune telling. Fortune telling using water. Christmas time as an occasion to make new acquaintances

Fortune telling concealed a mysterious presence dark forces, which accompanied the process. Therefore, fortune telling was usually done 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 bathhouse at night, light 2 candles, strip naked, place 2 mirrors opposite each other, forming a mirrored corridor, and call for your betrothed. After a certain time, the face of the betrothed was supposed to appear in the mirror, but in fact it was a demon who had taken on a human form. And if you don’t turn the mirror over in time special words: “Church, unclean one, get out!” - the demon could break out of the mirror and take the soul of the fortune-telling girl. We will not give such terrible fortune-telling here, but will tell you about the most common and simple ones - simple fortune telling for the future, for relationships and their interpretation.

Majority Christmas fortune telling designed for a group of unmarried girls and friends - fortune tellers, since fortune telling alone is not very interesting. Since today fortune telling at Christmas time has become more of an entertainment, the more girlfriends gather, the better and more fun.

Yuletide fortune telling on the water - who will get married first

It is necessary to take a sick wide basin and pour water into it to the brim. Then each girl must make a boat from half a shell walnut, filling it with bread crumb and attaching a piece of paper with your name or your specific color in the form of a flag on a match. At the same time, all friends must place their boat in the center of a basin of water and remove their hand. The girl whose boat floats first to the edge of the pelvis and touches it will be the first of all her friends to get married, and accordingly the second, third, etc. are determined in this way. brides You cannot blow on boats or help them.

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

To tell fortunes about the signs of your future beloved husband, you need mugs and objects - a ring, a coin, white and black thread, grain, a needle, a cracker, peas. All these items are placed under the mugs and moved around so that the fortuneteller does not see what is where. Then the girl chooses one or more mugs and determines the signs of her betrothed. Decoding of 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 meanings for different objects and put them under the mugs.

Yuletide fortune telling on a boot

Usually they threw the boot over the fence while standing in the yard, turning their back to the gate. Having thrown, they went out to see where the toe of the boot was pointing - in that region the betrothed lived. Today you can stand facing the entrance door and throw your boot over your shoulder, making sure in advance that you won’t hit any passerby.

By the way, you can also guess from a passerby. You need to go out into the street in the evening, approach the first passerby you come across and ask him the name of your betrothed. Fate, in the person of a passerby, must accurately notify the fortune teller about the name of the future husband.

Fortune telling with matches

This is a simple fortune telling. Two girls, holding a match in their hands, make a wish and use the third match to simultaneously set fire to the first two. Whose match burns out the quickest, the one whose wish will come true the quickest. If a match goes out, it won’t come true at all; if it burns out halfway, 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 the fire, then poured into cold water(sometimes through a fortuneteller’s ring - to be sure). Based on the resulting image, future events are predicted. Or they ask a question in advance and interpret its answer according to a 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 one is “no”.

Fortune telling on burnt paper

Fortune telling in the dark, with a lit candle. The girl places a crumpled sheet of paper on an iron or other non-flammable tray or dish, asking some question or simply asking about the future. The tray is placed against the wall so that the shadow of the paper can be seen on it, and the paper is set on fire. When the paper burns, you need to look at the outline of the shadow of the burnt sheet. Of course, such fortune-telling presupposes the presence of a developed imagination in the fortune-tellers. Here are some decodings of possible symbols: house - moving is possible, flowers - to joy, rocker - to gossip, dove, heart - to new love or a wedding.

Yuletide fortune-telling using dumplings for the future

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

Fortune telling by book

This is fortune telling to get an answer to a question. Take a book - preferably fiction or church, but not technical or poetry. Fairy tale books also work well. Make a question, and then say the page and line number at random. 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 be upsetting.

Fortune telling for a loved one - determining the name

When she goes to bed, the girl puts pieces of paper under her pillow. male names. In the morning, he takes out the first piece of paper he comes across and finds out from it the name of his betrothed. You can put a comb under your pillow and before going to bed say the words: “My betrothed mummer, come to me and comb my braids.” Tonight future husband must be dreamed of by a fortune-telling girl.

Along with Christmas, which is celebrated every year on January 7, the most mysterious, mysterious time also begins - Christmastide. Christmastide lasts from January 7 to January 19, until the Epiphany. Why is this period considered the most mysterious? Everything is simple, since the most ancient times in villages during this period, for love, for luck, or just to find out what awaits them there ahead. Curiosity always takes over, which is why the tradition of fortune telling at Christmas time has survived to this day.

Today, in order to tell fortunes, it is not at all necessary to go to a fortune teller or have any special attributes for magical affairs. After all, there is different ways Christmastide fortune telling at home. The fact is that now fortune tellers cannot live without their “magic” objects, but in ancient times, our ancestors believed that every object that surrounds them means something and carries some kind of information message. Therefore, you can guess at home, using the most ordinary objects that will open the curtain of the future.

Useful tips for those who will guess

Before telling fortunes, you should carefully read the rules of fortune telling and take into account all the tips. After all, fortune telling is not a joke at all and not just fun, it is 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 you start any Yuletide ritual, you should take into account the following tips:

1. Those fortune-telling that come true the most were usually carried out on Vasilyev's evening (January 13) and Epiphany Christmas Eve(January 18). Also, Christmas Eve, January 6, has very great power. Therefore, it is best to guess on these dates.
2. Fortune telling must be carried out in an empty space, dark room, where there are no unnecessary sounds, where no one will definitely disturb the magical process itself. You can also tell fortunes or ask about your fate at a fork in the road in the forest, and take a domestic cat for company.
3. The most dangerous fortune telling is the one that uses mirrors. 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 tell fortunes on mirrors, and prepare for the process in advance, tuned in to a serious wave. If, during fortune telling on the mirror, a girl sees the silhouette of the groom beckoning her to him, she must cross herself three times and exclaim, “Cheer me!”
4. During fortune-telling, it is forbidden for a cross to hang on the neck; it is also forbidden for the hair to be braided, or for the legs and arms to be crossed.

Fortune telling 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. Make a small hole in the egg and start pouring the contents of the product into a container of water. The shape of the protein, which will coagulate upon 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 white resembles a cross or a ring. If the shape looks like a child, a cradle, a pacifier or another attribute relating to a baby, then this is a sign of a new addition to the family. Heart shape indicates new beginnings romantic relationships. Silhouettes resembling a gate or a wreath indicate a change in career plan. If the protein coagulates in the form geometric figure- this is a health hazard.

Fortune telling 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, mummer, come at night and wash yourself.” If the towel becomes wet in the morning, it means that the girl will soon get married; if the fabric remains dry, then marriage will have to wait.

Fortune telling about your future spouse on pieces of paper

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

Fortune telling with burnt paper

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

If the shadow looks like a tree, then this means problems. A shadow resembling a bird means something good event which will cause a lot of positive emotions. The silhouette of a wolf foreshadows 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 a quick 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 the fortune telling is truthful. But, even in such situations, faith in a person’s fortune-telling plays a very important role, if the person is sincerely convinced that the fortune-telling, especially if it is good and truthful, then everything will certainly come true. And if fortune telling did not show very good results, then you should not get hung up on it and think that this will happen. After all, only our thoughts attract events into life!

Christmastide are the two weeks of winter holidays, from Christmas Eve, which falls on January 6, to Epiphany, celebrated on January 19. Fortune telling at Christmas is rightfully considered the most truthful. Christmas fortune-telling has its roots in the times of pagan Rus'. It is fortune telling during winter solstice(and this is the period of Christmastide) was given special meaning in pagan times. It was believed that it was on these days that otherworldly forces were most active, and the boundaries between worlds were thinner, which contributed to a more truthful result of New Year's, Christmas and Yuletide fortune-telling.

With the advent of Christianity in Rus', Christmas fortune-telling was not only preserved, but also acquired a more mystical meaning, and although the church tried to fight superstition and fortune-telling, they were carefully passed on from generation to generation, and have survived to this day in a little changed form.

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

A huge variety of methods for Christmas fortune-telling have been invented in Rus', 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 get married.

Fortune telling (with felt boots) on the “side” you will marry

This is the most famous and widespread type of fortune telling. The girls take turns throwing their felt boots over their backs onto the road and, by the direction of the toe of the fallen felt boots, recognize the direction in which they will get married.

Fortune telling with mirrors

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

In ancient times, mirrors were credited with magical properties. The custom of covering mirrors if there is a dead person in the house also reflects this attitude of our ancestors to the magic of mirrors.

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

Fortune telling in a new house

You can only guess in the house where you spend the night for the first time. Only then is fortune telling 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, I dreamed of the bridegroom.” The man who you dream about will be your fiance.

Fortune telling on straw

Fortune telling 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 knocked into a lump on the table, place a frying pan on this lump, put a stone on the frying pan and pour a little water. Then each of the girls should slowly pull out a straw and the name of the betrothed should be heard by the sounds made by the stone when it vibrates in the frying pan. During fortune telling, there should be absolute silence in the room.

Fortune telling (with burning a thread) for the speed and order of marriage

A simple and visual fortune telling, which is still popular in our time. It consists in the fact that girls cut threads of the same length (it is better to take thicker threads) and set them on fire at the same time. The threads need to be held at one end, the other lowered down and set on fire. Whoever's thread burns out first will be the first to be married. The order in which the threads burn in the hands of the girls will show the order in which they get married. If someone’s thread goes out immediately or the thread burns out by less than half, then this girl will not get married.

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

Do this with a ring or needle certain actions: the ring is dipped into a glass of water, a woolen fabric is pierced with a needle, then, suspended by a hair or thread, it is slowly lowered near the hand of the one being told fortunes. If an object (ring, needle) begins to make circular movements, a girl will be born (less often, a boy), if it is pendulum-shaped, it will be a boy (less often, a girl), if the object does not move, there will be no children.

Fortune telling (with choice of subject) for 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 object symbolizes life in the coming year: ash - bad life, sugar - sweet life, ring - getting married, onion - for tears, glass - drunkenness, gold ring - rich life etc., you can come up with and modify fortune telling with your own options.

Fortune telling with a rooster for the betrothed

Several plates or bowls are taken, grain is poured into one plate (or money is placed), water is poured into another, a mirror is placed nearby, and sometimes a chicken is brought. A rooster approaching a mirror symbolizes the beauty and tenderness of the future groom; if a rooster approaches grain or money - his wealth; if a rooster approaches a hen, it means he will be a “womanizer”.

Fortune telling with matches

Two matches are inserted into the sides of the matchbox and lit. If the burnt heads are facing each other, it means that the “given” guy and girl will be together. If the match heads point in different directions or have fallen off, then no.

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

At midnight, take a knife, go outside, go 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 I’ll get, will I have to laugh or cry?”

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

If an angry, sharp bark is heard, it means that the future husband will be strict and gloomy;
hoarse barking promises an old groom;
shrill barking - the groom will have a bad character;
ringing bark - young;
if the dogs bark cheerfully and loudly, then the husband will be cheerful and kind;
It’s very bad if you hear a dog howling during fortune telling. This suggests that the marriage will not last long and very quickly the young wife will become a widow.

Fortune telling "Well"

To carry out this fortune telling, you need a well. If a girl lives in a village and has a well with a lockable roof, then this is an ideal option. If you don’t have such a well at your disposal, then you should make a symbolic well. To do this, you can use matches, toothpicks, and other sticks. Building a well is quite simple. Make a square out of the sticks, placing the ends of 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 villages, girls can pour water into a bucket and place it near a real well. Lock a real well with a real key made from sticks, “lock” it with any key, making the appropriate movement with your hand, and put the key under your pillow. When you go to bed, say: “Betrothed-mummer, come to my well to drink some water, ask me for the key.” Your betrothed will come to you in a dream to drink water from your well.

Fortune telling by shadows

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

Everyone takes blank slate paper, crumples it, places it on a dish or large flat plate and sets it on fire. When the sheet burns or almost burns, it is displayed on the wall with the help of a candle - this is the second and main stage. By 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 no pattern, pour water into it 3/4 full and carefully lower it to the middle of the bottom wedding ring. The ring must first 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, come to me,” you can see the betrothed. To see it, you may have to look into the ring for quite a long time.

Fortune telling with inducing a dream about a betrothed

We write the young man's name 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 “Ananius”, on the other - “Azarius” and on the third - “Misail” and say the spell: “From Monday to Tuesday I look at the windowsill, whoever dreams about me, let him dream about me.”

They tell fortunes on the night from Monday to Tuesday. Take a spruce branch and place it at the head of the bed overnight. At the same time they say: “I go to bed on Monday, put a spruce tree at my head, if I dream of someone who thinks about me.” Whoever dreams is the one who loves you.

They tell fortunes on the night from Thursday to Friday. Going to bed, they say: “Thursday with Wednesday, Tuesday with Monday, Sunday with Saturday. Friday is alone and I, young, alone. I am lying on the Zion Mountains, three angels in my heads: one sees. Another will say, the third will indicate fate.”

Girls tell fortunes if they go to bed where they never had to before. Before going to bed they say: “In a new place, dream of the bridegroom.” You will see your fiance in a dream.

Cartomancy

Before going to bed, they put four kings under the pillow and say: “Who is my betrothed, who is my mummer, he will appear in my dreams.” If you dream about the king of spades, the groom will be an old man and jealous, the king of hearts means young and rich, the king of the cross - expect matchmakers from a military man or businessman, and the king of diamonds - from the desired one.

Fortune telling for relatives

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

Melt the wax in a mug, pour milk into a saucer and place it at the threshold of your apartment or house. Say the following words: “Brownie, my master, come to the threshold to drink milk and eat wax.” WITH last words pour melted wax into milk. Now watch what is happening carefully.

If you see a frozen cross, some illnesses await you in the new year.
If the cross only appears, then in the coming year your financial affairs will not go very well, and in your personal life you will be overcome by troubles, but not too serious.
If a flower blooms, get married or find a loved one.
If an animal appears, be careful: you will have some kind of enemy.
If the wax flows in stripes, roads and crossings await you.
It will appear like 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 are a sign of 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: upward-pointing tree branches promise quick joy, drooping branches - sadness, melancholy and boredom.
A ring or candle definitely predicts an imminent wedding.
A pancake that has settled to the bottom, on the contrary, promises a long girlhood.

On the bulbs

Take several bulbs and mark each of them. These bulbs are planted in the ground: the one that sprouts first, that girl will get married ahead of the others.

Around the ring

Pour 3/4 of water into an ordinary glass glass with a flat bottom, without any designs, and carefully lower the wedding ring into 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 towards the door, it means the girl is getting married soon, and the man is going on a business trip. Can be interpreted as leaving home.

Calling out to passers-by

Go out into the street at midnight and ask the name of the first person you meet. This is exactly what your betrothed will be called, this is exactly how he will be handsome and rich.

Eavesdropping

You climb under your neighbors window and, naturally, listen. If they have a showdown with breaking dishes, you can expect a “fun” year. If there is silence in the house, your year will be harmonious. Depending on what is happening in the neighbors' house at the time of eavesdropping, the coming year will shape up for you.

Fortune telling by wood chip

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

You need to take a dry wood chip, it’s better deciduous tree and fasten on it the stub of a candle that was burning in the house where the fortune-telling takes place. Light the candle and push the “boat” to the middle of the pelvis. From there, the sliver should itself float to one of the notes. Whichever note floats to, that event will happen. If the sliver turns 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 protein curls, you need to guess your future based on the shape it takes. The sight of a church means a wedding, a ring means an engagement, 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 protein sinks to the bottom, there will be a fire in the house.

Fortune telling on logs

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

the log is thick and heavy - the husband will be wealthy,
there are many knots - a family will have many children,
crooked log - the husband will be askew and lame or angry,
the log is even, with smooth thin bark - the husband is handsome and young,
thick, rough bark - ugly husband,
the bark on the log is peeled off in places or completely missing - the husband is poor,
cracked log - the husband will come across old, pockmarked, with a physical disability,
a large log is a strong, strong husband,
a knotty log means the family will be large: each knot is a future child.

Fortune telling with a cat

Make a wish, call your cat. If she crosses the threshold of the room with her left paw, her wish will come true. If it’s on the right, it’s not destined.

Fortune telling by book

It is best to take a book of spiritual content, for example, the Bible, without opening it, guess the page number and line number at the top or bottom, then open it and read it in the guessed place. They interpret what they read in accordance with what interests the fortuneteller most of all.

Christmas time (January 6-18) - best time for fortune telling. During this period, an atmosphere of magic reigns on earth and higher powers reign. Magic rituals and rituals help people look into their destiny.

Fortune telling for the betrothed

Fortune telling for the betrothed - favorite entertainment young unmarried girls during Christmas time. They tell fortunes alone or gather in large, cheerful groups. Girls enlist the help of evil spirits to find out the name of the groom or the date of the future wedding.

Fortune telling on a log. Fortune telling allows you to find out what your husband and family life will be like. Take one log out of the woodpile at random and examine it carefully. If the tree is even and smooth, then the husband will be slender and handsome, with good character. A thick, heavy log foreshadows a wealthy spouse. A trunk with many knots marks a large family family life. A twisted log promises ugly husband with physical disabilities.

Fortune telling on bulbs. Fortune telling is carried out in the company of girls. Plant the bulbs in the ground. Whose onion sprouts the fastest will be the first to get married.

Prediction from a dream. Before going to bed, think about your favorite guy, write his name on a piece of paper and kiss him with painted lips so that a mark remains. Then place the paper under your pillow along with a small mirror. At night you will have a prophetic dream.

Ritual with salty flatbread. Close relative unmarried girl, secretly from her, must bake a salty flatbread from flour and put it under her pillow. In a dream, her betrothed will come to her and give her water to quench her thirst.

Fortune telling for family life. Comic fortune telling. It is held in the company of girls. Prepare symbolic objects according to the number of fortune tellers. golden ring symbolizes prosperity, a glass - fun, an onion - tears, sugar - happiness, ash - disappointment. Place items in a deep bowl or bag. Take turns choosing one item at a time. He will predict future family life.

Fortune telling by the barking of a dog. At midnight, go outside and listen to the dog barking. The sonorous barking of a dog predicts young groom, and hoarse - old.

Ritual with the King of Diamonds. In the evening before going to bed, wash your face, comb your hair, remove your jewelry and place it on your pillow. Place a card with the image under it king of diamonds. In a dream you will see the image of your betrothed.

Fortune telling with a frying pan. Late in the evening, secretly from your mother, place a frying pan under her bed and say: “Mummer, come visit your mother-in-law to eat pancakes.” In the morning, ask your mother who she was feeding in her dream. The young man who the mother dreams about will become her daughter’s fiancé.

Ritual with a mirror. Sit in an empty, dark room. Light a candle on the side and place a mirror and two cutlery in front of you. Then say: “Betrothed-mummer, come to me for dinner.” The image of your future husband will appear in the mirror. After looking at it, say: “Chur.” If you wait a little, the betrothed may hand over some item that the future groom will lose.

Fortune telling for the future

On Christmastide people do magical rituals, conspiracies and rituals to find out future events. Good signs give them strength and instill faith in a happy future, and they try not to attach importance to bad symbols.

Eavesdropping on neighbors. In the evening, go to the neighbor's door and eavesdrop on the conversations behind it. If you hear laughter and cheerful conversation, then the year will be full of happiness and adventure. Swearing and breaking dishes foreshadow difficulties, and silence portends a quiet life.

Fortune telling by candle wax. Prepare a candle and a bowl of cold water. Light the candle and wait for the wax to melt. Pour the liquid wax into the water. Perform this ritual several times. According to the frozen wax figures interpret future events. Small round drops symbolize money. A bunch of grapes signifies love and good luck. A mushroom-shaped figure portends progress along career ladder. The bell promises good news. A tree leaf signifies the presence of envious people and ill-wishers.

Ritual with a mirror. At midnight, take a small mirror, pour water on it and take it out into the cold. When patterns appear on the surface of the mirror, take it into the house and examine it carefully. Circles foretell financial well-being, triangles - success, squares - difficulties, spruce branches- promotion at work.

Fortune telling on the water. Place a transparent vessel with water in front of the mirror and light candles on three sides. At midnight, look carefully through the water in the mirror. Whatever we can consider will come true in the coming year.

Fortune telling for wish fulfillment

During the Christmas season, it is customary to make wishes. Higher powers These days they listen to people’s messages and are ready to help implement their plans. Magic rituals help to find out whether a dream will come true in the near future.

Fortune telling with water. Prepare paper strips. Write wishes on them. Then place them in a deep bowl and cover with water. Stir the water and wait until the first piece of paper floats to the surface. The wish written on it will come true in the near future.

Walnut shell boats. Write down your cherished dreams on scraps of paper. Then place the leaves into the nut shell halves. Launch the resulting boats into the water in a deep basin. Place another shell with a burning candle in the middle of the pelvis. The wish that burns first will come true in the coming year.

Fortune telling on paper balls. Prepare three identical pieces of paper. Write a wish on one of them. Crumple the papers into balls, put them in a bag and mix. Pull the ball out at random three times. At the same time, unfold the piece of paper, see if there is an inscription on it, then crumple it again and return it to the bag. If on the first try you get a piece of paper with a wish, then it will come true in the near future. If it is on the second or third attempt, then the chances of its execution decrease. If you come across an empty sheet three times, your wish will not come true.

Ritual to fulfill a wish. At midnight, write your cherished dream on a piece of paper, place it on a plate with the text facing down and set it on fire. If the leaf burns completely, the wish will come true. If only part of the paper burns, then something will prevent you from carrying out your wish.

Who hasn't wondered at least once? Who wasn’t interested in looking into the future, lifting the veil of secrets and mysteries? Today we will tell you how to tell fortunes on Christmas and Christmastide.

Having previously googled and asked our grandmothers, we armed ourselves with all sorts of “sacred” things to try out the ancient rites of fortune-telling.

Since ancient times, it has been customary to tell fortunes in January. Starting from Christmas Eve and ending with Epiphany, our ancestors asked the Christmas spirit about their future.

The most favorable time for fortune telling was considered Christmas Eve (before Christmas), Vasilyevsky Evening (New Year's Eve, now falls on January 13) and Epiphany Evening (from January 18 to 19).

We chose Christmas Eve to look into our future. It is clear that we did not find a chicken or felt boots for fortune-telling, but candles, mirrors, water, basins - any modern girl has these items at hand.

So, we are sharing the most popular ways of predicting the future.

Fortune telling first. On wax

It is believed that fortune telling with wax is one of the most faithful and accurate. Not only village girls, but also ladies from high society used this method to tell fortunes. The purpose of fortune telling is to find out your future for the year, find out the nature of your relationship with your husband, and predict your fate.

How to guess

For this fortune telling, you need to prepare a bowl of water and melted wax. We used a paraffin candle.

There are two methods of fortune telling. You can light a wax candle over a bowl and simply drip the wax into the water. Or pour already prepared molten wax or paraffin into water. In the second case, the figure turns out to be more intricate.

The figures can be considered as separate predictions - on the principle that what I see is what will happen, or you can refer to the decoding of the meanings, which can be found at the bottom of the article.

Fortune telling second. In subjects for the future husband

Fortune telling by objects is one of the simplest and easiest fortune telling to perform. Various objects are laid out on the table, by which you can find out future profession husband In the old days, bread meant a peasant, a book meant a priest, coal meant a blacksmith, and keys meant a merchant.

How to guess

Now they use modern things, but among them there must be a wedding ring, which means marriage, but who exactly the husband will be remains a mystery. Symbols of objects can be designated independently.

The girl is blindfolded and she chooses any of the objects lying on the table. Or the second option - the objects are covered with a scarf, and the one who is being told the fortune puts his hand on the covered object.

Item Meanings

Glass - will drink
Scissors - tailor, fashion designer
Engagement ring - get married
Ash is a worthless person
Tablet - doctor
Keys - with the apartment
Candle - electrician, priest
Flash drive - geek
Mirror - dandy (reveler)
Coin - generous, rich

Fortune telling third. Subjects for future life

Another variation of subject fortune telling. Only now the girl learns not about her husband’s fate, but about her own. Usually fortune tellers place objects in bowls or cups, then make their choice.

Item Meanings

Beads - to tears
Ring - get married
Threads - to the road
Coin - to wealth
Tablet - get sick
Empty glass - nothing will happen
Pacifier - to the child
Pen - to ease in solving problems
The key is to new housing

Fortune telling fourth. On the water about future life with a spouse

It's no secret that water has magical properties, healing and predictive power. Therefore, it is not surprising that water began to be used in predictions, fortune telling, and magical rituals.

One of the most popular and easy to perform fortune telling is fortune telling with glasses of water. This method allows you to find out how a girl will live with her future husband.

How to guess

You need to prepare 4 glasses of water. Put salt in one of the glasses, sugar in another, a wedding ring in the third, and leave the fourth glass with fresh water.

If a girl draws water with sugar, the relationship with her husband will be harmonious, “sweet,” warm and kind. Salt water- means an unsuccessful marriage, there will be a lot of quarrels, arguments and tears. Water with a ring means a quick marriage. A glass with plain water can indicate an empty short-term relationship or the absence of a relationship in the near future.

Fortune telling fifth. On the water about the future life

Most likely, this fortune telling was modernized at a later time, but my grandmother, born in 1911, along with fortune telling using a live chicken, with a felt boot on the gate, already used this method of predicting fate.

How to guess

You need to take a basin, fill it halfway with water, attach pieces of paper with a breakdown of events to the walls in a circle - wedding, pregnancy, theft, death, winning, career advancement, illness, money, etc. After this, take half a walnut shell, in which you place small candle. And such a “boat” sinks into the middle of your pond with predictions. Wherever the shell floats is what we should expect next year.

There is another option for this kind of fortune-telling.

Papers with questions are placed at the bottom of a basin without water, then water is poured, whichever paper floats up will come true in the near future. At the same time, so that fortune telling has a reliable magical power, you should prepare 13 pieces of paper.

Fortune telling sixth. On strings

Since ancient times, the thread was considered a talisman among the Slavs. Therefore, it is believed that fortune telling using threads is very powerful and truthful.

How to guess

Girls should take threads of the same length and set them on fire at the same time. Whoever's thread burns out the fastest will be the first to get married.

If the thread goes out immediately or burns out by less than half, it means that the girl either will not get married or will get married very late.

Another fortune telling with a thread. You need to take three steel needles, three threads - red, black and white. Thread the threads into the needles and stick them into the pillow so that only the needles stick out. The needles should be inserted in a triangle. Then you should make a wish and pull out the needle. A needle with a red thread means that a wish will come true. With a black thread - it will not come true, with a white thread - it will come true partially, or not this year.

Seventh fortune telling. On the book

Previously, it was customary to tell fortunes using the Bible. Exactly at midnight it was necessary to open the Scripture and read the prediction. Now the Bible can be replaced with another book, while wishing for a specific page, line or paragraph. Interesting fortune telling it turns out if you use the “Rubai” of Omar Khayyam or any quotation book. We had in our hands “The Alchemist” by Coelho, in which we read: “They don’t drink wine in this country,” he answered. “Faith does not allow.” We were a little upset.

Fortune telling eighth. With mirrors

Fortune telling on mirrors is considered scary and dangerous. The thing is that a mirror in many cultures is a devilish gift and has the property of reflecting not only the physical world, but also the other world.

How to guess

At midnight, place two mirrors opposite each other and light candles. With the correct arrangement of mirrors, a mirror corridor is formed. You should say the spell: “Betrothed, dressed up, come to me dressed up.” Then you need to concentrate and look intently into the corridor. After some time, the figure of the future husband may appear in the depths. If you see some scary figures or feel discomfort, you should say “Cheer me!”, this will drive you away. evil spirits back to where she came from.

Angel - harbinger of change
Car - hit the road
Arch - transition to a new level
Butterfly - big changes
Tower - wedding
Letters - important news
Bull - danger
Question mark - uncertainty
Head - new position
Mushroom - an unexpected event
House is a very favorable sign
Castle - something new awaits you, for example, a new relationship
Star - your wish on at this stage will come true
Fireplace - home and home comfort. Emotional warmth
The key is a sign that predicts that everything planned will come true, all goals will be achieved
Book - gaining knowledge
Wheel - this figure always means life cycles: one ends and a new one begins
Ring - engagement, marriage
Staircase - the circumstances of your life change in better side. Possibility of advancement through the ranks
Face or faces - a smile on the face indicates happiness. An unpleasant face indicates enemies or rivals
Medal - your efforts will be rewarded
The man is a visitor. If his hand is set aside, he will bring a gift or a new opportunity.
Knife - very soon disagreements can lead to alienation and breakdown of relationships
Monkey - someone is deceiving you
Window - you need to look at a problem or relationship differently
Horseshoe - an extremely happy fate!
Bird or birds - good news awaits you
Child - the beginning of a new business or creative project. May sometimes indicate the birth of a child
Airplane - travel. If the nose of the plane is pointing down, this can indicate disappointment and dashed hopes.
Heart - indicates long-term affection and love.
The sun - happiness, creativity, success. Possible birth of a child.
Ear - listen carefully to what others are saying. You may hear very important information.
Fruits mean prosperity and good fortune.
Numbers - they indicate time.
A cup - happiness and a feeling of emotional satisfaction. An overturned cup can mean the end of a relationship.
Apple - these fruits represent health, life itself.