Fortune telling for Christmas time, Christmas time fortune telling. Yuletide fortune telling

According to the new style, Christmastide begins on Christmas Eve. Christmastide is divided into holy evenings (from January 7 to the 13th) and terrible evenings (from January 14 to the 19th). It was believed that at this time the forces of evil and good come to earth to fight for the souls of people.

Apparently, this is why these two weeks are so full of magical rituals and rituals, the purpose of which was to protect against evil spirits for the year ahead, to attract prosperity to families: health, marriage of daughters, the birth of a child, good harvests, and so on.

Every day of Christmastide was always surrounded by signs and omens. Special attention was paid to. It is believed that on the night of Christmas, as well as on Epiphany, you can have a prophetic dream, especially if the moon is waxing.

And yet, a favorite pastime during Christmas time has always been Yuletide fortune-telling.

They say that during the Christmas season they come down to earth to see their relatives. But behind them, all kinds of evil spirits rush into the open portal between the worlds, which need to be driven away and from which it is necessary to protect themselves. The Yuletide period is considered a time “without the cross.”

According to legend, God, out of joy that his son was born, unlocked all the gates and released the devils to roam free. Maybe that's why Christmas time is considered the best time for fortune telling, because the evil spirits walking around the Earth at this time can not only harm a person, but also tell him the future. To avoid trouble, you should guess according to all the rules.

Fortune telling rules

The Church warns: Yuletide fortune-telling is a dangerous activity. But how to avoid temptation? After all, when the gates between worlds are wide open, higher powers give the most accurate answers to questions about fate.

Experts advise that before you start guessing, think about whether you need it and how you are willing to pay for the information received.

Those who wish to tell fortunes should also know that fortune telling is a strictly individual activity. During collective fortune telling, energies are mixed. To see only your own destiny, you should remain alone with yourself, so as not to confuse your future with the future of other people.

In addition, you should not guess out of simple curiosity and in the presence of children. It should be remembered that during fortune telling you call upon the most unclean and ask about your fate.

You need to prepare accordingly for fortune telling: let your hair down, untie the knots on your clothes, remove all jewelry, belt and cross. The braid, belt and cross protect against direct contact with evil spirits, but without this contact, fortune telling is impossible.

If a candle falls during fortune telling, you cannot continue the action.

Unmarried girls should be especially careful during the holiday season: under the guise of a handsome guy, a creepy werewolf may appear to them.

In the old days, during fortune-telling, if the girls were scared, a grandmother sat and could guide them so that nothing bad would happen. The help of a knowledgeable person in such situations is vital: dark forces can cause irreparable damage to an inexperienced fortune teller.

It is very important to thoroughly observe the ritual of fortune-telling, because it includes and.

In the old days, serious fortune telling (for the future, for grooms, related to water, rings) was carried out in non-residential premises, barns or bathhouses. This is one of the important precautions in case the evil spirits do not want to leave after fortune telling.

If water is used for fortune telling, it should be thrown away when finished. Leave the house, move away and pour it in a place where people don’t go.

A word of caution from an experienced astrologer:

On January 10 and 11 (28 and 29 lunar days) 2013, it is better to exclude fortune telling. These days there is karmic retribution for everything we have achieved, and it is better not to touch them, especially monitoring the purity of our thoughts and actions. And the waxing moon begins on January 12.

Here you need to understand this: there are no bad lunar days! But it is precisely these days that tests and checks of the karmic level may emerge for any of us, i.e. those that do not lie on the surface of our understanding (although reward on these lunar days also happens in the form of a reward for a worthy life).

Human energy is weakened on such days. Fortune telling can damage the energy field to the point of introducing entities.

The same applies to the 1st lunar day, when the body is clean and ready for new plans for the month (in any case, it should be clean after realizing the situations on the 28th and 29th lunar days). 1 lunar day will last from 23:45 on January 11th to 8:34 am on January 12th Moscow time.

The final choice, whether to guess or not, will be helped by the article “Fortune telling: pros and cons” on the website “Astrology of those in love with Life” astro-spirit.ru/vibor/gadaniya-za-ili-protiv.

Christmastide fortune telling

There are countless ways to find out your future: by melting wax, with the help of dish songs, stopping the first passerby and asking his name, it will reveal the name of your future spouse, fortune telling, and so on.

Fortune telling with. At night, sit in front of a mirror, place and light two candles along its edges. In complete silence, without blinking, peer into the mirror, trying to see the face of the betrothed. At a certain point the mirror becomes cloudy, if you don’t blink and don’t get scared, you can see a man’s face.

Fortune telling on paper. Take paper, you can use an A4 sheet or a notebook insert.

We crush it into a fairly dense lump. We place it on a straight surface (iron board, flat plate) and set it on fire, mentally asking the question to which we want to receive an answer. It is important to correctly and accurately formulate the question that worries you: will I get married, will I have a child, will I have money, and so on.

When the paper burns out, we bring it to the wall and, turning the plate, interpret the resulting prediction based on the shadow falling on the wall.

Dream fortune telling.Any dream that occurs during Christmas time is considered prophetic. But many people want to know for sure that fate has been revealed to them, so they make plans for the future. The most popular fortune telling for the betrothed. If a girl is getting married this year, then her betrothed will appear. If you didn’t dream about it, it means you’ll have to spend some time as girls.

They make a fortune on any night of the holy week, but the most accurate fortune-telling is on the eve of Christmas and Epiphany. When going to bed on these nights, say: “Lord Jesus Christ, there are three saints in the hut: one sees, another will tell, the third will show fate.”

Drink some water. Before going to bed, prepare and place a glass and a jug of water by your bed. After this, make a wish: “Betrothed-mummer, you will get tired from the journey, I have some water, come, betrothed, I’ll give you a drink.”

Fortune telling. For this fortune telling you need to be alone. At midnight on Epiphany or Christmas, close the curtains tightly, cover the table with a clean tablecloth, place two cutlery, and light a candle. Place a piece of incense on each plate.

Sit at the table opposite one of the devices. While reading the plot, take incense from both plates one by one and bring it to the candle flame. When you finish reading the plot, throw one piece on the table and put the second under your pillow. You can go to bed: the dream will turn out to be prophetic, you will see what you wished for.

Conspiracy: “Incense gets along in the church, Houses rule over it. Incense, incense, it would be nice for you to tell fortunes, to find out the whole truth. Just as you, incense-father, are pure, holy and honest, so be my dream true. Amen".

Fortune telling Salty. Before going to bed, treat yourself to a salty snack: herring or something else, don’t drink it, and make a wish: “Mummer, come give me something to drink.” Your betrothed will appear in a dream, and water, of course, too.

Fortune telling for the betrothed with a comb. Comb your hair before going to bed and leave your hair on the comb, placing it under the pillow, say: “Betrothed, come and comb your braid.”

"Well". Make a well of eight or four matches on the bed, place a thimble filled with water in it, place yours on top so that the well is under it. Make a wish: “Betrothed-mummer, come and water your horse.”

Stocking. Put a stocking on your leg and say the spell: “Mummer, come take off the stocking.”

One young lady put on a stocking like this and made a wish. It was so bad at night that she fell out of bed and started crying in fright! Her father also told her not to hang out with the unclean, not to sin.

"Bride's viewing." You put the mirror under your pillow and say: “Mummer, come see me and show yourself.”

Fortune telling with a cockroach. You need to catch a cockroach and put it in a matchbox, and say: “Cockroach, cockroach! You go everywhere, you know everything, bring me to my betrothed’s family.” It is quite possible that in a dream you will see a room or a house - this is the home of your betrothed. You may also see his family members in your dream.

The young girl dreamed that a cockroach walked along the highway and that she could barely keep up with it. He brought her to a neighboring village to the house of a widower, and not to a guy with a sweet heart. She didn’t attach any importance to that dream, and in the fall that same widower wooed her. That's how you can't run away from fate!

And another dreamed that a cockroach said: “How can I bring you to my betrothed if you pinched my paw with a box?” In the morning he looks, and in the box there is a dead cockroach with a pinched leg.

Bread. From the holiday feast leave a crust of the bread you haven’t eaten, put it under your pillow at night, saying the spell: “Betrothed-mummer, come to dinner.”

These are the fortune-telling that have come to us from the depths of centuries. It’s difficult to perceive many people without a smile :) .

Are the predictions obtained during Christmas fortune-telling correct? According to knowledgeable people, these predictions mostly come true. Nevertheless, mixing with evil spirits and looking into the future according to Christian canons is considered a great sin. After fortune telling, it was customary to go to church to repent and atone for this sin.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Fortune telling first. On wax

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

How to guess

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

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

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

Fortune telling second. In subjects for the future husband

Fortune telling by objects is one of the simplest and easiest fortune telling to perform. Various objects are laid out on the table, by which you can find out your husband’s future profession. 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 is no secret that water has magical properties, healing and predictive powers. 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, in order for fortune telling to have reliable magical power, 13 pieces of paper should be prepared.

Fortune telling sixth. On strings

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

How to guess

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

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

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

Seventh fortune telling. On the book

Previously, it was customary to tell fortunes using the Bible. Exactly at midnight it was necessary to open the Scripture and read the prediction. Now the Bible can be replaced with another book, while wishing for a specific page, line or paragraph. Interesting fortune telling is obtained if you use the “Rubai” of Omar Khayyam or any quotation book. 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 “Church me!”, this will drive the evil spirits back to where they came from.

Angel - harbinger of change
Car - hit the road
Arch - transition to a new level
Butterfly - big changes
Tower - wedding
Letters - important news
Bull - danger
Question mark - uncertainty
Head - new position
Mushroom - an unexpected event
House is a very favorable sign
Castle - something new awaits you, for example, a new relationship
Star - your wish will come true at this stage
Fireplace - home and home comfort. Emotional warmth
The key is a sign that predicts that everything planned will come true, all goals will be achieved
Book - gaining knowledge
Wheel - this figure always means life cycles: one ends and a new one begins
Ring - engagement, marriage
Staircase - the circumstances of your life are changing for the better. 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
A child is the start 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.

People have been telling fortunes since ancient times, Chaldean priests, ancient Greek Pythias and augurs, Slavic wise men did this... Who hasn’t tried to look into the future! The word “fortune telling” itself has an unclear origin; it can be traced back to the name of the ancient goddess of happiness Gad, or from the Sanskrit “gad” - “to explore”, or from “gadam” - “to test”. Fortune tellers in ancient times relied on random but natural phenomena or signs and opened the veil of secrecy over the “messages” of gods or other powerful forces.

Fortune telling could be done at any time, although some days or periods were considered especially favorable. It was considered the most faithful divination at Christmas time- on “holy days”, there are 12 of them, from January 7 to January 19 according to the new style, especially on the most “prophetic” days - “Vasil’s Evening” (January 13) and Epiphany Eve (January 6). There are other divisions: the first week of Christmastide was called “holy evenings”, the second - “terrible”, and these were the most correct and reliable fortune-telling.

Why was the Christmas period considered the most favorable for fortune telling? It's quite simple. We still feel uncomfortable when the days get shorter and the nights get longer. It seems that now everything will be darker and darker and spring is incredibly far away. What can we say about antiquity, when the information field was very small, and who knows, it was shining - what if it changes its mind about heating and does not return to the world?!

In general, this period is full of uncertainty, this is the time when the struggle between Chaos and Light is taking place, the knots of the next year are being tied, and the foundations of upcoming events are being laid. At the turn of the old and new years, a person is especially keenly interested in the future, his own and those close to him. Moreover, at this time the other world is closer than ever. All sorts of devils, goblins, brownies, kikimoras, banniks and other evil spirits with the undead crawl into the “upper” world from almost all the cracks and make contact more easily, especially, as some argued, on “terrible evenings.” Just have time to ask, because it is from evil spirits that they receive answers during fortune telling. Here it is important not to give up, not to be scared and to follow the rules of behavior - during conspiracies, wait for the rooster to crow, cross yourself, and so on. Otherwise, you can fall into ruin - or lose your mind, or even die. Unenviable fate! What did they ask? Yes about everything. About life and death, illness and health, weather and harvest, wealth and family well-being. But of course, the most “top” topic for fortune telling was the betrothed and marriage.

Rules for fortune telling at Christmas time

The best time to tell fortunes is after sunset. During the process of communicating with otherworldly forces, there should be no cats, dogs or other pets nearby; they can prevent the spirits from giving truthful answers to questions.

If you are going to tell fortunes using candles, it is better to stock up on church candles in advance - it is believed that such candles will protect the questioner from otherworldly forces; they will not be able to harm or play a joke by giving false answers.

To be completely confident in the veracity of the predictions, you must read a special conspiracy before starting fortune telling. It is quite long, you can find it on the Internet.

If the fortune telling is not as successful as expected, knowledgeable people advise to ward off troubles with a special spell, which must be memorized and read 12 times, turning your face to the east. So, when you fully prepare for fortune telling, do not forget to not only find all the texts of the conspiracies, but also get hold of a compass.

Christmas fortune telling for love

Fortune telling with shoes(felt boots, shoes, bast shoes, glass slippers) “to the side” was the most common type of fortune telling. The girls took turns throwing their shoes (always with their left foot!) onto the road and, by the direction of the toe of the shoe, recognized the direction in which they would get married. And if the sock turned out to be turned in the direction from which it was thrown, the girl would sit at home for another year, no family life!

They also went to the crossroads: each girl made a wish for her future groom, drew a circle and, standing in it, “listened to the surroundings.” If she hears laughter and singing, she will soon get married, and if she hears crying, swearing or lamentations, she should sit in the maiden and shed tears. It was possible to eavesdrop under the neighbor's window.

The order of marriage could be found out using fortune telling by threads. The girls cut threads of the same length and set fire to the one whose thread burns out first, the one who will get married first. And if the thread goes out without even burning to half, the girl must be an old maid of centuries.

What the groom would be like could be found out using a variety of fortune telling. On an object: various objects are placed in a bowl, saucer or felt boot (yes, felt boots again!). What the girl pulls out is what she will get in the future. For example, ash - to a bad life, sugar - to a sweet life, a ring - to get married, an onion - to shed tears, to draw a glass - to a cheerful life, a gold ring - to a rich one.

Or you could tell fortunes with a rooster (how to adapt this fortune-telling to urban conditions is unclear, but let it be here for educational purposes). They bring a rooster. Grain is poured into one vessel (coins can be used), water is poured into another, a mirror is placed nearby, and those who are especially inquisitive can drag in a chicken. If a rooster approaches grain or coins, the groom will be rich, if he approaches a mirror, he will be handsome and gentle, if he approaches water, he will be a drunkard, and if he approaches a chicken, he will be a womanizer.

A log is also a useful item in fortune telling for husband. In the dark you need to take a log from the barn. And at home, in the light, you should take a good look at it. A smooth log means your husband will be good, a knotty log means he will be bad, with cracks he will be angry. And the guys didn’t leave the logs unattended. They guessed by the knots, like a daisy: they counted the knots and said “widow maiden.” At which word the bitches end, take that one as your wife.

But since we’ve already gone to get firewood, we can run to the bathhouse. Fortune telling in the bath considered the most risky. The girls opened the door of the bathhouse, lifted their skirts, exposing their butts, and invited the bannik (or the most unclean one) to touch her. If a girl feels a furry hand, her husband will be rich, a bare hand will be poor, and a rough hand will have character. The invitation phrases were - for girls - not entirely decent. For example: “Rich man, hit him on the... side with your furry hand.” By the way, the village boys knew very well about this fortune-telling and sometimes hid in the bathhouse in advance, appropriating for themselves the functions of the “paw of happiness.” Okhalniki.

Fortune telling by the ice hole also suitable for both boys and girls. On a moonlit night we went to the river and looked into the hole. If there was a wedding coming up this year, then they saw the betrothed or betrothed in the reflection.

“Observational fortune-telling” consisted in the fact that under a dish (napkin, hat) each of the girls hid a small thing - a ring, earring, cross, etc. Then they sang songs in chorus, each with a certain predictive meaning, and took turns pulling the little thing. What was sung related to the owner of the object.

The essence fortune telling with wax, tin and egg understandable, this fortune telling is still very popular now - pour it into water and see what shape the egg white, molten wax or tin takes. And then interpret it according to your imagination.

Popular and fortune telling by shadows- crumple a sheet of paper, place it on a flat dish, and set it on fire. When it burns, use a candle to “reflect” the shadow of the remaining sheet onto the wall. And try to guess the future in it.

Christmas fortune telling for your betrothed

The betrothed, the mummer... From this beginning many fortune-telling begins, which the girl does alone, and not with a cheerful group of girls. For example, a girl can hang a white towel in front of the window at night, saying: “Betrothed, mummer, come, dry yourself!” If the towel quickly becomes damp, the girl will be married that same year. It will only get wet in the morning - you will have to wait a long time for the groom. It will remain dry and will not wait at all.

To find out what the groom will be like, the girl sprinkles the floor with ash at night and invites her betrothed to visit. In the morning he looks at the footprints left in the ashes. The footprint of a boot promises a rich husband, the footprint of a bast shoe promises a poor one.

An invitation to dinner is fortune telling for brave girls. The girl covers the table in an empty room with a tablecloth, puts down the utensils, except for the knife and fork, and says: “Mummer, come to me for dinner.” Locks the windows and doors and waits. As soon as the wind howls, blows on the windows and door begin - this means that the betrothed is approaching. And it appears... The girl must sit in her place, not answer questions, notice facial features and clothing. The betrothed sits down at the table and begins to entertain her with conversation. The girl should suddenly perk up and ask point-blank: “What’s your name?” The betrothed says his name and takes something out of his pocket. At this moment the girl should say: “Forget me!” - and the betrothed disappears. If she becomes timid and does not say the cherished “mind me,” there could be all sorts of problems. And under no circumstances should you keep the things that the ghostly betrothed left behind. At best, the husband - already a real one - will then grow cold.

Fortune telling on the mirror- a classic of Christmas fortune telling. A girl in one shirt with her hair down came out onto the porch and said: “Mummer, come look in the mirror, show yourself and look at me.” Then she went into the house and left the door ajar. She sat down at the table on which there was a mirror and lit a candle. You had to look in the mirror without blinking. Some, however, recommend two mirrors to create a gallery of reflections. The requirements for a girl’s appearance are not accidental: the absence of a belt and generally a minimum of clothing allows “magical energy” to flow unhindered through the body. And loose hair, that is, not braided, according to ancient ideas, radiated magical power. How long you will have to sit, without blinking, by the mirror surface - you can’t guess in advance. Five minutes before the groom appears, the candle flame will begin to flutter and the mirror will dim. Then you need to immediately wipe it with a previously prepared towel. And then the “betrothed” will look in the mirror. As soon as you see it, you must immediately shout the cherished “mind me!” or “out of this place” and the vision will disappear.

This fortune-telling is still not recommended for those who are especially impressionable - remember the nightmares with a loved one in a coffin that the same Svetlana dreamed of from Zhukovsky’s ballad? However, as it turned out after waking up, her fiancé was alive, so the girl was immediately comforted.

Well, when the girl has had enough fun with a variety of fortune telling, then she can go to bed. But before going to bed, it makes sense to perform another small ritual in order to see your future husband in a dream. For variety, we will give an example of not a Slavic, but a Scandinavian “conspiracy”.

Before getting into bed, you must say: “I pray to you, three holy kings. Send me a dream this night, Who should I make my bed for? Who should I wash my shirts? Whose name should I bear? Whose bride should I be?"

Hence the suitability for fortune telling of virtually anything. But whether to believe in the result or not is a personal matter for everyone.

The time after the first star rises on Christmas (the holiday of Kolyada) and before Epiphany among the pagan Slavs for centuries was the time of Christmas fortune-telling. How many exciting and memorable moments happened to our ancestors during this period! Someone learned the name of their betrothed, someone wished to receive wealth, and others even waited for prophecies regarding their entire fate.

The tradition of fortune telling at Christmas time has not died out even today, although it is officially prohibited by Christianity as well as by most other religions.

Do you believe in Epiphany fortune-telling? For example, that you can see your future in a bowl of water or in a dream?

For a long time in Rus', girls used to tell fortunes on the so-called holy nights, and almost all their questions were related to marriage...

Usually, for those who sincerely believed in Christmas fortune-telling, the “ghost”, as they said then, came true. In general, in Epiphany fortune-telling everything is very relative and requires a vivid imagination; without it, it is almost impossible to discern bizarre images and symbols anywhere.

So, 6 of the most proven Christmastide fortune-telling stories told by our grandmothers.

It's simple

Fortune telling for the future, for a new meeting

All you need is an ordinary boot, which you will need to throw over the fence. Hide and see who will go first: a woman - to her friend, and if a man - then go out and look where the toe of the boot is turned - on that side and wait for the groom. After all this, you, of course, can take the boot home, you will still need it.

Not for the faint of heart

Fortune telling for the betrothed

This divination on the future spouse, perhaps, can rightfully be called the most terrible. You will need 2 mirrors, 2 candles and considerable endurance. On one of the holy nights at midnight, let your hair down. Place mirrors in front and behind you so that they are reflected, place candles on the sides. Then all that remains is to peer for a long time into the mirror standing in front of you. In theory, you will see your future groom there, but you must immediately cover the mirror with something or lower it face down before your betrothed sees you and turns around. If he sees you, don’t expect any good, because mirrors are a passage to the other world... and you never know what can happen there. They say that the image of the betrothed is taken by the devil himself.

Not difficult and not scary

Fortune telling

As always, it happens at midnight... You only need 3 things: a glass of water, the white of a raw egg and someone's wedding ring. Pour the egg white into a glass (or transparent cup) of water, then throw the ring into it. And we leave everything until the next morning. Having woken up, we begin to peer at the figures that have turned out in the water. No one can help here except your imagination. They say that some people see, for example, the dome of a church - this is a sign of marriage. Well, what you see is your destiny.

It couldn't be simpler

This is fortune telling for the groom

All you need is matches and a glass of water. Before going to bed, we make a well out of matches and place a filled glass next to it. Then we go to bed, and before going to bed we say: “Betrothed, come and drink some water from the well.” And now you can go to bed with a feeling of accomplishment. The one who dreams is the future groom.

A little mysticism

Fortune telling

This kind of fortune telling will take up some of your time. Take a sheet of newspaper and knead it well so that it becomes soft. We turn a large ceramic plate upside down, put newspaper on it and set it on fire. By this time, there should already be a lit candle behind you and its reflection should fall on the wall, on which you, as if on a screen, will be looking at the patterns from the smoldering newspaper. Actually here, as in the case of protein, your assistant is imagination.

And finally

Fortune telling by wish

You write 20 of your wishes on 20 pieces of paper. Place them under your pillow at night. In the morning you pull out 3 - those that you pulled out must come true.

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

Thus, in ancient times, a wonderful and stable tradition of Christmas fortune-telling arose, which successfully survived into the 21st century.

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

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

The history of Christmas fortune-telling goes back to the pre-Christian Slavic era, when in Rus' the end and beginning of the year were considered that mysterious time when otherworldly forces came to life, and people did everything possible to appease them, extract secrets from them about their future, and also speak to the future a year of prosperity, fertility and wealth.

With the advent of Orthodoxy, these traditions changed a little. Now this time has come to be called “Christmas time” - holy days, between Christmas (now celebrated on January 7) and Epiphany (now January 19), but the habit of performing rituals associated with fortune telling during this period has not disappeared.

In addition, some days of Christmastide are still considered the most favorable of the year for performing 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 it is carried out. Such days are considered to be: the night of Christmas - the time when Christmastide begins, Vasiliev's evening - the night before the old New Year, and, of course, Epiphany itself - the most favorable fortune-telling day, when Christmastide ends.

Rules for fortune telling at Christmas time

Both before and now, it was mainly women and girls who made fortunes at Christmas time, 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 so that it would not be so scary)

The girls tried to take off all their jewelry, belts, and braided ribbons so that all this would not interfere with receiving the correct flows of energy from higher powers

Then preparations for fortune-telling took place, 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 the higher powers would be

After the preparations, fortune telling began directly.

Variants of popular Christmas fortune telling

Over the long period of use of various fortune-telling techniques, many of them have been transformed, modified, restructured or even lost their relevance.

But some have passed through the centuries and continue to this day to remain in demand by hundreds of girls throughout the country who gather to tell fortunes about the future and the groom at Christmas time.

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

Traditional fortune telling performed at Christmas time

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

A simple but effective fortune telling in the name of a loved one is considered good. To do this, you need to go out into the street at midnight and wait for the first man you meet, and then ask his name. Whatever his name is, that’s what his future husband will be called.

Another option for this fortune telling is to fall at the feet of a passerby and watch his reaction. How he behaves is how the groom will be: if he helps you get up, he will be caring, if he passes by, he will be heartless.

Fortune telling with a shoe

Fortune telling with a shoe is especially popular among our people. When performing it, you are asked to go to the threshold of your home, take off your shoes (boots, slippers, shoes) from your left foot and throw them onto the street over your left shoulder.

Where the toe of the shoe points is where you will have to get married. True, if he points to the house, then you won’t have to wait for marriage next year.

Finally, the top three most important fortune-telling of Christmastide is completed - 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 fortune-telling, 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 the candles. Now her goal is to call her betrothed. He must appear at least for a moment in a long string of mirrored corridors.

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

Various fortune telling with improvised means

In the process of fortune telling, as the centuries-old practice of our ancestors and ourselves shows, any means and objects are good, because what matters is not what you use to tell fortunes, but how you do it and what the result will be.

As a matter of fact, for this reason, fortune-telling using improvised materials - fabric and paper, pictures, food and water, working tools and utensils - has become especially popular among our people.

Fortune telling on paper

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

By whether the piece of paper 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 completely, therefore, the stars favor the accomplishment of the plan, but if not, then you should think about it: perhaps your dreams will come true, but not right away, or perhaps they will never come true at all.

Fortune telling with paper and setting it on fire

take any kind of paper, crumple it well, thinking about what the next year might bring, and then put the resulting thing 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.

Fortune telling on bread

Fortune telling with a piece 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 outside and leave it somewhere in a secluded place.

The whole fortune telling is about what will happen to the bread in the morning. If the bread remains lying 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 unlucky year.

Fortune telling with needles

Also, modern girls like simple fortune telling with needles. For it you will 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 water. At the same time, the fortuneteller must say -

“Oh, my needle-needle,
stop sewing for the priest,
stop sewing for mother,
it's time for you, little needle,
sew on my pillow!”

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

Christmas fortune telling for your betrothed in a dream

A number of fortune telling for a loved one that is popular today is associated 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 methods of divination that are usually carried out at night, or rather, at the coming sleep. The principle of such appeals to higher powers is very simple, you need to put an object under the pillow, saying at the same time that your betrothed will come to help in this or that matter, for example:

Comb your hair (put a hair comb under the pillow)
Transferred across the bridge (the bridge will be represented by a wooden rod)
Belted (you need to put on your best belt)
I washed my face and showed myself at the same time (we put soap and a mirror at the head of the bed).

The classic sentence is worth saying:

“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 during the night. To do this, you should put 4 kings from a regular deck of cards under the same long-suffering pillow. True, they will still have to ask that one of them, who is betrothed, come to show himself in a dream.

In fact, the content of the dream is not important. Since in the morning you need to, without getting out of bed, put your hand under the pillow and take out any of the cards. Actually, the answer will be precisely in the card that turns out to be brought to light. King of clubs - the groom will be a widower, king of spades - jealous, king of diamonds - beloved, hearts - young and handsome.

Newfangled fortune-telling for Christmastide of the 21st century

Time does not stand still. Epochs replace each other, and with them fashion, traditions, and customs of fortune telling for one's betrothed change. What was once relevant becomes only echoes of antiquity, in its place new phenomena and processes grow.

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

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

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

Fortune telling via phone

There is fortune telling with a mobile device that is more complicated. You need to write an SMS to the first number you come across with a question, the answer to which worries you 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 possibility that the problem will still be resolved successfully. And finally, if a meaningful answer comes to the question asked, so be it!
The so-called computer fortune telling never ceases to amaze.

One of the most common methods, painfully reminiscent of ancient fortune telling with a mirror, involves the following steps. You need to turn off the monitor, place candles next to it and, peering into the darkness on the screen, call on your sweetheart to come quickly.

Fortune telling via the Internet

Another option for fortune telling via the World Wide Web is to open the first search engine you come across and enter a troubling question in it. Then open the first link that comes up during the search and look in it for the answer to your mental torment.
Among the new fortune tellings of our time, there are also those that are made for children. Or rather, in order to find out their total number, as well as their 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 that she likes. The number of such stones is not limited.

Then the resulting name stones are lowered into a container filled with water and the result is evaluated. On how many stones the names are not erased, there will be as many children. And just 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 are effective in use.