Homemade fortune telling for the New Year and Christmas: for desire, love, betrothed, future. Ladder - take-off in official and personal affairs

Between church holidays Christmastide lasts for 12 days with the birth and Baptism of Christ.

By Slavic tradition Christmastide begins with Kolyada (Birth of the Sun) or Christmas on January 7 and ends with Epiphany on January 19.

On the evening of Christmas Eve, January 6, people, often children, give supper to their godparents (This is sweet rice with raisins or other ingredients, and it can also be unleavened boiled rice without fillers. Kutya is filled with sweet syrup.) For this, those to whom the kutia was brought thank them with money. . This tradition is well preserved in rural areas.

That same evening, when the first star appears, you can make a wish and it will come true. Or go outside at midnight and look at the sky, when you see the first star, make a secret wish.

When can you tell fortunes at Christmas time?

As a result, Christmas fortune-telling is carried out from the night of January 6 to 7 until midnight on January 19 of each year. Special time for carrying out the truthful and most accurate fortune telling, it is considered at midnight from January 13 to 14 (Old New Year, Vasiliev's evening) and in the evening from January 18 to 19 (Epiphany Christmas Eve). You can also choose any holiday. Remember that the last day for fortune telling is the evening of January 18th. And on January 19 it will be the Epiphany of the Lord and it’s impossible to guess.

I will not describe all the traditional ancient fortune telling to look into the future and find out your destiny. I choose the simplest for our time and with the ability to comply with all the rules of divination from our ancestors.

Girls and women love to tell fortunes. All methods are passed down from generation to generation, so today’s youth know how our great-great-great-grandmothers learned about their future.

How to tell fortunes about your betrothed at home

There are some rules to follow before going to bed:

1. Be alone in the room.
2. Remove icons.
3. Take off your belts and jewelry.
4. Let your hair down.
5. Do not cross your legs and arms.
6. Do not talk to anyone after the ceremony, otherwise your betrothed will not come in your dream. Also, do not be distracted by other thoughts.
7. In general, don’t tell anyone that you are going to tell fortunes.
8. Sleep backwards: put the pillow where your feet were. It will be a true dream.
9. Turn the pillow itself over too.
10. Turn the sheet bottom side up.
11. Wear your nightgown inside out.

The first simple fortune telling for the betrothed for the night and for sleep is called “bridge”

You need to pour water into a bowl and build an improvised bridge from several twigs of a broom over the water. Then say the spell:

Who is my betrothed, who is my mummer, let him take me across the bridge!

Then place the cup under the bed at the head of the bed and go to bed.

Your chances of getting married will depend on what kind of dream you have.

If you dream of a groom on a bridge and takes you across the bridge, then you will get married in the next two years.

Or you can make a bridge and put it under your pillow.

The second available fortune-telling for Christmastide for the betrothed with a comb

A very simple method for home use. especially in apartments.

Before going to bed, place a comb under your pillow. Say:

Betrothed-mummer, come comb me.

Go to bed without combing your hair. In a dream, your betrothed will come and comb your hair.

The third simple ancient fortune telling for a dream with a mirror and a comb

Place a mirror and a comb under the pillow. Speak:

Come, come. Comb it, comb it. Look at me, show yourself.

The fourth is with water and a mug, where your betrothed will ask you to drink water in your dream.

Before going to bed, you need to put a jug of water and a mug. Say:

You will get tired from the journey, my betrothed, I have some water, come, I’ll give you a drink.

The fifth way to eat salt before going to bed without drinking water (or salted food).

Before going to bed, say:

Who is my betrothed, who is my mummer, will give me drink.

Sixth option for the night with matches

We build a well from matches and say:

Betrothed, come and drink some water.

The seventh version of Christmas fortune telling with one sock

We put on socks before going to bed, then take them off the left foot and put them under the pillow. We sentence:

Betrothed-mummer, come take off my shoes.

The eighth simple way to read three times at night:

Monday with Tuesday, Wednesday with Thursday, Friday with Saturday. Sunday is a widow, what kind of dream will I have? Let me, God, see the one with whom I will live forever.

The ninth easy way to cast fortunes for Christmas and Christmas time with jam, attracts suitors, there will be no end.

Make the jam yourself and place it at your head before bed. CONSPIRACY:

I have all the sweetness!

The tenth method, if the girl sleeps in a new place as a guest.

Before going to bed say:

Dream about the bridegroom in a new place.

11th method of fortune telling for mother-in-law for son-in-law.

Place a frying pan with a pancake under the bed and say:

Betrothed, come to your mother-in-law for pancakes.

12th Christmas fortune telling for girls with long hair

Re-braid your hair before going to bed. Thread a new padlock into the braid and lock it with the key. Say:

Betrothed-mummer, come to me to ask for the key, to unlock the lock.

Place the key under the pillow. In a dream, the groom will come for the key.

13 accessible ancient Slavic fortune-telling for a betrothed house using the shadows of burning paper

To do this, you need to retire to a room where no one will disturb you and the smell of burning can then be easily dissipated. For residents of private houses, there is no problem where to perform such fortune-telling. You can go to any dark utility room: bathhouse, barn, summer kitchen. Ask your question in your mind.

1. Prepare any sheet of paper (notebook, newspaper, etc.), a plate (or a frying pan) and a candle. Light a candle
2. Crumple the paper, place it on a plate and set it on fire.
3. When the paper burns down and burns to the end, slowly turn the plate and look at the outlines of the shadows on the wall. Everything you see awaits you in the future.

14 easy fortune telling with candles and melted wax

1. Take a piece of candle and place it in a tablespoon.
2. Then melt the wax in this spoon over the fire of a burning candle and quickly pour it into the prepared bowl of water.
3. From the figures that formed on the surface of the water, read your future and the answer to your question.

Figure designations:

Droplets are money.

Grapes - success.

Star - good luck in your career.

Stripes are the road.

Fan - problems at work.

Mushroom - good health.

Dragon - a wish will come true.

The bell is to lead. If there are clear, even outlines. that's good news. Curves are bad.

A leaf from a tree - intrigue.

Monkey - betrayal, hypocrisy.

Trousers, pants - making an important choice.

Flowers - to life, fortunately, a happy marriage.

Man - to new friends.

An egg is a change in life, the birth of a child.

15 fortune telling, which is easy to reproduce for contemporaries, using a gold or silver chain.

1. At midnight, take your chain, crumple it up and throw it on the table.
2. Look what shapes have formed.

The meaning of the figures:

Circle - trials, difficulties in the coming year.

Oval - similar, but it will be easier.

A straight line, a triangle, a rectangle - luck, success.

It looks like a bow - a meeting with your betrothed, the wedding is coming soon.

Letter - the betrothed's name begins with this letter.

Snake - be careful.

Tangled chain - difficult year will.

Christmastide called two weeks 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 importance in pagan times. It was believed that on these days otherworldly forces were the most active, and the boundaries between the 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 down 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 the old days, mirrors were attributed 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

Certain actions are performed with a ring or a needle: the ring is lowered into a glass of water, the 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, Golden 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 are pointing 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 future husband will be strict and gloomy;
• hoarse barking promises an old groom;
• shrill barking - the groom will have 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 do not 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 me to drink some water at the well, 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 sheet 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 be pre-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.

Card reading

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 to look at 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 the last words, pour melted wax into the milk. Now watch what is happening carefully.

• If you see a frozen cross, some illnesses await you in the new year.
• If the cross just appears, then in the coming year your financial affairs will not go too well, but in personal life troubles will overcome, 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's best to take a book spiritual content, you can, for example, “The Bible”, without opening it, guess the page number and line 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.

Fortune telling or divination is a fascinating, mysterious and... dangerous process. The Chaldean priests also practiced fortune telling, and then the Slavic magicians, calling supernatural powers open the future. Gradually, this ritual “firmly” grew into folk life, and not only popular. Adventurers of all times and peoples have brilliantly used man's passionate desire to look into the unknown. (Count Cagliostro, who swept across Russia like a meteor, or Saint Germain in France. Their predictions were taken at face value, they were deceived and paid for the most incredible prophecies in gold).

Fortune telling could be done at any time, but the most “sure” spell was considered to be during Christmas time - “holy days” - 12 days - from January 7 to 19 AD. Art., especially on the most “prophetic” days - “Vasiliev’s evening” (Dec. 31/Jan. 13) and Epiphany Christmas Eve (January 5/18). The timing of fortune telling during Christmas time can be explained, firstly, by the fact that it is at the turn of time between the old and new years that a person is especially keenly interested in the future, in what awaits him and his loved ones in the new year. And secondly, during this period, evil spirits - all sorts of kikimoras, banniki (a special breed of brownies, evil spirit, settling in a bathhouse), devils, goblin and other trash are the most active and, therefore, more accessible to contact. After all, it is from the “evil spirits” that they get the answer to questions during fortune telling, and the main thing here is not to give up, to follow special rules of behavior: during a spell (conspiracies, whispers) wait for the rooster to crow, cross yourself, etc. Otherwise, you can die - Well, at best, just go crazy.

They wondered about life and death, illness, weather and harvest, about the wealth and well-being of the family, but the most reverent and received greatest development The topic of fortune telling was, of course, marriage and the betrothed. They told fortunes on a chicken, a horse, a key, a shoe (and certainly on the left foot), on piercing and cutting objects, and on beans.

In fortune telling there is always room for imagination and creative insight. Behind all the symbols there is a lot that is unsaid; the gaps must be filled in by the fortuneteller himself. If you tell fortunes to another person, certain images are read from him that feed his fantasy. If you are telling fortunes to yourself, trust your feelings.

Do you still want to look into the future? Then let's tell your fortune!

Fortune telling for the betrothed

Fortune telling on mirrors
It is assumed that people with strong nerves should guess here. Take two large and preferably equal size mirrors, place them opposite each other, and illuminate them with two candles; It is best to hold the mirror opposite the illuminated wall mirror so that the directional mirror in the wall creates a long corridor illuminated with lights. The fortuneteller must remove cats, dogs, birds and strangers from the room, except for one or two modest persons. On the part of these latter, however, it is required not to look in the mirror, not to approach the fortuneteller and not to talk. And at the end of this corridor the narrowed one should appear; True, sometimes you have to look for a very long time, and you can see not only your betrothed... But also all sorts of evil spirits, but the game is worth the candle!

Fortune telling at the bathhouse
This fortune telling is somewhat risky. Having opened the door of the bathhouse, the girls must expose some parts of the body and, under the cover of darkness, say a rather unusual phrase for girls, and even more so for virgins, asking them to touch the naked part of the body with their hand. If a girl feels a shaggy hand, then a rich groom is expected, a bare hand - a poor one, a rough one - with a tough character.

Dinner invitation
The girl covers the table in an empty room with a tablecloth, puts down the utensils, except for the knife and fork, and says: “The betrothed-mummer, come to me for dinner.” Everyone leaves, and she, left alone, locks the windows and doors and waits. Signs that your betrothed is approaching: howling wind, knocking on windows and doors. Then the betrothed appears. The girl should 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: “Cheer me!” - and the betrothed disappears.

Fortune telling on a towel
Usually, on the eve of Christmas night, girls hang white towels outside the windows with the words “Mummer, come and dry yourself.” If by morning the towel is wet, it means that the girl who hung out this towel will be married in the New Year, and if the towel remains dry, the girl will be stuck in her parents’ house.

Dream fortune telling
They put a comb under the pillow, saying: “Betrothed, comb my head.” The betrothed appears in a dream and scratches his head. They take a thimble of salt and a thimble of water, mix and eat. Going to bed, the girl says: “Whoever is my betrothed, whoever is my mummer, will give me a drink.” The betrothed appears in a dream and serves you a drink. They put four card kings under the pillow and say: “Who is my betrothed, who is my mummer, dream about him.” The betrothed appears in a dream in the form of some kind of king.

Fortune telling on a broom
Take twigs from a golik (leafless broom) and “build” something like a bridge. Place a bridge under the pillow, saying: “Who will lead me with a birch bridge, who with an aspen bridge, who will lead me along rye straw into the future?” And at night you will have a dream in which your betrothed will appear and lead you along one of the bridges. If according to birch, life with your loved one will be strong, stable; according to aspen, it will be filled with doubts, sorrows, but also joys. But a “straw” groom will not provide any confidence - it is not established. Or maybe in a dream it will happen that the betrothed will push the girl off the road and lead her into the swamp, into the wilderness. Such a gentleman is better before the wedding

Fortune telling by the king of diamonds
At night, place the King of Diamonds card under your pillow and wish for a specific person. The next morning you will find out what he thinks about you.

Fortune telling by name
The girls get ready and go outside. Here everyone asks the name of the first man they meet - his name will be the name of the betrothed.

Fortune telling by name
Write the names of the people you are interested in on paper and place the leaves in a circle. Place the needle and thread in the middle of the circle. Hold the needle by the thread so that it stands freely on the table. In the direction of which name the needle swings and stops - this is your destiny.

Fortune telling by barking dog
They say: “Bark, bark, little dog, find out, find out, betrothed.” A hoarse bark is a narrowed old one, a ringing bark is a young bark, a muffled bark is a widower or a divorced bark.

Fortune telling on the water
The water is taken out into the yard, and each girl, when the water ebbs over the garden bed, takes a handful of snow. They come home and look at the color of the snow - that will be the color of the snow.

Fortune telling on a log
In the dark, they take a log from the barn and then examine the houses in the light. A smooth log means your husband will be good, a dry log means he will be bad, with cracks he will be angry.

Fortune telling on the steps
They count the steps, saying: widower, well done, etc. and, having reached the last one, look at which word they stopped on.

Fortune telling with chicken
It will help determine the well-being of the future spouse.
Plates with bread and water are placed on the floor, coals, silver, gold and copper items are laid out. Then a chicken is brought into the room. If a chicken approaches the coal, she will be married to a poor man, she will drink water, and even worse, she will be married to a drunkard. But if he starts eating bread, he’ll bite silver ring- you will come across a wealthy person, gold - and a completely rich person. If the hen prefers copper, the betrothed will turn out to be not only lazy, but also a red tape

Fortune telling on a ring, bread and hook
The girls put a ring, a hook woven from straw or bent from wire, and a piece of bread on the floor, cover it all with a scarf, spin around themselves 5 times, and then quickly take off the scarf and drag out who gets what. The one who has a ring in her hands will marry a dandy, and the one who has bread in her hands will marry a rich man. And the one who gets hooked is to live all her life with a poor man (he will, like a hook, hunch over all his life, earning his bread).

Fortune telling for marriage

Fortune telling with a shoe (slipper)
This is the most famous and widespread type of fortune telling. This is how our great-great-grandmothers in the villages used to tell fortunes. It's done like this. The girls take off their shoes from their left feet and throw them over the gate, watching which way the sock lands. If the sock turns out to be turned back towards the gate from where it was thrown, the girl will live at home for another year, not get married; if in some other direction, she will be match-matched in the new year.

Fortune telling at the crossroads at midnight
On Christmas night, girls go to the crossroads and, having each made a wish about their future groom, draw a circle, and standing in it, “listen to the surroundings”: if they hear laughter and singing, it means they will soon get married; if they hear crying, swearing, lamentations, sit They should shed tears in the girls.

Fortune telling on the water
IN moonlit night they go to the river and look into the hole: the one who marries will see her betrothed; who sits in the girls - only hears a knock from the water.

Fortune telling at the church
In the old days, girls went to the church at night to eavesdrop. At night, of course, there is no service. But they say that some beauties heard either wedding singing or funeral lamentation. Depending on what she heard, the girl made a conclusion: whether she would get married or become seriously ill.

Fortune telling with water and candle
Place a tub of water behind the porch of the house (on the balcony). After midnight, the girl needs to take a candle, break the crust of ice in the tub, dip the candle into the water to the very bottom, enter the house with the words: “Do not sulk, scorching fires, from the ant fryer, but light up the wax candle in front of the wonderful image of the Savior!” By how soon the candle from the burning lamp in front of the home icon is lit, you can find out whether you will be matched, or whether you will soon hold a wedding candle at the wedding.

Fortune telling with straw
They throw straws at the ceiling: how many stick to the ceiling, so large will be the family to which the girl will be given.

Chicken feather fortune telling
Closer to midnight, the girl needs to place a chicken feather on the threshold. And say: “There is an oak tree, there are 12 nests on it, in each nest there are 4 eggs, in each egg there are 7 chicks, one of them - show yourself, let me know what to expect in the future!” When someone opened the door, a chicken feather, caught in the air, either flew out the door or flew into the house. If you go out the door, you'll be married, if you go into the house, you'll be a girl for another year.

Fortune telling by ring
The players take turns rolling the ring on the floor. If it rolls towards the door, the girl will soon get married. And this is for the guy long journey. The ring is also secretly passed from hand to hand, and the driver must guess who has it. Remember our childhood, a similar game “Ring, ring, go out onto the porch!”

Fortune telling for the future

Fortune telling on coffee grounds
After drinking coffee, cover the cup with a saucer and tip it up and down three times. The thicket will spread along the bottom, forming intricate figures. You have to guess from them.
The outline of the dog symbolizes friendship.
Forest is wealth.
Ladder—achieving the desired goal.
Cross—patience.
Wreath - glory.
The mill is a lie.
Cliff - sadness, melancholy, loneliness.
A person's shadow is a pleasant date.
The shadow of a house is a symbol of abundance.
Arable land is a good sign of fertility, shoots, success
Meadow, field with grazing animals - fulfillment of desires.
Church, bell tower - returning home
Deer - fast track
Gate - arrival of guests
The mountain is a difficult path in life

Fortune telling on tea leaves
To correctly read the sign made from tea leaves, it is better to use a simple-shaped cup. The liquid should only cover the bottom. Take the cup to left hand and shake the tea - make three sharp turns with the cup clockwise. Turn the cup over and, holding it with the handle towards you, tilt it so that it is convenient to look inside. Mentally divide the volume of the cup in half. Everything that is closer to the handle relates directly to you, the rest relates to strangers but people you know. Tea grounds at the sides of the cup will predict the near future, and at the bottom - the distant future.
The bottle is a health hazard.
Mountains are obstacles to life path.
Tree - deliverance from diseases, fulfillment of desires.
The key is to health, prosperity, wealth, happiness in love.
The road is two tracks or two rails - to near changes, if the lines are winding - the path is difficult.
A turn is associated with drastic changes in life.
One big star in the center of the cup is a warning: it’s time to change the nature of your activity, otherwise troubles await you.
The contours of an airplane signify an unexpected journey.
Cross - troubles, suffering, anxiety, illness.
Coffin - sad news, losses, regrets.
Circle - happy event, marriage.
Two laps - disappointment.
Ruins are broken hopes.
The ball has its ups and downs.
Ladder - take-off in official and personal affairs.
Heart is a symbol of love.
Heart at the bottom of the cup - illness, heart attack loved one.
Arrow is bad news. If it flies away from you, you yourself can become a messenger of trouble for those around you.

Wax fortune telling
When the candle burns, tilt it over a bowl of water and allow the wax to drain. You can do this several times so that a sufficient number of wax drops harden in the water. The resulting intricate figures will tell the future - they are taken out of the water and interpreted. If, in addition to several large figures, many small round figures have formed, this means money. And large figures are judged by the associations they evoke. For those who do not rely on their imagination or are afraid of making mistakes, here is a hint.
Fan - difficulties in the service, friction in the team, reorganization or even liquidation of the enterprise.
Grapes - love, friendship, luck, prosperity.
Mushroom - vitality, perseverance, longevity.
Dragon - “high flight”, fulfillment of hopes, completion of work or the birth of a child.
Bell - to lead; a symmetrical bell means good news, a crooked or chipped bell means bad news; several bells - alarm.
Tree leaf - envy, intrigue from others.
Monkey - false friend, pretense, ambiguous situation.
Pants are a fork in the road, a crossroads.
Apple is a symbol of life, wisdom, health. The more similar a figure is to a real apple, the better its meaning.
A crooked, shapeless apple can mean a temptation that it is better not to succumb to.
Egg - ancient symbol hidden, unmanifest. It can mean fears, concerns, but it can also symbolize simply the beginning of something new.

Fortune telling on peas, nuts or coffee beans
Both men and women can guess this way. The fortuneteller takes a handful of peas, nuts or coffee beans, shakes them several times, then places the grains one by one on the table, saying a word for each grain, for example, like this:
Sailor, racketeer,
General's uniform
Student, businessman,
Amateur cook
Stupid, boring, -
Wait for a miracle!
Or you can also do this:
Svetlana, Natalia,
Slim waist,
dark skin,
Terrible face
Glutton, singer,
Skinny girl
Brown braid,
Wonderful beauty...
Or like this:
Once - ice cream,
Chewing gum - two,
Three - leggings,
Five is an owl
Six is ​​a mermaid
Seven is a dolphin
Eight, nine - Aladdin,
Ten, twenty - a friend on the way,
Thirty-eight - come into the house!

And again from the beginning until the grains are dry. And at the last one, stop: what you say will come true. Here are more “blanks” for such fortune-telling:
Cupronickel, brass and gold,
Silver, cast iron and... cotton wool,
Mansion, palace, hut,
Barn, fifteenth floor...
Ford, Toyota for rent,
Mercedes and scooter
“Volvo”, “Skoda”, “Zaporozhets”, -
What is most precious to you?

Fortune telling by book
It is best to take a book of spiritual content, for example, the Bible or the Psalter; without opening it, guess the page number and the line 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 (wealth, travel, marriage, health, etc.).

Fortune telling on burnt paper
They burn her in a dark room by candlelight. You need to look at the shadow created on the wall when burning paper. Reflection of the devil promises big trouble or temptation that will not lead to anything good. If you see a cat, flirting and romantic interest are possible. Expect big changes in your life if a shadow resembling a bird appears on the wall.

Fortune telling on ashes
Burn a crumpled piece of paper on a plate. Light a candle and use the shadow formed by the ashes to determine your destiny. If the outlines of a castle or building appear, it’s time for a wedding.

Fortune telling on straw
This is a very ancient fortune telling. On Christmas Eve, under the tablecloth that covered festive table, put hay or straw - a memory of the manger of the infant Christ. Exactly at midnight, a straw was drawn: a long one - the year would be successful and fruitful, a short one - poor harvest. Well, the girls here were wondering about their fate: a green stalk would stretch out from under the tablecloth, which means her love is waiting and imminent wedding, and if you get a blackened one, sit in girls all your life.

Fortune telling by cups
You need to take several opaque cups. Place bread, salt, sugar, ring, money in them, pour water into one. There should be as many fortune tellers as there are cups. Each of those gathered takes turns choosing a cup of eyes closed.
Onion - for tears, bread - for prosperity, ring - for a wedding, water - a stable position awaits you, salt - be careful: troubles may befall you in the near future. If you get a cup of sugar, fun awaits you soon. Money - you will become rich.

Fortune telling on small objects
In the evening, young men and women gather, take a tray, some throw a ring on it, some a cufflink, some an earring, some a button, a coin, or other small things. They cover the tray with a towel, sing a well-known melody over it, then shake the tray under the towel several times, throw off the towel, and, without looking, everyone drags with their left hand one of the things lying on it. It resembles something like a home lottery. The one who gets, for example, a coin will “get rich”; the one who gets the handkerchief will grieve in the new year; the one who gets the key will buy a new home. And the one who gets the ring must roll it along the floor, while watching in which direction it will roll: if towards the door, there will be a wedding in the coming year.

Fortune telling on things
Girls and boys gather at someone's house in the evening and sit down at the table. They collect cufflinks, rings, and earrings from everyone and put it all under a dish mixed with pieces of bread. Cover the dish with a towel on top. Then the participants sing the “sub-bowl” song. For example, glory to bread and salt. Then everyone in turn, blindly, putting their hand under the dish, takes out the first object they come across. If the girl takes out a male object (and the guy gets a female one), we must wait for a quick wedding. Buying someone else's item threatens with a kiss.

Submarine songs
Not a single Christmastide was complete without such fortune-telling. The girls put their small things into a dish or bowl - a ring, a comb, an earring, a ribbon. To the accompaniment of a special song-prediction, these things were taken out without looking. “Whoever gets it, it will come true; whoever gets it, it won’t pass,” they chanted after the next verse.

Fortune telling with a glass and a ring
In the evening, pour water into a glass, lower the ring and expose it to the cold. Before going to bed they bring a glass: how many tubercles there are, there will be so many sons, and how many holes there will be so many daughters.

Fortune telling with spoons
Spoons are placed in a tub of water according to the number of relatives, noting which is whose. Then shake the water. In the morning they look: if all the spoons are in a pile, it means that no one in the family will die during the year, and if someone is left behind, it means that this particular family member will die that year.

Fortune telling with a torch
If a girl wants to know about her later life, then on Christmas night she takes a birch splinter in her hands, dips it in spring (well) water or in water from melted snow and lights it from the fire. If the torch lights up quickly and burns evenly, life will be long and calm; if the torch burns with crackling sounds and flashes, the girl will be sad and ill throughout the year.

Fortune telling with needles
Take a bowl of water and some regular sewing needles any size, but not too large. Tailor's pins with a ring will also work. If you are really interested in marriage or just developing a relationship with your partner, you can take needles different sizes and make a wish: let the smaller one be yours, and the larger one - the one about whom you are wishing. We properly lubricate both needles with some kind of fat (it could be a fatty cosmetic cream) and carefully place them on the surface of the water.
If you are in a “love triangle” or are interested in relationships with several people, take several needles, preferably different ones. One will be yours, and for the rest, mentally “assign” those who interest you, and carefully, one by one, place them on the surface of the water.
The needles remaining on the surface mean those who will remain close to you in the coming year. If any two needles connect, this means a union (possibly marriage) of those people on whom you wished. If the needles stick together along their entire length, this promises fruitful cooperation and true friendship. If the ends of the needles separate or the needles appear on the surface of the water in different directions, it means that the connection between these people will weaken. And if the needles have sunk to the bottom, perhaps friendship with these people will be interrupted next year.
If your needle sinks, it means that a new period will begin in your life, and not all old connections will be preserved. In the new year, you will have new concerns, not those that seem so significant to you now, and there may be other people around you.
It may happen that all the needles drown. What does it mean? Nothing bad. You just haven’t lubricated them enough, and the fortune telling needs to be repeated.

Onion divination
Want to know what the weather will be like in each month of next year? Cut the onion into twelve wedges. Each slice is one month, from January to December. Now sprinkle the slices with salt and leave overnight. In the morning, look carefully at which slices of salt are wet and which ones are not. So determine which months of the new year will be rainy or snowy, and which will be dry.

Fortune telling by coals
This is fortune telling about the harvest. Smoldering embers are taken, each ember means some kind of crop: wheat, rye, oats, and which ember burned first indicated the most productive cereal next year.

Based on materials from prazdnik.by

Coming Orthodox Christmas January 7, which means that already on Christmas Eve on the 6th there will be a period of Christmastide, which will last until January 19, the holiday of Epiphany. In Rus' it has always been believed that during the year this is the most optimal time for fortune telling. Of course, the most popular among girls was fortune telling for the betrothed.

The best night for fortune telling during the Yuletide period is considered to be the night before Christmas, Christmas Eve on January 6th. However, this night opens an amazing and magical period when good spirits and angels help a person to look ahead to his life with one eye.

Important! On Christmas Day itself, January 7, it is not recommended to guess, but then during the period of days from January 8 to January 18, you can actively guess on any night. At this time, they find out the name and appearance of their betrothed, the number of children and simply what awaits them during the new year. Excellent.

The night of January 13 is called Vasiliev's evening, and people also paid special attention to it during fortune-telling during Christmastide. It was believed that on this night the results of predictions were as accurate as possible. Of course, in addition to Christmas Eve, we should not forget about Epiphany Eve, a night with enormous energy.

How to properly prepare if you are planning fortune-telling for Christmas and the Christmastide period:
* Be sure to take the issue seriously. In principle, a good and cheerful mood will not be a reason to cancel fortune telling, however, the spirits may not like such an easy approach and they will not show the truth.
* Be sure to let your hair down and comb it.
* All knots on clothing, such as belts, belts and decorative elements, must be untied and it is better to remove them altogether.
* It is also necessary to remove jewelry, especially rings and bracelets.
* Try to create an environment in the fortune telling room that will isolate you as much as possible from the real world and bring you closer to the other world. Create twilight using candles, no music in the room, or pets.
* Formulate the question clearly and precisely.

With cups

To carry out this ritual, as many cups are required as a person performs fortune telling. Place a ring, a coin and bread, sugar and salt, and onion into the vessels. Pour water into one cup. Now each of the fortune tellers must take turns approaching the cups and choose one. The ring is a symbol of the wedding, and the coins are a symbol of wealth. Bread is a sign of prosperity next year. Sugar is joy, but salt promises misfortune. A cup of water means life without much change, an onion promises tears.

With candles

This is one of the most common Christmastide rituals to predict your future year. You need to take a natural wax candle, a bowl of water and half a shell walnut. There should be as many candles as a person is guessing. Place the candles in the shells and send them to float in a bowl.

The girl whose candle burns out first will get married the fastest. It is clear that if the candle burns out last, this is a symbol of reverse speed. If the shell with the candle sinks, the girl will remain unmarried until the end of her days.
On paper

Everything here is simple and extremely clear. You need to take a blank sheet of paper and crumple it up. Next, place the sheet on the bottom of the plate and set it on fire next to the wall so that a shadow appears on it. The shape of the shadow predicts what awaits in the near future.

On wax

This ritual is quite simple, but you should prepare for it in advance. To do this, take two candles made of natural wax; you will need to set them on fire. Then put a little wax in a spoon and heat it until it completely melts. Next, pour the wax into a bowl with cold water and judge the future by the figure that freezes in the bowl.

In this fortune telling, the interpretation of the image is left to the person himself. For example, at home or a ring, flowers are a symbol of stability and love. A bell or cross is a symbol of illness and possibly loss.

On "yes" and "no"

Take a jar and pour grain or cereal into it. Now place your left hand, palm down, on this bowl and concentrate on your question. It is important to ask a question that can be answered with a clear yes or no. Now take a handful of cereal from the jar and count the number of grains. If this number is even, then the answer is asked question“yes”, and vice versa, of course.

For children

During the Christmastide period, but it is best on Christmas Eve to carry out this fortune-telling for the number of children in the future. You will need to pour water into a glass and put the wedding ring in it. Place the glass in the cold and take it out of the cold before going to bed. The crust of ice on the surface can be used to judge the number of children in the future. The bumps are the number of boys, and the pits on the surface of the ice are the number of girls that will be born to the couple.

From the books

The simplest ritual that can be performed with ease and without much time investment at least every evening during the Christmas season. You need to ask yourself a question, and then open the book to any page and point your finger at some line. Then read what is written there - this will be the answer.

Is it worth believing everything that you can tell yourself on Christmastide? This is something each person decides for himself. It seems to us that everything good must be believed from the bottom of our hearts in order for these predictions to come true. But leave all the negativity in the past and don’t even bother yourself with it, then the bad will pass by.

Christmastide is the name given to 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 and has its roots in the times of pagan Rus'.

During Christmas and Christmas fortune-telling, you can look for in all predictions only good meaning. Bad omens should not be attached of great importance, otherwise you will be setting yourself up for failure in the new year.

We tried to collect the most interesting and reliable Christmas fortune telling, which we hope will help you unlock the secrets of the future.

Christmas fortune telling by barking dogs

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, abrupt bark is heard, it means that the future husband will be strict and gloomy.
If the dogs bark cheerfully and loudly, then the husband will be cheerful and kind.
It is 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.

Christmas fortune telling with wax (candles)

Take wax cinders or paraffin candles white(holiday colored candles are not suitable for fortune telling), place in a metal bowl, melt over a fire and immediately pour into a container with cold water. The figure formed in this case will predict the future that awaits the fortuneteller.

Interpretation of figures

• House - soon acquiring a new household; For a girl, this is primarily due to her marriage.
• Shapeless ruins are a misfortune in the near future.
• A pit, small cave or grotto is the most undesirable figure, since it symbolizes a burial place and predicts a serious illness or imminent 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.

Fortune telling with wax and milk

Pour milk into a saucer and place it on the threshold. Take some cinders wax candles, put in a metal bowl and melt on the fire, saying: “Brownie, my master, come to the threshold to drink milk and eat wax.”
Having said the last word spell, pour the wax into the milk and carefully examine the resulting figure.

Interpretation of figures

• Cross - illness; if its outlines are unclear, then you should soon prepare for a series of minor troubles that will affect all aspects of life.
• A blossoming flower - a wedding in a year.
• Animal - an ill-wisher has appeared in your close circle.
• A scattering of small stars means good luck in business.
• Stripes with blurred edges - trip, business trip, relocation, travel.
• A human figure means the imminent appearance of a new friend.

Fortune telling by shadow

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

Hair fortune telling

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

Christmas fortune telling by ring

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

Fortune telling by log

Go into a woodshed, close the door so the room is dark, and choose a log at random. Bring it into the house and carefully examine it: how golden it turns out, so will the future husband.

Interpretation of fortune telling

• The log is smooth, with smooth thin bark - the husband is handsome and young.
• The bark is thick and rough - the husband is ugly.
• The bark on the log is peeled off in places or completely missing - poor husband.
• A cracked log means the husband will be 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.

If you don’t have a log at hand, then any tree in a park, square or forest can replace it.
To do this, you need to blindfold yourself, ask someone you know to “spin” you, like in a game of “cat and mouse,” and only after that go in search of the “oracle.”
All the characteristics that were given to the log will be valid for the tree.

Fortune telling by egg

Pour water into a glass and pour the white of a raw egg into it. Place the glass in a heated oven so that the whites curl. After this, take out the glass and carefully look at the resulting figure.

Interpretation of figures

• A church dome or ring means an imminent wedding.
• Rectangle or square - serious illness, death.
• Ship - moving after marriage to another city or country.
• A pancake that has sunk to the bottom is a series of adversities and troubles, a long girlhood.

Fortune telling by shoe

Go outside the village, take off the shoe from your left foot and throw it forward with your toe over your shoulder. Wherever the toe turns, from there you have to wait for the matchmakers. If the toe points towards the owner of the shoe, then next year She shouldn't wait for the wedding.

Fortune telling by rooster

This fortune-telling is collective, so on Christmas or Epiphany Eve several girls should gather in one room and “be counted.” Large grains should be scattered on the floor and a black rooster should be brought into the room exactly at midnight. His behavior will be the answer to the fortuneteller’s question about the future.
If the rooster pecked all the grains, then next year the one who poured the grains will get married.
If some of the grains still remain on the floor, then the one whose number matches the number of grains pecked will get married.
If the rooster refuses the treat altogether, then not a single wedding will take place next year and for everyone present, the near future will be overshadowed by many minor troubles and failures.

Fortune telling "Well and bridge"

Pull out a few twigs from an ordinary household broom, build a bridge out of them and put it under your pillow until the morning with the words: “Who is my betrothed, who is my mummer, will take me across the bridge.”

After this, at night in a dream the girl will most likely see her future husband.
You can use matches instead of twigs. Build a well out of them and put it under the pillow in the same way with the words: “Betrothed, mummer, come and drink some water.”

Fortune telling by nut shell

Pour water into a basin. Along the edges of the pelvis, attach strips of paper on which events are written, for example, a wedding, a trip, receiving money, a 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, engagement, meeting a future spouse, etc.
Take half a walnut shell and secure the stub of a church or birthday candle in it. Light the candle and push the “boat” to the middle of the pelvis. From there, the shell should float to one of the notes on its own. But the dream will come true only if the paper, upon contact with the “ship,” lights up from the candle flame.

Christmas fortune telling from a book

In the old days, the Psalter, a liturgical book containing the biblical book of psalms, was used as a prophetic book. Now, in the absence of a Psalter in the house, you can take a volume of your favorite writer - Pushkin, Lermontov, Shakespeare or any other.
In order to find out the answer to a question of interest, you need to mentally formulate it, guess the line number below or above and open the book at random. The answer includes not only the hidden line, but the entire semantic passage in which this line is included.
If the answer found in the book cannot be interpreted logically, then the fortune telling should be repeated.

Fortune telling for the betrothed

This widespread and popular fortune telling to this day is probably known to everyone.
At midnight, leave the house and ask the first man you meet what his name is. This name will be the name of the betrothed.

Christmas fortune telling with a mirror

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

"Broken hearts"

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

Christmas fortune telling for love

This fortune telling is for those who are lonely, but passionately want to meet true love. At midnight, go to the nearest church and walk around it 12 times. It is believed that this ritual destroys loneliness and promotes the emergence of new love.

Divination by flame

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

Christmas fortune telling with a knife

For this type of fortune telling, gypsies use a round wooden board with a diameter of about 30 centimeters to cut bread. If you don’t have a board of this size at hand, you can take a tray or cut a circle out of cardboard. Along the edges of the circle write answers to the most frequently asked questions:

• "Yes",
• "No",
• "Be patient",
• “Beware: there is an enemy next to you, hiding under the guise of a friend,”
• "Good news"
• "Love Letter"
• "Luck in the undertaking"
• "Unexpected Guest"
• "Love",
• "Today's tears will turn into joy tomorrow"
• "Unexpected news"
• "New love",
• "Unexpected meeting",
• "Journey",
• "Important letter."

Place a regular one in the center of the circle kitchen knife and mentally formulate a question. Rotate the knife around its axis three times. One of the three messages that the tip of the knife will point to will be the answer to the question asked. The other two may be the cause or effect of the predicted event.
If, after rotation, the tip of the knife stops at an equal distance from the two messages, the fortune telling must be repeated.

Fortune telling with needles

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