Yuletide fortune-telling for Christmas and Christmastide. important letter. True fortune-telling for Christmastide and Christmas: in the name of the future husband

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Fortune telling at Christmas is an ancient tradition. They allowed girls to determine the name of their betrothed, find out when they would get married, and how many children would be born in the union. The best date for fortune telling is considered to be Christmas - the night from January 6 to 7. But you can guess at other times.

You can start guessing from January 5 until Epiphany. But fortune telling was considered the most reliable on the night of Christmas, so you can tell fortunes in the evening, preferably from 22:00-23:00 on January 6,” said Svetlana Likhanova, a fortune teller.

One of the fortune tellings that Svetlana Likhanova advises to use is fortune telling on a mirror. You need to prepare a transparent glass glass (without pictures), white or gray paper and two candles.

A glass is placed in front of the mirror. Water (half a glass) is poured into it. The glass is placed on paper. Two candles are placed on the sides, but a little away from the mirror so that they do not interfere with looking into it. The girl sits on a chair in front of the mirror and lets down her hair. It's good that she's wearing a nightgown. Lights candles and throws a wedding ring into the glass (can be from parents or someone you know). It is important that the ring has no stones and no threads. And then he looks in the reflection in the mirror; the glass and the ring should be reflected in it. The girl should carefully look inside the ring in the reflection of the mirror. And make a wish for what she wants to see. The ring will show her everything that awaits her ahead. It's not scary, but very interesting and exciting fortune telling. For a beginner, it may take some time. Those who are not guessing for the first time will cope faster,” said Svetlana Likhanova.

Then you need to put out the candle with your fingers, remove the ring from the glass and pour out the water. It is advisable to wipe the mirror with holy water.

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

We've collected a few more Christmas fortune tellings that promise to help reveal the secrets of the future.

Fortune telling on things

The girl is blindfolded, things that symbolize a particular profession are laid out on the table. In addition to professional items, they also include a wedding ring. The fortune teller is allowed to choose an item three times. If she chooses the same thing, then the chosen item will symbolize the profession of her future husband. If you keep bumping into a ring, it means the girl will certainly get married, but who the chosen one will be is not yet known.

Christmas fortune telling with wax (candles)

Take wax or paraffin candles white(holiday colored candles are not suitable for fortune telling), place in metal utensils, melt over the 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 - you will soon acquire a new household; for a girl this is connected, first of all, with 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 the stubs of wax candles, put them in a metal bowl and melt them over the fire, saying: “Brownie, my master, come to the threshold to drink milk and eat wax.”

Having said the last word of the spell, pour the wax into the milk and carefully examine the resulting figure.

Interpretation of figures

The cross is a disease; if its outlines are unclear, then soon you should prepare for a series of minor troubles that will affect all aspects of life.

A blossoming flower - a wedding in a year.

Animal - in close surroundings an ill-wisher appeared.

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.

Fortune telling by egg

Pour water into a glass and pour the protein into it raw egg. 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 "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. Attach strips of paper along the edges of the pelvis on which events are written, for example, a wedding, a trip, receiving money, new job etc. (if 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 shell walnut 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 is probably known to everyone to this day.

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 knife

For this type of fortune telling, gypsies use a round wooden board about 30 centimeters in diameter for cutting 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”, “Be careful: there is an enemy nearby, hiding in 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 knife point will point to will be the answer to asked question. 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 on a needle

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 movements, the question is not clear and it should be formulated more precisely.

Fortune telling by thread

To do this you will need three needles and three threads: red, white, black. Insert threads into needles. Ask other fortune tellers to carefully pin needles on clothing in the back area. Do not indicate the order. You pull a thread at random and determine your destiny: red - you will get married, white - the road to the registry office is closed for you this year, black - instead of getting married, think about a career.

Holiday week and Christmas itself are the best time to lift the veil of the future. At this time everything magical rituals have special power, and fortune telling is true. Christmastide begins on January 6th and ends on January 19th. An Orthodox xmas falls on January 7th. You can start fortune telling on any day. The most popular home entertainment is fortune telling for your betrothed. Various fortune-telling about the future groom have come down to modern times from ancient times and are still carried out by girls during the Christmas period.

Rules for conducting magical rituals

Before you start fortune telling at home, you need to familiarize yourself with defined by rules that will allow you to perform the ritual safely. It is important to remember that on January 7th it is better to refrain from witchcraft, since the border between worlds on this day is the most transparent, and uninvited guests from the future or past can calmly appear in the world of the present and harm with their presence.

It is worth paying attention to January 13th. On this day, predictions are considered the most accurate. A successful day for fortune telling will be the night before Epiphany, when enormous energy gathers around people, helping to cleanse themselves of all the bad and absorb new, good things.

When planning to find out the future during the winter holidays, you should remember that:

You cannot begin the ritual while intoxicated;
hair should be loose and well combed;
there should not be any items of clothing with knots on the body;
all jewelry must be removed;
there should be no light in the room except candles and pets;
questions must be formulated clearly so that they can be answered yes or no.

Magic rituals will help you find out what awaits you in the coming year, the appearance of your future husband, and the number of future children.

How to guess correctly?

To get an answer to your question, you need to guess correctly. For magical rites the simplest things will be required, most often this wax candles, water, mirror, piece of paper. You can guess like this:

1. To perform this ritual you will need several bowls. The number of bowls should be equal to the number of fortune telling girls. Place bread, salt, ring, onion and sugar in bowls, leave one cup with water. Girls must approach the dishes and choose 1 from them. What ends up in the bowl is what awaits the fortuneteller next year. If it is sugar, then life will be sweet. Salt means quarrels and resentments, but onions promise to shed a lot of tears. The ring and bread are good signs, meaning wealth, profit, marriage. For the person who gets the bowl of water, the future does not promise any changes; everything in life will be stable.
2. The most common way to find out the future is a ceremony with candles. For fortune telling you will need a wax candle, a bowl of water, and a walnut shell. Candles should be placed in walnut shells and sent to float in the water. The candle needs to be lit. If the candle burns out quickly, then the girl will get married in the near future; if she drowns, then she will remain alone until the end of her days.
3. Fortune telling with wax has become widespread. For fortune telling, two wax candles are set on fire, the wax is placed in a spoon and the candles are heated on the flame. The wax is poured into a bowl of ice water; when it hardens, pull out the figurine and take a good look at it. What the frozen wax will look like is what awaits in the near future.

In addition to fortune telling about the betrothed and the near future, during Christmastide they ask specific questions that can be answered yes or no, and also women who cannot get pregnant, at this time will be able to get an answer to the question of whether they can give birth to a child or all attempts so they will fail.

Answers on questions

Fortune telling "Yes and No" will allow you to accurately answer your question. The main rule for conducting this ritual is a clearly formulated question. To carry out fortune telling you will need glass containers, which is filled with cereal or grain. The filled dishes are placed on the palm of the left hand and at this time a clear question is asked. Afterwards you need to take a handful of grain and count the amount. Even - yes, odd - no.

You can find out the number of future children with a glass of vodka and a wedding ring. This ritual is only suitable married women. The wedding ring is dipped into the drink and placed in the cold. Before going to bed, you need to take out a glass and see how many tubercles and dimples form on the crust. Tubercles are boys, dimples are girls.

Christmas fortune telling

Most delicious Christmas fortune telling- ritual with pickles. At a festive feast, a woman needs to eat something salty, for example, a cucumber or tomato. After eating salty foods, you should not drink any drinks. Before going to bed, you need to ask your betrothed to come and bring a glass of water; whoever appears in a dream will become your future husband.

Among several unmarried girls you can select the one who will get married the fastest. Each young lady must take a thread and set it on fire from church candle. The one whose thread burns out the fastest will be the one who gets married first.

To make your wish come true, on the night before Christmas you need to write 12 wishes on identical pieces of paper and put them under your pillow. In the morning after waking up, take out one piece of paper and read it, the wish that will be there will definitely come true before the end of the year.

The easiest fortune telling for the betrothed is carried out on Christmas Eve. The girl leaves the house and asks the name of the first man she comes across. Whatever name he gives, that’s what the groom will be called.

At this time, you can make layouts on cards. The most popular are the layouts for love. You can make layouts on Tarot cards; they will help you get an answer to a question of interest in any area of life, they will allow you to find out whether your significant other loves you, whether you will have children, whether you will make a profit next year.

Whatever fortune-telling for Christmastide and Christmas for the future is chosen and whatever result is obtained, you should not take everything to heart. If fortune telling predicted that a girl will never get married, this is not a reason to get hung up on this topic until the time has simply come and you need to work a little on yourself, change something in your life in order to attract a husband into it.

Fortune telling for Christmastide and Christmas at home

The Yuletide period begins on the night of January 6-7. This is the time that is considered the most powerful for holding rituals that allow you to look a little into the future. Mostly girls gather. This tradition came to us from ancient times and will last, apparently, for a very long time, since every year the demand for fortune telling is based on high level. There are a lot of ways to predict fate, but I would like to offer you seven of the simplest and most reliable methods, which have been personally tested several times at home.

Cat to the rescue

It’s great if you have a furry, meowing pet living in your house. By the way, the gender of the animal is not important. The principle of fortune telling is very simple. Ask a question that can only be answered with “Yes” or “No” and call your cat. Watch which of her paws crosses the threshold first. If the right one, then the answer is positive, but the opposite answer will be if the left foot comes first.

Six glasses

Each glass will contain some content that will mean what awaits the fortune-tellers in the future. The exception will be one container, which must be empty. Stacks are drawn out eyes closed, to be sure, it is better to tie them with a scarf or wear a headband. Each participant has the right to three glasses, each of which predicts events for the quarters current year. Let's take a closer look at the contents and their meanings:

1. Sugar - for fun, laughter, good mood.

2. Salt - to tears, disappointment, etc.

3. Alcohol – provides numerous reasons to drink.

4. Ring - for marriage or for a visit to a loved one’s wedding.

5. Emptiness - no changes are expected in life or the period will be lived in vain.

6. Coins - for money, unexpected profits, inheritance, etc.

This is a standard list. You can add more details or replace them with similar items.

Pasta

Instead of pasta you can take any cereal. It’s just that the grains are more difficult to take into account, since they are very small. Just ask an important question that has a clear answer, take a handful of pasta and throw it on the table. An even number will promise a “Yes” answer, an odd number will mean a negative decision.

Fortune telling for Christmas 2018 in the name of the betrothed (betrothed)

This is already an old, proven fortune telling. After midnight, you need to go out into the street and ask the first passerby you meet for his name. You can ask for any fictitious name. Naturally, guys ask women, and girls male names. There are more modern way. It involves calling strangers. You can also ask your friends to send you an SMS with their names.

Magic boats

The following attributes will be needed here:

1. A bowl of water.

2. Ship. This could be a candle in a sleeve, a walnut shell, etc.

3. Signs with wishes (4-6 pcs.).

Signs with wishes are attached evenly around the circumference of the pelvis. For example, travel, child, marriage, wealth. Everyone takes turns placing their boat in the center and observing which of the inscriptions it will float to.

Prediction on TV

The essence of such fortune telling is the same as that of the well-known fortune telling from a book. You ask a question and turn on the TV. The first words that will sound and become the answer for you.

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

According to 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, godparents they serve supper (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. A special time for holding the truthful and most accurate fortune telling counted at midnight from January 13 to 14 (old New Year, Vasiliev 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:

Be alone in the room.
Remove icons.
Take off your belts and jewelry.
Let your hair down.
Do not cross your legs and arms.
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.
In general, don’t tell anyone that you are going to tell fortunes.
Sleep backwards: put the pillow where your feet were. It will be a true dream.
Turn the pillow itself over too.
Turn the sheet bottom side up.
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 into any dark utility room: bathhouse, barn, summer cuisine. Ask your question in your mind.

Prepare any sheet of paper (notebook, newspaper, etc.), a plate (or a frying pan) and a candle. Light a candle
Crumple the paper, place it on a plate and set it on fire.
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

Take a piece of candle and place it in a tablespoon.
Then melt the wax in this spoon over the fire of a burning candle and quickly pour it into the prepared bowl of water.
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.

At midnight, take your chain, crumple it up and throw it on the table.
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.

A tangled chain means it will be a difficult year.

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

With the advent of Christianity in 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

On the sides matchbox two matches are inserted 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 a bad character;
ringing bark - young;
if the dogs bark cheerfully and loudly, then the husband will be cheerful and kind;
It’s very bad if you hear a dog howling during fortune telling. This suggests that the marriage will not last long and very quickly the young wife will become a widow.

Fortune telling "Well"

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

Fortune telling by shadows

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

Everyone takes a blank sheet of paper, crumples it, puts it on a dish or on a 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 the wedding ring into the middle of the bottom. 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 only appears, then in the coming year your financial affairs will not go too well, and in your personal life you will be overcome by troubles, but not too serious.
If a flower blooms, get married, 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, a small cave or a 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.

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, 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, 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 fresh egg, make a small hole in it and carefully pour the contents into a glass of water. When the protein curls, you need to guess your future based on the shape it takes. The sight of a church means a wedding, a ring means an engagement, a cube means a coffin, a ship means a business trip (for a man) or the return of a husband from a business trip (for a woman). If the protein sinks to the bottom, there will be a fire in the house.

Fortune telling on logs

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

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

Fortune telling with a cat

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

Fortune telling by book

It is best to take a book of spiritual content, 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.