Folk divination for Christmas. Christmas folk divination. What will the coming year be like for the family

“Now, girls, you can take up fortune-telling. I have everything in store,” said Aunt Malanya. With these words, she took down a bowl of various grains of grain from the shelf and suggested that the girls take a handful each, and she herself took out a sleepy rooster from under the stove and stood with him in the middle of the hut, while the girls made a circle from heaps of grain, putting their rings in the middle. They lit a beam of a torch, which illuminated the circle, and let a rooster into it. At first he was dumbfounded, and then, looking closely and seeing the grain, he went up to a handful of Dunya and began to peck greedily. At the first blows with its beak, Dunya's ring jumped out to the side and rolled up to her. Approving talk frightened the rooster, and he reluctantly began to peck from another bunch, and he never approached the rest, despite the long wait. The second group was Arishina.

Well, you girls should be married in the New Year, - said Malanya.

Someone (Kukel) "Christmas divination"

Behind Korochun, the shortest day of the year in anticipation Winter Solstice, and the most long night in a year. Kolyada came with her wild merriment. The birth of the new Sun in Rus' was universally welcomed with general rejoicing, festivities, feasts, sleigh rides, round dances, mummers, and caroling. As a rule, the New Year is celebrated with joy and hope. For whom the outgoing year was unhappy, he expects changes for the better from the new year. Whoever succeeded in the past year is waiting for an answer to the question of whether this will happen again in the new one. Magical time, enchanting, time of stagnation ... The light of the baby Khors (one of the Faces of Dazhbog) is still too weak. How not to use this time, not to look into the future, not to tell fortunes?

With the advent of Kolyada, the time of Winter Christmas time began, twelve holy days starting from the eve of Kolyada, symbolizing the six bright (Bright Evenings) and six dark (Terrible Evenings) months of Kologoda. On Christmas evenings, young people gathered for gatherings in huts. The girls were engaged in needlework, waiting for the hostess to start guessing, and sang songs. They baked cookies in the form of animals and birds (for example, “roes”), treated them to each other and sent them to relatives. If guys were invited to gatherings, then they played games like “love - not love”, and played funny actions with disguise. “Not a single folk holiday contains so many customs, rituals, signs, so many attitudes to everyday needs and seasons, as in Christmas time”(Snegirev I.M.).

After all the entertainment, the youth sat down at the table, the hostess covered it with a new tablecloth and put a dish of water on it. All those present in the house took off their rings (rings, earrings, other jewelry) and put them on the table next to the dish. The hostess covered the dish with a second tablecloth, and placed slices of bread, salt and three coals next to it. Opposite the dish, the most knowledgeable woman in fortune-telling (“matchmaker”) sat down and began to sing Christmas “following songs”, the first of which was “Bread and Salt”. Having finished the song, the matchmaker put bread, salt and coals under the tablecloth into the dish, and the guests, in turn, put their decorations into the dish.

Then they started singing again. The songs were short, ending with a special refrain:

Yes, to whom we sang - that's good, Glory!
To whom it will be taken out - that will come true, Glory!
It will come true soon - it will not pass! Glory!

Create, mother, dough,
bake pies,
Matchmakers are coming to you
Suitors to me!

Blacksmiths forge golden crowns, glory!
Wonderful street, glory!
(for marriage)

Brocade of gold flutters, glory!
Someone is going on the road, thank you!
(to the long road)

There was a pike from Novgorod,
She dragged her tail from the white of the lake,
That silver, gilded,
And the head of the pike is humiliated.
(to wealth)

I will dissolve the kvass on the bottom,
I'll put the pot on the brisket.
You come in, my kushonka,
Completely full......
(for profit)

Sometimes the matchmaker deliberately took out two things (for the betrothed and betrothed) to the song:

How will the ring affect, glory!
So the darling will respond, glory!

Girls could carry out fortune-telling with subservient songs themselves, without a matchmaker.

At the end sleazy songs they began to “bury the gold”, playing “Ringlet” with the ring left not taken out of the dish, singing:

I'm burying gold, I'm burying
I bury pure silver, I bury ...

Fell, the ring fell into viburnum, into raspberries
In blackcurrant.
Guess, guess girl! Guess red!
In which hand was the bylitsa?

Divination on Bright Evenings

Fortune telling with a chicken in the ring

Fortune telling by the castle on the well

Divination "Hail"

Divination on Terrible Evenings

Divination with a mirror

After that, carefully, without breaking away, trying not to blink, she peered into the mirror opposite, into the corridor of mirror reflections, trying not to miss the moment the figure appeared. This divination could go on for several hours. As soon as the girl saw the image, it was necessary to slam the mirror with the mirror, put out the candles and tie the belt so that trouble would not happen.

After this divination, the mirror was wrapped in a towel and hidden; it was necessary to thank the "assistants" and not to forget to unwind.

Divination by sounds

The tradition of Christmas divination has its roots in the distant pagan past. With the adoption of Christianity, divination and magic began to be considered a great sin. Playing with fate, trying to penetrate into the future is a dangerous occupation. It may turn out that the prediction is false, but the person believed in it. So life will not be broken for long for yourself or someone else. However, there are days in the year when all prohibitions are removed, and witchcraft does not bring trouble. This, of course, is Christmas time. In essence, any fortune-telling is a fortune-telling for desires. True predictions - whether they are good or bad - are soon forgotten. Maybe for this reason, once a year, you can inquire about fate - find out the truth and forget.

Christmas time - a time of well-deserved rest and collective entertainment

Fortune telling on cards for desire in Rus' was not very practiced. It is much more interesting to know the future in colorful details - which side the groom will be from, what his name is, what he looks like. These are all girlish questions, and older people were interested in the harvest, the fertility of cattle, the weather in the coming year, and so on. These questions could be answered at Christmas time. When does the Christmas divination start? You can start them immediately after the appearance of a star in the sky, announcing the birth of the Savior.

What a young lady entering adulthood, does not dream to know his fate? Fortune-telling for the fulfillment of desires among girls is, first of all, questions about marriage. What lies ahead - wealth or poverty, will there be children in the family, health and prosperity? All this is very interesting!

All year long, hardworking people have a lot of worries: in the spring - sowing, in the summer - mowing, preparing supplies for the winter for the family and cattle, in the fall - harvesting and winter sowing. Christmas time falls on the most serene period - from the Nativity of Christ to Baptism and Water Blessing. After spending a year in labor, in fasting and abstinence in Filippovka, having defended a long solemn Christmas service in the church, the people began fun and festivities, which lasted two weeks. In the daytime, hearty and plentiful food was prepared - borscht, jelly, pies, pies. They made a lot of pies, because Christmas time is visiting, treating, caroling. It gets dark early in winter. Traditional gatherings and entertainment come at sunset, when the Christmas fortune-telling begins.

Christmas time as an occasion to make new acquaintances

Each locality had its own experts on the most right ways predictions. They certainly tried to invite them to their party, because even the simplest fortune-telling for the fulfillment of a wish wants to be painted with more accurate details. The soothsayer was lured with treats, coaxed with gifts and affectionate words. Experienced soothsayers were a kind of actors. The famous spy prophecies were accompanied by the performance of special tunes, round dances. The girls, going to visit for divination on a wish for Christmas time, dressed up in the most beautiful dresses, hair was removed with ribbons and colored scarves - after all, there will definitely be young men in the company. During such gatherings, young people got acquainted, had fun, got married, and on Maslenitsa, parents sent matchmakers to get married on Krasnaya Gorka.

Fortune-telling

The most colorful and crowded fortune-telling for a wish at Christmas time took place with the participation of a matchmaker and was called spying. A lot of people usually gathered at such parties, there were both boys and girls. The guests participating in the action put their rings, earrings or other small personal items in a large dish with water, and the matchmaker put bread, salt and ashes in the same place with the appropriate sentence. The youth with the song led a round dance around her. At the end of each verse, the matchmaker with the words "What to be - that cannot be avoided!" took out two items. The hosts took away their belongings, and the action continued until the dish was empty. If a couple of items belonging to two girls or two boys were taken out, then the matchmaker, at her discretion, could put them back, or she could give them to the owners.

There were other variants of spy fortune-telling. In this case, each verse of the song contained short description some event - a wedding, travel, the birth of a child, wealth, poverty, illness, death - everything that accompanies a person's life and stands out as the most significant. For each story noted in the song, an object was taken out of the dish. The prediction was interpreted in accordance with what was heard

Fortune telling on cards

Christmas divination It's collective entertainment. It is not interesting to guess on the cards in the company. This is an activity for two, because a fortuneteller usually tells one person for a long time and in detail about his future, past and present, and those around him may get bored at this time. And yet, the demand for this kind of interpretation of fate during this period is very high. Fortune tellers-tarologists write down those who wish to queue for a certain hour, because fortune-telling on cards for a wish using the Tarot deck is not available to many. This whole philosophy, but there are more simple ways. Christmas divination on the cards french soothsayer Madame Lenormand is much shorter and more accessible. Pictures depicting a ring, a road, rats, a coffin, a child, the sun, a book and other objects and phenomena very clearly demonstrate what the coming year has prepared for the questioner.

You can also learn about marriage from an ordinary playing deck, using court figures, taking into account the suit. This Christmas divination looks like this on the map. Men guess at kings and jacks. At night, these cards and one lady, denoting the fortuneteller herself, are placed under the pillow. Next, you need to say: “I go to bed on the Zion mountains, three angels in my head. One sees, the other will tell, the third will predict my fate. Everything good will come true, but the bad will not come true and will be forgotten. After that, you can’t talk to anyone until the morning. You must go to bed before midnight. And the next day, immediately after waking up, the first card that comes to hand is taken out. If this is a lady, then the girl will not get married in the next year.

Divination for the betrothed

There is another common and no less simple divination for the desire to find out about the groom. A comb is placed under the pillow, this procedure is accompanied by the following words: "Narrowed-mummer, come to me dressed up, comb your little head." In the morning, there should be hair under the pillow on the comb. By its color, the bride of the groom will recognize.

Unmarried girls hung a towel outside the window at night and said: “Betrothed-mummer, come to me to wash.” If the towel turns out to be wet in the morning, it means that this year the fortuneteller will meet her future husband, and if it remains dry, then you will have to wait for the next year.

Unpretentious fortune-telling on three tea or coffee cups told whether the girl would get married, get a groom, or remain free until next year. Under each cup you need to put a ring, a flower and a ribbon. If the choice falls on a flower, then the girl will meet her betrothed, if the ribbon, then she will be a free bird all year, but if the ring, then everything is clear.

What did family people think about?

Married women, wanting to know what gender the child would be, poured water into a large spoon and froze it. They looked at the morning, and if the ice turned out to be convex, it means that a boy will be born, if it is concave, a girl, and if it remains even, then there will be no addition to the family yet.

Economic people did not forget about and made weather forecasts for the whole year by months. To do this, they took 12 bulbs and immediately after Christmas church service laid them out in a row on the windowsill. All vegetables were sequentially labeled every January 19th and were examined. wet denoted rainy months, and dry - dry weather. In this way, work could be planned, such as repairing the roof or planting plants.

Scary divination

Courageous girls went to tell fortunes in the bathhouse. There, according to legends, there lived a bathing spirit, which on holy days could show the girl her future husband. Bath divination for a wish at Christmas time was carried out at night, when everyone had already gone to bed. The girl took with her two mirrors and a white plate filled with water without a pattern. Having removed all clothes except the shirt, untying the knots and removing from the neck pectoral cross, she, fortune-telling by the light of two candles, established a corridor from the mirrors. After counting twelve reflections, the girl looked at the plate of water and peered into it. As soon as a face appeared there, she had to immediately turn everything over, and, grabbing the cross, run away from the bathhouse. That was very dangerous occupation, since the bath spirit could scare the curious to death and even strangle her if she hesitated. And such cases happened.

The most desperate went to church. Divination by candlelight was carried out as follows. The girls lit candles and placed them in front of the altar. According to the sequence in which they burned, the order of marriage was determined. And by the soot and the crackle of candles, they judged what the marriage would be like.

Divination with fire

Candles were also used for another way of predicting fate. So, they lit a long thin candle and held it tightly, without moving it, over a dish of water until a small cinder remained. Dripping, the wax created a variety of patterns. Their interpretation required remarkable imagination. The help of girlfriends should be counted with caution. After all, each has its own destiny, and they can see something related to themselves, and not to the one who held the candle, and willy-nilly distort the prediction.

There is a very entertaining desire to know the main events of the beginning of the year. The prediction takes place in 3D format. You will need a clean white wall and a large sheet must be crushed into a large soft lump, put on a tin tray and set on fire. The lighting must be turned off, as the image is read by the shadows on the wall cast by the burning paper. To make the divination successful, first try it with a small sample of paper. When you make sure that the shadows are visible well, you can proceed to the main action. This divination by desire is accurate, because subconsciously every person knows his fate, but we do not always know how to use our own intuition.

Divination with glasses

The events of the year can be defined in another way. Take four identical glasses, number and place four elements in them - a ring, salt, bread and sugar. The girl or boy, that is, the one who asks the question, closes his eyes. One assistant spins the fortuneteller around the axis, the other swaps the glasses. Then the questioner is brought to the glasses, and he, without looking, chooses one of them. If there is a ring in it, then there will be a wedding or betrothal, if salt - sorrows, bread - Rich life And good job, sugar - a serene and cheerful year. The one who chose the ring can find out when an important event will happen to him - marriage or engagement. To do this, the glasses are emptied, the person is spun again. Glass number 1 means January, February or March, number 2 - April, May or June, 3 - July, August or September, 4 - October, November or December.

funny divination

Domestic animals also took part in divination. In the old days, they loved the so-called bird fortune-telling. Whether the wish came true or not depended on which paw the chicken or rooster crossed the threshold first: if it was the right one, then the wish would come true, and if it was the left one, then it would not. The bird was frightened by a noisy gathering of strangers, ran away, they poured grains on it, persuaded it to come in.

A company of friends and girlfriends can have a lot of fun if they decide on fortune-telling with a large chest filled with a wide variety of utensils, or a wardrobe. To help the fortune tellers need a child of five or seven years old, who is not very well versed in things. The youth are blindfolded, and the kid takes out various objects from the closet and asks: “Whose is this?” The one who answers: “Mine”, untie his eyes and give the selected item. When all participants are interviewed and endowed with things, you can start interpreting the meaning. Since any Christmas fortune-telling applies only to the next year, the main events of this period are determined by subjects for each of actors. Threads, belts, ties, shoes or a suitcase always portend a journey and travel, the key is the purchase of real estate or a car, the trousers that a girl got, even if they are women's, promise a new acquaintance with a man, if a young man got a skirt, then he will have new girlfriend, glasses and bottles indicate many festive feasts with alcoholic drinks, tableware - to communicate with friends and guests, beautiful jewelry and expensive fur - for wealth, socks, slippers, unpresentable things - for poverty, books - for study, weapons symbolize war, toys portend the birth of a child or pregnancy, etc.

Divination by books

To do this, take six folios of different subjects, for example, the Bible, fairy tales, novels and some reference books. The questions are formulated approximately as follows: “What do I need to do or what should I do to fulfill my desire?”, “What will be the most significant for me this year?”, “How will my professional life turn out?”, “What will happen in my personal life? ? Without looking, the volume is taken and opened. Further, still without opening the eyes, the finger indicates the place where the prophetic text is written. It must be read and understood. The subject matter of the book indicates the major concerns of the coming year, and the chosen text is the answer to a direct question.

Modern divination

With the transition of the calendar to a new style new methods of divination also appeared, for example, a wish is made in advance, and to the sound of the Moscow chimes it is written on a sheet, set on fire and thrown into a glass of champagne. During the volleys of fireworks, everyone clinks glasses, hugs and drinks champagne along with the ashes. In order for this New Year's fortune-telling to work, the desire must not only be written and swallowed in time, it is very important that the paper burns completely and the ashes do not wake up on the tablecloth. This ritual usually enlivens the feast very much. Not everyone believes in its effectiveness, so they laugh, looking at how their friends fuss, counting on such magic. With this fortune-telling, the inhabitants of the Kaliningrad region were very lucky. Recently, they have heard the chimes of the Moscow Kremlin and the speech of the President twice, because they New Year comes later than all in Russia. Accordingly, fortune-telling on paper for desire is done twice. The second time they are usually better prepared - and matches are at hand, and the paper is not very hard and not too light (so that it burns quickly and does not shatter before it gets into the glass). In general, you can guess for each desire only once, otherwise conflicting answers will appear and you can get confused. Although, if you treat this as a joke, a game, an occasion to have fun, then why not ...

Christmas traditions and rituals are a great occasion to diversify the routine of everyday life, renew communication with old friends, and make new acquaintances. Such traditions should be protected and cherished. Many will say that any magic is a dangerous occupation, it is no coincidence that the church condemns divination and divination for a wish at Christmas time, but you should not take this very seriously and be afraid of such a sin. There are worse things. Take Christmas games with a grain of salt. Our ancestors, having played with fate at Christmas time, on the night of January 18 to 19, plunged into thereby washing away the sins of two festive weeks. After that it started usual life with her simple worries and interests, and Christmas time remained in my memory as a bright and cheerful episode.

Christmas time is a great time to build plans, desires to guess, guess and tell fortunes for the future - to ask the subtle world about the future.

We invite you to plunge into the world of magic and try to predict your future with the help of Christmas divination.

You will need four glasses that need to be half filled with water. Add half a teaspoon of sugar to the first glass, the same amount of salt to the second, bread to the third, and the ring to the fourth. Then turn away, ask to be blindfolded, and turn around your axis 2 times. At this time, your friend or your girlfriend should rearrange the glasses.

Fortune telling on four glasses will help you find out what life will be like in the New Year

Stopping, choose one of them. If you took a glass of sugar, it means that the new year will be rich in happy moments, bring harmony in your personal life and success in the monetary sphere. If there was salt in the glass - in the new year, be prepared to meet with difficulties, you will have to fight for success, achieve everything with your own work. A glass of bread promises good profits in the new year, the financial sector will be in in perfect order. Well, the ring speaks of imminent marriage(marriage) or replenishment in the family.

Divination for relationships

This Christmas fortune telling will help you find out the future of your relationship with your loved one. On the night of the old new year, take a plate, pour water into it and pour in a pinch of sugar, salt and ash. Mix well. Then put strands of your and your loved one's hair in the water and leave them overnight. Look what happened to them in the morning. If the strands are connected, then your relationship will develop as well as possible, if not, your paths will diverge in the new year.

Christmas divination on the mirror

You need to take a small mirror, douse it with water and take it out into the cold at exactly midnight. When patterns appear on the surface, bring the mirror into the house and carefully examine it.

To find out what to expect in the New Year, tell fortunes on the mirror

If circles are visible on it, it means that you will live in abundance all year if you notice spruce branch- you have to work hard. Squares portend various life difficulties, and triangles promise great luck and success in any business.

Divination on the leaves

Write your cherished desires on 12 leaves, add an empty one to them and put under your pillow on the night before Christmas. The next morning, take out one at random - the wish that is written there will surely come true in the new year. Well, if they took out an empty sheet, the plan was not destined to come true.

Fortune telling on a wish for the old new year

A couple of minutes before the old New Year, write a wish on paper. When the chimes start to beat, set fire to the leaf. It will have time to burn out in the old year - the desire will certainly come true, it will burn out already in the new one - it is unlikely to come true.

Divination for a future husband

Fortune telling for the old new year with a mirror and a decanter

On the night of January 13-14, place a clear glass carafe of water on a flat surface. Behind him should be a mirror, and on the sides are three burning candles.

Divination for the future with a mirror and candles

As soon as the clock strikes midnight, carefully peer into the mirror through the decanter. Most likely, you will see in it what awaits you next year.

Divination for the fulfillment of a wish

For this divination, you will need two clean glasses. Fill one of them with a little more than half of the water. On the eve of the old new year, make a wish, and then start pouring water from one glass to another. When you're done, take a look at the table you were doing this on. If there are two or three drops of moisture left on it, or nothing at all, the wish will come true. If much more water has spilled, the plan is unlikely to come true.

Fortune telling for a pregnant woman on the gender of the child

On holy evenings, pregnant women with the help of simple divination They found out who was born to them - a boy or a girl. To do this, take a needle and thread a thread about twenty centimeters long into it. If the needle moves in a circle above your palm, there will be a girl. If it sways from side to side - wait for the boy.

Christmas divination on wax

On one of the holy evenings, melt the wax and pour it into a deep plate with cold water. The wax will quickly harden, and the outlines of objects will appear that can be used to judge the future. So, a horseshoe promises great joy, an asterisk - receiving long-awaited news. These figurines can be saved and carried around as a talisman. If you find it difficult to determine the form, call on fantasy to help. She will surely give you some advice.

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

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

We have tried to collect the most interesting and reliable Christmas divination, which we hope will help you uncover the secrets of the future.

Christmas divination by barking dogs

At midnight, take a knife, go outside, go to a snowdrift and start cutting snow with a knife, saying:

“Damn, damn, don’t be silent, damn, damn, tell me, what kind of husband will I get, will I have to laugh or cry?”

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

• If a vicious, abrupt bark is heard, it means that future husband will be strict and gloomy.
• If the dogs bark merrily and loudly, then the husband will also be cheerful and kind.
• It is very bad if a dog howl is heard during fortune-telling. This suggests that the marriage will be short-lived and very quickly the young wife will become a widow.

Christmas divination on wax (candles)

Take cinders of wax or paraffin candles white color(holiday colored candles are not suitable for divination), put in a metal bowl, melt over a fire and immediately pour into a container of cold water. The figure formed at the same time will predict the future that awaits the fortuneteller.

Interpretation of figures:

• House- soon the acquisition of a new economy; for a girl, this is primarily due to her marriage;
• Shapeless ruins- misfortune in the near future;
• Pit, small cave or grotto- the most undesirable figure, since it symbolizes the place of burial and predicts serious illness or imminent death;
• Trees- they can be interpreted in different ways: the branches of the tree directed upwards promise quick joy, drooping ones - sadness, longing and boredom;
• Ring or candle unambiguously predict a quick wedding;
• Pancake that has sunk to the bottom, on the contrary, promises a long girlhood.

Fortune telling on wax and milk

Pour milk into a saucer and place on the threshold. Take the cinders of wax candles, put them in a metal bowl and melt them on the fire, saying:

“Brownie, my master, come under the threshold to drink milk, eat wax”

Saying the last word spells, pour wax into milk and carefully examine the resulting figure.

Interpretation of figures

• Cross- disease; if its outlines are fuzzy, then soon you should prepare for a series of minor troubles that will affect all aspects of life
• blooming flower- wedding in a year
• Animal- an ill-wisher appeared in a close environment
• A scattering of small stars- good luck in business
• Stripes with blurry edges- trip, business trip, travel, journey
• human figure- the arrival of a new friend

Divination by shadow

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

Divination by hair

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

Christmas divination by ring

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

Divination by the log

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

Divination interpretation

• The log is even, with a smooth thin bark - the husband is handsome and young.
• The bark is thick rough - the husband is ugly.
• The bark on the log is peeled off in places or is completely absent - the husband is poor.
• Cracked log - the husband will come across old, pockmarked, with a physical defect.
• A large log is a strong, strong husband.
• Knotty log - the family will be big: each knot is an unborn child.

If the log was not at hand, then any tree in a park, square or forest can replace it.

To do this, you need to blindfold, ask someone you know to "unwind" you, as in the game "cat and mouse", and only after that go in search of the "oracle".

All the characteristics that were given to the log will be valid for the tree.

Fortune telling by egg

Pour water into a glass and pour protein into it raw egg. Put the glass in a heated oven so that the protein curls up. After that, remove the glass and carefully look at the resulting figure.

Interpretation of figures

• Church dome or ring- fast wedding.
• Rectangle or square- serious illness, death.
• Ship- moving after marriage to another city or country.
• Pancake sinking to the bottom- a series of adversities and troubles, a long girlhood.

Divination by shoe

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

Fortune telling by rooster

This fortune-telling is collective, therefore, on Christmas Eve or Epiphany Eve, several girls should gather in one room and “count”. Large grains should be scattered on the floor and at exactly midnight a black rooster should be brought into the room. His behavior will be the answer to the question about the future of fortunetellers.

• If the rooster pecked all the grains, then next year the one who poured the grains will marry.
• If part of the grains still remained on the floor, then the one whose number matches the number of pecked grains will marry.
• If the rooster refused to treat at all, then not a single wedding will take place next year, and for all those present, the near future will be overshadowed by many minor troubles and failures.

Fortune telling "Well and bridge"

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

After that, at night in a dream, the girl is likely to see her future husband.

Matches can be used instead of twigs. Build a well out of them and put it under the pillow in the same way with the words: "Narrowed, mummers, come get some water."

Nut shell divination

Pour water into a bowl. At the edges of the basin, attach strips of paper on which events are written, for example, a wedding, a trip, receiving money, new job etc. (if the fortuneteller is alone), or the names of all those present who want to know their future. In the second case, one event is thought of, in particular, a wedding, engagement, acquaintance with a future spouse, etc.

Take half of the shell walnut and fix the cinder of a church or birthday candle in it. Light a candle and push the "boat" to the middle of the pelvis. From there, the shell itself should swim to one of the notes. But the wish will come true only if the paper, upon contact with the "boat", ignites from the flame of a candle.

Christmas book divination

In the old days, the Psalter was used as a prophetic book - a liturgical book containing the biblical book of psalms. Now, in the absence of a Psalter in the house, you can take a volume of your favorite writer - Pushkin, Lermontov, Shakespeare or any other.

In order to find out the answer to a question of interest, one must mentally formulate it, guess the line number from the bottom or top, and open the book at random. The answer includes not only the hidden line, but the entire semantic passage in which this line is included.

If the answer found in the book does not lend itself to logical interpretation, then the fortune-telling should be repeated.

Divination in the name of the betrothed

This common and popular divination to this day is probably known to everyone.

At midnight, leave the house and ask the first man you meet for his name. This name will be the name of the betrothed.

Christmas divination with a mirror

Fortune-telling with a mirror at Christmas time was considered the most faithful, but at the same time the most dangerous, during which a fortune-telling girl or woman often lost her senses.

The fact is that the mirror, according to ancient beliefs, is a border separating real world and the world of spirits. There are many signs and customs associated with this. So, for example, according to one of them, a broken mirror certainly promises an early disaster. Misfortune will happen even if you look in the mirror during a thunderstorm. By the way, most of the "thin" signs are connected precisely with the reflection in the mirror. It was strictly forbidden for a woman to look into it at those moments of her life when she could most easily break the invisible boundary between the world of the living and world of the dead: during pregnancy, after the birth of a child and the entire postpartum period, when she was considered "unclean".

At present, the technology for the production of mirrors has changed: instead of a silver coating, lead is used, which has a very short “memory” and, as a result, is less aggressive. However, until now, old people do not recommend bringing a newborn to a mirror for fear that his fragile soul may split in two and the child will turn into an evil sorcerer or a bloodthirsty vampire.

However, the mirror can also serve as a powerful amulet. The impure force reflected in it immediately loses its magical power and forever loses the ability to harm people.

Fortune telling with a mirror is best in a bathhouse, in an unclean place, and at midnight, when the border marked by a mirror is most permeable. The fortuneteller should be completely alone in the room, loose her hair and remove the belt, if any. On the table you need to put two cutlery, a mirror and a candle. Then the fortuneteller should sit in front of the mirror and say:

"Betrothed, mummers, come to me for dinner."

Exactly at midnight, she will see a man looking over her shoulder. After the fortuneteller examines his face, she must quickly cast a charm spell:

"Stay away from this place!"

After these words, the image of a man will disappear, and the fortuneteller will be out of danger.

A variation of this divination is a ritual with two mirrors that are placed opposite each other so that they repeat their reflections. One of the mirrors must be placed on a table with two candles on the sides. At midnight, light candles, undress, sit on a chair between the mirrors and carefully peer into your reflection. If the mirrors are placed correctly, then the reflections form a long gallery, in which the image of the betrothed should appear.

"Broken hearts"

This divination is more like a game, so it is great for friendly Christmas and Christmas parties.

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

Christmas divination for love

This fortune-telling is for the lonely, but eager to meet true love. 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 divination. It is at the same time very simple and very complex, because one who peers into the flame must have a good imagination and partly a philosophical mindset, as well as rich life experience in order to read the fate destined in the dancing tongues of the fire.

In the flame of the same bonfire, several people can see the future at the same time, because everyone will see in it his own prophecy intended only for him.

It is best to use flame divination for yourself, because in this case it will be extremely accurate and less complicated.

If fortune-telling is performed for someone else, then the person must be seated to the left of oneself and “tune in” to him. For this take it right hand both hands and hold for a few seconds. After that, look closely into the flame and try to see prophetic signs there, symbolizing the events that await a person in the future.

It happens that no real images that can lift the veil over the mystery of being ever arise. In such a case, the gypsies say that a person is expected in life big changes, only while it is difficult to determine whether good or bad.

Christmas divination with a knife

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

"Yes",
"No",
"Be patient",
"Caution: next to you is an enemy hiding under the mask of a friend",
"Good news"
"Love Message"
"Good luck in the undertaking",
"Unexpected Guest"
"Love",
"Today's tears will turn into joy tomorrow"
"Unexpected news"
« New love»,
"Unexpected meeting",
"Journey",
"Important Letter"

In the center of the circle put the usual kitchen knife and mentally formulate a question. Rotate the knife around its axis three times. One of the three messages to which the knife point will point and will be the answer to question asked. The other two may be the cause or effect of the predicted event.

If, after rotation, the tip of the knife stops at an equal distance from two messages, the divination must be repeated.

Divination with needles

Put 21 needles that have never been sewn on a saucer or plate, and slowly pour water into the dishes. Under the influence of water, the eagles will change their original position; according to the current picture, one can promise about the situation in which the fortuneteller is located. So, the number of crosses formed by needles indicates the number of ill-wishers or hostile forces acting against a fortuneteller in the current month.

There is also another option for divination with needles:

Make a pendulum out of a needle. To do this, thread a red silk thread about 75 centimeters long into it, fold it in half and tie a knot at the end.

Take a coin from a fortuneteller (previously they always took a silver one) and put it on the table. Sit down at the table, put your elbow on it, take the pendulum needle with your fingers by the tip of the thread and direct the tip of the needle to the center of the coin.

The fortuneteller asks a question, the answer to which is the words "yes" or "no", and carefully looks at the pendulum. If the needle stands still without movement, there is no answer to the question yet; if it starts to move in the longitudinal direction, the answer is affirmative, if in the transverse direction, it is negative. If the pendulum makes circular motions, the question is clear and should be formulated more precisely.

Who hasn't guessed at least once? Who was not interested in looking into the future, opening the veil of secrets and mysteries? Today we will tell you how to tell fortunes at Christmas and Christmas time.

Having previously googled and asked our grandmothers, we armed ourselves with all sorts of “sacred” gizmos in order to try out the ancient rites of divination.

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

by the most favorable time for fortune-telling, Christmas Eve (before Christmas), Vasilyevsky evening (New Year's Eve, now falls on January 13) and Epiphany evening (from January 18 to 19) were considered.

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

So, we share the most popular ways to predict the future.

Divination first. On wax

It is believed that divination on wax is one of the most faithful and accurate. In this way, not only village girls guessed, but also ladies from high society. The purpose of fortune-telling is to find out your future for a year, to find out the nature of your relationship with your husband, to predict fate.

How to guess

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

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

The figures can be considered as separate predictions - on the principle that I see what will happen, or you can refer to the decoding of the values ​​\u200b\u200bthat can be found at the bottom of the article.

Fortune telling the second. Subjects for the future husband

Divination by objects is one of the simplest and easiest divination to perform. A variety of items are laid out on the table by which you can find out future profession husband. Bread in the old days meant - a peasant, a book - a priest, coal - a blacksmith, keys - a merchant.

How to guess

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

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

Item Values

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

Fortune telling the third. Subjects for the future

Another variation of subject divination. Only now the girl learns not about the fate of her husband, but about her own. Usually, fortunetellers put items in bowls or cups, then make their choice.

Item Values

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

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

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

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

How to guess

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

If a girl pulls out water with sugar, her relationship with her husband will be harmonious, “sweet”, warm and kind. Salty water- means bad marriage, there will be many quarrels, disputes and tears. Water with a ring means quick marriage. A glass of plain water - can talk about an empty short-term relationship or lack of relationship in the near future.

Fortune telling fifth. On the water about the future life

Most likely, this divination was modernized into more late time, but my grandmother, born in 1911, along with fortune telling with the help of a live chicken, with a felt boot over the gate, already used this method of predicting fate.

How to guess

It is necessary to take a basin, fill it halfway with water, attach pieces of paper with a breakdown of events to the walls in a circle - wedding, pregnancy, theft, death, winning, career advancement, illness, money, etc. After that, half a walnut shell is taken, into which small candle. And such a “boat” sinks into the middle of your pond with predictions. Where the shell floats, then it should be expected next year.

There is another version of such fortune-telling.

Pieces of paper with questions are placed at the bottom of the basin without water, then water is poured, which piece of paper pops up will come true in the near future. At the same time, in order for fortune-telling to have reliable magical power, 13 pieces of paper should be prepared.

Divination sixth. On threads

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

How to guess

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

If the thread died out immediately or burned out less than half, it means that the girl will either not get married or will marry very late.

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

Fortune telling the seventh. On the book

It used to be customary to read the Bible. Exactly at midnight it was necessary to open the Scripture and read the prediction. Now the Bible can be replaced by another book, while guessing a specific page, line or paragraph. An interesting fortune-telling is obtained if you use Omar Khayyam's Rubaiyat or any quote book. We had Coelho's The Alchemist in our hands, in which we read: “They don't drink wine in this country,” he replied. Faith does not allow. A little upset.

Divination eighth. With mirrors

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

How to guess

At midnight, place two mirrors opposite each other and light candles. With the correct arrangement of mirrors, a mirror corridor is formed. A spell should be said: "Narrowed, mummers, come to me dressed up." After that, you need to concentrate and look intently into the corridor. After some time, the figure of the future husband can show in the depths. If you see any scary figures or feel discomfort, you should say “Chur, me!”, This will drive evil spirit where she came from.

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