On the night of the sixth to the seventh of January Orthodox Russia celebrate the feast of the Nativity of Christ. As you know, in our country the church at the beginning of the 20th century did not move from Julian calendar to the new Gregorian, as a result of which the calendar differs by 13 days from the calendar used by other Christians. Christmas, as a holiday in Russia, differs significantly from its counterpart in the rest of the Christian world. Initially, the Christmas holidays were associated with many folk customs, but they were forgotten after the celebration of Christmas was banned in 1918.
Only in 1935, the Soviet authorities again allowed to put up and decorate Christmas trees - however, not Christmas, but New Year's. And the stars at the top of the spruce became five-pointed in the Soviet way. And earlier the stars were seven-pointed and symbolized the very star that, according to the Gospel, led to the newly born baby Christ of the Magi.
One of the biggest Christian holidays. A new era began with the Nativity of Christ, and the holiday began to be celebrated already in the first centuries. At first it was a strictly fixed day - January 6, and was called Epiphany.
This number had nothing to do with the date of the birth of the Divine Infant, since this day was unknown. But the indicated date had a deep symbolic meaning. ancient church correlated the "two Adams" - the first man on Earth, and Christ - the new, second Adam. The first Adam is the author of sin and death for the entire human race. The second Adam is the creator of life and the source of people's salvation. Moreover, it was believed that Christ was born on the same day on which the first Adam was created - on the sixth.
The feast of the Epiphany underwent changes and began to be considered the birth of God in the guise common man, under normal conditions and under difficult domestic circumstances. Already in antiquity, Christmas took root and became widespread throughout the Western and Eastern world. The custom of decorating a Christmas tree these days came from Germany, where it has existed since ancient times. It was believed that a Christmas tree with candles and decorations is a symbol of spiritual light and the saving fruits of the grace of God.
Christmas night, gifts, candles,
Friends and relatives at the festive table.
How I want joy to last forever
And we shared our happiness and warmth.
Let the night pass, but not disappear with it
From our souls, a beautiful kind light.
And let everyone in their hearts believe -
God is love and He is with us forever!
Folk signs:
Snow at Christmas - for the harvest year;
snowstorm - bees will swarm well;
frost - to the harvest of bread, the starry sky - to the harvest of peas.
From Christmas to Epiphany, sin hunts, misfortune will happen to the hunter.
Christmas merged with the ancient Slavic holiday - Svyatkami. The meeting of this holiday on the eve of the Nativity of Christ is on January 6, on Christmas Eve. The main dishes that evening were kutya, which was made from boiled grains of wheat or barley, and broth made from apples, pears, plums, raisins, cherries and other fruits boiled in water. Kutya and vzvar have symbolic meaning. Kutya is eaten at funerals and in commemoration of the dead, and vzvar is eaten at the birth of a child. The combination of these dishes, as it were, connected two memories - about the birth of Christ and about his death. Christmas Eve cannot be separated from Christmas. Moreover, in Europe, other Catholic and Protestant countries, it is celebrated on December 25, that is, it anticipates the New Year. In Russia, for several decades, it has been first celebrated New Year, and then - January 7 - Christmas.
Christmas merged with the ancient Slavic holiday - Christmas time. Christmas rituals - communal Christmas feasts, caroling - eventually turned into Christmas rituals. Christmas Orthodox family waited all year, the preparation for it was very thorough. Six weeks before Christmas they fasted and ate fish. But at Christmas everyone ate pork. Before Christmas, for 3 days, it was possible to buy a Christmas tree in the markets and squares.
In the last decade, the feast of the Nativity of Christ is again actively returning to the family traditions of not only rural residents, but also city dwellers. And now, as in previous years, when the first Christmas star rises in the frosty sky, family members gathered at the table congratulate each other on Christmas, give each other gifts. And in countryside carolers began to appear again under the windows and sing special songs - carols:
"... Christmas has come,
Let's start the celebration! .. "
The main purpose of caroling is to wish happiness, wealth and a good harvest.
Caroling guests are treated with delicacies, thanked for congratulations. All day on January 7, it is customary to visit and receive guests. And guess.
CHRISTMAS FORTUNE
Christmas - best time for divination! The night from 6 to 7 January is Christmas Eve, Christmas Eve. By folk beliefs, on this night all prohibitions are lifted, mysterious forces rush to Earth. One is to harm people, the other is to help. The girls, about to tell fortunes, tuned in to a serious mood. They mentally fenced themselves off from the real world and turned to supernatural forces.
Divination in the name of the betrothed
At midnight, go outside and ask the name of the first man you meet. The named name will be the name of the betrothed.
Divination by candle flame
By Christmas night, having changed into clean clothes and washed, put a new candle on wooden stand and with your question in mind, light the fuse. After waiting a little, look at the flame - it will tell about the future. A dim flame signifies sadness. A weak but even flame portends a calm life, which will be bypassed by strong unrest and failure. A bright but uneven flame means that everything in life will basically turn out well, and a very bright one, and even if the candle crackles, portends a happy and adventurous life. The color of the flame can also tell you something: yellow - joy, yellow-red - profit. If the candle smokes a lot, it's unfortunate.
Fortune telling on three cups
For this divination, take three cups: pour water into one, pour sugar into the second, and put the ring into the third. After that, close your eyes, turn around yourself three times and, without opening your eyes, choose one cup. A cup of water portends an ordinary, unremarkable year, not rich in events, with sugar - promises fun and money, and a ring portends imminent marriage Or meeting your future husband.
Fortune telling on rice grains
For this divination, take a cup, pour rice into it and, covering it with your left hand, make a wish or ask a question. In the old days, the girls said this: “Indicate, fate, what should I expect: good or bad?” Then turn the cup upside down to empty it onto a tablecloth or napkin, and scoop up a handful of rice with your left hand. Now it remains to count the number of grains: even number- the wish will come true and good luck awaits you, the odd portends failure.
Divination with a mitt
Throw up the mitten and watch it fall. If she falls down thumb- it means that you will meet your betrothed in the coming year; if thumb facing down, then the acquaintance will not take place.
Fortune telling in the snow
Lie on your back in the snow, then get up and leave without looking back. In the morning, inspect this place: a streaked footprint in the snow means that the husband will be rough, smooth - that the husband will be soft and kind. If the pit turned out to be deep, then you will have to get married more than once, if the imprint is covered with snow, then the wedding will take place soon. And if there is a mound in this place, then expect trouble in the coming year.
Divination on wax
Light the candles, then take a wax or simple paraffin candle and, breaking it into small pieces, put it in a metal spoon. Heat the spoon on one of the candles until the pieces turn into a molten liquid. When the wax melts, take a glass of cold water and pour the contents of the spoon into the water in one fell swoop. Guess from the resulting figure. If you see a coffin, it means you are destined to get sick, and if you see a wreath, then get married.
Fortune telling on an apple
Standing in front of a mirror, cut an apple into nine pieces, eat eight of them, and throw the last one over your left shoulder. The betrothed should appear in the mirror.
Fortune telling on a dream
Eat something salty before bed, but don't drink. Going to bed, think: "Narrowed, mummers, come to me and get me drunk!" Whoever gets drunk - you will marry him.
Salty water
Pour some water into a glass, dissolve in it a large number of salt, drink before going to bed and ask: “Who is my betrothed, who is my mummer, give me a drink!” The groom will appear in a dream and give you a drink.
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In Russia, Christmas has always been the most anticipated day of the year. On long winter evenings, when people had free time, Christmas divination was born. Why at Christmas? Yes, because this particular holiday, like no other, is associated with the miracle, which was the birth in Bethlehem of a special baby, named Jesus Christ.
Christmas fortune-telling is also called Yuletide, as it takes place during Christmas time, which lasts two weeks, from Christmas Eve on January 6 to Epiphany on January 19. It can be fortune-telling on cards, mirrors, runes, logs, wax, onions, books, coffee grounds and much, much more.
We will present some of the divinations below, explaining step by step how to perform rituals and why it is better to perform divination before Christmas, in the afternoon on Christmas or on Christmas night.
Fortune telling during Christmas time is the most reliable and often comes true, since on these holy days angels help a person and good spirits. According to popular beliefs, the most powerful day is Christmas Eve. Since the traditions of the Russian people take their roots from the time when old style, then it’s better to guess according to the old style.
The most popular are Christmas fortune-telling, which girls and women certainly wanted to know. But most of all they were interested in the question of marriage and the personality of the betrothed, therefore, the main part of fortune-telling is devoted precisely to these issues and related to them.
Rules for fortune tellers at Christmas
- The room where fortune-telling takes place should be quiet. Any sound or whisper is a problem that prevents you from focusing on the issue at hand, breaking the thread of contact with the Universe, which does not like interference.
- During fortune-telling, you can’t cross your arms and legs, as the communication channels can “overlap”, which will lead to their narrowing and the difficulty of passing information that will stall or come in incomplete.
Divination on wax
This is the most common and popular divination. On Christmas Eve, collect cinders from white wax candles, melt, pour into a container with cold water. It is necessary to pour the wax in one motion, thus the figures are better. This does not mean that you should pour the wax in one fell swoop, just that the stream of wax should not be interrupted and can be poured slowly.
The frozen wax figure is the key to the secret of your future. First, examine the wax on both sides, determine what the resulting figure looks like more, and then proceed to the interpretation. Here are some of the values:
- house - marriage for a girl, in a general sense - a new household;
- a pit is a burial place, which means death or a fatal illness;
- stripes - roads, crossings;
- wax divided into a large number of drops - for money;
- mushroom - longevity;
- trees with branches up - an ambulance;
- ring - wedding;
- pancake - long girlhood;
- stars - good luck;
- dragon - the completion of a great work;
- bell - to alarm;
- flower - lover, love, marriage;
- apple - wisdom and health;
- egg - the appearance of something new;
- the cross is a disease.
Divination on the bow
If you are impatient to find out what your betrothed or betrothed will be called or you cannot choose between several applicants or applicants, try fortune telling on a bow, especially since it is very simple.
Select good bulbs by the number of people you like, write names or initials on them specific people and place in a container of water. This should be done the night before Christmas, saying:
“Ah, onion, whisper, who will be the groom?” or “Ah, onion, whisper, who will be my bride?”
Now it remains to wait for the bulbs to sprout. The bulb that first releases a feather and becomes the winner, and with it the person whose initials or name are written on it.
Divination for a future husband
There are many fortune-telling for the future husband. One of the simplest is to go outside and ask the first passerby man for his name - this will be the name of the future spouse. Also, the appearance of this person will tell you how handsome and rich your fiancé will be.
You can find out how the groom will look like in own dream. This dream must be prophetic. To call him, take a clean comb before going to bed, slowly comb your hair with it, while saying: “Betrothed-mummer, come to me dressed up.”
Then put the comb under the pillow and go to bed.
Another way to see the groom in a dream. Eat something salty before going to bed and go to bed, say:
"Whoever is my betrothed-mummer, he will give me a drink."
You can guess with the help of four glasses with clean water. In the first glass put a teaspoon of honey, in the second - half a spoon of salt, in the third - a fourth of a teaspoon citric acid, in the last - a little bit of wine is poured.
The contents of the glasses are thoroughly mixed, after which they are covered with napkins so that the girl who will be guessing at her husband does not see their contents. It is necessary without hesitation to choose one glass, and learn about your spouse from its contents.
Have a bachelorette party and have fun
Thus, water with honey means a sweet life and good husband, salty water- this is a tear and sadness, a sour - sad life, with wine - a husband is an alcoholic or a heavy drinker.
Divination for children
Children are also a very exciting issue for women that arises immediately after marriage. You can guess for children by a ring or a needle and thread.
Divination by the ring
Take a bowl of clean water, throw it in wedding ring and refrigerate. In the morning, watch the water freeze. If the surface of the water is flat, the fortune-telling woman will not have children in the near future. If the surface is uneven, examine it very carefully, for the bumps are boys, and the depressions are girls. Accordingly, how many tubercles and dimples you count, so many children you will have.
Divination with a needle
Such fortune-telling may interest you in working with a pendulumTake a needle and white thread. Insert the thread into the eye. Take the thread by the end right hand, and point the tip of the needle to the center of the palm of the left hand at a short distance from it. Follow the needle. If she began to sway across the palm, then you will have a girl, if along - a boy. After the needle stops, it may begin to swing again, which means it notifies you of the next child's gender. Wait until the needle stops making any movement at all, and until now, count the number of your children and do not forget to remember their gender.
Divination for desire
Fortune-telling on desires is as different as the others. We suggest you try to tell fortunes on grains, a handful of which must be taken in left hand, clench your palm into a fist and say your desire out loud. Then count the number of grains. If you have an even number of grains in your hand, the wish will come true, an odd number - not now.
You can guess the wish by the cat, if there is one in your house. Make a wish and invite a cat to your place. If he crosses the threshold of the room with his right paw, the wish will come true, the left one will not.
Divination by the book
Take any book, better than spiritual content, ask a question, think of a page and a line from above or below, read your prediction, which will become an answer or parting words.
Divination at Christmas time is an old Russian tradition. But it's up to each of us to guess or not. Many fortune-telling predict misfortunes and troubles, spoiling the mood not only for the fortuneteller, but also for those around him. Is it worth it to ruin your holidays, and even worse - obsessed with prediction and life, having committed unreasonable acts or actions.
If you are very impressionable and are afraid of misfortunes, childlessness, death, then we do not recommend you to guess, since fortune-telling may turn out to be wrong, and you yourself will program yourself for given result. Most importantly, remember that each of us forges his own happiness, as well as misfortunes! So let's forget about everything bad and let's think only about good things, say good things and do good things!!!
The night before Christmas is the most mysterious of the year: after midnight, a kind of portal opens through the looking glass. The reposed souls briefly return to the world of the living in order to invisibly be close to those who had to leave. Divination is communication with otherworldly dark forces. Only they can open the veil of the future, predict fate. And so, we will find out what Christmas fortune-telling is.
- Ancient divination for the future
- On wax
- Fortune telling "Shadow on the wall"
- "Telephone divination"
- Divination on TV
- computer divination
- By Internet
- "Word fortune-telling"
Ancient divination for the future
On wax
Method number 1
A new white candle is melted in a metal bowl. Liquid wax or paraffin is immediately poured into a small bowl of cold water. The prediction is a figure that formed at the bottom of the dish.
If a piece of hardened paraffin looks like a house, a purchase is expected new apartment, dachas. For a girl or an unmarried woman - a quick arrangement of personal life, a wedding. She is prophesied by a candle or a ring. But a round cake or pancake, on the contrary, indicates that one should not expect a betrothed in the coming year.
The mold in the form of a tree is interpreted differently. When its branches are directed upwards, the year promises joy, happy life. If the branches are lowered, there are sad and dreary days ahead. A shapeless pile of wax is deciphered in approximately the same way, in which not a single familiar object is guessed.
A hole in frozen paraffin is an unpleasant result of fortune-telling on a candle. Perhaps another test is planned in life - a serious illness. However, you should not despair. Spirits, revealing a map of fate, expect active actions from the fortuneteller, and not despondency.
Method number 2
In the second version, melted paraffin is poured into a deep plate with milk. She is placed on the threshold of the house. Before fortune-telling, you need to appease the brownie. To say affectionately: “House Brownie, come to our doorstep, drink milk, eat wax!”
If a close examination of a frozen figure reveals a cross with blurry edges, minor troubles will poison life throughout the year. The enemy's close circle predict the figure of an animal, good friend- a man made of wax.
Stripes and dashes clearly promise a journey. It can be a business trip, a trip to visit, moving to a new place of residence or a round-the-world cruise. How lucky anyone. A scattering of small stars promises luck and good luck in business. And an open flower is a happy marriage. However, you will have to be patient, the prediction will come true only in a year.
Fortune telling "Shadow on the wall"
Loosely crumple the old newspaper. They put it on a large plate and set it on fire from a burning candle. The overhead light in the room is turned off. When the paper has burned down, the dish is brought up to the wall and one looks at the shadow that newspaper ash casts on the wall by candlelight. According to her, a fortuneteller judges her future.
Gypsy divination on a kitchen knife
For this Christmas divination, you need a circle with a diameter of about 30 cm. It can be wooden ( cutting board), metal (tray) or cardboard. On its circumference, they write or lay out pieces of paper with possible answers:- Yes, no, you have to wait;
- good news, unexpected news, fateful letter;
- danger: enemy disguised as a friend;
- love, a new love affair, a letter from a loved one;
- an unexpected guest, an unexpected meeting;
- good luck in business;
- travel;
- tears will turn into joy.
A knife with a sharp tip (not new) is placed in the middle of the magic circle and the question of one's future is asked in one's mind. Then spin the knife clockwise. They remember the phrase that its point will point to. This action is repeated 3 times. The second prediction is the answer to question asked. The first is the previous event, the third is the result of what was planned.
Modern divination on the night of Christmas
"Telephone divination"
They say that this divination, accessible to almost everyone, always comes true. Exactly at 12 o'clock in the morning from January 6 to 7, they make a wish or mentally formulate a question. The answer for him should be "yes" or "no". After that, any combination of numbers is dialed at random (an unfamiliar phone number). If the receiver heard: “Yes. The answering machine speaks. I'm listening to". The wish will come true, the issue will be resolved positively. If at the other end of the line they say: “Who is this? Where are you calling?" The answer is considered to be negative.
Divination on TV
TV prediction is even easier to get. You need to stand in front of him with a remote control in your hand. Mentally set exciting question and press the "on" button. The first sentence heard or action seen on the screen, the gesture is interpreted as a response.
computer divination
By Internet
At night, before Christmas, they turn on the computer and go to their favorite site. They close their eyes and move the mouse seven times from left to right, then click it. The page on the monitor is an electronic clue of fate.
"Word fortune-telling"
You need to prepare for it in advance. Events are written that are expected or scheduled for the year. Turn away from the monitor, make three movements with the mouse from the bottom up. They turn and look where the cursor stopped. The ritual is repeated three times. The records indicated by the cursor will become decisive in the year.
Fortune-telling opens the curtain for us in our destiny, but they will never tell you how to cook delicious
Even our ancestors on Christmas loved to tell fortunes, to perform various rituals to find out the future, as well as to attract good luck and happiness to the house. Divination at Christmas, like all holy days, has a very strong aura - it is ideal for various magical rites. Today, quite a lot of rituals can be performed at home. Here are some simple, but at the same time truthful ways of divination on Christmas night.
Divination for Christmas for the future
Predicting the future is incredibly easy. To do this, you only need paper, a saucer and strict adherence to the instructions:
- First of all, you need to take Blank sheet paper, crumple it well and put it on a saucer.
- Next, you should set it on fire and wait until only ashes remain of it.
- The last step is to bring the saucer to the wall to see the shadow of the ashes, which can tell about the future.
For this type of prediction, you need a good imagination, because the interpretation of the shadow is only your thoughts.
An easier way is to write on small pieces of paper your cherished desires, as well as the events that you are afraid of. Before going to bed, you need to put them under the pillow and in the morning, without looking, get one sheet. What will be written there is the most important event in the coming year.
Divination for Christmas for good luck
One of ancient ways divination is divination for good luck using a candle. It is necessary to set fire to a wide candle. When enough wax has accumulated on it, it must be poured into a bowl of water. As a result, the surface of the water forms various figurines. Here, of course, you need to dream a little to understand what they mean. However, there are several accurate interpretations. So, small drops promise good luck and success, but large and ugly drops indicate various conflicts, as well as financial problems.
How to spell pregnancy for Christmas
Many girls on the eve of Christmas like to perform rituals to find out whether to expect an addition to the family in the coming year. To do this, you need to take a ring (best of all, if it is an engagement ring) and immerse it in a container of water. Asking mentally interesting questions about future children, put the container in freezer. In the morning, take it out and see what fate answered you:
- if the surface of the ice is perfectly smooth and even, then this year you should not expect children;
- if small tubercles can be seen on the surface, then wait for your son;
- if there are depressions on the surface of the ice, expect a daughter.
Divination for Christmas for the betrothed
Do you want to find your loved one on Christmas? Then you need to leave your apartment or house at 12 o'clock at night - go outside and listen to the sounds.
- If you hear bells in the distance, then expect your wedding.
- Heard the voice of a man - it means that the beloved is already on his way to you.
- If the first sound you hear is a quarrel or scandal, then this year you are unlikely to find a lover.
There are also collective ways of divination for the betrothed. To do this, all the girls who have gathered together for Christmas must take the same length of thread. They need to be set on fire. The one whose thread burns first will be the first to play a wedding. If the girl’s thread goes out, she should not wait for a wedding this year.
To see her lover in a dream, a girl must put the king of diamonds under her pillow before going to bed. You need to go to bed with the words: "Narrowed, mummers, dream of me." You can also put a comb under the pillow, but then before going to bed you need to say: "Narrowed, mummers, comb me." Even the ancestors said that a man seen in a dream - future husband.
Modern ways of divination for Christmas
In addition to the old rituals that have come down to us from our ancestors, today there are many new ways of divination. So, for example, you can dial an unfamiliar phone number on Christmas:
- if a person of the opposite sex answered the call, then in the coming year a new love awaits you;
- if the child answered, then replenishment in the family is possible;
- if you pick up the phone old man- this is a new experience, as well as promotion at work.
interesting and modern way divination is divination with a kinder surprise. Buy chocolate egg, open it and judge by the toy what awaits you in the near future. Such a ritual is incredibly fun to conduct in the company of friends or relatives. It will also delight the kids for sure.
For those who do not like to perform various rituals and perform actions, but he is still interested in divination for Christmas, online fortune-telling is well suited. It is easy to find them on the Internet, and in just one click you will find out interesting information about upcoming events.
The most favorable time for divination has long been considered the night before Christmas or Christmas Eve. Invented and repeatedly tested in practice in ancient times, the rituals have not lost their veracity in our time. Fortune telling on Christmas Eve can be done literally on everything that comes to hand: on paper, candles, rice, according to a book, shadows, comb, water, and so on.
In this article, we have compiled an extensive thematic selection of night fortune telling ...
A selection of 30 divinations on Christmas night
History of Christmas divination
According to ancient folk beliefs and hundreds of years of practice, divination on the night before Christmas is the most accurate. It is believed that it is at this time that the boundaries between the real world of people and the "subtle" world are erased. Girls, using the magic of this night, guessed at the betrothed, for the future, for love, for desires and even for the name of the future spouse.
Literally none before religious holiday did not do without fortune-telling, the most popular have always been fortune-telling at Christmas for the betrothed and for the future.
Often the rituals were carried out in a bathhouse, where all the participants in divination had to take off their pectoral cross and other amulets. Another obligatory condition was to dissolve the hair.
Winter holidays lasting 2 weeks are called Christmastide or holy evenings. They begin on the feast of Christmas on January 6, and end on Epiphany on January 19.
In ancient times, people sacredly believed in these customs. But is it worth believing that fortune-telling on Christmas night is true in our age of the Internet, science and technology?
Nobody can answer this question for sure. But you understand that the main thing in predictions is faith, people's faith in something, works wonders. That is why they used to take them so seriously, believed in them, and they certainly came true!
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Christmas divination around the world
Interesting fortune-telling different peoples peace
England
A popular divination at Christmas time in England was wood burning. As soon as night fell, the girl went to the woodpile, took some firewood at random and brought it into the house. In the morning, they counted how much firewood the girl brought:
- If the number turned out to be even, then this year the girl is expecting a marriage proposal;
- And if odd, you will have to wait for the wedding at least until next year.
Russia
A similar fortune-telling on the night of Christmas exists in Russia. Unmarried girls come up to wooden fence and, spreading their arms as wide as possible, they try to capture as many boards as possible. Next, count the number of covered boards.
- An even number means a quick wedding;
- Odd - wedding is not expected in the near future.
Czech
In the Czech Republic, apple fortune-telling is considered traditional. After gala dinner late in the evening or at Christmas night, a whole apple is cut across and the cut is carefully examined. The coming year will be successful if there is an even, regular star made of partitions and seeds on the cut.
There is another type of divination on apples in the Czech Republic, for love and mutual feelings. The fortuneteller must treat the object of his dreams and desires to the most beautiful and delicious apple in his opinion.
- If an apple is eaten by a lover or lover completely along with a core, it means that they will be together happily ever after;
- If an apple is eaten to a core, then the feelings are mutual;
- If your loved one refuses to take an apple or even gives it to someone else, you should not expect reciprocal feelings.
An apple is generally used as a unique magical tool, for example, the most powerful love spell is:
Bulgaria
In Bulgaria, young girls fell in love with fortune-telling, which allows you to get an answer to any question, it is called "Yes, no." The answer in this case is asked from the book. Fortune telling is very simple, mentally you need to ask a question, then guess the page number, line number and count from above or below.
Next, you should open the page number in the book that you have guessed and read what is written on the line that you have guessed. The fortuneteller interprets what is written at his own discretion. If such a line does not exist on this page, the answer to your question is unambiguously “no”.
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Greece
In Greece, at Christmas, they tell fortunes about the birth of a child, according to a cheesecake. A pie or cheesecake is placed on the table, the fortuneteller is blindfolded and given a knife with wooden handle. Blindfolded, he must cut the cheesecake.
- If the fortuneteller did not hit the pie with a knife, then no children are expected in the near future;
- If the knife touches only the edge of the cheesecake, most likely a girl will be born, but this will not happen soon;
- If the knife touches the very middle, wait for replenishment this year and it will be a boy.
Ukraine
What will the coming year be like, in Ukraine they recognized it by the form frozen ice. Water was poured into a shallow bowl and taken outside to solidify. This was done on the night of Christmas. In the morning they looked in what form the water froze:
- The smooth surface of the ice means that the year will be even, stable;
- Ice in waves suggests that the year will be different, there will be sorrow and joy;
- Ice slide promises a good and happy year;
- And if a hole forms on the surface of the ice, the year will be difficult.
No matter how many divinations exist, the easiest thing is to go to bed early. On Christmas night, all dreams are prophetic and tend to come true, the main thing is not to forget what you dreamed about. Can be read to increase the chance of getting a prophecy.
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Divination for a husband "With bulbs"
A week before Christmas, you need to take a few heads of onions, write the names of your boyfriends on them and put all the onions in water. After 7 days on Christmas night after the moon rises, you need to measure the sprouts that have appeared from the bulbs, which one turned out to be longer and will be your husband.
If you have only one contender for the role of a husband, you need to take one bulb, just put it in water a week before Christmas, if it sprouted by Christmas, then this is the person you will marry.
You can look at others you will surely like something!
Divination for the groom "With a golden ring"
For this divination, you will need a ring, a thread and several small pieces of paper. The ring must be hung on a thread. On pieces of paper you need to write the names of applicants for the role of the groom, lay them out on the table. Next, take the ring by the thread and drive it over the pieces of paper.
The name over which the ring sways the most will be the name of your future husband.
Midnight divination "In the name of her husband"
At night, go outside and at exactly 12 o'clock in the morning ask the first man you meet for his name. This is the name of your future spouse. Pay attention also to the appearance and status of a man. Your future husband and outwardly will be similar to this passerby.
The most accurate fortune-telling "On the betrothed"
To conduct this fortune-telling on the night of January 7 for the betrothed, you need strong faith, great imagination and courage. With this method, you can see what it will look like future spouse and even learn his name. Divination must be done alone.
- Exactly at 12 o'clock at night, you need to cover the table with a tablecloth, put cutlery, except for a knife and fork, you can not put them. Now you need to stay alone in the room, lock all windows and doors, sit down at the table opposite the appliances and say:
"Betrothed, mummers, come to me for dinner."
- Further, in silence, expect the arrival of an otherworldly entity in the form of your future betrothed. The ceremony is best carried out in the twilight, it is good if there is only a candle from the light sources.
- Soon, you will begin to hear knocks on the door, windows, howling wind. All these sounds are signs of an approaching betrothed. After that, the groom himself will appear, or rather the spirit or brownie in the form of your betrothed.
- When the groom appears, the girl should not be frightened, but should sit silently, calmly, without moving, examine and remember the appearance of her betrothed.
- You can’t answer questions and talk to him, just silently consider until you remember all the details.
- The groom will sit at the table and will try to talk you, do not give in to provocations, continue to look. Once you've decided you've seen enough, abruptly and directly ask him:
"The name of?"
- The guest will give you a name and reach into his pocket to pull something out of it. At this moment, you can’t get confused, you need to say out loud:
If the guest does not disappear, cross yourself. It’s absolutely impossible to look at what he pulls out of his pocket, and even more so, you can’t accept gifts from the “groom”. There is a belief that an otherworldly entity can take a girl with him ...
Fortune telling before Christmas
On a comb
This night, you can see your betrothed in a dream. To do this, before going to bed, comb your hair well, saying:
"Narrowed, mummers, come to me dressed up."
Put the comb under your pillow until morning. In a dream, your betrothed will definitely come to you and comb his bride's hair.
We have analyzed in more detail in this article, if you have an idea to make it, be sure to check it out.
For salt
On Christmas Eve, before you go to bed, eat something very salty. The easiest way is to drink heavily salted water. Then immediately lie down in bed, and before falling asleep, say these words of slander:
Who is my mummer? Who is my betrothed? Give me some water to drink...
At night, in a dream, you will see your betrothed, who will bring you water. Try to remember his appearance.
On the maps
On Christmas Eve, before you go to bed, put 4 kings from a new deck under your pillow playing cards. At the same time say:
Who is my betrothed, who is my mummer, that I dream about ...
After that, calmly go to bed, your betrothed should come to you in a dream.
Bridge
From twigs or twigs, make a small bridge, you need to place it next to your bed. For example on bedside table or under the bed. Read on for this conspiracy:
Betrothed, my mummers, come, transfer me across the bridge ....
Go to bed, this night you should dream about your future spouse, try to remember the features of his appearance, and maybe remember the personality, if you find out ...
Night fortune-telling on the character of the future husband
With glasses
For divination, take 4 glasses, and fill 3 of them with water. Mix a little honey in one glass, a little salt in another, dissolve a little citric acid in a third glass with water, pour a little wine into an empty glass.
Cover the glasses with opaque napkins so that the contents of the glasses are not visible. Swap glasses. The fortune-telling girl needs to take any of the glasses and find out the character of the future spouse from the contents.
- Honey - the future spouse will have a very good character and life with him will be sweet;
- Citric acid - life will be boring and dull;
- Salt - life with her husband will be sad and with tears;
- Wine - the future husband will love to drink.
With the help of a cat
On Christmas night, mentally think of getting married, then pet the cat.
- If the cat meows, the future husband will be walking and talkative;
- If he purrs, the spouse will be kind and affectionate;
- If the cat ran away, the wedding should not be expected in the near future;
- If you scratched, perhaps the future spouse will raise his hand to you.
With a rooster
For divination, take a mirror, a live rooster and chicken, and 2 plates. Put the plates on the floor, pour water into one, put coins or grains into the other, put a mirror and a chicken next to it. Everything is ready, now you can run the rooster into the room and see where it fits first.
- If he went to the chicken, the future spouse will be walking;
- If the rooster went to the water, the husband will be a drinker;
- If you chose a plate with grain or coins, the spouse will be hard-working and rich;
- If the rooster moved towards the mirror, the future spouse will be handsome, but selfish.
On the hook, bread and ring
Divination is suitable for small company girls, or rather, you need to guess the three of us. Place a ring, a piece of bread, and a straw or wire hook on the floor. All this is covered from above with an opaque cloth.
Girls should hold hands, close their eyes and walk around objects. Then each turns 360 degrees 5 times and quickly takes 1 item from under the fabric. By the object in the hand, they learn about the future life in marriage.
- The hook is not a good sign. The husband will work hard all his life to feed the family. The girl will live with him in poverty;
- A piece of bread - the girl is lucky, her husband will be a rich man;
- The ring is a great sign, the girl will have a very soon successful marriage for love.
with a log
As soon as it gets dark outside, the fortune-telling girls go to the woodpile and pull out any log from it without looking. It is then carefully examined appearance the log will tell everything about the future wife:
- Crooked log - the spouse will have physical disabilities or will be much older in age;
- A log peeled in some places - speaks of the poverty of the future spouse;
- Smooth smooth log - the husband will be beautiful, kind, caring;
- A log in a reliable thick bark - to a very rich spouse;
- A log with a crooked rough bark - the husband will be ugly;
- Log with knots - you will have big family. The number of people in the family will correspond to the number of knots on the log.
- Thick log - you will get a very strong husband.
with tree
If you live in a city and it is problematic for you to find a log, this fortune-telling option is for you. For fortune telling, any place with big amount trees (forest, park, garden). Blindfold, unwind and carefully go in search of a tree. As soon as you find a tree, remove the bandage and take a good look at your chosen one. All the characteristics from the previous divination are suitable here.
By dog barking
From the name it is not difficult to guess that a dog is needed for fortune-telling. And it doesn’t have to be your dog, any dog will do, even a homeless or street dog. Walk up to the dog and tell her:
"Zalai, zalay, doggy, inquire, inquire, betrothed"
- If the dog barked in response with a ringing bark, the betrothed will be young;
- The hoarse barking of a dog means that the spouse will be much older than the girl;
- If the dog howls in a muffled voice, the spouse will be divorced or widower.
By subject
For fortune telling you will need:
- 4 mugs;
- slice of bread;
- burnt match or paper;
- Golden ring.
Several people can participate in divination. Leave one mug empty, put a golden ring in the next, a piece of bread in the third, and a burnt match or paper in the last. Put all the mugs on the table and cover so that the contents are not visible.
One by one, you need to come up and choose a mug for yourself. For the veracity of fortune-telling, one of the fortune-tellers must rearrange the cups so that the girl who chooses the mug does not know where and what lies. Further, according to the contents of the mug, they will find out what the future marriage will be like.
- An empty mug - you are not yet familiar with your future spouse;
- A piece of bread - marriage will be arranged;
- Ring - marriage will be happy and long, for love;
- Paper or match - to live in poverty.
Divination for marriage on the night of Christmas
Christmas divination on hair
On the hair
Pour water into a wide container, add salt, sugar, a little ash. Mix thoroughly. Next, you need to throw two hairs into this mixture. One hair from the head of a loved one, the second is yours. In the morning, look at how the hairs are located. If they are far apart, this means separation. If the hair has converged and floats nearby, a wedding awaits you.
Hair is unique magical attribute, for example is considered one of the strongest.
Which way are you going to get married?
On Christmas Eve, girls take off their shoes from their left feet and throw them over a fence or over the threshold of an apartment or house. Where the toe of the shoe points, your betrothed lives in that direction. If the toe of the shoe points to where it was thrown from, marriage will not be seen in the coming year.
Most often, felt boots were used in this fortune-telling, it is under this name that it is known to all people ...
You can conduct fortune-telling for marriage by barking dogs. You need to go outside, mentally ask the question: “Will I have a wedding or not?” Loudly say:
Lay, lay, doggy. Howl, gray wolf!
Now stand and listen carefully. From which side the dog barks, in that direction you will marry.
- If the dog barked near the house, the betrothed lives next door;
- If the bark is far away and barely audible, the wedding will not be soon or far from home.
At the time of marriage
Fortune telling is carried out by a company of girls in a room with access to the street. In turn, you need to roll the ring towards the door. Whoever has the ring rolled right to the door will get married very soon.
Night at Christmas unmarried girls go out onto the road (it is better if it is a crossroads), draw a circle and stand in its middle. Then each thinks of her betrothed and silently listens to the sounds of the street.
- If a girl heard swearing, lamentations, crying, she will not get married soon;
- If singing and laughter are heard, the girl will soon get married.
Divination on bread
Several girls take part in fortune-telling. After Christmas dinner, in the evening or at night, each girl sculpts a small figurine of her betrothed from the remnants of bread. All these figures must be laid out on the floor outside the threshold of the room. Next, you need to bring a dog to the "grooms".
- If she sniffs them all and leaves without touching any of the figures, then this year none of the fortune-telling girls will marry.
- Only the girl whose figurine the dog grabs first will receive a marriage proposal.
There is another version of this divination. In it, girls bake small buns from wheat flour in the morning, take them out of the oven themselves and hide them. In the evening, all the girls gather in one room and put out previously prepared buns outside the threshold. Then everything happens, as in the previous divination. Whose bun the dog takes first is the one to expect marriage this year. The rest will not get married soon.
With threads
Girls gather in a company late in the evening, a burning candle is placed in the center of the table. At night, after the moon rises, everyone takes a thread of the same length and at the same time sets fire to them from a candle.
- Whose thread burns out faster, she will be the first to marry;
- If the thread goes out without burning even to the middle, this girl will not marry within a year.
On matches
For this divination, you only need a box of matches. Take 2 matches, give them the names of the guy and the girl. Insert them on the sides matchbox and set it on fire. If the burnt matches look at each other, then the guy and the girl who were thought of will live together.
You can read more about the modern variation in this article.
Christmas divination for children
A simple divination on the hair for Christmas
On a glass
Divination is held on Christmas night. A transparent clean glass must be filled with water, put a ring in it and put it in the cold until morning. In the morning, you can evaluate the result of fortune telling.
- If the water in the glass froze evenly, without bumps and pits, a childless life awaits the fortuneteller;
- The number of depressions on the frozen surface indicates the number of girls who will be born in this family;
- The number of hillocks indicates the number of boys.
With ring and string
For divination, you will need a ring or a needle (optional) and the hair of a fortune-telling girl. The ring must first be lowered into the water, and if you have chosen a needle for divination, then pierce it woolen fabric. The hair must be passed through the eye of the needle or through the ring. Holding the object by the hair, you need to lower it to the palm of your hand, this should be done slowly.
- If the ring or needle swings from side to side, there will be a boy;
- If the movements are circular - a girl.