Holy week is the days between the birth of Christ and his baptism. Not everyone knows what date Christmas time begins and how many days last. And Christmas time begins on Christmas Eve on January 6 in the evening after the first star rises in the sky, the final date is Epiphany on January 19. As a result, the holy season lasts 2 weeks, until the Baptism of the Lord.

In 2018, Christmas time also begins with the Nativity of Christ and continues until Epiphany Eve. AT church calendar This is an important winter holiday in Russia. There are many beliefs associated with Christmas days. Holy week in 2018, as in other years, will begin on Christmas Eve on January 6th.

From January 6, from the beginning of Christmas time, the souls of the dead return to our world of the living. From this day on, evil spirits are activated. On holy days, witches arrange a sabbath, rage and have fun with the unclean. But, apart from that, on these important Christmas days, in which a miracle is possible.

Magical rituals can begin when Holy Week begins. Fortune-telling and rituals for Christmas time for the betrothed are the most popular these days. Christmas time of Russia lasts 2 weeks: the holy week from the evening of January 6 to January 13 (Old New Year), as well as January 14 to 19 -a terrible week, right up to the very Epiphany. Those days the best way suitable for divination, rituals, divination, rituals. Christmas divination will help to find out the future, and rituals - to form and attract the desired development of events in the coming year.

What is done on Christmas holidays: traditions

January 6 ends the Christmas Fast. On this day, you can already drink a little alcohol. On the first day, they visit relatives and relatives. They come to visit with congratulations and gifts. It is also customary to thank loved ones for their care and love. Do it sincerely, with all your heart.

Christmas time begins to be celebrated on January 7th. You can start the meal the day before, on January 6, when the first star rises. At least 12 dishes are placed on the table.

Another tradition is “Christmas tales”, in the evenings the whole family gathered in a close circle, invited guests and told tales. There are entire collections of folk stories. Among them you can find original works. The tales were distinguished by mystery, the presence of magic, and miraculous events always took place in them.


In the afternoon on holy days, it was customary for the people to ride down the hills in a sleigh. And after Christmas time, brides and grooms were wooed, the period of matchmaking began.

AT last days holy week preparing for Baptism. They made a hole in the nearest reservoirs. The shape of the hole was special - a cross.

During the entire Christmas period, you should analyze income, draw up a budget, and engage in planning. And it is also customary to conduct various fortune-telling for Christmas and Christmas time.

What Not to Do on Holy Week

Folk wisdom put forward a number of requirements that forbade certain actions on holy days.

  • You can't count money. It is especially forbidden to count small coins. You will attract tears.
  • You can not sew, embroider, knit in the evening before the holidays, as well as on holy days, otherwise there will be many worries throughout the year, which will be difficult to cope with.
  • It is impossible to buy real estate during holy weeks, start new businesses, open a business. At this time, evil spirits are active, it can ruin all undertakings and bring trouble.
  • You can't do hard work.
  • It is forbidden to baptize children and get married.
  • 7, also on Epiphany on January 19, it is forbidden to guess, so as not to miscalculate happiness.

Christmas time divination, superstition

The most suitable time for divination, various predictions and rituals is Christmas time. These days in January, information about the future is open. Every year, young girls and boys used it for Christmas divination, although this was not approved by the church. Information about upcoming events was available, because in the week from Christmas Eve until Epiphany, spirits descend to earth, and through them it was possible to get answers to people's questions.

Fortune telling is a fascinating and extraordinary way to find out your future. To be precise, divination means prediction. Since ancient times, man has wanted to know what lies ahead for him. To this end, he used various improvised means. What drives people in this case? ...

Fortune-telling in Christianity is considered a sin, but during the Christmas time it was possible to guess at the grooms, learn about the future harvest, predict the weather. And then the sins were washed away at Baptism in an ice hole.

Christmas fortune-telling was especially liked by young girls of marriageable age, they really wanted to know if they would get married, what kind of husband they would have. Adults also wondered, they learned about their future. At Christmas time it was allowed to guess in certain places. For this sacred action, baths, a garden, verandas, and crossroads were used. In the house, it was possible to come into contact with evil spirits only at night, and for protection it was necessary to light candles.

Fortune telling at Christmas time at home

If you are attracted to the topic of divination and prediction, then you should try folk popular techniques. Fortune telling during the holy season is carried out at home, for this you should prepare the attributes in advance, study the methodology, choose a place and make sure that no one bothers you.

Fortune telling for Christmas time, prediction on wax


Do you want to know your future? Prepare for Christmas divination white paraffin candles and the remains of wax candles, metal utensils, a deep cup, fire, water.

Put the candles in a bowl, put the container on the fire and wait until the wax and paraffin melt. Pour the melted wax into another white container filled with water. Wait until the figure freezes. On it they look at the future of the one they are guessing at. There is the following interpretations cast wax figures.

Interpretation of wax figures

  • House - replenishment, well-being, for a virgin - an early marriage.
  • Ruins - misfortune in life in the coming year.
  • Cave, pit - predicts serious illness, death.
  • Rock - obstacles on the way, in the work begun.
  • The heart is love, mutual understanding.
  • Tree - if its branches are raised up, then joyful events are expected in the near future, lowered branches promise melancholy, sad news.
  • Flower - joy, success, brilliant prospects.
  • Ring - wedding in the near future.
  • A candle or a dome of a church is a wedding.
  • Damn, which also fell to the bottom - a protracted girlhood, obstacles to marriage.
  • A dog, an animal with an open mouth - impending troubles.
  • Angel - receiving help from above.
  • Dog, horse head true friend, support of relatives.
  • Drop - cash replenishment, payments.
  • Star - Ambulance Higher powers, all problems in life will be solved by themselves;
  • Ship - changes, travel, changes in the financial, spiritual, personal spheres;
  • A horseshoe is a harbinger of successful transactions.
  • Turtle - slowdowns in business.
  • Rooster - it's time to act.
  • Snake - duality: coiled up - there is a person who is watching you, if the snake is active - aggression towards the one who is guessing.
  • The bear is a strong helper, protector; teddy bear is a caring period.
  • Mouse - empty turmoil, fussiness, fear.
  • Caterpillar - complete collapse, failure.
  • Spider - cunning deceit.
  • A hare is a danger to a man, and a gift to a woman.
  • Pig - right action, deferred profit (true).
  • Hedgehog - the intensity of relations with people, a certain person.
  • Waves - quick decisions, unexpected changes.

Fortune telling for Christmas time by shadow


A simple and familiar divination. They take a newspaper sheet, a regular A4 white is also suitable. Crumple in the hands, giving the shape of a ball. It is not necessary to crush tightly. The sheet is crumpled by the one to whom it is predicted. Then put the paper ball on a plate, it should be very flat, you can just turn the usual one over. The plate is placed next to the wall. They set fire to the paper and wait for it to burn out. Place a candle behind the plate. Look at the shadow, and predict the future from it. The shadow is formed by burnt paper. The meaning of the figures coincides with the interpretation of the figures in divination on wax.

Christmas divination for marriage by egg

To predict the future, on holy days in the evening, take a glass, pour water (3/4) into it and drive a protein into it chicken egg. Hold it in your hands beforehand, mentally formulate a question. A glass of protein should be placed in the oven. Preheat the oven. Wait for the protein to turn white. Take it out of the glass. Now, consider the resulting figure.

If the squirrel figurine looks like:

  • ring - wait for the wedding;
    church dome - get ready for the wedding;
  • a square, a figure with right angles - expect a fatal disease;
  • ship - get ready to move after the wedding to another city.
  • Damn, a flat circle - you will still walk in girls for a long time.

Fortune telling on the narrowed in the mirror

All marriageable girls dream of one thing - to find out what their fiance will be. Christmas fortune-telling will help predict what the husband will be like. Spend them on any day of Christmas. But our grandmothers believed that the most correct fortune-telling was on the night of 14, that is, 13 at midnight. This night is the best suited for divination for the groom.

Christmas divination for the groom - accurate, effective ritual predictions that are carried out at the mirrors. They choose a large room with a balcony for prediction, take two mirrors - one large, the second smaller. Previously, the ritual was carried out secretly in the bath of a girl who wanted to see her betrothed.

Preparing for divination: remove pectoral cross, tight clothes, put on a loose shirt, a dress without a belt, loose your hair, take off your shoes.

Put the mirrors in the following way: a small mirror is opposite the large one so that a visual mirror “corridor” is created in the large one. It will be endless. For better visibility, place lighted candles on both sides of the mirror.

As soon as you come to the mirror, say: "My betrothed, mummers, show yourself in the mirror."

Sit quietly and peer into the mirror "corridor". Try to focus your eyes. In ten minutes you will see a picture of your future husband. For some, this takes more time, for example, 15-20 minutes. At the moment when the image appears, sharply put a small mirror on the table down with a mirror surface and shout: "Chur, me!". Then cross yourself.

Yuletide fortune-telling for 4 kings for a betrothed


Ritual divination for kings is a great way to find out what your husband will be like. Spend all the girls who have not found their soul mate. To perform this ritual, you will need a deck of cards (regular, playing, new).
The technique for performing fortune-telling for 4 kings and 4 jacks is as follows: Take a deck of cards, select 4 kings and 4 jacks from it, remove the rest. Before going to bed, mix the kings and jacks, put them under the pillow. In doing so, say:

Go to bed, try to remember the dreams that you will have tonight. In the morning, as soon as you wake up, draw one card at random with your hand. If you get:

  • jack - future husband yours will be young;
  • king - means that the groom will be older than you in age.

As for the suits, the peaks mean a wealthy, successful man. Baptize - an unfamiliar man, a new acquaintance. Worms - the chosen one will be from the circle of closest friends and acquaintances. Tambourines - a narrowed acquaintance of friends who will introduce you.

Divination for the fulfillment of a wish

They perform fortune-telling on holy week, the night from 13 to 14 is best suited for this. There are several techniques for fulfilling desires.

For cereal. Take rice, put it on a plate. Make a wish over the cereal. Formulate clearly without interpretation. Then take a handful of rice and toss them lightly on the table. Count the grains. If their number is even, then Hurray! The wish will come true!

For water: pour into a bowl pure water. Whisper your wish. Take out a cup of water on the porch or on the balcony, on the street, preferably under open sky. Look in the morning: find a hole in the water - the wish will not come true, if the surface is flat - wait for the fulfillment of your plan.

For chicken bones. Cook the chicken. Eat a paw for dinner. Save the bones. Fold them carefully in a rag, a red paper napkin. And then take it out the gate to the street. Make a wish. The following words are spoken:


Put the bundle behind the gate, go home.

Early in the morning come to this place, check: if there are no bones in place, then the desire will not come true; if the bones are covered with snow, then it is worth abandoning the plan, and if the bones are intact, then everything that you have planned will come true.

Ways of divination for Christmas time, simple and popular

There are several ways of divination on holy days. In Russia, the following items were used for predictions: cereals, salt, cards, mirrors, water, wax, candles. Often they took coins and engaged in predictions with the help of animals. The most popular in the village were simple ways divination at Christmas time, it was believed that they were the most faithful. And in order for this to be so, you just need to believe! You all probably know the most popular Christmas divination - throwing a boot or felt boots through a gate or window. Where he will show with his toe, from there and wait for the groom.

Rituals on Christmas Days in Holy Week

In the days from Christmas to Epiphany, our ancestors were always looking for signs and clues to predict the future. Rites on Christmas days before Epiphany were held for one purpose - to find out about your future. During this period, they were guessing at the future groom, health, fate. To see their future directly, they tried to perform the rite and see prophetic dream.

The ritual of "ordering" a prophetic dream was popular mainly among women. Do you also want to see a dream predicting the future, in which there will be clues and signs of fate? Remember, on holy days all doors are open in thin world, therefore, treat dreams with special attention. Very often in the period from 7 to 19 prophetic dreams are dreamed.

If you deliberately want to see a prophetic dream, then do the following rite. Take a round mirror. Place it under your pillow before bed. Relax before going to sleep and say 3 times special words:

You will definitely see a prophetic dream, just do not forget that you need to go to bed before midnight.

The original way of divination at Christmas time

Among original ways Fortune-telling at Christmas time can be called the following: pulling out a log from a woodpile, to which they approach with their backs and randomly pull out a log with their hand. If the field is even, then the groom is fine, and crooked - the future husband is clumsy, it will be flawed.

Fortune telling at the closet where clothes are stored. This method is also classified as non-trivial. This is not only accurate, but also a fun way to predict. In the company of girls, call a boy, a girl of about 10 years old. Men's and women's things should be in the closet. The child should go with his back to the closet, and then pull out one thing at random. At the same time, the child asks the question: “Whose is this?” Vieingly, all who guess should answer: "Mine." Who is the first - that and the prediction.

If pulled out of the closet:

  • Suspenders - the future husband will have a big belly, a lover of food;
  • tie - rich, wealthy;
  • cowards - a womanizer;
  • scarf - with a weak potency;
  • pants - a funny joker;
  • socks - a man of modest means;
  • skirt - a fashionable person who follows fashion;
  • gloves - "thievish", dishonest;
  • jacket or sweater- a good reliable spouse;
  • hat - a smart person with high intelligence;
  • shirt, shirt

    Holiday winter solstice bears the glory of the most ominous day of the year. The people call it "Karachun", which among the Slavs meant: "death", "death". People were afraid of this holiday, they performed various rituals to help the Sun be born again. They were looking forward to a new sunrise, ...

    The Christmas ritual was performed by those who were lonely and already desperate to find their love. All those who wished to meet their soul mate and tie the knot with her performed the following ritual at midnight during Holy Week. You need to go to the church, go around it 12 times around it clockwise. In this case, one should make an appeal to God for help in finding new love. It is believed that such a ritual destroys loneliness and removes vows.

Between church holidays Christmas time lasts for 12 days with the birth and baptism of Christ.

According to the Slavic tradition, Christmas time begins with Kolyada (Birth of the Sun) or Christmas on January 7 and ends with Epiphany on January 19.

On the evening of Christmas Eve, January 6, people, more often their children godparents they wear the supper (This is sweet rice with raisins or other ingredients, and it can also be unleavened boiled rice without fillers. Kutya is poured with sweet syrup.) For this they are thanked with money by those to whom kutya is brought. This tradition is well preserved in rural areas.

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

When you can guess at Christmas time

As a result, Christmas divination is held from the night of January 6 to 7 until midnight on January 19 of each year. A special time for conducting truthful and most accurate fortune-telling is considered to be at midnight from January 13 to 14 (old New Year, Vasiliev evening) and in the evening from 18 to 19 January ( Epiphany Christmas Eve). You can also choose any holy day. Remember that the last day for divination is the evening of January 18th. And January 19 will already be the Epiphany of the Lord and you can’t guess.

I will not describe all the traditional ancient divination in order to look into the future and find out my fate. I choose the simplest for our time and with the possibility of observing all the rules of divination from our ancestors.

Girls and women are very fond of guessing. All methods are passed down from generation to generation, so today's youth knows how our great-great-great-grandmothers learned about their future.

How to guess at a betrothed to sleep at home

There are some rules to follow before going to bed:

  1. To be alone in the room.
  2. Remove icons.
  3. Take off your belts and jewelry.
  4. Let your hair down.
  5. Do not cross your legs and arms.
  6. Do not talk to anyone after the ceremony, otherwise the betrothed will not come in a dream. Also, do not get distracted by other thoughts.
  7. In general, do not tell anyone about what you are going to guess.
  8. Sleep backwards: put a pillow where your feet were. There will be a true dream.
  9. Turn the pillow itself upside down as well.
  10. Turn the sheet upside down.
  11. Put your nightgown inside out.

The first simple divination for a betrothed for the night and for sleep is called a "bridge"

It is necessary to pour water into the dishes and build an improvisation of the bridge from several twigs of a broom over the water. Then say the incantation:

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

Then put a cup under the bed at the head and go to bed.

From what kind of dream you have, your chances of getting married will also be interpreted.

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

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

The second available divination for Christmas time for a betrothed with a comb

A very easy way to do at home. especially in apartments.

Before going to bed, put a comb under the pillow. To tell:

Betrothed-mummer, come comb me.

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

The third simple old dream divination with a mirror and a comb

Put a mirror and comb under the pillow. Speak:

Come, come. Brush it, brush it. Look at me, show yourself.

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

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

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

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

Before going to bed say:

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

The sixth option for the night with matches

We build a well from matches and say:

Betrothed-mummers, come drink some water.

The seventh version of Christmas divination with one sock

We put on socks before going to bed, then remove them from the left leg and put them under the pillow. We sentence:

Betrothed-mummers, come take off my shoes.

Eighth easy way to read three times a night:

Monday to Tuesday, Wednesday to Thursday, Friday to Saturday. Sunday - widow, what dream will I have? Give me, God, to see the one with whom I will live forever.

The ninth easy way of divination for Christmas and Christmas time with jam, attracts suitors, there will be no end.

Boil the most jam and put at the head before going to bed. CONSPIRACY:

I have all the sweetness!

The tenth way, if the girl is sleeping in a new place at a party.

Before going to bed say:

Dream of a bridegroom in a new place.

11 way fortune-telling for mother-in-law for son-in-law.

Put a pan with a pancake under the bed and say:

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

12 Christmas divination for girls with long hair

Braid your hair again before bed. Thread a new padlock into the braid, close it with a key. To tell:

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

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

13 affordable ancient Slavic divination for a narrowed house in the shadows from burning paper

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

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

14 easy divination with candles and melted wax

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

Figure designations:

Droplets - money.

Grapes - success.

Star - good luck in your career.

Stripes are expensive.

Fan - problems at work.

Mushroom - good health.

Dragon - a wish will come true.

Bell - news. If clear, even outlines. that's good news. Curves are bad.

Leaf from a tree - intrigue.

Monkey - betrayal, hypocrisy.

Pants, pants - make an important choice.

Flowers - to life, fortunately, a happy marriage.

Man - to new friends.

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

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

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

Meaning of the figures:

Circle - trials, difficulties in the coming year.

Oval - similar, but it will be easier.

Straight line, triangle, rectangle - good luck, success.

Similar to a bow - a meeting with a betrothed, the wedding is coming soon.

Letter - the name of the betrothed begins with this letter.

Snake - be careful.

A tangled chain - it will be a difficult year.

The 12 magical days after the Nativity of Christ and until the very Baptism were called Christmas time from ancient times and were considered favorable for performing various kinds of rituals and divination.

Thus, in the old days, a wonderful and stable tradition of Christmas divination was born, which successfully survived until the 21st century.

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

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

The history of Christmas divination has its roots in the pre-Christian Slavic era, when in Russia the end and beginning of the year were considered that mysterious time when they came to life. otherworldly forces, and people did everything possible to propitiate them, to extort secrets from them about their future, and also to speak next year to prosperity, fertility and wealth.

With the advent of Orthodoxy, these traditions have changed a little. Now this time has become known as "Christmas" - holy days, between Christmas (now celebrated on January 7) and Epiphany (now January 19), but the habit of performing fortune-telling rituals during this period has not disappeared.

In addition, some days of Christmas time are still considered the most favorable in the year for divination and love spells of all types. This is explained by the fact that these days any fortune-telling speaks exclusively the truth, regardless of who and how they carry it out. Such days are considered: Christmas night - the time when Christmas time begins, Vasilyev evening - the night before the old new year and, of course, Epiphany itself - the most favorable fortune-telling day when Christmas time ends.

Christmas divination rules

Both earlier and now, mostly women and girls, who most of all wanted to know everything about their future love and family life
Such rituals were performed at home, usually at midnight, by candlelight and alone (as an option, a group of girls gathered to make it not so scary)

The girls tried to take off all jewelry, belts, and ribbons from braids, so that all this would not interfere with receiving the right energy flows from higher powers.

Then there was preparation for fortune-telling, when everyone who wanted to get an answer to their questions tried to formulate their problem as accurately as possible, since it depended on how specific and truthful the answer of higher powers would be.

After the preparations, divination began directly.

Variants of popular Christmas divination

Behind long time exploitation of various divinatory techniques, many of them have been transformed, modified, rebuilt, or completely lost their relevance.

But some have gone through the centuries and continue to this day to remain in demand by hundreds of girls across the country who are going to tell fortunes for the future and for the groom at Christmas time.

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

Traditional divination performed at Christmas time

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

A simple but effective divination in the name of a loved one is considered good. For him, you need to go outside at midnight and wait for the first man you meet, and then ask his name. As he will be called - so will the husband of the future be called.

Another option for this fortune-telling is to fall under the feet of a passer-by and look at his reaction. How he behaves, so will the groom: if he helps to get up, he will be caring, if he passes by, he will be heartless.

Divination with a shoe

Divination with a slipper is especially popular with our people. During its implementation, it is proposed to go to the threshold of your home, take off your shoes (boots, slippers, shoes) from your left foot and throw them into the street over your left shoulder.

Where the toe of the shoe points, you will have to get married there. True, if he points to a house, then marriage next year will not have to wait.

Finally, it closes the top three of the most important Christmas fortune-telling - a terrible fortune-telling with a mirror and candles. For some reason, it is believed that if something goes wrong during it, then the girl’s soul may not return from such a “mirror” journey.

To perform this Christmas divination, you need two mirrors and two candles. Mirrors are placed opposite each other in such a way as to create a mirror corridor. The fortuneteller sits between them and lights candles. Now her goal is to call her betrothed. He must appear at least for a moment in a long line of mirrored corridors.

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

Various divination with improvised means

In the process of fortune-telling, as the centuries-old practice of our ancestors, and ourselves, shows, any means and objects are good, because in principle it’s not what you guess on, but how you do it and what the result will be.

In fact, for this reason, divination using improvised materials - fabric and paper, pictures, food and water, working tools and utensils - gained particular popularity among our people.

Divination on paper

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

By whether the sheet burns completely or not, one can judge whether what is written on it will come true. It is believed that if a piece of paper burns out completely, therefore, the stars favor the accomplishment of what was planned, but if not, then you should think about it: perhaps dreams will come true, but not immediately, but it is possible that they will never come true at all.

Divination with paper and its ignition

take any kind of paper, crumple it well, thinking about what the next year can bring, and then put it on a tray or plate and set it on fire.

When the paper burns out, you need to pay attention to the resulting silhouette and try to guess from it what the coming year will bring. Although, of course, it is worth mentioning that this type of divination depends entirely on the imagination of the fortuneteller.

Divination on bread

Divination with a loaf of bread will also be interesting. According to him, you need to leave a small piece of bread after dinner, cutting it off from the loaf with your own hands. Then, at exactly 12 o'clock at night, take this piece out into the street and leave it somewhere in a secluded place.

All guessing is what will happen to the bread in the morning. If the bread remains where it was left, then the year will be good, successful and full of positive moments. But if the bread disappears, you should wait for an unhappy year.

Divination with needles

Also, modern girls like simple fortune-telling with needles. For him, you need to take 2 ordinary needles, a glass of water and a piece of lard. The needles are smeared with lard, and then lowered into the water. In this case, the fortuneteller must say -

"Oh, my needle-needle,
stop sewing for the father,
stop sewing for mother,
it's time for you, needle,
sew on my pillow!

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

Christmas divination for the betrothed in a dream

A number of fortune-telling for a loved one that is popular today is connected with another mysterious space where the secret becomes clear and you can easily look into your future.

We are talking about dreams and, accordingly, about such divination methods that are customary to carry out at night, or rather, for the coming dream. The principle of such appeals to higher powers very simple, you need to put the object under the pillow, while saying that the betrothed will come to help in this or that matter, for example:

  • Combed hair (under the pillow we place a comb for hair)
  • Translated across the bridge (the bridge will personify a wooden bar)
  • Belted (you need to put your best belt on)
  • I washed myself and showed myself at the same time (we put soap and a mirror in the headboard).

At the same time, it is worth saying the classic:

“My betrothed, mummer, come to me…”

Before going to bed, you can also use fortune-telling, in which you do not need to remember everything that you dreamed about during the night. To do this, it is worth putting 4 kings from an ordinary deck of cards under the same long-suffering pillow. True, they will still have to be asked that the one who is betrothed come to show himself in a dream.

In fact, the content of sleep is not important. Since in the morning you need to get out of bed, put your hand under the pillow and get any of the cards. Actually, the answer will just be in the card that will be brought to light. King of clubs - the groom will be a widower, peak - jealous, tambourine - beloved, hearts - young and handsome.

Newfangled divination for the Christmas time of the XXI century

Time does not stand still. Epochs succeed each other, and with them the fashion, traditions, and customs of divination for the betrothed also change. What was once relevant becomes only echoes of antiquity, instead of which new phenomena and processes grow.

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

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

Most simple options fortune-telling of the XXI century - telephone. For example, a fortuneteller is invited to dial any phone number at random and ask for the name of the person who will pick up the phone. It is believed that this will be the name of the groom or his mother (if a woman picks up the phone).

Divination through the phone

There is fortune-telling with a mobile device and more difficult. It is necessary to write an SMS to the first number that comes across with a question, the answer to which worries you the most. If there is no response message, hopes and dreams will not come true.

If the response is confusion or “Sorry, you have the wrong number,” then there is a chance that the problem will still be resolved safely. And finally, if a meaningful answer comes to question asked- so be it!
Do not cease to amaze the so-called computer fortune-telling.

One of the most common ways, painfully reminiscent of the old divination with a mirror, involves the following steps. It is necessary to turn off the monitor, put candles next to it and, peering into the darkness on the screen, call on the dear one to come as soon as possible.

Divination via the Internet

Another option for fortune-telling through the World Wide Web is to open the first search engine that comes across and enter a disturbing question in it. Then open the first link that will appear during the search, and look for the answer to your mental anguish in it.
Of the newly minted fortune-telling of our time, there are those that are made for children. Rather, in order to find out total, as well as names.

To do this, the girl must collect small glass pebbles, which are usually sold for interior decoration. After that, she must write on them with a felt-tip pen different names which she likes. The number of such stones is not limited.

Then the resulting stones-names are lowered into a container filled with water and the result is evaluated. On how many stones the names have not been erased, there will be so many children. And already by the names you can guess both the gender of the child and his possible name.

There can be many options for modern fortune-telling practices, especially since everyone is free to come up with their own rituals and techniques. The main thing is that they give truthful answers and be effective in use.

Christmas divination in Russia

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 felt boots for divination, but candles, mirrors, water, basins - any modern girl has these items at hand.

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 wedding 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. Salt water - means an unsuccessful marriage, there will be many quarrels, disputes and tears. Water with a ring means a 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 fortune-telling was modernized at a later 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 the shell is taken walnut in which a small candle is placed. 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 a reliable magical power, you should prepare 13 pieces of paper.

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. At correct location 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 some scary figures or feel discomfort, you should say “Chur, me!” This will drive the evil spirit back to where it 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.

Before you start divination, loosen your hair, untie all the knots on your clothes, remove the chain, beads, bracelets, rings and tune in to a serious mood. During fortune-telling, you can not drink alcohol, smoke, interrupt the session, cross your arms or legs - this can distort the prediction.

After the ritual, you need to cleanse yourself, wash away the sin (fortune-telling is considered an unclean thing) - plunge into the hole, go to the bathhouse, take a shower. At a minimum, it is worth conducting a short cleansing cycle - thoroughly washing your hands with soap and water under cold running water.

Take two needles different size: the larger one will symbolize the man you are guessing at, the smaller one will personify you. Grease both needles (for example, lard or butter) and place them in a shallow container of water.

If the needles are connected, a strong union awaits you. If they parted on the water in different directions - separation, deterioration of relationships. If the “he” needle sank, your connection will be interrupted at the initiative of the man. If the “she” needle sank, your relationship will fade into the background within a year.

Divination is carried out on the street. Think of a single desire, make a strong snowball and throw it in front of you with all your might. Start walking towards him with your right foot, while counting the steps.

If there are up to 20 steps to the snowball, the desire will not come true;

from 20 to 25 - it will be fulfilled, but not very soon;

more than 25 - will be fulfilled in a fairly short time.

Fulfillment of desires

Write a wish on paper (clearly formulating and specifying the details). Find the intersection of two roads, stand in the center of it closer to midnight (ideally - at midnight) and spread the ashes from the previously burned paper with the written desire into the wind.

You need to perform the ritual in the period from January 6 to 19 (best of all on the night of Christmas or on the night of Epiphany, that is, from January 6 to 7 or from the 18th to the 19th). Also, your birthday will be suitable for performing this ceremony.

If a wish is made from a pure heart and to help in something, it will certainly come true.

Divination is not done on dice on Friday and Sunday - these days the dice can deceive.

For divination, you will need two dice. We throw both dice at once on a flat hard surface and wait for a double to roll.

Double means the following:

Two units - serious obstacles in business;

Two deuces - a quarrel with a loved one is possible;

Two triplets - trips;

Two fours - good luck in business;

Two fives - wealth;

Two sixes - love.

The dice can only be rolled six times! If the double never fell out, it means that fate does not allow reading the future.

For this divination, you will need 23 beans. Put them all in front of you on the table and, without counting, divide into 3 parts. The first part (we count from left to right) will be responsible for health, the second - for work or study, the third - for love. Count the number of beans in each slide. An even number is well-being in the area that this part takes care of. Odd - problems are possible.

On dreams

1st option.

Before going to bed, hide the comb under the pillow and say: "Betrothed,mummer, come and comb me". Or: "Come, come, comb, withscratch. Look at me, show yourself. Whoever dreams is the betrothed.

2nd option.

Put 2 cutlery on the table, going to bed, say: “My betrothed, mummers, comehave dinner with me". Whom you see in a dream - that will be your destiny.

3rd option.

On the night of Thursday to Friday, falling asleep, say: “Thursday with Wednesday, Tuesday with Monday, Sunday with Saturday. Fridayalone and I, young, alone. I lie on COnn mountains, three angels in their heads:one sees, the other says, the thirdfate will indicate ". Or: "From Thursday toFriday I go to bed. Matitsa, roll over, who loves, hedream". In a dream, the betrothed will come.

4th option.

Bake a shortbread from salt, water and flour. Eat one half yourself, and hide the other under the pillow - the betrothed will certainly come to eat the remaining piece.

5th option.

On the night of Monday to Tuesday, place a spruce branch under your pillow and say: "I go to bed on Monday, put under my headspruce forest, dream of the one who thinks of me ". The betrothed will dream.

You need three coins of different denominations and sizes (small, medium and large) - all yellow. White list cut the paper into three equal parts. On each write a wish (one! just repeat three times). Wrap each coin in a piece of paper, you will get three "secrets", and put it under your pillow at night.

In the morning, pull out one of the “secrets” with your left hand. If a small coin is caught, the wish will not come true. Medium - will come true, but not very soon. Big - will come true in the very near future.