Divination or divination is a fascinating, mysterious and ... dangerous process. Fortune-telling was also practiced by the Chaldean priests, and then by the Slavic sorcerers, calling on supernatural forces to open the future. Gradually, this rite "firmly" grew into folk life, and not only in the folk. Adventurers of all times and peoples brilliantly used the passionate desire of man to look into the unknown. (Count Cagliostro, who swept through Russia like a meteor, or Saint Germain in France. Their predictions were taken at face value, deceived and the most incredible prophecies were paid for in gold).

It was possible to guess at any time, but the most "faithful" was considered to be a spell at Christmas time - "holy days" - 12 days - from January 7 to 19 AD. Art., especially on the most "prophetic" days - "Vasiliev Evening" (December 31 / January 13) and Epiphany Christmas Eve (January 5/18). The confinement of fortune-telling to Christmas time can be explained, firstly, by the fact that it is at the turn of the time of the old and new years that a person is especially keenly interested in the future, what awaits him and his loved ones in the new year. And secondly, during this period, evil spirits - all kinds of kikimors, banniki (a special breed of brownies, an evil spirit that settles in a bathhouse), devils, goblin and other trash are the most active and, therefore, more accessible for contact. After all, it is from the “evil spirits” that they receive an answer to questions during fortune-telling, and the main thing here is not to give in, observe special rules of behavior: during the spell (conspiracies, whispers), wait for the rooster to sing, cross yourself, etc. Otherwise, you can die - Well, at best, just go crazy.

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

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

Do you still want to look into the future? Then let's guess!

Divination for the betrothed

Divination on mirrors
It is assumed that people with strong nerves should guess here. Two mirrors are taken large and preferably of equal size, placed opposite each other, illuminated by two candles; it is best to hold the mirror against the illuminated wall mirror so that a long corridor illuminated by lights forms from the directed mirror in the wall. The fortuneteller must remove cats, dogs, birds and strangers from the room, except for one or two modest persons. On the part of these latter, however, it is required not to look in the mirror, not to approach the fortuneteller and not to talk. And at the end of this corridor, the betrothed should appear; however, sometimes you have to watch for a very long time, and you can see not only the betrothed ... And all kinds of evil spirits, but the game is worth the candle!

Fortune telling at the bath
This fortune-telling is somewhat risky. Having opened the door of the bath, the girls should expose some parts of the body and say, under the cover of dusk, a phrase that is rather unusual for girls, and even more so for virgins, with a proposal to touch the bare part of the body with your hand. If a girl feels a hairy hand, then a rich groom is supposed, bare hand- poor, rough - with a tough character.

dinner invitation
The girl covers the table with a tablecloth in an empty room, puts down the utensil, except for the knife and fork, and says: “Betrothed-mummers, come to dinner with me.” Everyone goes out, and she, left alone, locks the windows and doors and waits. Signs of the approach of the betrothed: the howling of the wind, blows on the windows and the door. Then the betrothed appears. The girl should sit in her place, not answer questions, notice facial features and clothes. The betrothed sits down at the table and begins to entertain her with a conversation. The girl should suddenly start up and point-blank ask: “What is your name?”. The betrothed calls the name and takes something out of his pocket. At this moment, the girl should say: “Chur, me!” - and the betrothed disappears.

Divination on a towel
Usually, on the eve of Christmas night, girls hang white towels outside the windows with the words “Betrothed-mummers, come and wipe yourself off.” If the towel is wet in the morning, it means that the girl who hung this towel will be married in the new year, and if the towel remains dry, the girl will sit up in her parents' house.

Divination for a dream
They put a comb under the pillow, saying: "Narrowed-mummer, comb my head." The betrothed appears in a dream and scratches his head. They take a thimble of salt, a thimble of water, mix and eat. Going to bed, the girl says: "Who is my betrothed, who is my mummers - he will give me a drink." The betrothed appears in a dream and serves to drink. They put four card kings under the pillow and say: "Who is my betrothed, who is my mummers - that dream in a dream." The betrothed dreams in a dream in the form of some kind of king.

Fortune telling on a broom
Take branches from a golik (leafless broom) and “build” a kind of bridge. Lay the bridge under the pillow, saying: “Who is the birch bridge, who is the aspen bridge, who will guide me through the rye straw into the future?” And at night you will have a dream in which your betrothed will appear and lead you along one of the bridges. If according to birch - life with a loved one will be strong, stable, according to aspen - filled with doubts, sorrows, but also joys. But the "straw" bridegroom will not provide any confidence - unsettled. Or maybe in a dream it will happen that the betrothed who appears will push the girl out of the way, lead her into the swamp, into the wilderness. From such a gentleman is better before the wedding

Fortune telling on the king of diamonds
At night, put the King of Diamonds card under your pillow and think of a specific person. In the morning you will know what he thinks of you.

Divination in the name
The girls gather and go out into the street. Here everyone asks about the name of the first man they met - his name will be the name of the betrothed.

Divination in the name
Write on paper the names of the people you are interested in, put the leaves around. Lower the needle and thread into the middle of the circle. Hold the needle by the thread so that it stands freely on the table. In the direction of which name the needle will swing and stop - this is your destiny.

Divination by the barking of a dog
They say: "Hail, bark, doggy, find out, find out, betrothed." Hoarse barking - narrowed old, sonorous - young, muffled - widower or divorcee.

Divination on the water
The water is taken out into the yard, and each girl, after pouring a little water over the bed, takes a handful of snow. They come home and see what color the snow is - this will be the narrowed one.

Divination on the log
In the dark they take a log from the barn and then look at the houses in the light. A smooth log - the husband will be good, a bit dry - bad, with cracks - angry.

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

Fortune telling with chicken
It will help determine the well-being of the future spouse.
Plates with bread and water are placed on the floor, coals, silver, gold and copper gizmos are laid out. Then a chicken is brought into the room. A chicken will approach the coal - to be married to a poor man, he will drink water - and even worse, to a drunkard. But if he starts eating bread, a silver ring pecks - a wealthy person will fall, a golden one - and a rich man at all. If the chicken prefers copper, the betrothed will turn out to be not only lazy, but also red tape.

Divination on the ring, bread and hook
The girls put a ring on the floor, a hook woven from straw or bent from wire, and a piece of bread, cover it all with a scarf, circle around them 5 times, and then quickly remove the scarf and drag whoever gets what. The one who has a ring in her hands will marry a dandy, who has bread in her hands will marry a rich man. And the one who gets the hook will live all her life with the poor (he will, like a hook, hunch over all his life, earning his bread).

Divination for marriage

Divination with a shoe (shoe)
This is the most famous and widespread type of divination. So our great-great-grandmothers in the villages guessed. It is done like this. The girls take off the shoes from their left foot and throw them over the gate, while observing which way the sock will fall. If the sock is turned back to the gate from which it was thrown, the girl will live at home for another year, not get married, if in some other direction, be betrothed in the new year.

Divination at the crossroads at midnight
Girls on Christmas night go to the crossroads and, each guessing about their future groom, draw a circle, and standing in it, “listen to the neighborhood”: if they hear laughter and singing, then they will get married soon, if they hear crying, swearing, lamentations - sit shed tears in the girls.

Divination on the water
On a moonlit night, they go to the river and look into the hole: the one who marries will see her betrothed; which to sit in girls - only hears a knock from the water.

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

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

Divination with straw
They throw straws into the ceiling: how much sticks to the ceiling, so big will be the family to which they will give the girl.

Fortune telling on chicken feathers
Closer to midnight, the girl should put a chicken feather on the threshold. And say: “There is an oak tree, there are 12 nests on it, in each nest there are 4 eggs, in each egg there are 7 chickens, one of them - show yourself, let me know what to expect in the future!” When someone opened the door, the chicken feather, caught in the air, either flew out the door or flew into the house. If outside the door - to be married, into the house - to sit in the girls for another year.

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

Divination for the future

Fortune telling on coffee grounds
After drinking coffee, cover the cup with a saucer and turn it up and down three times. Thickness will spread along the bottom, forming intricate shapes. They have to be guessed at.
The outline of the dog symbolizes friendship.
Forest is wealth.
Staircase - achievement of the desired goal.
The cross is patience.
Wreath - glory.
The mill is a lie.
Rock - sadness, longing, loneliness.
The shadow of a man is a pleasant date.
The shadow of the house is a symbol of abundance.
Arable land is a good sign of fertility, shoots, success
Meadow, field with grazing animals - the fulfillment of desires.
Church, bell tower - return home
Deer - fast road
Gate - arrival of guests
Mountain - a difficult life path

Fortune telling on tea thick
In order to correctly read the sign that will be formed from tea leaves, it is better to use a cup of a simple shape. The liquid should only cover the bottom. Take the cup in your left hand and stir the tea - make three sharp turns cup clockwise. Turn the cup over and, holding it with the handle towards you, tilt it so that it is convenient to look inside. Mentally divide the volume of the cup in half. Everything that is closer to the pen is related directly to you, the rest - to strangers, but people you know. Tea grounds at the walls of the cup will predict the near future, at the bottom - the distant one.
The bottle is a health hazard.
Mountains - obstacles on life path.
Tree - getting rid of diseases, fulfillment of desires.
The key is to health, prosperity, wealth, happiness in love.
The road - two tracks or two rails - to close changes, if the lines are winding - the path is difficult.
The turn is associated with drastic changes in life.
One big star in the center of the cup is a warning: it's time to change the nature of the activity, otherwise trouble awaits.
The contours of the plane - to an unexpected journey.
Cross - trouble, suffering, anxiety, illness.
Coffin - sad news, loss, regret.
Circle - happy event, marriage.
Two circles - disappointment.
The ruins are broken hopes.
Ball - ups and downs.
Staircase - takeoff in official and personal affairs.
The heart is a symbol of love.
The heart at the bottom of the cup is a disease, a heart attack in a loved one.
Arrow - bad news. If it flies away from you, you yourself can become a messenger of trouble for others.

Divination on wax
When the candle flares up, it is tilted over a bowl of water and the wax is allowed to drain. You can do this several times so that a sufficient amount of wax drops freezes in the water. The resulting intricate figures will suggest the future - they are taken out of the water and interpreted. If, in addition to several large figures, many small round figures have formed, this is for money. And big figures are judged by the associations they evoke. For those who do not rely on their imagination or are afraid of making a mistake, here is a hint.
Fan - difficulties in the service, friction in the team, reorganization or even liquidation of the enterprise.
Grapes - love, friendship, luck, prosperity.
Mushroom - life force, perseverance, longevity.
Dragon - "high flight", the fulfillment of hopes, the completion of work or the birth of a child.
Bell - news; symmetrical bell - good news, crooked or chipped - bad; several bells - alarm.
A leaf of a tree - envy, intrigues from others.
Monkey - a false friend, pretense, an ambiguous situation.
Pants - a fork in the road, a crossroads.
Apple is a symbol of life, wisdom, health. The more similar the figure to a real apple, the better its value.
A crooked, shapeless apple can mean a temptation that is better not to succumb.
The egg is an ancient symbol of the hidden, the unmanifested. It can mean fears, fears, but it can also symbolize just the beginning of something new.

Fortune telling on peas, nuts or coffee beans
So can guess both men and women. The fortuneteller takes in a handful how many peas, nuts or coffee beans will fit, shakes them several times, then puts the grains one at a time on the table, saying a word for each grain, for example, like this:
Sailor, racketeer,
general uniform,
Student, businessman
amateur cook,
Dumb, boring -
Wait for a miracle!
And you can also do this:
Svetlana, Natalia,
Slim waist,
dark skin,
terrible mug,
Glutton, singer,
skinny girl,
blond braid,
Wonderful beauty...
Or like this:
Once - ice cream,
Gum - two
Three - leggings,
Five is an owl
Six is ​​a mermaid
Seven is a dolphin
Eight, nine - Aladdin,
Ten, twenty - a friend on the way,
Thirty-eight - enter the house!

And again, from the beginning, until the grains run out. And at the last - stop: what you say will come true. Here are some more "blanks" for such fortune-telling:
Melchior, brass and gold,
Silver, cast iron and ... cotton wool,
Mansion, palace, hut,
Barn, fifteenth floor...
Ford, Toyota for rent,
Mercedes and scooter
Volvo, Skoda, Zaporozhets, -
What do you value the most?

Divination by the book
It is best to take a book of spiritual content, for example, the Bible or the Psalter; without opening it, guess the page number and the line above or below, then open it and read in a hidden place. They interpret what they read in accordance with what the fortuneteller is most interested in (wealth, travel, marriage, health, etc.).

Divination on burnt paper
It is burned in a dark room by the light of a candle. You need to look at the shadow that turns out on the wall when burning paper. The reflection of the trait promises great trouble or temptation that will not lead to anything good. If you saw a cat, flirting and romantic interest are possible. Expect big changes in life if a shadow resembling a bird appears on the wall.

Divination on the ashes
Burn a crumpled sheet of paper on a plate. Light a candle and determine your fate by the shadow formed by the ashes. If the outlines of the castle appear, the buildings - for the wedding.

Fortune telling on straw
This is very ancient divination. On Christmas Eve, under the tablecloth that covered festive table, laid hay or straw - a memory of the manger of the infant Christ. Exactly at midnight, they pulled out a straw: long - the year will be successful, fruitful, short - not crops. Well, the girls here were also wondering about their fate: a green stalk would stretch out from under the tablecloth, which means that love was waiting for her and fast wedding, and if you get a blackened one - sit all your life in girls.

Divination on cups
You need to take a few opaque cups. Spread bread, salt, sugar, ring, money in them, pour water into one. There should be as many fortunetellers as there are cups. Each of those gathered in turn chooses a cup with their eyes closed.
Onions - to tears, bread - to prosperity, a ring - to a wedding, water - a stable position awaits you, salt - be careful: in the near future you may be in trouble. If you got a cup of sugar, fun awaits you soon. Money - become rich.

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

Divination on things
Girls and guys gather at someone's in the evening, sit down at the table. They collect cufflinks, rings, earrings from everyone and put it all under the dish, mixed with slices of bread. Cover the dish with a towel on top. Then the participants sing the “following” song. For example, the glory of bread and salt. Then each in turn, blindly, putting his hand under the dish, takes out the first object that comes across. If a girl got a male item (and a guy got a female one), we must wait for an imminent wedding. The ransom of someone else's object threatens with a kiss.

Subsidiary songs
Not a single Christmastide could do without such fortune-telling. In a dish or bowl, the girls put their small things - a ring, a comb, an earring, a ribbon. Under a special song-prediction, without looking, these little things were taken out. “To whom it will come out - it will come true, to whom it will come true - it will not pass,” they sang after the next verse.

Fortune telling on a glass and a ring
Pour into a glass of water in the evening, lower the ring and expose to frost. Before going to bed they bring a glass: how many tubercles there will be so many sons, and how many holes - so many daughters.

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

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

Divination with needles
Take a bowl of water and some ordinary sewing needles of any size, but not too large. Tailor's pins with a ring are also suitable. If you are really interested in marriage or just developing a relationship with a partner, you can take needles different size and guess: let the smaller one be yours, and the larger one - the one you are guessing about. Both needles are properly lubricated with some kind of fat (it can be a greasy cosmetic cream) and carefully placed on the surface of the water.
If you are in love triangle” or you are interested in relationships with several people, take several needles, better than different ones. One will be yours, and for the rest, mentally “fix” those who interest you, and carefully, one by one, place on the surface of the water.
The needles left on the surface mean those who will remain next to you in the coming year. If any two needles connect, this means the union (possibly marriage) of those people on whom you made a wish. If the needles stick together along the entire length, this promises fruitful cooperation and true friendship. If the ends of the needles parted or the needles ended up on the surface of the water in different directions, then the connection between these people will weaken. And if the needles go to the bottom, perhaps friendship with these people will be interrupted next year.
If your needle sinks, it means that your life will begin new period, and not all old connections will be preserved. In the new year, you will have new worries, not those that seem so significant to you now, and other people may surround you.
It may happen that all the needles sink. What does it mean? Nothing bad. It’s just that you didn’t lubricate them enough, and fortune-telling needs to be repeated.

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

Divination on coals
This is a fortune telling about the harvest. Smoldering embers are taken, each ember means some kind of crop: wheat, rye, oats, and which ember burned before, that indicated the most productive cereal in the coming year.

According to prazdnik.by

Man is so arranged that it is not enough for him to know what is happening here and now, and almost every one of us dreams of the opportunity to look into the future. Probably, this is how fortune-telling for Christmas and Christmas time appeared. For some it is fun game, for others - an excursion into the past, and someone takes this seriously and places great hopes on the result of fortune-telling.

They guessed always and everywhere, regardless of race, place of residence and religion. Each nation has its own rules and customs for the ritual, but, probably, one cannot find such a variety of fortune-telling as in the Slavic countries.

☞ On what they just don’t guess:

  • On coffee grounds- prediction of the future.
  • On the mirror- for the betrothed.
  • On matches- for love.
  • On the snow- on the character of the husband.
  • On the water- on the number and gender of future children.
  • On the hair- for the future with your loved one.
  • On a log- what will be the betrothed.
  • On cereals- for the welfare of her husband.
  • On a string- what kind of life awaits in the future.
  • On card kings- the age of the betrothed ...

It is not easy to list all the ways and objects that help to look into the future, there are a great many of them. Just like the days of the year, at home. Christmas and Christmas divination is especially popular.

The days on which Christmas time falls are called the period of timelessness, when old year already gone, and the new one has not yet come into its own. The doors to the other world have not yet closed and the boundaries between the worlds are blurred. It is believed that at this time there is an opportunity to look beyond the line that divides the world into “now and then”, and the released spirits actively help in this.

From the seventh to the nineteenth of January, everyone who expects good news from the New Year will never miss the opportunity to look into the "beautiful far away." Christmas divination is considered the most truthful, which sometimes causes not only excitement, but also fear.

You can guess all Christmas time, but three days stand out, which are considered the most truthful. This is Christmas night, from the sixth to the seventh of January, Vasiliev evening - the night of January 13 and Epiphany Christmas Eve-18 January.

One can endlessly argue whether fortune-telling comes true or not, but we believe in them, hope for a miracle and wait for it, which means we must be ready for this meeting.

Preparing for divination

In order for the fortune-telling to be successful, it is imperative to prepare and not be upset if the result differs from the expected.

  1. Objects that have a shape vicious circle, do not allow otherworldly forces (it is with them that we are going to communicate) to make contact. To do this, you need to take off everything that can be called a vicious circle: watches, belts, rings, bracelets, chains, belts, or something else. Untie all knots.
  2. Special attention give your hair. Be sure to remove your hat, and if your hair is long, loosen it. It is assumed that the hair is a kind of antenna that connects us to the cosmos and the other world, and they also protect against the effects of negative energy.
  3. It is desirable to remove icons and crosses in another room. This is church paraphernalia, and divination is a way to get in touch with otherworldly forces, which is contrary to the canons of the church.
  4. There should not be a source of artificial light in the room during divination. Candles are lit.
  5. The place and objects for divination must be clean and prepared in advance. Items depend on the type of ritual, you may need: a mirror, a log, a ring, wax, milk and much more.
  6. Clothing must be loose. It is desirable to replace trousers with a dress, and even better - with a shirt made of natural fabric with long sleeves. If you have the courage, you can guess completely naked. It is believed that in this case the result will be the most accurate.

Be sure to tune in to a serious wave. This is not the case when any joke is good. Spirits do not understand jokes and do not forgive ridicule. Fortune telling is serious and it is not recommended to make them angry. However, there is no need to be afraid either. This may adversely affect the result.

The best folk divination for Christmas

It is impossible to say which fortune-telling at home is better and which is worse. Someone believes in coffee grounds, someone prefers rituals with poppy seeds, and someone is interested in looking at images on wax. What we believe in, what we like, is the best and most effective divination. What is most often guessed at Christmas and Christmas Eve?

Betrothed's name

To do this, one male name is written on small pieces of paper and put in a hat. Stir, and then pull out one of the pieces of paper. What name is written on the stretched piece of paper, so the betrothed will be called.

Who will be the future husband

At night, four card kings are placed under the pillow and they say: "The betrothed mummer, be shown to me." If the king of spades dreamed, the groom will be jealous and of a respectable age. The king of hearts - the groom will be young and rich, and if the king of the cross - the groom will be a military or businessman. But the king of diamonds is a card that almost all fortunetellers dream of seeing. She promises the groom to whom the soul is drawn.

What life lies ahead

When everyone in the house falls asleep, you need to sit by the window and say: "Betrothed mummer, pass by." If a noisy crowd or a loner appears first, but he whistles, talks loudly or shouts, life is expected to be rich. If someone silently passes, it will tell about the poverty of the groom.

Gender of the unborn child

Divination with a needle is considered the most common and accurate. They take a small piece of natural red fabric and stick a needle into it. At this time, they ask: “Whom will God send me, a son or a daughter?” Then they thread a silk thread or their own hair into the eye of the needle, and raise the needle above the palm.

  1. The needle swings like a pendulum - wait for the boy.
  2. Spinning - a girl.
  3. Stopped - this year you will live without a child.

Whether Christmas fortune-telling is true is unknown, but this tradition not only does not die over the years, on the contrary, there are new options and new places for rituals.

They tell fortunes on the porch, on the street, go out to the crossroads, to the outskirts, to the bathhouse, to abandoned houses, and the most desperate ones decide to go to the cemetery. The most popular is fortune-telling in the house.

Divination for Christmas time at home


On a candle

A walnut shell is taken, whole halves, small church candles are inserted into them, one can be cut into several identical pieces, lit and lowered into a container of water.

The number of "boats" should be a multiple of the number of fortunetellers. Everyone remembers his candle. Whose candle burns first, she will be the first to marry. And so on in turn. If a girl's "boat" sinks, she will not marry soon.

On wax

Take two candles, light one, and finely crumble the second. Put the pieces in a spoon and heat on the flame of the first candle. When the wax is completely melted, it is quickly poured into a glass with cold water. They wait for it to harden, pull it out of the glass and, by the light of a candle, examine the resulting figure. Guessing from her further fate. The resulting silhouettes and figures are "talkative", you just need to be able to "hear" them.

☞ Meaning of figures:

  • Palm- vacation in the south.
  • Great people in profile- the opening of the gift.
  • $ sign- to unexpected money.
  • Lots of lines- frequent trips.
  • Fan- problems with work and team.
  • Grape- A prosperous and happy year awaits.
  • Mushrooms activity, physical and mental balance.
  • The Dragon- everything that was dreamed of during the year will come true.
  • Bell- You can't do without news. If the contour of the bell is even, the news will be even, good, and if
  • the contour of the curve, then the news is bad. If there are several bells, there will be cause for alarm.
  • Star- work will bring success and good luck.
  • Leaf from a tree- surrounds envy, gossip, intrigue.
  • Monkey- insincerity, meanness, betrayal.
  • Trousers- soon we will have to determine the future path of life ourselves.
  • Flower- a romantic meeting or a successful marriage.
  • little man- the arrival of a new friend.
  • Apple- if even - a good omen, if crooked - a temptation that will have to be fought.
  • Egg- Changes in life, and significant ones. Perhaps the birth of a child.
  • House- Setting up a new business.
  • Cross- to illness.

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On cups

Fortune telling on cups predicts what kind of life awaits in the future. To do this, they take a number of cups that are a multiple of the fortunetellers and put, in each separately, bread, salt, a coin, sugar, onions, a ring, and pour water. Then everyone in turn blindfolds and chooses one of the cups. Cups are constantly interchanged so that fortunetellers do not remember their location.

  • Coin- to wealth.
  • ringlet- wedding.
  • Sugar- happy life.
  • Bread- life without material problems.
  • Onion- tears.
  • Salt- Expect big trouble.
  • Water- life does not prepare any changes.

on the egg

In a fresh egg, preferably from domestic chicken, make a small hole and pour the contents into a container of water. When the protein folds, consider the resulting figure.

  • Church- marriage.
  • Ship- for a husband - a business trip, for a wife - the arrival of her husband from a business trip. For the unmarried - a quick marriage and relocation, for the unmarried - a long journey.
  • Protein "went" to the bottom- be careful in everything, beware of fire, deceit or loss. For the unmarried - loneliness.

By hair

At twelve o'clock at night, a pinch of sugar, salt and ash are placed in a container of water. Everyone stirs well, lowers one of their hair and one of their beloved into it. The container is left until the morning.

Hair intertwined - to be a wedding, moved away from each other - separation awaits, and if someone's hair drowned - be in trouble.

With threads

Available only to unmarried girls and requires the presence of an assistant. Take three needles and thread only one thread into each - red, white and black. The assistant pins them to the clothes of the fortuneteller from the back. Then pull out one of the needles and interpret the result.

  • Red thread marriage and possibly the birth of a child.
  • white thread The wedding has been postponed indefinitely.
  • black thread- it is better to avoid marriage and give yourself completely to work.

On coffee grounds


This type of divination is considered the most popular all over the world. Most often, it is perceived as entertainment, because it does not require special preparation. The only point is that coffee is not brewed in a modern automatic coffee maker, but in a Turk or in a small saucepan. The coffee must be freshly ground and the water must be spring or well water. IN last resort- well maintained.

When the coffee is brewed, it is poured into cups and waiting for the sediment to sink to the bottom. It is recommended at this time to discuss the question that needs an answer. Give him as much attention as possible. After that, they drink coffee in small sips, slowly, and in no case do they spill even a gram. When all the coffee is drunk, the cup is turned over onto a saucer so that the coffee gruel flows down the inner walls. The cup is left upside down for 10-15 minutes and only then removed.

With the edge of a knife they divide the rest on a saucer coffee grounds into four equal parts (islands), and call them according to the seasons. One "island" is spring, the other is summer, the third is autumn, the fourth is winter. After assigning names, they begin to decipher the received characters.

  1. If bubbles remain in the middle of any “island”, important news will be received during this period of time.
  2. If there are no streaks on one of the inner sides of the cup or a single dot “gets lost”, news or a visitor will come from the far edges. In what place relative to the main thick is the point, the news will come from there. From the south, west, north or east.
  3. If inner side the cup turned out to be decorated with "stars" - this is considered a good sign, and if there are also dots, this promises a good cash gain.
  4. Small bumps on the surface of the "islands" give hope for success, and the recesses, on the contrary, warn of problems and obstacles.
  5. The grooves going through the thick speak of some kind of surprise and ask you to be careful.
  6. Black lines, monophonic and without interference, report that all desires and intentions will soon come true.
  7. If straight lines are covered with crumbs, obstacles will arise on the path of life, but it will be very easy to overcome them.

Thicker is popular with those who have deteriorated relations with friends or relatives. By deciphering the combinations of lines on the inner surface of the cup, it is possible to predict with almost 100% accuracy how further relationships will develop.

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On matches

Matches are inserted into a matchbox from two different sides, and then they are set on fire. As the matches burn, they begin to move. If the heads turn towards each other, then those who are being fortune-telled will be together, and if the heads of the matches turn away from each other, then the couple will soon scatter. At what angle the matches will be turned one to another, one can judge the strength of love between a guy and a girl.

For fortune-telling, as for any responsible work, you need to prepare well.

  • At least during the last week before the alleged fortune-telling, keep your body and thoughts clean.
  • Pray and ask God for forgiveness for the sin that will be committed.
  • Do not get a haircut, even if you really want to or planned a trip to the hairdresser in advance.
  • Avoid arguing, swearing, foul language, judgment, and any hateful or aggressive language.
  • Put in order the items that will be used in divination. Buy missing ones.
  • Do not initiate anyone into plans for fortune-telling, the only exception is those people who will help.
  • The place where fortune-telling will take place should be kept in perfect order and, preferably, well ventilated.
  • Make sure that during fortune-telling there are no strangers in the room.
  • Do not tell anyone about the results of fortune-telling and do not discuss the process itself, no matter how they push it. This can be done no earlier than three months later.

When fortune telling does not come true

Starting fortune-telling, we expect a miracle, but quite often it does not happen. There are many reasons for this that need to be found and taken into account for the next year, unless, of course, the desire to guess does not leave you alone.

  1. Too worried or afraid of the upcoming process, could not cope with internal state, which prevented contact with otherworldly forces.
  2. They drank alcohol, remembering that many people do this “for courage”. You can not even smoke before the session and use any stimulant drugs.
  3. Someone got very angry and the energy of anger left no room for the energy of vision. The same thing happens when you judge someone.
  4. Despite the fact that they were determined, they still did not believe in the power of divination, which blocked the possibility of communicating with spirits.
  5. During fortune-telling, there were sources of artificial noise: telephone, TV, tape recorder, etc.
  6. We shared it with friends, and during the session they laughed or joked, which offended and dispersed the spirits, who should acquaint them with the future.
  7. Perhaps, during fortune-telling, they crossed their arms or legs, which is absolutely impossible to do. This can "twist" the channels through which the communication takes place. As a result, the information did not come in full or its flow completely dried up.

The Church not only disapproves, but also condemns all kinds of fortune-telling, but what if the desire to find out what awaits in the near future is stronger than the fear of future troubles?

☞ In this case, you need to:

  • Refer to prayer of repentance.
  • Give charity to those in need. Preferably in a church. Through giving comes forgiveness.
  • Do not forget to keep your thoughts, deeds and body clean.
  • Forgive yourself.

The most important thing is never to attach great importance to the fact that fortune-telling did not live up to expectations. Otherwise, you can preprogram yourself for troubles that no one needs.

Learn to look for only the good in everything, and life will definitely give you what you expect from it.

Christmas time is New Year's holidays, shrouded not only in the joy of children and adults, but also in mysticism. At this time, it is customary to tell fortunes, since divination for Christmas time turns out to be the most “true”.

Tradition Christmas celebrations in Rus' exactly Jan. 7 originated at the beginning of the 19th century from the moment of the official transition to Gregorian calendar. Some people "instantly switched" to new dates, others began to celebrate "double holidays" (like, for example, New Year and Old Year).

Orthodox people adopted to comply post before christmas, go to church, honor church holidays. However, not everyone observed all Christian traditions, in particular young people. This is what happens in our time. Nevertheless, the custom of guessing at Christmas time has survived to this day. As a rule, fortune-telling began on the night of Christmas and lasted until Epiphany on January 19th.

INTERESTING: The fortune-telling that took place on the festive night from January 6 to 7, as well as from 18 to 19 was considered the most powerful and truthful.

How was it customary to tell fortunes in Rus' at Christmas time?

Divination was especially popular for young girls and unmarried women. They guessed mostly on the betrothed and love. Those ladies who were already married could also engage in divination for fun or interest: for the future, for happiness, for money, for children.

What's interesting is that most divination preserved to our times, assumes its holding in the village. Such fortune-telling cannot be carried out in a modern apartment. Therefore, if you want to perform a specific ritual to perform on the upcoming holidays, it is important to find a really suitable place for him.

The most popular divinations were: fortune-telling with a ring, bread, a hook, through a mirror, by throwing a boot over the fence. Each of the divinations needed be able to correctly interpret, because at that time it was important to have a good imagination.

On Christmas Eve in Rus' It was customary to greet guests standing on the threshold. At the same time, gifts were often given to those who came to the house. Some guests frankly "demanded" gifts and at that time sang songs, recited poems wishing the owners of the house happiness and prosperity.

INTERESTING: All these customs were far from politeness and festive mood. Noisy guests "scared away" evil spirits from the house, not allowing them to harm the owners. Those, in turn, "thanked" their defenders.



Divination in Rus' on Christmas

Christmas time(time from January 7 to 19) were incredibly mystical holidays for every Orthodox. It was believed that together with living people devils, witches and other entities roam the streets. They guessed at Christmas time because only then it was possible get the most accurate answers to all your questions, after all, it is the mystical power that will help in this.

INTERESTING: It was possible to guess alone or with the whole family. Young girls often gathered in small groups so that divination was fun, interesting, and most importantly, it could not scare. Many stories tell that if one guessed alone, he often went crazy because he did it wrong or had the opportunity to see something from the other world.

Video: "Divination in Rus'"

Divination for the New Year and Christmas: for love

Divination with a coin:

You will need a coin that has some history, meaning or value. You will need a collectible, old or royal coin made of any metal.

IMPORTANT: If you do not have the opportunity to guess at an expensive coin, you can use the most common wallet. But, for this you need to charge the coin with your energy. Carry it with you for three days, in your pocket or on your body, touch it regularly, talk to it.

In addition to the coin, you will need a white saucer. Guess exactly at midnight. This time is considered the most mystical and predisposed for divination. Also carry a black marker with you so you can write important words and symbols.

Divination:

  • Tune in to fortune telling, dim the lights and try to eliminate unnecessary noise in the house. Guess in solitude.
  • Place the saucer in front of you on the table
  • With a marker, divide the saucer into 4 parts of equal size.

Each sector must be labeled with a word:

  • Top left - "OH"
  • Upper right - "SHE"
  • Bottom left - "WE"
  • Bottom right - "I"

Divination:

  • You need to take a coin in your hands and put it with an edge right in the center of the saucer.
  • It is necessary to sharply spin the coin so that it starts moving and, after spinning, stops in one sector.
  • Before you begin to spin the coin or while it is spinning, you will need to ask a question, the answer to which can be the answer written on the saucer.

Another interpretation:

  • "OH" - the problem is in your beloved.
  • "SHE" - you have a rival in a love relationship.
  • “I” - you have problems that do not allow events to unfold the way you want.
  • "WE" - everything will be fine with you and you will be able to find your love.


Interesting fortune-telling

Fortune telling on the groom with the help of an old boot:

This fortune-telling suggests that the name of the betrothed will try find out a girl "of marriageable age". To do this, at midnight on Christmas night, you need get out of the house into the yard, I took my old boots with me. After that, you need to stand with your back to the fence and, moving your hand back, throw your boot over the fence with all your might.

It is believed that the boot will fall in the direction that will show the girl on the way to her betrothed. That is why such fortune-telling was popular in the village: each path led to a certain house. Make such fortune-telling in the city with apartment buildings just impossible.



Old Russian divination in Svyatki

Divination for the New Year and Christmas for the betrothed

Simple divination on a decanter of water:

  • For this simple divination, you will need a carafe, water and a glass.
  • You will need to pour water from a larger vessel into a smaller one.
  • In this case, it is important to say special words: “You will get tired on the road, but I have water. You come to me, betrothed, and I will give you a drink.
  • These words should be spoken very gently and affectionately, in a pleasant voice.
  • You need to repeat the phrase three times.
  • The last time the water is poured into a glass. This glass is placed at the head of the bed.
  • He should stay by your side all night. If you dream of a person, this is your betrothed. If no one dreams, it means that the time for a serious relationship has not yet come for you.

Fortune telling about romantic events

Divination in the name of the betrothed:

This is one of the oldest and simplest fortune-telling, which came to us from ancient Rus'. It assumes that single woman must go out into the street on Christmas night and find the first person you meet. And it must be a man.

You need to ask the name of this man. It is believed that this name will be fateful for a woman and will be the same (or similar) as the name of the betrothed. Of course, in Rus' it was customary to run out into the street in groups of young girls, which made divination fun, funny and not at all strange.



Simple fortune telling for women

Fortune telling on the betrothed with the help of a broom, a comb:

Take for divination a broom that is stored in your house and already managed to sweep the floor. Break a few twigs on the broom. From the twigs you should weave a kind of bridge. This "bridge" keep under pillow all night. Before going to bed, say the phrase: My betrothed, take me across the bridge. At night, you should dream about the desired image.

In the absence of a broom (this often happens in modern apartments), you can use your comb. To do this, you should carefully comb your hair, put the comb under the pillow, say: "Betrothed, comb my hair, comb my head." After that, go to bed. The dream will present you with an image of a future lover.



Interesting fortune-telling

Fortune telling for the New Year and Christmas for a wish

Divination by desire with paper:

Such fortune-telling is good to do on Christmas or New Year's Eve. Fortune telling is long and requires your patience.

For the process you will need:

  • Basin with water
  • Paper
  • Pen
  • Candle

Divination:

  • Pour water into a basin or large bowl
  • Write all your cherished desires on pieces of paper and spread them around the pelvis.
  • Light a candle. Wait until it flares up and starts to melt.
  • Your hand should be exactly above the center of the basin with water.
  • Tilt the candle so that the wax droplets fall into the center of the basin.
  • A few, or even one drop of wax will be enough.
  • Wait until the hardened wax can go to one side.
  • The side in which the wax will be sent will “tell” you that this desire will come true soon.


Determine whether a wish will come true or not, fortune telling will help

Divination for Christmas and Christmas for the future

Divination for the future with a mirror:

For this divination, you will need the following set of tools:

  • Mirror
  • Decanter
  • Candles (3 pcs.)

Divination:

  • Fill the carafe with water (it is desirable that it be water that has been standing for three days in your house).
  • Arrange three candles (ordinary or church) around the decanter.
  • Light the candles
  • Place a mirror in front of you so that you are separated by a carafe of water.
  • Through the water column you must consider your future.

IMPORTANT: Only your imagination will help to correctly interpret what you see in the glare. In order to see something understandable (or even see something), you need to use a decanter made of thin, smooth glass. As a last resort, in the absence of a decanter, use an ordinary glass cup.



How to know the future with the help of divination?

Fortune telling about the future using patterns on the mirror:

This fortune-telling will allow you to find out what will happen to you in the new year. All you need for divination is a mirror. But, fortune-telling will be impossible if, to put it mildly, “not winter weather” on the street.

Divination:

  • Pour water on the mirror
  • Take him outside alone
  • You need to go outside at Christmas time, at midnight
  • Wait until frost can draw a frozen pattern on the mirror.
  • Start the interpretation on the street, or bring the mirror home.

Interpretation of patterns:

  • Circles - the pattern tells you that next year you will experience financial difficulties.
  • Square - the pattern suggests that next year you will be able to experience many kinds of problems and disappointments.
  • The triangle is a pattern that portends you success in any business for the coming year.
  • Herringbone - a pattern that says what the new year will "bring" to you great amount labor and work.
  • Straight lines are a sign that the coming year will be calm for you and there will be no problems in it.
  • Smooth wavy lines - a pattern that portends the care of loved ones, the warmth of relatives and family, the good attitude of friends.
  • Zigzags - portends an active, fun year, a lot of emotions and events.
  • Dots and specks - a pattern that tells you that next year can be full of good events, completed deeds and work completed.
  • The face of a person or the face of an animal - the pattern portends major changes in your life in the new year.
  • Divorces and stains - your fate has not yet been defined so clearly as to give an accurate interpretation.


Mirror - a magical attribute

Fortune telling with a book for the future:

This is a simple divination that can literally "speak" to a person. For fortune-telling, you should choose the right time: midnight. For fortune-telling, you will need any meaningful literary text book(it is desirable to choose works of literary art).

Take a book and be alone with it: hug the book, press it to your heart, put it to your forehead. Try to mentally convey to the book all your experiences and ask the most exciting question. Close your eyes and open the book to any page, point your finger at any paragraph. Open your eyes and read the one or two sentences that your finger has landed on. The written text will be the answer to your question.



A book can become a magical attribute

Divination for the future with a saucer of water:

Divination:

  • Fill a saucer with water
  • Take the saucer outside, leave it overnight (you can put it on the balcony).
  • The saucer should stand until the morning
  • In the morning you should look at the frozen water and interpret it.

Interpretation:

  • Waves - the pattern portends pleasant events in the coming year, joyful meetings, travel.
  • Surface - next year will not be alarming for you, any business will have a good end.
  • Sharp crust, spikes - next year will be active for you, you will always be on the move, in the center of events.
  • Hole - portends lack of money, problems with money and health in the new year.


How to determine your future by divination?

Divination for the future with a chain:

For fortune-telling, you only need a body long chain made of any metal and a surface on which you can throw it. The picture that comes out of the chain will be able to tell you about the future.

Interpretation of patterns:

  • Straight line - good luck will favor you.
  • A snake is an enemy and an envious person next to you
  • Triangle - good luck in any business: love, work, dating
  • Circle - financial difficulties
  • Oval - you will find yourself in an unfavorable situation more than once
  • Heart - portends you a love meeting and a romantic acquaintance.
  • Node - health and financial problems
  • Bow - marriage, meeting the betrothed
  • Loop - the new year will bring you many difficulties, but you can handle everything.
  • Zigzag - a stormy, eventful year
  • Flower - joys, pleasures and entertainment in the new year


Modern divination according to old customs

How to guess on the Old New Year?

Old New Year carries the energy of the ancient Slavic holiday. On this day, from January 13 to 14, it is also customary to engage in fortune-telling in order to find out the name of the betrothed, the events of the future, or to make wishes come true.

Divination:

  • Fortune telling on the shadows is a simple ritual. On paper, write down everything you want to get and are afraid to lose. Further, the sheet is crumpled in the hands, but not too tightly. Place a candle in front of a white empty wall, and a piece of paper between the wall and the candle. By the shadow that lies on the wall and the interpretation should be read.
  • Divination on a wedding ring. For fortune-telling, you need to take a ring from a married lady, but you can’t touch it with your hands. Ask the woman to remove the ring and tie it to a string. This attribute should be asked questions and held over the open palm. If the ring will make an even movement in the form of a line - the answer is “no”, if the circle is the answer is “yes”.
  • Divination on wax For this you will need a candle and a cup of water. Retire in a room with candles, fill a cup with water and place it in front of you. Point the candle at the center of the cup and gently let the wax drip into the water. The resulting figure should be interpreted as a sign foreshadowing future events or the answer to a question.
  • Divination on grains. For this fortune-telling, it is best to use coffee beans, but if they are not available, any grains, as well as cereals, will come in handy. To do this, dip your palm into the grain and rake it into a handful. Holding the grain, ask them a question, the answer to which can be yes or no. Count all the grains, add up all the numbers in the sum. For example, 247 \u003d 2 + 4 + 7 \u003d 13 \u003d 1 + 3 \u003d 4. If the number is even, the answer is “no”, if it is odd, the answer is “yes”.

Video: "Christmas divination for Christmas"

Fortune telling at Christmas and Christmas time is rightfully considered the most truthful. The roots of Christmas divination go back to the times of pagan Rus'. It is fortune-telling during winter solstice(and this is the period of Christmas time) was given special meaning in pagan times.

It was believed that these days otherworldly forces were the most active, and the boundaries between the worlds are thinner, which contributed to a more truthful result of New Year's, Christmas and Christmas fortune-telling.

With the advent of Christianity in Rus', Christmas divination not only survived, but also acquired a more mystical meaning, and although the church tried to fight superstition and divination, they were carefully passed down from generation to generation, and have come down to our days in a slightly altered form.

Christmastide is the name given to the two weeks of winter holidays, from Christmas Eve on January 6th to Epiphany on January 19th.

Having decided to guess for Christmas, remember that the result of fortune-telling may not meet your expectations, so is it worth spoiling your holidays ...

There were a lot of ways of Christmas fortune-telling in Rus', but the main theme of all Christmas fortune-telling is fortune-telling for the betrothed (groom). This is understandable, because in ancient times, the fate of a girl depended entirely on how successfully she would marry.

Christmas divination or divination at Christmas time

Fortune telling on Christmas Eve is called "yuletide" for a reason. It is on Christmas Eve on January 6 that the so-called Christmas time begins, which lasts until the night of Epiphany, January 19. In ancient times in Rus', people believed that this was a magical period at the beginning of the year, when higher power willingly contact with a person, and if you ask the spirits well, you can get a variety of answers and you can open the door to your future.

In order to predict your fate and see what lies ahead, how life will turn out and what events can happen, it is important to know not only when they are guessing at Christmas, but what is needed for fortune telling. Traditional divination in January on cards or on wax, on mirrors and logs, coffee grounds and many other improvised materials.

It has already been noted that divination for Christmas time very often comes true and is accurate. Because, these days, angels and good spirits help.

When can you guess in 2019

Best time for fortune-telling, as we have already reported, this is the night before Christmas.

It is then that astral spirits and ghosts penetrate into physical world by making contact and reporting the facts of our future.

Another suitable period of winter attempts to look into your future is the period between January 8 and January 18. IN given time they also guess, recognizing their betrothed (name, hair color, character, estate), an early or distant wedding, the number of children, a successful or unsuccessful marriage.

Vasiliev's evening was recognized as special, when the result is highly accurate, even prophetic. This is January 13th.
No less successful in divination and January 18 - Epiphany Christmas Eve.

Preparing for divination at Christmas time

In order to get reliable answers and not harm themselves, fortunetellers had to comply with a number of certain conditions:

  • First of all, it was necessary to take off the protection, that is, the cross. You understand that fortune-telling is “a conversation with the devil”, and he, as you know, is afraid of the cross. It was also necessary to take out all the icons from the room in which the ceremony would be performed, or cover them with a scarf.
  • Secondly, it was necessary to remove rings, belts and any other “closed”, “encircling” things from oneself. It's better to let your hair down.
  • Thirdly, during the divination itself, it was not worth crossing your arms and legs. Even now, any esotericist will tell you that this blocks energy.
  • Fourthly, in the room, there should be no other lighting than from candles.
  • Fifthly, before fortune-telling (for about a day) it was not worth swearing with anyone.

And lastly, silence must be observed.

Well, here are the basic rules. In fact, at different times in different provinces, this list could change, but these are already subtleties.

Now, as for the place in which it is best to guess. It was believed that the place for this rite should be "unclean". A bathhouse was ideally suited for such a description, I have already mentioned in passing why a bathhouse is considered such a place, we will not put emphasis on this now. If for some reason there is no bath nearby, then you can perform the ceremony in the attic, basement, or in an abandoned house. And the last option is at home (by the way, one of the least desirable).

By the way, in addition to all of the above, the girls wondered:

  • at crossroads;
  • in the courtyard of the house (there are several such fortune-telling);
  • and the worst option is in the cemetery (it is believed that this place is reminded of strong energy, besides, the line between the worlds is the thinnest).


Simple ways of divination for Christmas and Christmas 2019

Divination by the book

They took a book at random and asked a question. After that, they called the page number and the line number on it - what was written in this place in the book, and served as an answer.

Fortune telling on coffee grounds

You need to drink a cup of coffee, cover it with a saucer and knock it up and down three times. The thick at the same time will spread along the bottom, forming various figures, on which you need to guess. For example, the contour of a dog will symbolize friendship, the contour of a forest will symbolize wealth.

The image of the cross means patience. Wreath - glory. The ladder is the achievement of the desired and long-awaited goal. The shadow of a person predicts a pleasant date, the shadow of a house when fortune-telling on coffee grounds is a symbol of abundance. The contours of the church or the bell tower means the return home. A deer may portend a fast road.

Divination by hair

Fortune telling on the hair has always been especially popular with girls. It is generally accepted that it should not be used more than once a year. This predictive technique will help in the case when a person has to make an important decision, and the choice will entail important consequences.

On a windless moonlit night, you should cut off a strand of your own hair, and then burn it on fire and see how it burns:

  • if everything lights up at once, then soon expect changes for the better, success awaits you in any planned business;
  • if they burn, but smoke, then there will soon be changes in your life;
  • if they burn brightly and for a long time, then large acquisitions await you;
  • if they smolder and do not light up for a long time, then this is a warning of a major nuisance or illness.


Fortune telling on wax with a candle

It is one of the most popular and interesting ways divination at Christmas time. To tell fortunes on wax during Christmas time, take cool water in a basin or bowl, a deep plate and pick up a wax candle. Light a candle and wait for some wax to melt.

Of course, in this matter one cannot do without a share of imagination, it is desirable that during fortune-telling you are not alone in order to correctly read and interpret the signs of fate from all sides. Of course, there are certain figures that appear more often than others. For example, a ring or a wreath is a sign of imminent marriage.

A bad omen is a snake or a coffin.

Swan and mushroom are good forms that promise only prosperity and success in the new year.

If, in addition to a large figure, many small figures appeared on the water, this is a great sign. He indicates that in 2016 everything will be fine financially for you, you can expect a good income. Often the main figure turns out to be large and round, resembling an apple in outline. This is also a great sign that indicates prosperity, success in 2016. The egg is a symbol of unfounded fears.

The meaning of the flame of a candle during divination:

  • If you lit a candle and you succeeded the first time and it burns steadily, this is a good sign.
  • If the candle sparkles, hisses, whistles, or somehow makes noise, it means that some important news or message awaits you.
  • A wax candle that burns badly and barely burns is not a good sign.
  • If, during divination, the candle does not want to light up, this is a sign that it is better not to guess today, but to postpone the ritual of divination by candlelight to another day.

The meanings of wax figures when divining on wax:

If the wax poured out in the shape of a horse, your life will change for the better.
A house for an unmarried girl means an early marriage; in Rus', this symbol has always meant a household.
Apple, pear - means wisdom and good health.

A wax figure resembling a ball or a round ball of the correct form - the birth of a child.
A wax egg promises some kind of change in life.
If during fortune telling you saw deep hole this is a sign of serious illness or death.

Wax figures resembling stripes are roads, you are destined to spend 2017 in constant moving.
If the wax did not form some kind of large figure, but was divided into small droplets, this indicates a monetary period.
Wax mushroom indicates longevity

A wax figure resembling a tree with branches up is a symbol of joy and prosperity.
The figure in the form of a ring is the case for the wedding.
If you saw the shape of a pancake, this is a sign of late marriage.

The dragon will tell about the work, which promises the successful completion of a large project.
Figures in the shape of a bell - a time of alarm.

Flowers and berries are signs of love and marriage.
Figures from cross - symbol anxiety and sickness.


Divination by the mirror

This ancient divination was considered the most correct at all times. However, it also carried dangers. Often impressionable young ladies lost their senses. And the thing is, according to old legends, a mirror is nothing but the line between the real and the otherworldly.

Many signs and customs are associated with this belief. Previously, when mirrors were made using silver, it was believed that in addition to their connection with the world of spirits, they had a long memory, which could harm people. Therefore, almost all signs relating to the mirror are bad omens.

Everyone knows that a broken mirror promises misfortune and trouble. In the old days, women could not look in the mirror during pregnancy and immediately after childbirth, because. it was believed that this could destroy the shaky line between the two worlds and harm the baby and mother. At the same time, the mirror also served as a strong amulet: it was believed that evil spirits, reflected in the mirror, instantly and forever lost their strength.

But back to the divination itself. Fortune telling with a mirror in an “unclean” place (for example, in a bathhouse, where they washed off all the dirt from themselves), at midnight on holy night, when the border between reality and the other world became thinner. The girl who did the divination was supposed to be alone in the room.

She had to take off her belt, let her hair down, and put two cutlery and a candle on the table. Having prepared everything necessary, the girl sat down facing the mirror and said: “Betrothed, mummers, come to dinner with me.”

Exactly at midnight, in the mirror, she saw the face of a man leaning over her shoulder. At this moment, peering into the face of her future fiancé, she had to utter the words that drove away the image: “Step away from this place!”. From that moment on, the danger receded. It was believed that if this was not said, the betrothed could leave the mirror, and then misfortune would occur.

Fortune telling by egg

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

Interpretation of figures:

  1. Church dome or ring - fast wedding.
  2. Rectangle or square - a serious illness, death.
  3. Ship - moving after marriage to another city or country.
  4. A pancake that has sunk to the bottom is a series of adversities and troubles, a long girlhood.


Take a clean sheet of paper and crumple it, then put it on the bottom of an upside down plate and set it on fire. When the paper burns out, bring the saucer with the ashes to the wall and carefully turn the plate until a shadow appears on the wall, the outlines of which will be the result of divination. How to interpret the shadow? Connecting your imagination!

Christmas divination by nutshell

Pour water into a basin. At the edges of the basin, attach strips of paper on which events are written, for example, a wedding, a trip, receiving money, new job etc. (if the fortuneteller is alone), or the names of all those present who want to know their future.

In the second case, one event is thought of, in particular, a wedding, engagement, acquaintance with a future spouse, etc.
Take a half of a walnut shell and fix the cinder of a church or birthday candle in it. Light a candle and push the "boat" to the middle of the pelvis. From there, the shell itself should swim to one of the notes.

But the wish will come true only if the paper, upon contact with the boat, ignites from the flame of a candle.


Divination by the ring

Take a bowl of clean water, throw your wedding ring into it and put it in the cold. 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.

When everyone falls asleep, you need to take a golden chain, rub it between your palms, hold it in your right hand, shake it and throw it on the table.

  • A circle has formed - closed troubles are expected;
  • stripe - luck;
  • node - difficulties and illnesses;
  • triangle - love success;
  • bow - wedding;
  • snake - betrayal;
  • heart is love.

Divination on a knife

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

"Yes",
"No",

"Be patient",
"Caution: next to you is an enemy hiding under the mask of a friend",

"Good news"
"Love Message"

"Good luck in the undertaking",
"Unexpected Guest"

"Love",
"Today's tears will turn into joy tomorrow"

"Unexpected news"
"New love",

"Unexpected meeting",
"Journey",
"Important Letter"

In the center of the circle put the usual kitchen knife and mentally formulate a question. Rotate the knife around its axis three times. One of the three messages to which the knife point will point and will be the answer to question asked.

The other two may be the cause or effect of the predicted event. If, after rotation, the tip of the knife stops at an equal distance from two messages, the divination must be repeated.


Divination YES-NO

Above the jar, with any cereal or grain, hold the left hand with the palm down. Concentrating, you need to ask a question that interests you.

After that, take a handful of cereals from the jar and pour it on the table, then count the number of grains. If the number of grains is even, it means a positive answer - YES, an odd number, means a negative answer - NO.

Divination with a needle

Take a needle and white thread. Insert the thread into the eye. Take the thread by the end with your right hand, and point the tip of the needle to the center of the palm of your 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.

Christmas divination by barking dogs

At midnight, take a knife, go out into the street, go up to a snowdrift and start cutting the snow with a knife, saying: “Damn, damn, don’t be silent, damn, damn, tell me what kind of husband will I get, will I have to laugh or cry?”.

After saying the words of the spell, shut up and listen carefully to the barking of dogs. If a vicious, abrupt bark is heard, it means that future husband will be strict and gloomy.

If the dogs bark merrily and loudly, then the husband will also be cheerful and kind.

It is very bad if a dog howl is heard during fortune-telling. This suggests that the marriage will be short-lived and very quickly the young wife will become a widow.


Fortune telling on the number and gender of future children

On Christmas Eve, you need to pour water into a glass, put a ring in it and put it in the cold. Before going to bed, a glass is taken from the cold and the future children are judged by the ice surface formed in it.

The number of tubercles indicates the number of boys, and the number of pits indicates how many girls there will be.

Divination for a future husband

Fortune-telling at Christmas for a future husband is the most popular type of fortune-telling among girls. 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.

In the old days they guessed on the log. The girl had to go out of the house at night and in complete darkness choose one log from the woodpile, without looking at it and not exchanging it for another if it is difficult to pull out. Arriving at the house, it is necessary to properly examine the log, because it can tell a lot about the future spouse.

A smooth and even log is a good and handsome groom. A rough log is an ugly but hard-working husband. Thick and good bark - rich narrowed. A peeled bark is a poor groom. A thick log is a large and strong future husband. A log with knots is a big family. crooked log - old fiance or having a physical disability.

Christmas divination for love

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

Divination for desire

Fortune-telling on desires is as different as the others. We suggest that you try to tell fortunes on grains, a handful of which you need to take in your 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.

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

If you did not have time to tell fortunes for Christmas - do not be discouraged! Christmas time is ahead of you, and this is almost 2 weeks of exciting and fun fortune-telling!

Video: Christmas divination at home


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

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

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

Christmas divination by barking dogs

At midnight, take a knife, go out into the street, go up to a snowdrift and start cutting the snow with a knife, saying: “Damn, damn, don’t be silent, damn, damn, tell me what kind of husband will I get, will I have to laugh or cry?”.
After saying the words of the spell, shut up and listen carefully to the barking of dogs. If an angry, jerky bark is heard, it means that the future husband will be strict and gloomy.
If the dogs bark merrily and loudly, then the husband will also be cheerful and kind.
It is very bad if a dog howl is heard during fortune-telling. This suggests that the marriage will be short-lived and very quickly the young wife will become a widow.

Christmas divination on wax (candles)

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

Interpretation of figures

  • House - soon acquiring a new household; for a girl, this is primarily due to her marriage.
  • Shapeless ruins - misfortune in the near future.
  • A pit, small cave or grotto is the most undesirable figure, since it symbolizes the burial place and predicts serious illness or near death.
  • Trees - they can be interpreted in different ways: the upward branches of a tree promise quick joy, drooping - sadness, longing and boredom.
  • A ring or a candle definitely predicts a quick wedding.
  • A pancake that has sunk to the bottom, on the contrary, promises a long girlhood.

Fortune telling on wax and milk

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

Interpretation of figures

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

Divination by shadow

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

Divination by hair

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

Christmas divination by ring

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

Divination by the log

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

Divination interpretation

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

If the log was not at hand, then any tree in the park, square or forest can replace it.
To do this, you need to blindfold, ask someone you know to "unwind" you, as in the game "cat and mouse", and only after that go in search of the "oracle".
All the characteristics that were given to the log will be valid for the tree.

Fortune telling by egg

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

Interpretation of figures

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

Divination by shoe

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

Fortune telling by rooster

This fortune-telling is collective, therefore, on Christmas Eve or Epiphany Eve, several girls should gather in one room and “count”. Large grains should be scattered on the floor and at exactly midnight a black rooster should be brought into the room. His behavior will be the answer to the question about the future of fortunetellers.
If the rooster pecked all the grains, then next year the one who poured the grains will marry.
If part of the grains still remained on the floor, then the one whose number matches the number of pecked grains will marry.
If the rooster refused to treat at all, then not a single wedding will take place next year, and for all those present, the near future will be overshadowed by many minor troubles and failures.

Fortune telling "Well and bridge"

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

After that, at night in a dream, the girl is likely to see her future husband.
Matches can be used instead of twigs. Build a well out of them and put it under the pillow in the same way with the words: "Narrowed, mummers, come get some water."

Nut shell divination

Pour water into a basin. Attach strips of paper along the edges of the pelvis, on which events are written, for example, a wedding, a trip, receiving money, a new job, etc. (if the fortuneteller is alone), or the names of all those present who want to know their future. In the second case, one event is thought of, in particular, a wedding, engagement, acquaintance with a future spouse, etc.
Take a half of a walnut shell and fix the cinder of a church or birthday candle in it. Light a candle and push the "boat" to the middle of the pelvis. From there, the shell itself should swim to one of the notes. But the wish will come true only if the paper, upon contact with the "boat", ignites from the flame of a candle.

Christmas book divination

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

Divination in the name of the betrothed

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

Christmas divination with a mirror

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

"Broken hearts"

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

Christmas divination for love

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

Divination by flame

Only gypsies, leading a nomadic lifestyle and forced to spend many hours by the fire, could come up with such a method of divination. It is at the same time very simple and very complex, because one who peers into the flame must have a good imagination and partly a philosophical mindset, as well as rich life experience in order to read the fate destined in the dancing tongues of the fire.
In the flame of the same bonfire, several people can see the future at the same time, because everyone will see in it his own prophecy intended only for him.
It is best to use flame divination for yourself, because in this case it will be extremely accurate and less complicated.
If fortune-telling is performed for someone else, then the person must be seated to the left of oneself and “tune in” to him. For this take it right hand both hands and hold for a few seconds. After that, look closely into the flame and try to see prophetic signs there, symbolizing the events that await a person in the future.
It happens that no real images that can lift the veil over the mystery of being ever arise. In such a case, the gypsies say that a person is expected in life big changes, only while it is difficult to determine whether good or bad.

Christmas divination with a knife

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

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

Put an ordinary kitchen knife in the center of the circle and mentally formulate a question. Rotate the knife around its axis three times. One of the three messages, which will show the edge of the knife, and will be the answer to the question asked. The other two may be the cause or effect of the predicted event.
If, after rotation, the tip of the knife stops at an equal distance from two messages, the divination must be repeated.

Divination with needles

Put 21 needles that have never been sewn on a saucer or plate, and slowly pour water into the dishes. Under the influence of water, the eagles will change their original position; according to the current picture, one can promise about the situation in which the fortuneteller is located. So, the number of crosses formed by needles indicates the number of ill-wishers or hostile forces acting against a fortuneteller in the current month.
There is also another version of fortune-telling on needles.
Make a pendulum out of a needle. To do this, thread a red silk thread about 75 centimeters long into it, fold it in half and tie a knot at the end.
Take a coin from a fortuneteller (previously they always took a silver one) and put it on the table. Sit down at the table, put your elbow on it, take the pendulum needle with your fingers by the tip of the thread and direct the tip of the needle to the center of the coin.
The fortuneteller asks a question, the answer to which is the words "yes" or "no", and carefully looks at the pendulum. If the needle stands still without movement, there is no answer to the question yet; if it starts to move in the longitudinal direction, the answer is affirmative, if in the transverse direction, it is negative. If the pendulum moves in circles, the question is clear and should be formulated more precisely.