Old New Year, or rather New Year according to the Julian calendar, is celebrated not only in Russia and other countries of the former USSR, but also in Serbia and Montenegro, as well as in some German cantons of Switzerland. However, it became “old” for us quite recently, 100 years ago. And before it was just New Year, a cheerful and slightly mystical holiday, when everyone wanted to at least take a glimpse into the future. The peasants were interested in the future harvest, the girls were interested in grooms, the heads of families were interested in profit, and everyone, without exception, was interested in happiness!
And what kind happy omens are you missing? Maybe it's time to tell your fortune a little?
Weather for the Old New Year: a note for summer residents
Previously, on New Year's Day, people followed... the wind!
If the wind blew from the south at night, the summer will be hot and dry.
From the west - that means there will be a lot of milk and fish.
The east wind foreshadowed an abundance of fruits and vegetables.
” For some reason, folk signs remain ominously silent regarding the north wind. Let's hope he just harvests everything at once!
A clear starry sky foreshadows a berry year, and abundant frost in the morning - a record honey harvest.
If it’s warm outside, then summer will be rainy; if it’s snowing, then you should expect a good harvest.
Fortune telling for the groom for the Old New Year
Probably, there was no one in Rus' more superstitious than girls of marriageable age. They guessed at their future marriage in so many ways, as if they were going to get married ten times a year. For example, did you know about fortune telling... using bulbs?
Fortune telling on bulbs. On the night from 13 to 14, the girls put the bulbs in a bowl of water and watched them for several days. Whichever one puts out roots faster, the owner will be the first to get married!
Fortune telling on a ring, bread and hook: these three items were placed in a bowl along with coals, pebbles, and any other debris and covered with a cloth. The girls, without looking, pulled out the first thing that came to hand from this bowl: the bread foreshadowed a rich marriage, the ring - a handsome husband, the hook - a poor or sick husband. Well, if you pulled out a pebble, don’t wait for a marriage proposal!
Fortune telling by dog. The dog was let into the room where the girl was waiting for her. The behavior of the dog was used to judge the disposition of the future husband: caressing - and the husband will be affectionate; sniffing and walking around - the husband will be jealous and angry. And God forbid if it tries to bite!
Fortune telling with a comb. Before going to bed, the girl puts a comb under her pillow with the words “Betrothed, mummer, come and comb my hair.” If in a dream she sees a man combing her hair, then this year she will be married to the person in the dream.
Fortune telling with eavesdropping. The future bride, in the company of her girlfriends, slowly crept up to the neighbors' windows and listened to what was happening in the house. They swear - and the husband will swear, they laugh - there will be fun in the family, they drink - the husband will be caught as a drunkard.
” Celebrating the Old New Year in an exclusively female company is a bad omen: the year will be full of various troubles. So you better invite me into the house young man, preferably from a large family. It was believed that if he became the first guest in your home, the year would be well-fed, rich and prosperous.
Guessing at the table
In addition to the traditional Fortune telling on dumplings or dumplings was very popular, the filling of which included various edible and inedible items. Frankly, it seems that anything small enough to be rolled into a dumpling ends up in there! Print out the list of meanings of “dumpling investments” in advance if you decide to treat guests - have a lot of fun! Just remember to warn that the dish may contain inedible solid objects... The list of predictions is under the spoiler.
Old New Year's fortune telling using dumplings
- Orange - for pleasure
- Peanuts - for a love affair
- Cherry - good luck
- Peas - home peace
- Walnut - health
- Buckwheat - favorable and profitable news
- Mushrooms - to a long and happy life
- Big money - big win
- Grain - to wealth
- Raisins - to great temptation
- Cabbage - for money
- Caramel - for love
- Potatoes - for a promotion at work
- Cranberry - to unexpected changes in life
- Ring - for the wedding
- Red pepper - to chagrin
- Dried apricots - to joy
- Bay leaf - to fame (career growth)
- Honey - health
- Coin - a prosperous year in material terms
- Carrots - for new acquaintances
- Meat - for well-being
- White thread - long journey (long and long journey)
- Green thread - the road abroad
- Thread with knots - for a difficult year
- Black thread - a short and not very long trip
- Nut - immediately to two fans (admirers)
- Pepper - thrill
- Ground allspice - to “spicy”, i.e. an eventful life, major changes
- Button - for a new thing
- Millet - futile efforts
- Rice - prosperity in the home
- Sugar - sweet life (light, favorable year)
- Seeds - to new fruitful plans
- Salt - to quarrels and failures (tears)
- Cheese - to win
- Cottage cheese - to new friends
- Dough, beans, or fish scales - to add to the family
- Dill - to good health
- Hazelnuts - for successful acquisitions
- Bread - the year will be full and good
- Chain - strengthening family ties
- Black peppercorns - to friends (to new friendly relations)
- Garlic - for a marriage of convenience
- Apple - to a well-deserved reward
We entice good luck in the Old New Year!
You don't have to rely solely on lucky signs; A number of rituals have been developed to ensure that the new year is better than the previous one.
It is advisable to prepare dishes from pork, chicken or hare. Pork promised wealth, rooster dishes promised freedom, and hare meat promised success in all endeavors. If you are not ready to look for hare meat or do not like pork, then replace the meat with symbols of these animals - cookies or crackers in the form of little animals.
On the table did not serve game or fish so that happiness does not “fly away” and “float away” from home. Crayfish and other animals that backed away or moved sideways were also undesirable - they promised the return of old problems in the new year.
Finally, on the Internet there was a description of “the surest and most reliable way to attract money into the house for the Old New Year.” So: take two candles, one white wax and the other yellow. White will symbolize you, and yellow will symbolize gold, which will be attracted to your home. Light them at the festive table, placing them on a platter 10 centimeters from each other. Close your eyes and mentally imagine how a yellow candle is attracted to a white one. Put them out and repeat the ritual the next day, placing the candles a little closer. Continue this way until Epiphany, when the candles should burn out completely. Wrap the cinders in silk cloth and hide them in a secluded place. Keep them until you have money in the house (and this, of course, will happen very soon!)
Happy new (now definitely new) year to you!
Prepared by Alena Novikova
On the night of January 13-14, it is customary to celebrate the New Year according to the old style. Fortune telling for the Old New Year occurs during the Christmastide period, which means for a time Christmas fortune telling. Vasilyev's evening is recognized as special, when the result is considered highly accurate, even prophetic. This is January 13th. Therefore, unmarried girls with the help various fortune telling they are trying to find out the name of their betrothed, whether they will get married in the coming year, and also how many children they will have.
1. Fortune telling with cups
For fortune telling, you will need several cups, corresponding in number to the number of fortune tellers. A ring, a coin, bread, sugar, onion, salt are placed in cups, and a little water is poured into one cup. WITH eyes closed Each of the fortune tellers takes turns choosing a cup.
Predictions for the future are as follows: ring - for a wedding; coin - to wealth; bread - to prosperity; sugar - for fun; onion - to tears; salt - unfortunately, and a cup of water - to life without much change.
2. Fortune telling with candles
You will need a bowl of water, halves of walnut shells in an amount equal to the number of fortune tellers, and the same number of small candles or pieces thereof. You need to insert the candles into the shells, light them and let them float in a bowl.
The girl whose candle burns out first will be the first of the fortune tellers to get married. Accordingly, the girl whose candle burns out last will be the last to get married. If someone’s shell with a candle sank, that girl will never be married at all.
3. Fortune telling with wax
For fortune telling with wax, you will need two wax candles, one of which must be lit, and pieces of the other must be placed in a spoon and, heating the spoon over the burning candle, melt the wax. After this, the melted wax is quickly poured into a glass of cold water and, by the light of a candle, the future is judged from the resulting figure.
4. Fortune telling YES-NO
Hold over a jar of any cereal or grain. left hand palm down. While concentrating, you need to ask the question that interests you. After this, take a handful of cereal from the jar and pour it onto the table, then count the number of grains. If the number of grains is even, this means a positive answer - YES, an odd number means a negative answer - NO.
5. Fortune telling on the number and gender of future children
On Christmas evening, you need to pour water into a glass, put a ring in it and put it out in the cold. Before going to bed, a glass is taken out of the cold and future children are judged by the icy 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.
6. Fortune telling with a chain
When everyone is asleep, you need to take gold chain, rub between your palms, hold in right hand, shake and throw on the table.
A circle has formed - closed troubles are expected; streak - luck; node - difficulties and illnesses; triangle - love success; bow – wedding; snake - betrayal; heart is love.
7. Fortune telling with a mirror
This fortune telling is considered the most mystical. You need to sit in absolute darkness in front of a mirror with a candle in the middle of the night. An important condition is that there should be no one else in the room. You must look carefully at the reflective surface. After about 5 minutes it will fade. Then the betrothed, or rather the devil who has taken his guise, will be reflected behind the glass. The girl must begin to shun him so that he disappears, saying “Forget me!” Otherwise, evil spirits will materialize.
How to tell fortunes for the Old New Year 2019, read about the most fun fortune telling methods in our material.
On the night of January 13-14 for the Old New Year, it is customary not only to sing generosity and sow, but also to tell fortunes about fate, about the future, about the betrothed. We will now tell you how to tell fortunes for 2019.
Fortune telling for the Old New Year 2019 on a candle
For this fortune telling you will need: a wax or paraffin candle, a bowl of water and your presence. Light the candle and wait until a sufficient amount of melted paraffin or wax has collected in it. Turn off the lights to create the right atmosphere, then ask yourself what's in store for you this year.
Then take a candle and quickly pour paraffin or wax out of it into a bowl of water. A figurine is formed in the water, which will tell about future events. Take it out of the water and look carefully, think about what it looks like and what it can symbolize.
If you are not afraid of gloomy predictions, then here are the interpretations of the figures:
Cross- disease; if its outlines are unclear, then soon you should prepare for a series of minor troubles, which will affect all aspects of life.
Blooming flower- wedding in a year.
Animal— an ill-wisher appeared in the close circle.
A scattering of small stars- good luck in business.
Stripes with blurred edges- trip, business trip, relocation, journey.
Human figure- the imminent appearance of a new friend.
Fortune telling for the Old New Year 2019 using various things
For this fortune telling for the Old New Year, you will need a lot of things - toys, postcards, magazine clippings, money, candies, tickets, everything that brings positivity and pleasant expectations - use your imagination. Decide what exactly each thing will symbolize. For example, candy - sweet life, tickets - travel, also be sure to cut out the desired clothes, gadgets or photos of resorts from magazines.
Place all these items on the table and blindfold your eyes with a scarf. Then take the first thing that comes to hand. You can perform these manipulations several times, the main thing is a positive and pleasant result, because only the desired things are located on the table!
Fortune telling for the Old New Year 2019 on a nut shell
Before you start telling fortunes for the Old New Year, write down the expected events this year on paper strips. For example, travel, good grades, a brilliant presentation, a salary increase, health, winning a lottery or drawing, a long-awaited gift (you can even list it on different pieces of paper), and again, it’s worth turning on your imagination!
Then attach these paper strips to the sides of a bowl or basin of water. Take half a walnut shell and place a piece of a small candle in it. You can limit yourself to an ordinary tea candle. Light a candle and lower the boat into the water! Whatever piece of paper she floats to, whatever wish ignites - that will come true!
Fortune telling for the Old New Year 2019 on a book
A very funny and interesting fortune telling. Make a wish or ask a question, and then open the book at random. Point your finger and read your “prediction.” By the way, it is best to take books that are children's and kind, without negativity. You can tell fortunes in the same way using TV or radio. Again, ask a question, make a wish and turn on the TV or radio, what you hear is what awaits you.
Fortune telling for the Old New Year 2019 using dumplings
For this fortune telling you will have to sculpt. The filling in them will be unusual. Add various little things to the filling. Whoever gets a “surprise” in the dumpling will be waiting for it in the New Year.
What are dumplings stuffed with for fortune telling for the Old New Year?
Sugar or honey- a successful and “monetary” year.
Dill or other greens- health will not fail.
Coin- good luck in financial matters.
Grain or beans- also promise cash receipts.
Bread crust- a well-fed and prosperous year.
White thread- long journey or trip.
Black thread- short trips that do not take much time.
Ring- for a quick wedding.
Bay leaf- popularity and career success.
Button- new thing.
Apple- measured, calm life.
Raisin- various temptations in the new year.
Cabbage(piece of damp leaf) - family happiness.
Carrot(raw circle) - an interesting acquaintance.
Peppercorns- serious changes.
Salt- quarrels.
Flour- You will suffer all year.
Caramel- to great love.
Cranberry- unrequited love.
Cucumber- success.
Nut- several admirers or admirers.
Rice- joy.
Dough- addition to the family.
Garlic- obstacles and difficulties.
Peas- a carefree journey.
But remember that fortune telling for the Old New Year 2019 is just entertainment, you should not take them seriously, but you should always believe in the best!
Fortune telling for the Old New Year is simple and accurate. On this mysterious holiday, you can look into the future, find out your fate, tell fortunes about love and your betrothed, about the fulfillment of your cherished desires. Any of the many methods can be easily done at home. Also, during the period from January 13 to 14, our ancestors observed many traditions and performed rituals that helped them live in happiness and prosperity throughout the next year.
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The night from January 13 to 14 is time for renewal. You need to burn your worn clothes and immediately put on new ones. This ancient rite still preserved in many villages, it symbolizes the beginning of a new life. And how it will turn out, simple and interesting fortune telling will help you find out.
According to popular belief, on Old New Year the man should be the first to enter the house - this will make all family members happy for the next year. But you cannot give money on this day in order to maintain well-being in the house.
Fortune telling for the Old New Year
A simple version of family fortune telling for the Old New Year. In the evening, you need to go outside during dinner and carefully look at your neighbors’ windows. If you can see the heads of everyone present at the table, then the relatives will be alive and well; if conversations are heard and no one is visible, then trouble will soon happen to one of your loved ones.
To protect your home and family from misfortunes, on January 14 you need to go around all the rooms clockwise with three lit church candles. At the same time, constantly be baptized. There is another way to prevent trouble: early in the morning, lightly knock on the threshold with an ax and say: “Life, health, bread.”
With bread and water
A ritual with bread is a simple way to find out the future of your family for the coming year. It is as follows:
- You need to fill the bowl with plain water.
- Break a crust of bread into pieces of different sizes according to the number of household members.
- For each of them, make a wish for one of your relatives.
- Throw the pieces into a bowl.
- While swirling the water with your finger, say the following words: “Spin the bread and water, my whole family is here. If there is trouble, separate bread and water.”
- Look in the morning: if all the pieces come together, then the whole family will be complete all year. And if any of them floats separately from the rest, then the mysterious person will face a wedding, departure or death.
Gender of the child
It was possible to find out the gender of the unborn child by fortune telling with a ring. It required:
- Dip the ring into a glass of water.
- Hang it on a thread or your own hair.
- Carefully bring it to the hand of the person being told fortunes. If she begins to move in a circle, then a girl will be born, if she makes pendulum-like movements, then a boy will be born. Well, if it stands still, then there will be no children.
With a rooster
One of the most popular in rural areas was ancient fortune telling with a rooster:
- grains were scattered around the room;
- at midnight the rooster was taken from the roost;
- They brought it into the room where the grain had been spilled.
If a rooster pecked every last grain, it was considered very good sign, promising happiness. If he ate several grains, it foreshadowed the same number of weddings in the new year. If the rooster refused to peck, then this promised a streak of failures in the future. Of course, it is almost impossible to carry out this ritual in a city, but for those living in rural areas it is easy to use this reliable way to find out the near future.
Conversations
You can find out how the coming year will turn out by listening to other people's conversations. First you need to concentrate, and then listen carefully to what others say. If you hear boisterous laughter, then everything will be fine in the new year; crying or swearing - the year will not be easy; if the conversation of tipsy people - you should beware bad habits.
With egg
Girls with a rich imagination can tell fortunes using a fresh chicken egg:
- late in the evening of January 13, get a fresh chicken egg;
- make a small hole in it;
- carefully pour the contents into a transparent glass of water;
- wait until the protein curls;
- by its shape one can judge the near future.
If the figure resembles a ring, this promises a wedding in the new year, a church - a wedding, any transport - a trip for a man or a husband returning from a business trip for a woman, a rectangle - a coffin, etc. If the squirrel sinks to the bottom, then the house is threatened by fire or other serious trouble.
With glasses
An interesting, fun and accurate New Year's fortune telling to find out upcoming events - using glasses. It can be spent in a cheerful company of friends. To do this you should:
- take four glasses;
- fill them halfway with water or melted snow;
- pour a small spoonful of salt and sugar into two of them, put a ring into the third, and leave the fourth glass unchanged;
- then one of the fortunetellers should turn her back;
- her friend needs to point her finger at each of the glasses in turn until the girl who has turned away stops her;
- you need to take a sip from the chosen glass: if you feel the taste of salt, then sadness and tears are ahead, if the water is sweet - fun and joy, if ordinary - then the year will be the same, when a ring comes across in the glass - the girl will soon get married.
Fortune telling at the festive table
Another name for the Old New Year holiday is the rich holy evening or rich Vasilyev evening, named after St. Basil the Great. On this day, according to the old tradition, it was customary to generously set the table. Pork dishes were considered a special treat, and a whole roasted pig - a symbol of fertility and fertility - was the main decoration of the festive table, because St. Basil was considered the patron saint of pig farmers. “A pig and a boletus for Vasily’s evening”, “The pig is an unclean animal, but God has nothing unclean - Vasily will bless the winter! “- our ancestors said in proverbs about this day. Another important dish at the holiday was generous kutia, which was generously seasoned with meat and lard, and then placed in a corner with icons.
On the festive evening of January 13, you can use folk fortune telling for predictions. For one of them you need:
- place a bowl of water on the festive table;
- cover with a scarf;
- each of the guests present at the feast must take off any accessory and put it in the water;
- During traditional singing, any object was taken out of a bowl at random; its owner could judge his future from the lyrics of the song.
Another table method of divination was fortune telling using dumplings. It requires:
- make dumplings with potatoes;
- add some small item to the filling of each: a coin, a ring, a piece of pickled or fresh cucumber, any sweet, etc. (see picture below);
- at dinner, guests each choose one dumpling;
- on the subject they come across and judge their future.
A coin promised wealth, a ring - a wedding, a pickled cucumber - tears, a piece of bread - prosperity, a sweet filling - fun, a cherry pit or bean - a new addition to the family, Bay leaf- good luck at work, etc.
Fortune telling
You can use this easy method. Freeze water in a spoon in the evening and look in the morning: if there are bubbles, it promises a long, happy life. And if a hole forms in the ice, then this means great grief, misfortune and death.
Another ancient way to predict fate is as follows: on the evening of January 13, blindfolded, count all the stakes in the fence and tie the ninth one with a scarf. And in the morning, if it is straight, then life is calm, without shocks; if it is crooked, then the fate of the fortuneteller is unhappy.
The following method of fortune telling is suitable for unmarried girls. It requires:
- Pour any cereal or pebbles into a fabric bag.
- Place a crust of bread, a hook and a ring in it.
- Without looking, get any of the items.
- Get a prediction. If a girl came across a loaf of bread, it promised a life of prosperity, a hook foreshadowed a difficult fate, and a ring - a happy marriage.
No less popular is the method of divination using the shadows of burnt paper. You should:
- crumple up a large sheet of paper or newspaper;
- put it on a flat dish;
- set fire to;
- when it burns down, you need to bring the dish to the wall, lit by candles, and judge the future by the shadows formed.
You can find out your fate by wax church candle. Need to:
- fill any container with water (or melted snow);
- melt the candle;
- Carefully pour the melted wax into cold water into the very center of the bowl;
- It is by the resulting figure that one should judge future events.
Fortune telling for love and betrothed
For unmarried girls the festive evening and night from Melanka (January 13 is celebrated as the day of St. Melanka) on Vasily has always been considered a suitable time for truthful fortune telling for love and betrothed. Based on ancient Slavic pagan rituals, modern interesting methods of divination have been formed, with the help of which you can find out any information about your future husband or the feelings of a loved one.
Most of these fortune tellings are simple and accurate. They can be carried out independently at home alone or in the company of friends.
Who will be the first to get married in the new year?
To find out, you need to feed the cat dumplings. The one who eats it first will marry before the rest. If you don’t have dumplings on hand, you can use threads of the same length. The girl whose thread burns out the fastest will be the first to marry. If the thread accidentally goes out, then this is a bad sign. The fortuneteller will never get married or will wait a long time for the wedding.
Unmarried girls or their mothers can also tell fortunes for a quick marriage using nut shells. Place two walnut shells in a bowl of water. If they get together, the girl will soon get married, if they go their separate ways, the wedding is still far away.
Can be used for divination and wedding ring, which should be placed in a container of water and left in the cold overnight. In the morning, count the number of tubercles on the water, each of which symbolizes the future groom. If the water is frozen in one large bulge, then there is a wedding ahead, and if the surface is flat, it is not time for marriage yet.
Fortune telling using beans is also popular. You need to take a small handful of beans and pour them into a cup. Make a guess whether a girl will get married this year or not, using two simple phrases that need to be repeated during the ceremony, for example: “there will be a wedding” and “the wedding will not take place.” Continuously pronouncing the hidden words, you must slowly transfer the beans from one cup to another. Whatever phrase they end on is what will happen.
Another famous one New Year's ritual on the betrothed is carried out using a towel. Need to:
- take a new white towel;
- before going to bed, hang it out the window;
- say the magic words: “My betrothed, my mummer, come quickly, dry yourself with a towel”;
- Go to bed;
- In the morning, touch the hanging towel.
If it is wet, it means the groom wiped himself with it at night and there will be a wedding next year. If it’s dry, then the girl will have to be unmarried for another year.
What will your future spouse and family life be like?
Fortune telling by groats is carried out together with girlfriends. For it you need:
- arrange small plates in a circle;
- pour different cereals into each: buckwheat, rice, millet, semolina, pearl barley, and pour water into the remaining one;
- each of the fortune tellers must spin a raw egg in the center of the circle;
- then see which way it rolls.
If the egg rolled towards the buckwheat, then future husband will be rich and generous. Rice portends falling in love with married man, millet speaks of a fair-haired man, semolina promises a groom from the north, and pearl barley promises a military man. Water means that the girl will have to move after the wedding. If the egg remains in place, then next year you can’t expect marriage.
You can also learn about the character of your betrothed with the help of animals and birds. In the late evening of January 13, you need to go outside. Which Living being The first one to come across on the road, the spouse will have such a disposition. A cat portends an affectionate and cunning man, a dog – a faithful one, and a bird – a creative and gifted person.
To find out how it turns out family life, you can also tell fortunes in this way: on Old New Year, pour three piles of grain at the gate. In the morning, see if it remains in place or the piles are destroyed. In the first case, the marriage will be happy, in the second - unhappy.
In the name of the betrothed
The peel of the apple is carefully cut off with a thin continuous strip. If during the process it suddenly broke off, the fortune telling did not work. You need to throw the cut skin over your right shoulder and see what letter the resulting figure resembles. It is with her that the name of the future husband will begin.
Another interesting and fun fortune telling, which is held on the occasion of the Old New Year. The girls go out into the street and stop the first passers-by they come across, asking their names. First reported male name and will belong to the spouse.
How to see the groom?
You can look at the appearance of your future spouse in a prophetic dream. As a rule, fortune telling by sleep is simple and safe, but at the same time it is distinguished by truthfulness.
To see your betrothed in a dream, you need to put a handful of hay that was lying near the icons in your right shoe on January 7, Christmas. And on the eve of the Old New Year, put it under the pillow and say: “Who is my betrothed, he will dream about this night.” In a dream, a girl will see her future husband.
You can make a dream about your betrothed in this way: you need to hide a small mirror and a comb under the pillow and say: “Come, come. Comb it, comb it. Look at me, show yourself." At night you will definitely dream about your future husband.
For the same purpose, they tell fortunes on cards. Four kings from the new one are placed under the pillow playing deck. At the same time, you need to pronounce a spell: “Who is my betrothed, who is my mummer, dream about me.” The king of spades in a dream means that the girl is about to marry an elderly man, the club of clubs is a marriage with a divorced or widower, the one of hearts foretells a wealthy handsome man, and the king of diamonds - a desired and beloved one.
The most terrible fortune-telling, which can be performed on the night of January 13-14 and during the entire Christmas period, is considered to be a ritual with mirrors and candles. With its help you can see your future spouse in reflection. It is held at midnight alone. Need to:
- take two identical mirrors;
- install them opposite each other;
- light two candles lit in the church and place them side by side;
- peer into the flame-lit mirror tunnel;
- at the end of it the devil will appear in the form of the future betrothed;
- as soon as this happens, you need to quickly say: “Forget me.”
It is necessary to cover up the evil spirits so that they do not penetrate into reality and drag the girl into the world of the looking glass. According to another belief, words of amulets should be pronounced so that the betrothed does not live in the mirror, otherwise the girl will never meet him.
Will your wish come true?
“If the red maiden makes a wish for Vasily, everything will come true, but what will come true will not pass!” - said popular beliefs. Ancient fortune-telling on a holiday based on wishes is distinguished by its simplicity and variety. Here are some of them:
- 1. Take a book of any content and make a wish. Then open any page at random and point your finger at any paragraph, by which you should judge whether your plan will come true or not.
- 2. Fill one glass to the top with water, and leave the second empty. Think about something and pour water from one glass to another over the table several times. Carefully inspect the surface over which the ritual was performed: if the table is dry or a little water has been spilled, the wish will come true, if a lot - not.
- 3. Fill the cup with rice. Say the magic words over it: “Tell me, fate, what should I expect: good or evil” and make a wish. At the same time, pour all the rice onto the table. Then select black or bad grains from the scattered grains and count them. An odd number foreshadows the fulfillment of a dream, and an even number indicates that the wish will not come true.
- 4. Throw a ring without stones, preferably an engagement ring, into a transparent glass with a flat bottom filled with water. Light a candle and place it on the left side of the glass. Exactly at 12 o'clock at night on January 13, make a wish and look closely at the center of the ring. After some time, the water in the glass will become cloudy and an image will appear that will tell you whether it will come true or not.
- 5. You can find out whether your plan will come true or not on the morning of January 14th. At the entrance to the church it is necessary to count the parishioners. You need to count the first thirteen people. If there are more men, then the answer is positive; if there are women, the wish will not come true.
- 1. If the fortuneteller has an elevator in her house, then you can ask him about the fulfillment of wishes. In the evening of Old New Year, you need to go out onto the site, think of a question and wait for someone to call the elevator. If he goes up, the desired will come true, if down, it won’t come true.
- 2. You can also use your phone to cast a spell. You need to think of a question, concentrate and look at the phone. If you receive a call from a man in the near future, your wish will come true; if you receive a call from a woman, your wish will not come true. It should be noted that you should expect a call not only on January 13, but also on January 14.
- 3. The next ritual is suitable for lovers of sweets. It is often used for fortune telling specifically for the Old New Year. You should fill the glass with champagne. On the night of January 14, a minute before midnight, think of any wish and ask: “Will the wish come true?” Then throw a small piece of chocolate into the glass. If he drowns, the wish will certainly come true, then champagne must be drunk very quickly within 12 seconds. If not, then the answer is negative.
- You cannot say the word “thirteen” on holiday.
- On January 14, they don’t count change, it leads to tears.
- During the old New Year they do not lend money, otherwise the whole year can be spent in poverty.
- It is not recommended to take out the trash on January 14 so that happiness does not leave the house.
- A clear and starry sky predicts a generous harvest of berries.
- On January 14, you can shake fruit trees so that St. Basil will protect the gardens from pests. In the morning you need to go around the garden, reading the spell: “As I shake off (name) the white fluffy snow, so Saint Basil will shake off every worm-reptile in the spring.”
- The ancestors believed that on the Generous Evening, witches stole the moon from the heavens, but still could not stop the coming of the growing day.
- On the holiday, early in the morning, it was customary to cook Vasiliev’s porridge and monitor its preparation. If the porridge “escapes” from the pan or the pot in which it is cooked cracks, there will be trouble. In this case, the porridge along with the vessel was thrown into the hole. If it was cooked as it should be, they would definitely eat it all.
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Rituals and traditions
Generous evening is a holiday celebrated on the eve of the Old New Year (from January 13th to 14th). Many signs and rituals are traditionally associated with it, which allow us to lift the veil of secrets of the future. This is a time of rampant otherworldly forces. That evening, after sunset and until 12 o'clock at night, girls walked around the courtyards and gave generously, driving away unclean spirits with their singing and wishing their owners health, happiness and prosperity in the new year.
Suitable for city dwellers modern views fortune telling:
Folk signs for the Old New Year
There are many signs associated with this holiday that should be observed so that everything goes well next year:
From January 13 to 14, the New Year is celebrated according to the old style. The tradition of celebrating the Old New Year is associated with the Julian calendar, according to which our country lived until 1918. This tradition has not passed away also because Orthodox Church has not switched to the Gregorian calendar and celebrates its holidays according to the old style. It is January 14 according to the old style that January 1, 2016 occurs. The Old New Year is a rare historical phenomenon, an additional holiday that resulted from a change in chronology. Because of this discrepancy in calendars, we celebrate two “New Years” - according to the old and new styles.
Thus, on the night of January 13-14, everyone can afford to “pre-celebrate” their most favorite holiday. Indeed, for many believers, the Old New Year has special meaning, since they can celebrate it only after the end of the Nativity Fast. More and more people treat it as an independent holiday, which prolongs the charm of the New Year or allows them to feel this charm for the first time. After all, this holiday is calmer, it is not characterized by vanity, which is inevitable
According to popular belief Fortune-telling is considered to be the most accurate for the old New Year - on the night of January 13-14, although fortune telling can be done during all the days of Christmastide.
The people believed that on holy evenings ghosts, goblins, and spirits walk the earth. Therefore, this period was considered the most favorable for predicting fate, in particular marriage. The most popular method among village youth was fortune telling on various objects - even or odd. The paired number symbolized married couple, and unpaired - loneliness.
For example, they went out into the yard and collected firewood. Having brought them into the house, they counted whether the number was even or odd. For the same purpose, they clasped the boards in the fence. And again, an even or odd number meant either an imminent wedding, or vice versa.
The following custom was found almost everywhere: they poured a pile of grains in the middle of the house and let the rooster peck, and counted the rest. An equally common method of fortune telling was listening under the windows of neighbors' houses. If they talked calmly in the house - good omen, but if they swore or argued, married life promised to be turbulent.
In addition, according to legend, on the night of January 13-14, you dream prophetic dreams. To see her future husband in a dream, the girl took some kutya from the festive table and, wrapping it in a scarf, put it under the pillow. Here's another way to see your future spouse. You need to comb your hair with a clean comb at night and put it under the pillow with a fresh pillowcase. Before going to bed, you should imagine the image of the desired person. You can also put four card kings under your pillow. At the same time, you need to say: “Who is my betrothed, who is my mummer - dream about him in a dream.” The betrothed will be dreamed of in the form of some king.
You can resort to using a blank sheet of paper. Each girl (2-3 fortune tellers participate) crumples up a leaf and sets it on fire on a clean plate. A pile of ash and a residue of burnt paper is formed. Using a candle, you should create a projection of shadows on the wall. Looking at the shadows, you can see various pictures, images, symbols, according to which the future is interpreted.
Fortune telling for your betrothed using mirrors
They put two mirrors: one large, the other smaller, one facing the other; the smaller mirror should be closer to the fortuneteller. Place two candles between the mirrors and look through the top of the smaller mirror. It turns out to be a long corridor, gradually darkening in depth. They look into this deep part and after a while they begin to see there various items, by which the future is determined.
It is better to tell fortunes in a non-residential building or in an attic, with your hair down and without a belt. At the beginning of fortune-telling they say: “The betrothed-mummer! Come and have dinner with me!” Sooner or later, the betrothed appears in the mirror. Then you need to say: “Cheer me!” The vision will disappear. If you don’t have time to do this, your betrothed may jump out of the mirror and then a misfortune will happen.
Fortune telling “When will I get married?”
The girls lower wooden marked spoons into a tub filled with water and swirl the water. Whose spoon leaves the edge of the tub, that girl will certainly get married this year.
They also tell fortunes about the name of the future groom. At midnight the girls go to the crossroads. Here everyone asks the name of the first man they meet - it will be the name of the betrothed. By the way, modern girls tell fortunes a little differently. At the crossroads they pick up mobile phone, dial any number, and if a man answers the phone, ask for his name, which presumably will be the name of the groom.
You can also find out who the future groom is by the barking of a dog. They say: “Bark, bark, little dog, find out, find out, betrothed.” A hoarse bark means an old man, a loud bark means a young man, and a muffled bark means a widower or divorcee.
Fortune telling by ring for the number of children
At night, pour water into a mug, put a ring in it and leave it outside. The next morning they go out and look: if the ice formed in the mug is smooth, without depressions or bumps, the fortuneteller can live without children. If tubercles have formed on the ice, there will be sons; if depressions, there will be daughters. Be sure to count the number of depressions and tubercles - as many as there are, there will be as many children.
They also used books to guess about the future. It is best to take a book of spiritual content. Without opening it, you need to guess the page number and the line at the top or bottom, open it and read it in the indicated place. They interpret what they read, as a rule, in accordance with what interests the fortuneteller most - wealth, travel, marriage, health, etc.
With the help of fortune telling, you can also find out what the weather will be like in the new year. To do this, you need to take 6 onions and cut each into two parts. Each slice is one month. Then sprinkle the onion with salt and leave overnight. On which slice the salt is wet in the morning, those months will be rainy or snowy, and where not, those months will be dry.
Fortune telling by question
On New Year's Eve, go outside. With your back to the house, think of a question that can be answered yes or no. Turn around and count how many windows in the house are on fire. An even number means the answer is “yes”, an odd number means “no”.
Rice fortune telling
Place rice on a flat surface. Wet your palm with water. Make a wish and place your wet hand on the rice. Count how many grains of rice are stuck to your palm: an even number promises the fulfillment of a wish.
Dumplings with a surprise
This dish has already become a kind of tradition associated with fortune telling on this night. After all, such dumplings are prepared primarily in order to find out what to expect in the new year.
The main filling for dumplings is usually cottage cheese or potatoes with fried onions. You can use the filling with Adyghe cheese. But you can fill dumplings with anything. And, of course, don’t forget to add surprises to them. It all depends only on your imagination or the traditions established in your family. To make the dumpling “edible”, surprises can be wrapped in foil.
Dumplings with Adyghe cheese
Ingredients:
flour - 450 g,
milk - 50 ml,
water - 150 ml,
vegetable oil - 2 tbsp. spoons,
salt - 1 teaspoon.
Filling:
Adyghe cheese - 600 g,
egg - 1 pc.,
salt - 0.5 teaspoon.
Preparation: First you need to prepare the dough for dumplings. Sift the flour, pour water into the milk, heat it up a little. The dough can be prepared in a bread machine, in the dough kneading mode, or by hand. Pour the flour onto the table in a heap, make a well in the middle, crack an egg into it, pour in water, milk and add salt. After this, we carefully begin to knead. During the kneading process, you need to add vegetable oil. The longer you knead the dough, the more elastic it will be. After the dough becomes homogeneous and elastic, put it in a deep glass or porcelain bowl, cover with a damp cloth and let stand for half an hour - forty minutes.
While the dough is resting, prepare the filling. Grate the cheese, add an egg, if the cheese is unleavened, add a little salt. The filling is ready!
After this, roll out the dough for dumplings into sheets, add filling and surprises. (We make only a small part of the dumplings with surprises, the rest with the usual filling.)
Cook the dumplings in a large amount of boiling water and be careful not to boil too much, otherwise all the surprises will remain at the bottom of the pan. Pour butter on top and place sour cream next to it. Serve the dumplings in one large bowl so that everyone can take control of their own destiny.
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