The best baptism fortune telling: how to find a groom and find out your destiny. When is it possible and when not to guess? Christmastide fortune telling about fate
Once on Epiphany evening the girls wondered: a shoe is behind the gate,
they took it off their feet and threw it...
Today is another magical night, during which we need to have time to find out everything that we have not yet managed to find out when we arranged Christmas and other fortune-telling - the name of the betrothed, when we will get married and other necessary information!
So, let's start fortune-telling, and let all the most secret things be revealed and certainly come true!
Betrothed's name
We take several pieces of paper, write men's names on them and put them in the hat. We pull at random and find out what the betrothed's name will be. It is best to guess in this way in a large group of girls, then there will be more options, and if your friends have chosen you with a sense of humor, then the options will be funny. How do you like your betrothed Aristarchus or Eulampius, for example?Wedding date
If the name of your betrothed does not scare you away, you can tell fortunes about how soon you will get married.Option 1.
Take a gold ring and a small piece of black cloth. Roll the ring on the fabric, saying, “I’ll roll the ring around the city, and then I’ll go get that ring and get to my dear one.” When the ring stops, mark where it stops. After all the friends have rolled the ring, we look at the marks. Whose ring stopped first, that girl will get married first. But you still got the name Aristarchus, so it’s not really a shame that the mark was furthest away!
Option 2.
Take a ribbon and a piece of bread. We put them in empty pot. We blindfold ourselves and take the first thing that comes into our hand. If you get a ribbon in your hand, wait for the matchmakers soon. And if you spread bread with a thick layer of butter and eat it, you don’t have to be afraid of gaining weight, you won’t be getting married in the near future.
Fortune telling for the whole year
To find out at once what the coming year has in store for you, take 6 glasses and put sugar, salt, bread, a coin, a match and a ring in them. Blindfold yourself and choose a glass at random. What's in the glass, this is the year that awaits you, namely:Sugar - a successful and happy year
Salt - a sad year filled with tears
Bread is a well-fed life
Coin – financial well-being
Match – addition to the family
Ring - marriage
Fortune telling with money
A very simple fortune telling that does not require special preparations. You will need three plates and a coin. While someone is hiding a coin under one of the plates, you leave the room. If you guess which plate the coin is under the first time, expect a significant improvement in your well-being this year. Perhaps your fiancé Aristarchus will bring it to you!
Fortune telling the gender of the unborn child
Take the ring and lower it on a string into a glass of water. We carefully monitor the movements of the ring. If it starts to swing like a pendulum, well done, Aristarchus, he will make you an heir! If the ring rotates in a circle, expect a girl.
The people believed that at dusk on January 18, the most reliable fortune-telling could be done, because it would be the last one on these Christmastides (after Epiphany, “torturing fate” was categorically forbidden). Christmastide is two weeks of winter holidays, starting with Christmas Eve (06.01) and ending with Epiphany (19.01). Read further in the material about what proven fortune telling for Epiphany 2018 there are.
It was believed that it was a decisive time when one could guess at the distant future: “On the night of Epiphany the sky opens” (although many attribute this to). The last dates of this period are dedicated to the memory of the gospel events of the birth of Christ and his baptism in the Jordan. According to East Slavic beliefs, God, rejoicing at the birth of his son, releases from the “other world” both the souls of the dead and evil spirits to walk around the world.
The werewolf “Fire Serpent” is especially dangerous on Epiphany night, appearing to girls in the form of a handsome young man. They say that if the “Fire Serpent” falls in love with a girl, this love is incurable forever. “If you don’t love, you will love; without praising, you will praise,” old women warn young girls about the appearance of a handsome man. “He, the villain, knows how to deceive the soul. He knows how to speak. He, merciless, will play with a girl’s heart, he will drown the girl in hot embraces. From his kisses the girl burns with a ruddy dawn. Without him, the girl sits in melancholy, without him she dries herself out...” You can protect yourself from the handsome werewolf by drawing a cross on the doors or pouring snow collected on Epiphany evening onto the stove mantel.
But in the absence of stove burners in modern apartments We advise you to wash your face with snow water in the morning on the day of Epiphany: according to the superstition, this makes them “white without white, and ruddy without rouge.” You can not limit yourself to washing, but try swimming in an ice hole. It has long been a custom in Rus' to swim in an ice hole on Epiphany, despite the fact that Epiphany frosts were considered the most severe.
How do Epiphany fortune telling predict the future? Why can you see the past from them and how do they look into the souls of people, guessing the thoughts and feelings of both those present and those far from us? Why, when wondering about a distant friend, do you have such a clear idea of what is going on in his soul? All these questions have no answer. We believe in fortune telling and entrust our destiny to them in order to receive truthful answers to our questions.
Fortune telling at Epiphany:
1.
Take 6 small glasses and pour some water into them. You put something in the cups one by one (so that each cup contains something) - salt, sugar, a piece of bread, a piece of money (coin), a ring, a match.
Salt - for tears, sadness...
Sugar - sweet life, lucky year
Bread - grainy, well-fed life in the year
Money - to money in the year
Ring - marriage\marriage in the year
Match - to the child.
Then, one by one, they blindfold themselves and come up and choose a glass. What they pull out is a forecast for the coming year!
The most truthful thing is the first time, you can pull it out the second time - it’s like the background of the year.
Almost everything comes true for me!!!
2. One of the most common methods is to throw a shoe out of the gate. But since the gates are not very good now, and who might be behind the gates is unknown, this method is rarely used. Previously, it was possible to know with certainty which direction the betrothed would come from.
3. Eavesdropping. Climb under your neighbors window and listen. If they have a showdown with breaking dishes, it will be a year, you know what. If there is silence in the house, your year will be harmonious.
4. Fortune telling by dreams.
They place a comb or the king of diamonds under the pillow and wish that the betrothed will appear in a dream. If a girl really wants to get married, she will certainly dream of someone. 
5.
At the time when everyone has left, the girl takes a broom or broom and begins to sweep the room. Each time, swinging to the right, she says a prayer, and swinging to the left, she utters a curse with the name of evil spirits. Then he makes a line with coal in the middle of the floor and stands to the right, that is, to the place marked with prayer. Then he says the following: “Betrothed-mummer, appear before me like a leaf before the grass.”
6. Fortune telling with fir branches for Epiphany 2018. Before midnight, prepare a medium-sized mirror and several spruce branches. Before going to bed, place a mirror under the bed and place fir branches around it. Write your deepest desire on the mirror. If the inscription on the mirror disappears in the morning, then your wish will definitely come true.
7. Fortune telling for true love for Epiphany 2018.
The more specific the question is, the more accurate the answer you will get. Therefore, the question needs to be formulated clearly. Otherwise, you can get confused and even do harm.
A simple rule for simple questions: phrase the question so that it can be answered (mentally) with “yes” or “no.”
Try to translate all negative questions into positive ones: not “how can I get him back?”, but “is it worth returning him?”; not “what will hinder me?”, but “what will help me?”.
Another recommendation: don’t ask the cards stupid questions. The question should be clear to the cards.
1. Take a deck of 36 cards and think about your loved one from the very beginning of fortune telling. You shuffle a deck of cards.
2. Place six cards face down in front of you from left to right. Under this row, lay out six more cards (also open). 
3. If in the resulting solitaire game two cards of the same value are placed diagonally, then immediately remove them from the layout. Place new cards from the deck on the remaining spaces (starting from the top row from left to right). If they are of the same value, then remove them again.
4. Lay out the third row, remove the extra cards. Then - the fourth, fifth, etc.
5. Afterwards, assemble the entire deck again, starting from the end. Then repeat steps from 2 to 5 again, BUT - the row must be made of five, then four, three and two cards.
6. Count the number of remaining pairs of cards. Their meanings:
One couple - the hidden friend of the heart wants to marry you. All you have to do is not miss your chance.
Two couples - he loves you and, most likely, madly!
Three pairs - he likes you.
Four couples - he misses you.
Five pairs - he's thinking about you.
Six pairs - CHANGES!
Seven couples - unfortunately, he’s not thinking about you now. Maybe you can tell your fortune for him another time?
8. Fortune telling on straw
The girls stood with their backs to the sweeper and selected one of the straws hanging from above, throwing back their heads. The straw you liked had to be firmly grasped with your teeth and carefully pulled out. If there was an ear at the other end, it means that the girl will marry a rich man, but if the ear breaks, it means she will grieve with the poor man all her life. Therefore, we tried to pull the straw slowly so that the ear would not break.
It was possible to tell fortunes using tangled straw. Several girls got together and kneaded and fluffed up a heap of straw brought into the house. A straw ball was placed on the table, and a frying pan with water was placed on it, with a stone at the bottom. Then each girl drew her own straw. This was not so easy to do, because all the straws were very twisted and difficult to pull out. The straw rustled, water splashed over the edge, and the stone scraped along the bottom of the pan. The girls listened to these strange sounds and guessed human speech in them. 
In a large and noisy company, fortune telling with straw was different. The fortuneteller took an even number of straws (at least six) and tied them into a bundle. Then he tied the ears of grain at one end in pairs, and the butts of straw at the other. Then they untied the bundle in the middle and looked at what happened. If the straws connected in pairs formed a continuous ring, great luck awaited the fortuneteller. If an open chain or several separate rings came out, then expect troubles in the new year.
9. Incense fortune telling for Epiphany 2018
Fortune telling should be done alone.
At about 12 o'clock, lock the door, lower the curtains, lay out a clean tablecloth, place two cutlery on the table, light a candle, sit at the table in front of one of the cutlery, put a piece of incense on both plates and begin to read the fortune-telling spell, while right hand Now from one device, now from another, take a piece of incense on the table, and place the other under the pillow. Go to bed, the dream will be prophetic: what you were wondering about, you will see.
They get along with incense in church,
At home, illness rules them,
On Epiphany they make fortunes for him.
Incense, incense, that would be okay
You can tell fortunes, find out the whole truth.
How are you, Ladan-father,
Pure, holy and honest, so
And my dream be true. Amen.
The surest thing, despite all kinds of fortune-telling and predictions, is to come to church, light a candle and say: “Lord, if there is a soul mate of mine that pleases you, let it be with me” or “Lord, remove all the unnecessary ones and send the one who is needed.” And this soul mate will definitely come and show up. Even if it means you have to wait a little. 
If the groom’s problem is not the only thing that worries you, or you have also been married for a long time, then you can get answers to the most pressing questions.
To do this, you need to tie a ring to a thread, take the thread by the other end and, resting your elbow on the table, hold the ring over the candle flame and mentally ask him any questions. If the answer is affirmative, the ring will swing towards you - away from you, and if negative - from right to left.
The feast of the Epiphany is associated with people's Rus' There are many beliefs related to the fate of man.
10.How to draw your happiness?
Do the following on the waxing moon for nine nights in a row.
Light a red or scarlet candle. On a piece of red colored paper, write your full name starting from the bottom of the sheet. Above your name, write the full name of the person you want to seduce and bewitch, write his or her date of birth even higher, and finally, on the top line, your date of birth. Draw a heart around the lettering so that all the names and dates are written inside the design. Above, above the heart, write the names and dates of birth again in the same order. Repeat this three times in succession. You will end up with a design of three hearts, one on top of the other, and six repeated inscriptions of names and dates. Don't forget that you need to write and draw from the bottom up. Then crumple up the leaf and set it on fire in a candle flame. Place the burning leaf on a saucer or ashtray.
While it's burning, say three times:
Burn, shining flame,
red fire is the color of desire.
Watch the light for 10-15 minutes or more, thinking about the purpose of your witchcraft. Then extinguish the candle without blowing it out. On the last, ninth night, leave the candle to burn out.
Behind is Christmas Eve, Christmas, New Year, Christmas time, Epiphany is coming...
The Feast of the Epiphany ends Christmastide. This day commemorates the baptism of Jesus Christ by John the Baptist in the waters of the Jordan River. This holiday is also called Epiphany, because during the baptism of Jesus Christ, a dove - the Holy Spirit - flew from heaven and the voice of God was heard, saying that Jesus Christ is His beloved Son.
At Epiphany, water is blessed in churches. Orthodox Christians have long had a custom of bringing home holy water and storing it carefully. This water is considered healing, they drink it, wash their faces with it, and sprinkle their homes with it.
In ancient times, Epiphany was considered a turning point. That evening we hoped for the best, made plans, made wishes. “On the night of Epiphany the sky opens,” people said. And of course, no Epiphany Christmas Eve was complete without fortune telling. Any fortune-telling has at all times been condemned by the church, since the fortune-teller temporarily entrusts his soul to evil spirits. It is for this reason that fortune telling was timed to coincide with 12 o'clock at night. The next day, on Epiphany, they necessarily plunged into the ice hole, thus washing away their sins.
Today, nothing has changed, and many girls also cannot resist the temptation to find out their fate. On a frosty Epiphany night, beautiful girls gather at one of their friends’ houses and begin to tell fortunes.
Fortune Telling for Baptism
❦ Fortune telling with a shoe
This is the most famous and widespread type of fortune telling. This is how our great-great-grandmothers used to tell fortunes in the villages. Take the shoe off your left foot and throw it behind the gate (you can through the window). If after this you are lucky and you find discarded shoes, carefully look at how they are lying. If your toe is towards home, it means you won’t get married this year.
❦ Fortune telling with rings and grains
Let each of your girlfriends fortune telling with you bring rings made of a different metal. Take an opaque container, pour grain or cereal into it and hide the rings there. Mix thoroughly. Each of you must take a handful of grain, and by which ring she gets along with the grain, you can judge her future.
For example, a copper ring means that the girl will marry a poor man young man, silver - for a simple guy from a good family, a ring with a stone - for a wealthy person, and gold - for a very rich person. If you hit your ring, it means your fulfillment will come true. cherished wish. If there is nothing in the handful, then there will be no changes in the new year.
❦ Fortune telling using a ring, bread, brush and tobacco
Take 4 identical opaque cups, put a ring in one of them, a piece of bread in the second, a brush in the third, tobacco in the fourth and cover them with paper. Mix the cups and choose one of them. Look inside the cup: bread - for wealth, a ring - the groom will be a dandy, a brush - a simple man, tobacco - the husband will be found smoking.
❦ Ring in water
Take an ordinary glass with a smooth bottom without any designs. Pour three quarters of water into it and carefully lower it to the middle of the bottom wedding ring after cleaning it first. Concentrate and look inside the lowered ring. Those who have a rich imagination claim that this way you can see the face of the future groom.
❦ Fortune telling with chicken
Buy a live chicken at the market and bring it home. Scatter it on the floor various items(a piece of bread, gold, silver and copper rings), immediately put a mug of water - and give the chicken freedom of choice. If she starts drinking water, it means that your husband, alas, will abuse alcohol; if she starts pecking at bread, she will find a sensible and wealthy husband. He will go to a golden object - to be a rich husband, he will choose a copper ring - you, poor fellow, will live your whole life with a lazy beggar. You can tell fortunes on a chicken either alone or big company. If there are a lot of people, everyone puts their own item. Whose goodness the feathered friend likes more, that girl will get married faster.
❦ Fortune telling under the window
At midnight, open the window in the house wider, and then sit down with your girlfriends in a row and take turns saying: “The betrothed! Drive past the window! After whose words some sounds are heard outside the window, she will be the first to get married.
❦ Fortune telling on a towel
Hang the towel outside the balcony at night. If by morning it is wet, then it’s a sign of marriage; if it’s dry, you’ll end up staying in your parents’ house.
❦ Fortune telling on burning paper
Write your lover's name on a piece of paper, place it on a plate and set it on fire. If the piece of paper does not burn completely, it means that the wish you associate with this person will come true.
❦ Fortune telling by snow
At midnight, take a handful of snow outside and throw it against the wind. If snow falls directly on you, your future husband will be young and handsome. If the snow flies to the side, then you should marry an old man.
You can also walk on fresh snow at night. If by morning no one crosses the tracks or tramples them, your life will be free. If it’s the other way around, you and your husband will argue for the rest of your life.
❦ Eavesdropping
At midnight, go with your girlfriends to eavesdrop under other people's windows. Anyone who hears a quarrel and swearing is waiting bad life in marriage, and the one who hears fun will not escape happiness.
❦ Fortune telling at the crossroads
At midnight, go out with your girlfriends to the crossroads and, having each made a wish about your future groom, draw a circle around you. Standing in it, listen: if you hear laughter and singing, then you will soon get married, if you hear crying, swearing and lamentations, then you should sit among the girls and shed tears.
❦ Fortune telling by dog barking
This method is suitable for those who definitely want to marry a foreigner. If you go outside at midnight, ask: “Bark, bark, little dog! Find out, find out, betrothed! — you definitely can’t avoid getting married to a foreigner from far abroad if, after listening, you can hear a dog barking somewhere in the distance. The louder the barking, the further away you are abroad. But if you hear a dog barking nearby, it means your betrothed lives on the next street.
They say that you can judge the age of the groom by the barking of a dog. A hoarse bark promises an old groom, and a ringing bark promises a young one.
❦ Fortune telling on a thread
Take threads of the same length with your friends and set them on fire. Whose thread burns out first will get married first. Whoever has less than half a thread is never destined to get married.
❦ Fortune telling with matches
Make a wish for a young man. On the sides matchbox insert two matches and light them. If the burnt match heads are facing each other, it means that the mysterious person is thinking about you and you will be together.
❦ Fortune telling with a needle
Write the names of the people you are interested in on paper and place the pieces of paper in a circle. Place the needle and thread in the middle of the circle. Hold the needle by the thread so that it rests freely on the table, resting on the very tip. In the direction of which name the needle swings and stops, that person is your destiny.
❦ Fortune telling with cards
A deck of cards will answer your most intimate questions. Mix them thoroughly and remove them with your left hand. Ask questions while revealing cards. If the card is red, then the answer is positive and your dream will come true, if it is black, it won’t. If the card is black and small, then there will just be slight disappointment. If it is black and large, great difficulties await you ahead. If the card is red and small, it means your wish will come true, but not exactly the way you would like. But if the card is red and large, everything will be fine.
❦ “My light, mirror, tell me...”, or fortune telling on mirrors
People have long noticed that fortune telling on mirrors is one of the surest ways not only to find out whether a girl will get married, but even to see her betrothed.
You should immediately warn that this activity is dangerous. It is believed that the mirror has the ability to release evil forces into the world of people.
Since ancient times, the mirror has been attributed mystical properties. Breaking a mirror means inviting death on someone.
You need to tell fortunes on mirrors at midnight, somewhere in a secluded room. The windows should be closed and curtained, the light should be weak and dim. It is better to tell fortunes in a non-residential area or in the attic. One girl with loose hair should guess; spectators can be present, but at a sufficient distance.
In Rus', mirrors were usually used to tell fortunes in the village so-called black bathhouse, since, according to beliefs, evil spirits live here.
❀ Fortune telling 1
In ancient times, girls used this fortune telling to see a very real gentleman. The girl explained to her parents and grandmothers, frightened by such a strange vision, that there was no real person, but a spirit, a ghost. Some believed.
Place two mirrors (one large, one smaller) opposite each other; the smaller mirror should be located closer to the fortuneteller. Light two candles between the mirrors. Say: “Betrothed! Come and have dinner with me!” — and look through the top of the smaller mirror. You'll see long corridor, little by little darkening in the depths. Look into the darkness - and after a while you will begin to see various objects there, by which you will determine your future. And sooner or later the future betrothed will appear in the mirror. You must overcome your fear and try to get a better look at this person. Then you need to throw a handkerchief prepared in advance over the smaller mirror as quickly as possible and shout loudly: “Forget me!”
They say that an evil spirit can slap a girl who is “not over-the-top” with a good slap on the wrist, the traces of which will not go away until the wedding.
❀ Fortune telling 2
Place two mirrors (one large, the other small) opposite each other, light a candle between the mirrors. Sit so that, looking at large mirror, you saw 12 reflected small mirrors in it. Quickly say the cherished words: “Betrothed! Show yourself in the mirror!
The reflection of a young man should appear in the last, twelfth, mirror. Don’t lose your head in fear, but carefully examine his facial features and clothes. As soon as you shout: “Out of this place!” - the image should disappear.
If no image appears in the mirror, it means that you are not in danger of getting married soon.
❀ Fortune telling 3
Cut an apple into 9 equal parts and, standing in front of a mirror, eat eight of them. Throw the last slice over your left shoulder. At the same time, the betrothed should appear in the mirror.
❀ Fortune telling 4
Go out to the crossroads at night, taking a mirror with you. Draw circles around yourself, peering intently into the mirror, say: “Mummer, come to me along the path and along the white snowball.” And if you are destined to get married soon, you will see your betrothed walking towards you along the road, you will hear the ringing of bells or cheerful singing.
❀ Fortune telling 5
Before midnight, prepare a medium-sized mirror and several fir branches. Before going to bed, place a mirror under the bed and place spruce paws around it. On the mirror, write the name of the person you are thinking about, or your deepest desire. When you wake up in the morning, look: if the inscription on the mirror has disappeared, then your wish will definitely come true or you will soon get married. If the inscription remains on the mirror, then the wish will not come true, and your sweetheart will never be with you.
❀ Fortune telling 6
When the moon shines brightly in the sky, take small mirror, stand near the window and position the mirror so that the month is reflected in it. Take a close look at it. After some time, several months should appear in the mirror. How many months you count in the mirror, how many close relatives your future husband will have.
❀ Fortune telling 7
Place a glass decanter with water on the table, and lighted candles on three sides of it. Place a mirror behind the decanter and look into it through the decanter. What you see in the mirror will come true.
The great holiday, which is traditionally celebrated on January 19, is considered very powerful, and all Epiphany fortune-telling is considered completely truthful. Moreover, the laziest don’t even need to do anything, just mentally ask a question before going to bed, which will definitely be prophetic. And for those who are interested in various rituals, an exciting night awaits, full of secrets and curious knowledge.
Rules for conducting rituals
If a girl decides to perform the ritual, then she should know about some rules that are characteristic of almost all fortune telling:
- the ideal place for the event would be non-residential premises: bathhouse, barn, canopy, attic, or at least a room with access to a balcony;
- when leaving home, you cannot tell anyone exactly where you are going;
- there should be no animals, especially cats, in the room where the ceremony is performed;
- a fortune-telling girl must take off her belt, crosses, untie all the knots on her clothes, and let down her hair;
- if fortune telling is carried out during sleep, then a candle is placed at the head of the bed;
- It is best to wait until it gets dark, when the lights come on in the windows.
These rules are decades old, and even if today they are not treated with such credulity as before, you still shouldn’t ignore the instructions of grandmothers, because they definitely knew more than us.
Did you know?The most truthful type of fortune telling in the 18th-19th centuries was considered fortune telling with a crystal ball. However, only representatives of the aristocratic nobility could use such a service, since the salons were quite expensive.
Fortune telling on the night of Epiphany for the betrothed
For young girls, there is no more interesting question than the question of their future husband. They look out for their betrothed in mirrors, dreams, and even in reflections on water, although besides this there are many other ways to find out about their soulmate. Let's look at some of them.
On a shoe (boot)
This is probably one of the most ancient and widespread ways to find out from which side the groom will come to the bride. All that is required of the girl is to take off one shoe (or boot) and, leaving the threshold of the house, throw it over herself into the street. Wherever the toe of the shoe is turned, in that direction she will get married. If the shoe rests its toe against a building or another obstacle, you shouldn’t wait for matchmakers this year.
In a dream
To ensure that your betrothed comes to you during sleep, before going to bed, comb one side of your head and leave the other side uncombed, saying, “My betrothed, mummer, comb my hair.” According to legend, on the night of January 19, many women actually saw their future husbands.
Another version of “sleepy” fortune telling requires constructing a well from sticks or simply placing a container of water under the bed. The fortune-telling girl takes any key and pretends that she is locking the well, after which she puts the key under her pillow, saying: “Betrothed, come and water your horses, but don’t forget to ask me for the key.”
Mirrors and candles
Fortune telling at Epiphany using mirrors and candles is considered the most mystical, because you never know exactly what will appear in the mirror. If you take this ritual too seriously or are particularly impressionable, then it is better not to resort to it, otherwise what you see in the reflection may scare you.
When preparing for fortune telling, it is necessary to place two mirrors in parallel so that the reflecting sides are directed towards each other, and place candles between them on both sides so that they form an illuminated corridor.
After some time, at the end of the resulting tunnel, the same narrowed one will appear, although you never know exactly who will appear from the magical world. Considering the mystical power of mirrors, you need to be very careful with them so as not to accidentally disturb the dark forces.
Finding a stranger
The simplest and most harmless fortune telling. In order to find out what her husband's name will be, the girl leaves the house and asks the name of the first man she meets. According to folk beliefs, her betrothed will be called exactly the same, and it is quite likely that he will even look similar to the stranger he met.
Walnut shell boat
Another way to find out the name of your future spouse is based on the use of nut shells. Pour water into a small container and place a shell with a small candle inside. Along the edges of the selected bowl, place pieces of paper folded in half with writing on them. male names and move the spoon around the makeshift boat three times in the water (counterclockwise). After this, you need to light a candle and see which leaf the shell will float to. 
Important!You should drive through the water as carefully as possible so as not to touch the shell with a spoon, otherwise the fortune telling will be considered untrue.
Fortune telling
Besides unmarried girls, I want to know my future and married women, and sometimes even men. Of course, fortune telling for your betrothed in this case will be inappropriate, so we offer you the following group of possible rituals that will help you find out the fate of a person.
On a chain
Gold jewelry has always been endowed with special mystical powers; many powers were attributed to them. It was believed that gold could evoke feelings of love and even tell about the near future of its owner, since it was imbued with its energy while worn. That is why fortune telling on a gold chain was relevant back in the days of our grandmothers. 
This ritual is best performed late at night, when everyone in the household is asleep. The fortuneteller needs to sit down at the table and take the chain and rub it in his hands for a while (you should feel warm). After this, hold the jewelry in the fist of your right hand, shake it and throw it on the table. The product must form into a certain figure, which they try to interpret.
Interpretation options may be as follows:
- circle - difficulties awaiting a person in the near future, a problem that is difficult to solve;
- a solid, even stripe - symbolizes luck in the near future;
- tangled ball - life difficulties, possibly illness;
- triangle (appears infrequently) - huge success in any endeavor, in particular in amorous affairs;
- bow - a harbinger of an imminent wedding;
- snake - a warning about possible betrayal on the part of loved ones or acquaintances, so next year you should not particularly trust anyone;
- your heart is a sign that you are loved, and this love can bring peace and tranquility to your soul.
Important!Before you start fortune telling, be sure to remove the cross, icon or other religious symbol from the chain and draw a circle around you with it.
Mirror and carafe with water
A very simple fortune telling that does not require much preparation. To carry out the ceremony, you only need a glass decanter with water, candles lit on three sides of it and a mirror located behind the vessel. You need to look into this mirror through the decanter, and what you see there will come true in the near future. 
7 glasses
In this case, you will need 7 identical glasses and symbol objects placed on them. For example, salt will mean sadness and tears, sugar - a sweet life, bread - satiety, a coin - material well-being, a ring - a quick marriage, a match - the birth of a child, a grain - hard work.
After this, close your eyes and swap the glasses so that it is difficult to determine their contents. By choosing one of them on a whim, you will receive a prediction for the entire next year.
Spruce branches and mirror
Before midnight on January 18, prepare a medium mirror and 3-4 spruce branches. Before going to bed, all this needs to be placed under the bed, but only so that the branches are on all sides of the reflective object. On top of the mirror surface you should write your most cherished desire (you can use a marker), and if in the morning it disappears or is barely visible, then you can hope for the speedy fulfillment of your plans. 
Fortune telling on straw
This Epiphany fortune-telling is not particularly suitable for urban conditions, but once upon a time it enjoyed considerable popularity in villages. The girl who wanted to find out her fate had to stand with her back to the omelet and, throwing her head back, choose one of the straws hanging from the pile. The selected straw was tightly grasped with the teeth and carefully pulled out. If there was a spikelet on the other side, it means that prosperity with a rich husband awaited her ahead, and a bare straw indicated poverty and life with a poor man.
In order not to break off the spikelet, they deliberately tried to pull it very slowly. As alternative option You can also tell fortunes using tangled straw. To do this, several girls need to get together and take a pile of straw and try to beat it as hard as possible. The straw is then thrown onto the table and a frying pan filled with water with a stone in the middle is placed on top.
Each girl takes turns pulling out one straw and trying to make out the sounds coming from the stone scraping the bottom of the frying pan. In the old days, in these strange sounds, our grandmothers distinguished ordinary words with parting words for the coming year. For a company of several people, such fortune telling on straw is also suitable.
The fortuneteller must take an even number of straws (at least six) and tie them into a tight bundle. At both ends, all the straws (with and without ears of corn) need to be additionally tied in pairs, so that when you unravel the bundle you can see what happened. If the pairs have formed a solid ring, then next year the fortuneteller will experience success, but if they form a broken chain or a pair of separate rings, then he will have to prepare for trouble.
Fortune telling by wax
To predict fortune using wax, you will need wax candle and a small container of water. Light a candle and tilt it over the plate so that the wax drips onto the water, forming a certain pattern. 
Important!You can speed up the process by pouring a large amount of melted wax into a bowl at once so that it forms a pattern not on the surface of the water, but on the bottom of the plate itself.
Small droplets of melted wax foreshadow imminent wealth, and large figures should be interpreted by their shape and similarity to known objects. For example:
- fan - portends problems at work;
- grapes - promises good luck and prosperity in family life;
- mushroom - indicates good health and long years of life;
- dragon - achieving what you want, realizing your plans;
- a bell is news, and if all its edges are smooth, then it will be good, but if there are irregularities, bends and curvature, you should expect bad news (if there are several bell figures, you can judge that the fortuneteller has anxiety);
- leaf from a tree - next to the fortuneteller there are envious people weaving intrigues behind his back;
- monkey - betrayal, lies and the presence of falsehood in relationships with friends and acquaintances;
- pants are an upcoming life choice.
To do this, you need to hang the ring on a thread in the same way, only place it not over your stomach, but over your right hand, while holding it in your left. All fingers should be spread out, and the ring itself should first be passed three times between the index and thumb and only then placed above the center of the palm. If it spins in a circle, it’s a girl; if it moves from side to side, it’s a boy.
Once you understand what the jewelry does, place it between your fingers three times again and do the same. This continues until the ring stops moving over the hand. The number of times a woman moves, the number of children she will have.
Did you know? It is the man who is responsible for the sex of the unborn child, since a woman’s egg always carries only the X chromosome, while men’s eggs can be divided into X and Y chromosomes, which are responsible for the birth of a girl or a boy, respectively.
Sometimes the answer to the question “who will be born?” can be obtained in a dream. When you go to bed on the night of January 19, mentally ask your guardian angel. Whoever dreams is the one who will be born.
There is also a variant of similar fortune-telling, when the answer to the question posed to the angels is expected within a week, and you can find out about it not only during sleep. 
Handful of grain
Fortune telling on cereal grains is one of the simplest and most accessible at any time, so it is not surprising that on Epiphany night it becomes even more relevant. To find out how many children you will have, you need to mentally ask yourself this question, with an assumption about the number of kids, and then with your left hand take out liter jar a handful of cereals and count the grains. If there are an even number of them, then you guessed right, but if there is an odd number, you will have to try again.
Water mug and ring
Pour water into a regular mug (not to the brim, preferably a holy one), tie a thread (preferably red) to the ring and lower the decoration into the water, while mentally asking yourself the question: “How many children will I have?” Now carefully take it out and place it next to the wall of the cup, holding it by the thread. The ring will move and lightly knock on the edge of the container; the number of times it touches, the number of babies the woman will have.
To believe or not to believe in all these fortune-telling is a personal matter for everyone. But you should not take them too seriously; it is better to treat them as entertainment - and then if the prediction does not correspond to reality, you will not be disappointed.
Video: fortune telling on Epiphany night
At Epiphany, all water, including tap water, can become holy. Therefore, it is enough to take consecrated water into a jar and close it tightly. In case of illness, they drink illuminated water and consecrate their homes with it, so that peace and love reign in them. The purity of holy water has not been scientifically proven, but studies have shown the absence of harmful microorganisms in it.
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On the eve of Epiphany, strict fasting is observed on Epiphany Eve. A traditional family dinner begins with a dish of rice, honey and raisins - luscious. The main tradition is swimming in an ice hole. The water in it is first blessed. This procedure helps to get rid of diseases.
Traditions and signs
On the last day of Christmastide (from Christmas Eve to Epiphany Eve) - Epiphany Eve, strict fasting is observed. The main dish on the table is sochivo, similar to kutya, the remains of which are poured out to chickens in the villages. At the table the whole family behaves calmly. The head comes to the window with a spoonful of kutya and says: “Since the frost does not come to the treats, then let it not come to the harvest.”
This evening the water in the church is blessed. The evening is considered dangerous for evil spirits to enter the house. After the prayer service, believers marked the doors and windows in the house with a cross using chalk or a candle stub.
Swimming in an ice hole is a long-standing tradition. Holy water protects against illness and gives strength, but the clergy themselves believe that such a ritual can only be done absolutely healthy people, like the post. However, there are no rules for diving into an ice hole. Most people dip their heads three times. Before each dip you need to cross yourself and say: “In the Name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit.”
In addition to water, snow is also sacred. Young ladies melted it and washed themselves with this water on the morning of January 19th. Young girls were so eager to be beautiful. This water gave them a natural blush and whitened their face.
| Sign | Meaning |
| Go through the baptism ceremony | To a prosperous and happy life |
| Can't wash clothes | Since on the day of January 19, water in any body of water, including from the tap, is considered holy water, it is sinful to wash with such water. |
| Barking dogs | For rural residents, dogs that often bark at Epiphany judge a lot of game in the forests for hunting. The sign promises material well-being for a city dweller |
| Matchmaking/engagement | To a long and happy family life |
| Healing with holy water | Drink holy water for a speedy recovery. On this day, not only people, but also animals are treated |
| More grain for chickens | Feeding chickens grain from the heart - to good harvest in autumn |
Epiphany fortune telling
Fortune telling for Epiphany is not supported Orthodox Church. They have always been considered a connection with evil spirits. They have never been of interest to the adult population.
Young people told fortunes to have fun and forget about pressing matters. Basically, they sought to look into the future: to find out the name of their partner, when they would get married, and more.
Will there be a wedding?
For those who want to find out the name of their chosen one, it is enough to go outside. You can ask the name of the first person you meet. Meeting a young person is considered good luck, while an older person promises trouble.
Those who don’t want to go outside in the Epiphany cold can guess at home. Write several names on identical pieces of paper, wrap them and place them in a container. Mix thoroughly and select one piece of paper. What name is written - with that name there will be a chosen one. By analogy, you can find out age, zodiac sign and month of birth.
Young girls are always interested in the topic of marriage. In ancient times and now, in anticipation of love and care, they gathered in company in the house and told fortunes. To find out who will get married first:
- 1. Each girl had her own cut from a spool of thread. All are the same length. Folded neatly on a platter, they were set on fire at one end. Whose thread burns out first will be the first to get married. If the thread immediately goes out or less than half is burned, she will not marry.
- 2. On a piece of black velvet, they rolled a smooth gold ring in turn with the words: “I’ll swing the ring around the city! It will lead me to my sweetheart.” Each made a chalk mark where it stopped. Those who have gone further - prepare for the wedding. If the ring rolls outside the material, the girl will not get married.
- 3. Bread was placed in a box or deep plate and satin ribbon, the girl was blindfolded, and she pulled out the first object she came across. Bread - for matchmakers, ribbon - to remain a girl this year.
Married ladies performed such fortune-telling in order to find out who would become a mother first, who would be born: a boy or a girl, and other questions.
The betrothed-mummer
Every girl wonders what her future husband will be like. With the help of words and objects, you can make a dream with your future chosen one. There are 3 popular methods:
- 1. Place a clean comb under the pillow and say: “My betrothed, mummer, come to me in a dream, comb me.”
- 2. Eat salty food before going to bed and place a glass of water near the bed, saying: “My betrothed, mummer, come to me in a dream, give me something to drink.”
- 3. Place a kind of pillow of 4 cards - kings from the playing deck. At the same time say: “My betrothed, mummer, dream about me.”
Phrases are said several times to tune in to the appearance of a man’s appearance in a dream. In the method with cards, you should dream of a suit that will determine the appearance, social status or character traits of your future husband.
When you don’t see any of the cards, you can pull out any of them and interpret your fate yourself.
Near future
Pour a small amount of water into six identical glasses, glasses or cups. Add the following ingredients to each:
- salt;
- sugar;
- coin;
- ring;
- bread;
- match.
Anyone who wants to know what the next year will be like is blindfolded. The glasses are mixed together and allowed to choose. At the same time, salt promises tears and disappointments, sugar - good luck, a coin - financial well-being, bread - a well-fed year, a ring - a wedding, a match - the birth of a child. The correct one will be the one that came up the first time. Repeated fortune telling does not come true or is interpreted as the general background of the year.
Milk and wax
With the help of these products, they learned from the brownie what to prepare for this year. Melt the wax, pour the milk into a saucer and place it at the doorstep. With the words: “Brownie, my master, come to me to drink milk, eat wax,” pour the melted wax into the milk.
According to the shape of the frozen wax:
- cross - illness;
- flower - happiness, wedding;
- stars - good luck in work and study;
- beast - moving or flying.
Coffee grounds
Fortune telling on coffee grounds is considered the simplest and most accurate on the eve of Epiphany. To do this, you need to drink a cup of natural brewed coffee; instant coffee leaves no traces behind. After this, cover the cup with a saucer and carefully turn it over three more times. Remove the saucer and examine the symbols inside the cup.
Meaning of symbols
Card fortune telling
Cards are often used when telling fortunes about a loved one, about their future fate. There are not always special cards at hand, so it is enough to shuffle the deck of playing cards and draw them towards you with your left hand. The simplest fortune telling is based on desire. The deck of cards is shuffled, then roughly divided into 4 different piles by eye. In the first and each subsequent one you need to find aces. The more of them in the first pile, the higher the probability of the wish coming true. Using other layouts and ways to find out the future is possible only for those who know how to read the meanings of cards.
Gypsy cards are simple for fortune telling due to the fact that any meaning can be understood or read from the picture. On the eve of Epiphany, they are laid out in 4 rows of 9 cards. They find the card “Unexpected Joy” among them. This card marks a fortuneteller. To the left of it is his past, to the right is the future, the row on top speaks of providences, the bottom row speaks of obstacles.
Fortune telling with Tarot cards should be done on the night of January 18th to 19th or from January 19th to 20th. This time of day is recognized as the best for deals. For a beginner, two methods are suitable:
- 1. Answer a question based on one card: ask a question, pull out a card and read its meaning.
- 2. 9-3 card method: 9 cards are laid out in 3 rows. The top one means the past, the middle one means the present, the bottom one means the future.
When doing Tarot fortune telling, you need to be able to understand the meanings of the cards and connect them with each other.
Wish fulfillment
In addition to fortune telling, making wishes is popular. On the evening of January 18, before going to bed, write 12 wishes on paper. Put them under the pillow. The next morning, pull out any three. What is written must be fulfilled.
On the evening before Epiphany, bring a mirror from the street. Write a wish on it with your finger. Then put it under the bed and cover it with fir branches. If the recording disappears the next morning, the wish will come true.
Scatter a handful of small items on the table: seeds, cereal. Make a wish. Count the amount scattered: even - it will come true, odd - not destiny.
There are many ways to guess and find out your future. On the day of Epiphany, they had to wash themselves, washing away sinfulness of thoughts and connections with evil spirits during fortune-telling, with holy water. Most fortune telling is aimed at having fun at home and you should not take the results seriously. You only need to believe in good things, then they will come true.
