It has long been a tradition to fortune-tell at Christmas time, lasting two weeks, starting from Christmas, which falls on January 6, and ending with Epiphany, which is celebrated on January 19. Fortune-telling in January is the most truthful. At this time, predictions carry only good meaning, everything bad does not matter to the fortuneteller. If you believe knowledgeable people, everything that happens to you this year is predicted at this time.
It does not matter whether you believe in predictions or not, but there is no person who would not be interested in his future, and everyone knows about the peculiarities of fortune-telling before Baptism . In the old days, when paganism reigned in Russia, the ancestors of our people wondered about health, harvest, and the absence of drought for the whole year ahead.
Such a holiday as Kolyada also takes its roots from pagan times, since its symbol is the emerging sun. And only very recently, after Orthodoxy came to Russia, Kolyada changed its name to Christmas. It was then that fortune-telling began to be considered something negative and sinful.
Nevertheless, people both wondered and continue to guess - and these two weeks are used to immerse into the world of ancient magic rites and customs. So, here are some of them.
Fortune telling with felt boots
The date of this fortune-telling is January 13 , the celebration of the Old New Year. This is one of the most famous methods of fortune telling at Christmas time. Girlfriends gather in a small company at someone's house, take a felt boot and throw it from the porch onto the road. In this case, the direction of the sock will be the very indication of the side in which your future husband lives. Of course, these days, throwing boots is problematic, so they can be replaced with boots.
Fortune telling a rich groom
These fortune-telling is held on January 7th. To do this, you will need a bowl in which some items are placed. So, for example, ash means a bad life; sweet life will be lived by those who opted for sugar; the one who chose the ring is sure to get married this year; those who like the onion will spend a long time in tears; a glass indicates a fun life; and the golden ring is rich. After such fortune-telling in January, you can no longer doubt that your family life will go exactly the way you chose.
Dog divination
For this fortune-telling you need a dog, or rather its barking. It is by him that the age of the future groom is determined. The husband will be young and handsome, if the dog barking is sonorous and arrogant, if on the contrary, it is hoarse, then the groom will be at a respectable age and prosperous. With the help of such fortune-telling in January, the girls also found out whether they would marry this year or not. If the dog was never found, then walk them in the girls for a whole year.
Fortune telling with passers-by
The most popular fortune-telling method in January for young and unmarried girls. At midnight at Baptism, they go out into the street and ask the first person they meet for any name. So they will call the betrothed. It is also necessary to pay attention to the clothes of someone who is asked a question about the name. Good-quality clothing suggests that life with a person whose name the girl recognized will be in full abundance, but on the contrary, we can only hope for a proverb that says that it’s nice paradise and in a hut.
Fortune telling at the church
It is believed that if you go around the nearest church 12 times at midnight, single girls are lucky in love, and those who are unlucky in it will feel calmer after a new fan appears. You can find out whether or not this is possible only by trying this method.
If you are an ardent fan of Christmas time fortune telling, then, first of all, you need to remember one golden rule. If you have been guessed good, then it will certainly come true, not now, but a little later; if it’s bad, then you shouldn’t believe in it, otherwise you will bring trouble to yourself. Believing in your happiness is the main condition for participating in fortune telling.