Everyone knows about Epiphany fortune-telling, but few people know that already from the beginning of winter a magical time begins when you can look behind the veil of secrecy about your future. There are ways to make a wish not only for women, but also for men. To guess correctly, you need to know certain dates in December 2018 - January 2019. When are the right days?

Fortune telling in December

There are several days suitable for fortune telling in December. On some of them, both girls and boys are supposed to tell fortunes; on other days, the sacrament is revealed only to the female sex.

1. The time for fortune telling begins on December 7. He is patronized by Saint Catherine. She is revered both in the east and in the west. And if in the West she is considered the patroness of teaching, then in the East she is considered the protector of women during pregnancy and childbirth. In Rus', girls turned to her for help in finding a worthy groom. Also on this day, girls and boys went to church and asked for love and a soul mate.
2. A few days later comes St. Andrew's evening, named in honor of the Apostle Andrew the First-Called. In 2018, it falls at night from December 12 to 13. During this period, only girls make fortunes in an attempt to find out who their betrothed will be and when they will meet.

1. After this, it is time for fortune telling from December 16 to 17. This is St. Barbara's day. And again the main question is about the betrothed. But the way to find out your fate on this day is somewhat unusual. You will have to prepare the dumplings and make a mark on them. After this, all the treats from different girls are put into one dish and presented to promising suitors. Every girl watches with trepidation who will choose her dumpling, because it is this guy who will become her destiny.

Interesting! On St. Catherine's Day, the guys in the church lit a candle and asked: “For love, and not just for borscht.” This meant a request for love, for an intelligent and beautiful wife.

Fortune telling in January

The best day for fortune telling comes in January and falls on Epiphany, since the predictions on this day are the most truthful. But besides this, there is enough time to figure out your future.

Almost 2 weeks of fortune telling from January 6 to 18. This is the time from Christmas Eve to Epiphany. Everyone guesses and asks any questions. But we must remember that during this period, on certain “terrible evenings,” dark forces answer questions.

When in January 2019 will fortune-telling call on light forces, and when on dark ones? In the last days before Epiphany, from January 14 to 18, is the time of evil spirits. Good forces are giving way and there is a high probability of seeing evil spirits.

But already on the night of January 18-19, those who like to find out their fate will stock up on candles, mirrors and try to find out the future on the main night for predictions. What else is needed for fortune telling?

How to find out fate

How to do fortune telling correctly and what is needed for this? It all depends on the time, place and question asked.

The following methods are popular at Epiphany:

• With the help of a shoe. This is how they used to tell fortunes in the villages and continue to this day. The girl takes off her shoes from her left foot and throws them through the window or through the gate. Then you need to find the discarded item and see exactly how it lies: if its toe is turned towards the house, then the marriage will not take place this year.
• On rings and grain. Several girlfriends gather, each of whom brings a ring. It is important that the products are made of different metals. The rings are placed in an opaque container filled with grain. Each girl takes a handful of grain and looks at which ring she got. A copper one means marriage with a poor guy, a silver one - with a simple guy from a good family, a ring with a stone promises a wealthy betrothed, a gold one - with a very rich groom. If you come across your own jewelry, it means that your most cherished wish will come true. If there is no ring in the grain, then you should not expect changes this year.
• Using a ring and water. You will need a transparent glass with a smooth bottom and a cleaned wedding ring. Pour water into a glass and drop the decoration into it. After this, you need to look closely at the middle of the ring and if you are lucky, you will be able to see the face of your betrothed in it.

One of the most common fortune telling is on mirrors. It is also the most dangerous. Through the surface of the mirror you can let evil forces into this world. But they can also show the answer to the cherished question.

You need to adhere to several rules:

• fortune telling at midnight;
• in a dark room;
• alone;
• the windows are closed and the lights are dimmed;
• the girl lets down her hair.

Interesting! According to legends, evil spirits live in the village “black” bathhouse. Therefore, girls often went there to tell fortunes.

To carry out fortune telling, the girl takes 2 mirrors: one larger and the other smaller, places them opposite each other and lights 2 candles between them. A smaller mirror is placed closer to the fortuneteller. After this, the words are pronounced: “Betrothed-mummer! Come to me for dinner!”, and at this time you need to look in a large mirror over a small one. The outlines of various objects will appear in the darkness, and after them the future groom. You need to not be afraid and look at it as best as possible. After this, a scarf is thrown over the smaller mirror with the words “Keep away from me!” If these words are not said, then you can get a slap in the face from the groom, which will not go away until the wedding.

Fortune telling for Christmas from Alena Kurilova: video

To understand when fortune telling is happening in January 2018, you should turn to folk traditions. Everyone knows that the Orthodox Church has a negative attitude towards various kinds of fortune-tellers, magicians and fortune-telling themselves. But Slavic culture, during its development, still allocated a period of the year, which was used specifically for conducting various fortune-telling.

We are talking about Christmastide, which falls every year from January 6 to January 19. This is a two-week interval and a holiday between such major church holidays as Christmas and Epiphany. It was believed that this was the most favorable period to find out your destiny. Many people think that the ideal period for fortune telling in January 2018 is Christmas Eve before Christmas (January 6), but, in fact, from this day the entire period until January 19 is considered the most favorable.

About preparing for fortune telling

So, the time for active fortune-telling, which, as the people believed, shows the truth and will certainly come true, begins on January 6 and ends on January 18, Epiphany Eve. Every night during this period you can perform rituals; it is better to choose a time for this closer to midnight.

It is advisable to try to do everything calmly, turn off the TV and radio, concentrate on fortune telling, so that nothing distracts you. Before performing the ritual, it is recommended to wash and comb your hair, put on a clean shirt and be sure to remove all jewelry.

What kind of fortune telling is carried out on Christmastide?

Now it’s clear exactly when people are doing fortune telling in January 2018, all that remains is to choose for yourself what kind of fortune telling you can do. It all depends, of course, on the final goal. Some people want to know what their betrothed looks like, others think about when they will get married, have a child, or simply whether their wish will come true. We offer several different options for fortune telling at Christmas time, which were common in Rus' long before we were born. During this period, you can already think.

Fortune telling with wax

To perform this fortune telling, you do not have to be alone in the room. For many girls this is a big plus. However, you should always remember that any ritual of this type should be taken seriously. The fortune-telling girl fills a bowl with water, takes the candle in her hand and lights it.

You should wait until the wax melts a little, then pour the wax into a bowl of water and see what kind of figure you get. Perhaps it will be several figures. As is clear, to decipher this fortune telling you will have to use your imagination. But certain figures are more common than others, for example, a circle (ring, wreath) - this is a prediction of an imminent marriage. The shape of a coffin or a snake is considered a bad sign, but a winch or a mushroom are good shapes that promise success and good luck in the future.

It so happens that the wax does not fall into some large figure, but is represented by smaller ones. This is also a positive sign, which indicates good things financially in 2018. If the figure resembles an apple in outline, this is also a positive sign, indicating success and prosperity. If an egg appears, then according to this fortune-telling it is deciphered as a symbol of fears that have no basis.

Fortune telling for children

During Christmas time, when fortune telling is happening in January 2018, it is also customary to find out how many children there will be and what gender they will be. This ritual is relevant for those who are already married, and fortune telling for the betrothed has lost its relevance. To perform the ritual you need a glass of water. You will need to take it out into the cold at night, and take it home in the morning and see how the water has frozen.

The bumps on the surface of the ice indicate how many boys there will be in the family. Pits on the surface of the ice are a prediction about the number of girls in the family.

Fortune telling with a bow

Most often in Rus', as in modern Russia today, people used to tell fortunes about love. If this topic is relevant for you, then you can safely consider the following option of fortune telling. He will help girls make a choice if there are a lot of suitors hovering around and she just can’t decide to choose one of them.

The bulbs are taken according to the number of suitors, each symbolizing one person. You need to put the bulbs in containers with water and see which one germinates first. It is the guy with this name who is the ideal match for the girl.

With matches
This fortune telling will help a girl understand whether she is destined to be with the guy she likes the most. You need to take a new box of matches, take two matches out of it and put them in the corners of the box. Then light the matches at the same time (you first need to determine for yourself which match symbolizes you and which match symbolizes the guy).

If the couple has a future, then the matches will be drawn towards each other during the burning process. Otherwise, the matches will diverge in different directions when burning.

It is known when they guess

Who hasn't wondered at least once? Who wasn’t interested in looking into the future, lifting the veil of secrets and mysteries? Now it's Christmas week, so we decided to tell you how to tell fortunes during Christmas time. Having previously googled and asked our grandmothers, we armed ourselves with all sorts of “sacred” things to try out the ancient rites of fortune-telling. Well, what can I say, people are designed that way; they want to know what will happen. For a long time, humanity has been trying in every possible way to look into the future, it is impossible to find out what awaits us for sure, but we can reveal a little of the secrets with the help of fortune telling.

When can you guess in January?

With the onset of the holidays, the desire to find out what lies ahead becomes even greater, which is why during the holidays it is common to guess. The most favorable days for this:
— Night from December 31 to January 1 (New Year)
— Night from January 6 to 7 (Christmas)
— Night from January 13 to 14 (Old New Year)
— January 17 (Feklistov day)
- January 18 (Epiphany).

At first, only prophets and psychics were able to look into the future; now everyone can tell fortunes.

Fortune telling on New Year's Eve

On the main night of the year, an incredible atmosphere reigns around, and most importantly, powerful energy, which favors fortune telling. How can you look into the future?

• An unmarried girl should place the first piece of food from the festive table at the head of the bed and invite her betrothed to taste it. The groom will come in a dream.
• The future bride can also put kings from a card deck under her pillow; if the betrothed did not come in a dream, the card must be taken out at random in the morning.

Fortune telling at Christmas

They say that on Christmas night you have prophetic dreams, so their interpretation is the most reliable way to predict the future. In order not to forget a dream, it is better to write it down on a piece of paper immediately after waking up.

The most popular method of fortune telling at Christmas is fortune telling by shadows; this method does not require special preparation, you only need to use your imagination. To do this, take a large plate, set fire to a crumpled sheet of paper on it and move it all towards the wall. Then all that remains is to interpret the shadows seen on the wall. The main attribute of this kind of fortune telling is intuition, you just need to trust it.

Coffee magic

Surely you have once heard about fortune telling on coffee grounds. In order to look into the future with the help of this drink, you do not need any special skills. Just drink a cup of ground coffee, and then tip all the leftovers onto a plate so that the mass is distributed throughout the dish and patterns are formed. They are the ones worth deciphering. The most popular silhouettes are interpreted as follows:
- silhouettes of animals - to worry
- man - for a date
- buildings - to prosperity
- plants - to quarrels or travel

The most mysterious fortune telling

Fortune telling with a mirror evokes some fear, because it is intended for unmarried girls, and you need to tell fortunes alone at midnight.

To begin with, two candles are placed near the large mirror for illumination and a smaller mirror, so as to create the illusion of an endless corridor, while saying “Betrothed, dressed up, show yourself!” When a man’s silhouette appears in the reflection from behind, you need to look at it, and then say: “Out of this place!”

You can tell fortunes using a ring; you need to place it at the bottom of a glass filled ¾ with water, and then peer into the center in the light of candles, and the betrothed’s face will appear there. When doing fortune telling, remember that symbols can have many interpretations. You make your own destiny, the main thing is to believe in a bright future.

Yuletide fortune telling

There are a great many Christmas fortune tellings; every corner of Russia and other states of the Slavic people had their own ways of predicting fate. For you, the most interesting and not requiring special preparations fortune-telling for Christmastide. Christmastide lasts from Christmas Day (January 7) to Epiphany (January 19).

Fortune telling with threads. You need to cut the threads of the same length according to the number of fortune tellers and set them on fire at once from one candle. The girl whose thread burns out the fastest will be the first to get married. If someone’s thread goes out before it burns halfway, this means that this girl will never get married.

Fortune telling by matches. You need to insert two matches into the sides of the matchbox, identified with a guy and a girl, and then set them on fire. If the matches turned their heads towards each other, this meant that this pair would be together.

Snow fortune telling. At midnight you need to go outside and walk through the freshly fallen snow. If no one crosses the tracks before dawn, married life will be easy; if the tracks are trampled, you will have to live your whole life in quarrels with your husband.

At midnight you need to go outside and throw a handful of snow in the direction opposite to the wind. If snowflakes fall directly on you, it means that the husband will be young and handsome; if the snowflakes scatter to the sides, the husband will be elderly.

Girls throw a shoe or any other shoe over some obstacle (fence, gate, house threshold). The place of residence of the future husband is judged by the direction in which the sock points.

Fortune telling for the betrothed. At night before going to bed, you need to pour a small amount of water into a glass and dissolve a decent amount of salt in it (within reason), then drink the water and say the following: “Who is my betrothed, who is my mummer, give me a drink!” In a dream, your future spouse should appear and give you something to drink.

Before going to bed on one of the Christmas Eve evenings, put four card kings under your pillow and say the following: “Who is my betrothed, who is my mummer, I will dream about him in my dreams!” The betrothed will appear in a dream in the form of a king.

Before going to bed, you need to put a comb under your pillow and say the following: “Betrothed, mummer! Comb my head!” In a dream, your betrothed will appear and comb your hair.

Fortune telling on paper. For this fortune telling, you will need strips of paper of the same size, on which you need to write questions of interest and your desires. All strips are randomly placed in a wide bowl into which water is poured. The strips of paper will first swirl in a whirlpool and gradually float to the surface. The strip that comes out first means that what is written on it has a positive answer.

There is a method of eavesdropping that can help you get an answer to your question. You need to focus on it, go outside and secretly eavesdrop on other people’s conversations, which will turn out to be clues. A bad sign in this case is hearing quarrels and swearing.

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What days can you guess?

Professional fortune tellers do not adhere to any strict routine in their work, but people who are just beginning to comprehend the laws of the mystical world have many questions. On what days can you guess, and when should you refrain from doing so? It is worth considering that all the rules below are not dogma; rather, they are advisory in nature.

A smart bid for success

Communication with the subtle world is a rather labor-intensive process with an unclear result. How do you know if cards or other “means at hand” are ready to make contact and lift the veil over the foggy future? It is known that the right start of any business is half the success. That is why it is better to move from theory to practice on the waxing moon; it is at this time that the stars react favorably to the most unusual experiments and favor those who are looking for their own path.

For ordinary everyday issues (for example, in the “daily” layout on tarot cards or the “card of the day” on playing cards), you can “try your luck” at any time. Is it possible to guess on Monday? Without any doubt - especially if the object of interest is a young man. It is believed that every week has “women’s” and “men’s” days - and Monday belongs to the latter. It is also recommended to play so-called weekly solitaire games on Monday. It is best to ask questions to higher powers about the fate of lovely ladies on Wednesday or Friday.

Some practitioners give a negative answer to the question of whether it is possible to tell fortunes on Sunday. This prejudice is associated with the peculiarities of the Christian faith - the last day of the week is dedicated to God, this is a time of rest from any work (including magical ones). Also, you should not resort to pagan practices on major church holidays, primarily on Easter.

On the other hand, our ancestors knew for sure that there are several special days in the year when the line between the worlds becomes as thin as possible. At this time, it is much easier to receive reliable answers from higher spheres, ghosts, and spirits. When deciding which days are best for guessing, don’t miss Halloween, the period from Christmas to Epiphany (holy week), the decade before Ivan Kupala.

The innate magical abilities of most practitioners are heightened during the full moon. The New Year, St. Andrew's Night (December 13), and also any Friday if it falls on the 13th are shrouded in a special mystical flair.

When should you give up trying to know the future?

It’s not so important when you can guess. It is much more important to avoid taboo moments that are not related to the date or day of the week. The most important taboos for a fortuneteller are a state of acute stress, physical illness, alcohol or drug intoxication, and mortal fatigue. It is allowed to start fortune-telling only with a fresh mind, in excellent health and in a cheerful mood. Otherwise, the energy costs incurred may be too heavy a blow from which it will not be easy to recover.

Fortune telling on cards has practically no restrictions on the time of day. The cards will tell you the truth both day and night. But there are a number of rules by adhering to which you can most accurately see the answers to your questions. Therefore, listen to the advice of astrologers and soothsayers, which sounds something like this:

1. Monday, like Friday, is most conducive to laying out all kinds of combinations. These days, cards can't lie.
2. Saturday and Sunday are the times when the cards will not tell you the truth, so you shouldn’t even waste time on this.
3. Since love is a subtle matter under the auspices of Venus, it is best to conduct fortune telling on this issue on Friday evening. You can also use the lunar calendar and choose the day when the moon will be in the area of ​​influence of Taurus and Libra.
4. Under no circumstances should a woman begin fortune-telling during her period, since during these days a woman is extremely vulnerable to any influences of a magical nature. This can lead to unpredictable problems, ranging from outside influence to the introduction of a negatively minded entity.
5. Fortune telling after taking an alcoholic drink or drug is strictly prohibited. People of both sexes become just as unprotected as stated above.
6. You can receive the most accurate prophecies on Holy Days. This period is extremely favorable due to the thinning of the border between worlds. It is then that you will be able to almost directly contact higher beings who will treat you favorably and give you the most accurate information.
7. Just before the full moon or immediately after it, you can get very clear answers to your questions. Just be careful, because these days otherworldly entities are coming into force in our world and can provide information so deep that human consciousness cannot cope with it.
8. It is best to ask financial questions on days when the moon shines exactly at half light.
9. The distant future is the topic for fortune telling on Thursday.
10. Friday will help in fortune-telling on the topic of health, but in matters of finance this day can also bring a loss.
11. December 13th is the ideal moment to conduct fortune telling for your betrothed. People have long noticed this, which is why most folk fortune-telling for love is carried out on this day.
12. If you want to tell fortunes for those who are very distant from you, then the most favorable days for this will be the first days of autumn.
13. Fortune telling for children takes place most accurately in the spring. But remember, fortune telling for children or elderly people can change their future, so entrust this matter to a professional.
14. Apart from Holy Week, you cannot guess on church holidays. Be careful, purchase a church calendar and do not pick up cards on days marked in red.
15. Pregnant women are prohibited from guessing. This is argued by the fact that the greatest danger of magical influence falls on the baby.

Don't guess for those who have come to a turning point in their lives. At these moments, higher powers give us a test and it depends only on them whether they pass their exam. This can lead to frequent repetition of these situations, since a person at such moments must believe his feelings and his logic, and not the layout of the cards. And remember that the best way out, if necessary, to radically change your destiny, will be. After all, any fortune telling is just the most possible variants of situations in the natural course of events.