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Another name for the holiday of Epiphany is Epiphany. On this day, according to Christian teaching, God appeared as God the Father - in a voice that came from heaven, as the Son of God - in the flesh of Jesus, who was baptized in the Jordan River, and as the Holy Spirit - in the form of a dove.

Our ancestors sacredly believed: at midnight on this day, miracles happen: absolute silence reigns on Earth, water in the rivers stops its flow, and the heavens open. Belief in the miraculous has inspired people to divination since ancient times. To this day, divination associated with Baptism is not forgotten and does not lose its relevance.

• How did our ancestors guess?
• Safe Divination
• Divination for the betrothed
• Fortune telling on an onion
• Fortune telling on frozen water
• Dangerous divination

When is it possible and when not to guess?

The period from Christmas to Epiphany is called Christmas time, and it was on these winter days that our ancestors divined even before the adoption of Christianity. It was believed that at this mysterious time, spirits descend to Earth that can answer exciting questions and even fulfill wishes.

It is advisable to ask questions about personal life, about the health of loved ones, about the financial situation, about adding to the family on the eve of Epiphany, that is, on the evening of January 18th. At this time, you can get the most clear and truthful answers about your future, down to the name of the betrothed and the number of children.

Important! Christmas rituals are allowed only until midnight, that is, before the start of the holiday. Since ancient times, there has been a ban on fortune-telling after 00:00, which was strictly observed by God-fearing Russian girls.

Thus, those who did not have time to tell fortunes during Christmas time and before the start of Epiphany days will have to postpone fortune-telling for a whole year.

How did our ancestors guess?

Since ancient times, girls in the villages guessed on shoes. Going outside the outskirts, they took off the shoe from their left foot and threw it as far as possible in front of them. The toe of the shoe was supposed to indicate the direction from which the betrothed would come to pick up his bride from his father's house. If the shoe was turned toe to his native village, this meant that the fortuneteller would not see marriage this year.

On the eve of Epiphany, the girls approached the doors of the locked church one by one and listened to the sounds coming from inside. If a girl thought that she heard the ringing of a bell, this prophesied a quick wedding, and a thud meant the death of someone close.

The following custom was popular not only among girls, but also among guys. They went out into the street in a crowd and asked the names of passers-by. It was believed that this was the name of the future chosen one or chosen one.

Safe Divination

Divination without the use of black magic is considered safe. They will not cause any harm, even if all the rules of the rite are not followed. In this case, the answer may be wrong, but nothing bad will definitely happen.

Divination for the betrothed

Closer to midnight, the girl begins to sweep a narrow path in her room, perpendicular to front door. You need to notice this way: movement to the left, movement to the right, while the movement to the left should be directed towards the door.

1 minute before midnight, you need to say: “The betrothed-mummer, appear before me!” The experience of fortunetellers promises that for a moment you can see the image of your future chosen one in front of you. He can appear in the form of a silhouette or a face, looking at which you can even recognize one of the contenders for a hand and heart.

Important! The image of the betrothed will never appear if you are guessing with your friends or simply will not be alone in the room.

Do not be afraid to be all alone, because fortune telling is completely safe. But you should not look in the mirror during the ceremony either: there you can see a false image, distorted and even frightening.

Fortune telling on an onion

If you have several contenders for a hand and a heart, simple onions will help you make your choice on the eve of Epiphany. We pin a leaflet with the name of the applicant with a needle on each bulb, put them in a glass of water. The bulb that grows faster will denote the one whose desire to be your husband is more insistent and whose love is stronger.

Fortune telling on frozen water

This fortune-telling is carried out when a married woman is concerned about the future of motherhood. Gotta take yours wedding ring and put it in a container of water. Set to Epiphany frost before midnight, and evaluate the result in the morning. If the surface of the frozen water is even, then there is no need to expect an increase in the family. The bumps on the surface mean the imminent birth of a son, and the recesses mean a daughter.

How can you not guess at Baptism?

To get a reliable result, you should follow following recommendations during divination:

Do not guess repeatedly on the same question;

Only girls who have not been previously married can guess at the betrothed;

All home rituals can be performed alone, street rituals can be performed in a company;

Fortune-telling with holy water should be carried out once, without wasting it in vain;

Do not dilute ordinary holy water;

Fortune-telling only by candlelight, while the sources of artificial light must be extinguished;

you can not make the same wish again;

· you can not make wishes aimed at the destruction and illness of someone from the living.

Dangerous divination

Since ancient times, rituals with mirrors have been considered dangerous divination. And until now, magicians claim that the mirror connects our reality with the other world, and through this entrance, spirits and ghosts can enter the world of the living.

Incorrectly performed fortune-telling can bring trouble not only to the fortuneteller himself, but also to his environment, especially to the residents of the house where the ceremony is performed. Therefore, you should not joke with such things, and if you decide on fortune-telling with a mirror, follow all the rules.

In a room with one door, put a mirror, in front of it - two candles. Place the second mirror opposite: it will be behind your back. Closer to twelve at night, turn off the lights and light candles and sit in front of a mirror. Look at the reflection behind your back, but in no case look back. An image of the future chosen one may appear in the rear mirror. Do not extinguish the candles until the image has disappeared.

Dangers are fraught with other fortune-telling - fortune-telling in the bath. Our ancestors were sure that it was in the bath that evil spirits lived. On the night of January 18-19, they undressed and spoke conspiracies in the bathhouse. Then they approached the blower and took out stones from the ashes. One stone promised a lonely life. Two - two children in the future. Three stones prophesied a quick wedding, which, however, would not be the beginning of a happy family life, but would bring sorrow to the girl's life. Four stones foreshadowed quarrels with the mother-in-law. Five stones were considered a great success: they predicted well-being in family life and good luck. financial situation. Six stones were feared like fire: it was a sign of misfortune.

How to protect yourself during fortune telling?

Our ancestors did not even doubt that on the last evening of Christmas time, evil spirits roam the Earth and try to enter residential buildings to harm people.

Divination, like any magical rites, helps to attract spirits, both good and evil. Therefore, protecting your home this evening will not be superfluous. To prevent evil spirits from entering the dwelling, crosses must be drawn with chalk on window frames and on all doors.

Since ancient times, there has been a tradition to bathe in the Epiphany font, but today not everyone has such an opportunity. Instead, it is advisable to wash yourself with holy water after divination, or at least just take a shower to wash off negative energy from yourself.

There are various divinations for Epiphany on January 19, which have been used since ancient times. It is believed that this day has huge force, so all predictions will be as true as possible. You can guess for love, money, the future and so on.

The tradition of divination for Epiphany January 19

There are a number of rules, signs and traditions associated with this day. Since ancient times, it has been believed that fortune-telling held on January 19th for Epiphany will be as truthful as possible, which is why many people like to predict their future on this holiday. There are other traditions associated with this day:

Fortune telling from January 18 to 19 Epiphany

If there is a desire to conduct a ritual to predict the future, then it is important to know a number of rules necessary to obtain the most accurate results.

Divination for Baptism on January 19 for fate

To find out what fate has prepared in the future, you can conduct a very simple fortune-telling, which is called "7 glasses". Prepare seven identical vessels in which to put objects of different meanings. After that, you need to close your eyes and change the places of the vessels so that it is impossible to understand where which object lies. To finish the divination before Epiphany on January 19, mentally ask the question: “What has fate prepared for me?” and randomly choose one of the glasses. Its content will be the interpretation:

• salt - sadness;
• sugar - a sweet and cheerful life;
• bread - satiety;
• coin - financial well-being;
• ring - marriage proposal;
• matches - the birth of a baby;
• grain - difficult workdays.

Divination at Epiphany January 19 for love

More often than not, girls use different ways predictions to understand issues related to personal life. Divination for the betrothed at Epiphany on January 19 with needles is considered interesting. To carry out the ritual, it is necessary to prepare two needles and rub them with any fat, such as oil or lard. It is important that the entire surface of the needles is slippery. Type in a regular glass of water, put it on the table and lower the needles into it. After that, you can ask a question about the relationship with a specific person. Interpretations are carried out, focusing on the behavior of the needles:

1. If the needles went to the bottom - this is bad sign portending trouble. This behavior may also be due to the fact that the needles were poorly greased.
2. If the needles come together, then this indicates a warm relationship and sincere feelings.
3. If the needles "froze" and no rapprochement is observed, then this indicates a cool relationship. Divination for Epiphany on January 19 indicates that the fortuneteller leaves the room, and the other person turns the containers upside down and puts a crumpled bill under one coin, a crumpled bill under another, and leaves the third empty.
4. If the needles are separated, then the relationship will end, so do not waste time in vain and hope that everything will work out.

Divination for money for Epiphany January 19

There are different ways of predictions that will help you learn about the situation in the financial sector. A simple divination for Baptism on January 19 for prosperity is carried out according to the following scheme:

1. Take containers that should not be transparent, a handful of coins and one bill that should be crumple. For prediction, you need an assistant.
2. The fortuneteller leaves the room, and the other person turns the containers upside down and puts a crumpled bill under one coin, a crumpled bill under another, and leaves the third empty.
3. The fortuneteller, without looking, chooses any cup and looks at the contents. If coins were found, then this promises good, an empty cup indicates that there will be no changes in the financial sector, but a crumpled bill means that losses and losses should be expected.

Divination for Epiphany January 19 for the future

Many seek to know about their future in order to be aware of possible problems and trials. There is simple divination on Epiphany on January 19, thanks to which you can learn about the events of the future and understand whether the desire will come true soon or not.

1. Before going to bed on the eve of the holiday, you need to write your desires on 12 leaves and put them under your pillow. It is important to leave one piece of paper blank. Lying in bed in the morning, randomly take out one note and see which wish comes true. If the paper is clean, then this indicates that nothing will change in the near future.
2. To conduct fortune-telling before Epiphany on January 19, you need to prepare a mirror on which you need to write your dream with your finger. Lay a reflective surface under the bed with small spruce branches around it. If the next morning the inscription has disappeared, then the desire will become real.

Divination for Baptism on January 19 for children

On Epiphany night, you can perform a simple ceremony to find out how many children will be in the future and what gender.

1. It is necessary to thread a red thread into the wedding ring to make a pendulum. Hold it over right hand and take a few deep breaths. Fingers should be spread apart.
2. First, the ring should be passed between the index and thumb, and then place it over the center of the palm.
3. To find out the meaning of divination on Epiphany Christmas Eve on January 18, look at the movement of the ring. If it began to rotate in a circle, then expect the first girl, and if in the opposite direction - a boy.
4. After that, lower the jewelry between your fingers three times and repeat the steps. Carry out such manipulations before the ring stops moving at all. The number of repetitions will show the number of children.

Divination methods for Epiphany January 19

There are many divinations for which various available items are used. It is important to consider that such magical rituals attract not only good, but also bad spirits, so protection at home is needed. For this purpose, draw crosses with chalk on the window frames and doors. After fortune-telling for Baptism on January 18 before going to bed, it is recommended to wash yourself with holy water or at least take a shower.

Fortune telling on cards for Epiphany January 19

For fortune telling, cards are often used that give detailed answers to various questions. You can do different layouts, and here are the simplest divinations for Epiphany on January 18 on the cards:

1. Take a simple deck that hasn't been played before. First guess, and then carry out the layout. Shuffle the deck and divide it into four piles. In the first, and then in others, you need to find aces. The interpretation shows that the more aces in the first pile, the higher the likelihood that the desire will become real, and so on.
2. If there are gypsy cards whose meaning can be understood from the picture, then distribute them into four rows of nine cards. Find the Unexpected Joy card, which is the personification of the fortuneteller. The card that is on the left side is the past, and on the right is the future, the row located on top is thoughts, and the bottom is obstacles.
3. Describing what divination for Epiphany on January 19 can be done with cards, it is worth mentioning the Tarot option. Arrange nine cards in three rows: the first is what was, the middle one is what is, and the bottom is what will be. Tarot meaning can be found here.

Divination for Epiphany January 19 on paper

To learn about the events of the near future, you can use a simple ritual. It must be carried out alone, so that nothing interferes. For divination on the night of Epiphany on January 19, crumple up a blank sheet of paper, put it in a saucer and set it on fire. If all the paper burned down, and only ashes remained, all problems will soon end, and a white streak of life will come. When pieces of paper remain, then expect trouble.

Divination for Epiphany January 19 on wax

The most popular baptismal divination are rituals using candles. To predict the future on wax, you need to take a bowl of water, and also prepare a spoon and a couple of candles. Divination for Epiphany on January 18 on wax is carried out according to the following scheme:

1. One candle needs to be broken or rubbed to make shavings for easy melting. Put it in a spoon and start heating over the second lit candle.
2. When the wax becomes liquid, quickly pour it into the water to form a figure. She will be the interpretation of fortune-telling, for which you need to turn on.

Epiphany, which is celebrated on January 19, ends Holy Week. This is the last day when you can tell fortunes without risking committing a sin. Girls think of a groom-betrothed, young women ask about the number of children, and other people can peep what fate has in store for them.

Here are some ways:

Divination for children and health

Here is an example of how you can ask about children. Take a glass of water. They put a ring in it. married women- engagement. Others are different. The main thing is that the ring should be on the woman's finger before that. That is, it is best to use the jewelry that you most often wear. The glass was pushed out the door. You can put it on the balcony. And residents of megacities can use the freezer.

When the water freezes, they look at it.

• If the surface is flat, there will be no children yet.
• If there are recesses and recesses in it, there will be a girl, Tubercles - a boy.
• How many figures appeared, so many children were written for a woman.

• If an ice cross is clearly visible in a glass, you will get sick. The illness will be serious.
• If the water froze, leaving a lot of rings on the glass - good health.
• It happens that the ice froze up. So, you will often get sick with colds.
• It is very bad to see a figurine that looks like a coffin. Perhaps this is someone's serious illness.

Divination on needles

An interesting method of Epiphany divination with the help of needles. Previously, it was used to find out: whether to be a wedding. Now with its help you can get a survey about any interpersonal relationship.

You need to take two needles and rub them with any fat (in the old days they used lard). That is, to make their surface slippery. Now the needles are dipped into a glass of water and a question is asked.

• If they drown, then there will be some kind of trouble (or you rubbed them badly).
• If you come together, then the relationship will be close, you will get what you want from the person, he is disposed towards you.
• If they "stand" in the water, but do not get closer, then the relationship will be cool. You should not turn to a mysterious person for help, he does not feel the desire to support you.
• If the needles have gone in different directions, then your paths will never cross. Don't waste time relying on someone who "looks the other way."

Fortune telling on Epiphany evening on books

This is fortune telling for those who have a library. They are guessing at the betrothed. You need to go to the bookcase, stand with your back to it and get a book at random. Look at the author. If he is of the opposite sex, meet your fate. You can also read the name. Most likely, the sweetheart will be called the same.

If you are interested in the events of the coming year, then do not put the book in its place. Open it in an arbitrary place and read the piece that first catches your eye. Now the most interesting thing: try to interpret what you read, connect it with your life. Sometimes you can get good advice.

Divination on the phone January 19

Mischievous Epiphany fortune-telling can also help in matters of the heart. If you want to know if you will have a couple in the new year, then dial an arbitrary number on your mobile. Listen to the answer.

• If a male voice answers a girl, then expect changes in your life (this also applies to married ladies).
• Women's is not destiny yet.

You can politely ask about the name of the interlocutor, saying that you are guessing. Then apologize for the mistake and congratulate the person on the holiday. Try not to offend the one who was disturbed at Baptism.

Epiphany fortune-telling for a betrothed

This fortune-telling is purely girlish. By taking care of the birds, a girl can find out what her fiancé will be like. It is necessary to collect bread crumbs from the table, some grain (or cereals), pieces of lard. Everything gets enough sleep in the feeder at Epiphany in the morning. Before the end of the day, you need to go and see what the pets liked.

• If only crumbs dared, the groom will be poor, but kind.
• If you pecked at the grains, but left everything else untouched, you will come across a miser, albeit a wealthy one.
• If only fat is “left”, the sloth will be excellent. You better not marry someone like that. You will work at home and earn money.
• If the birds pounced on bacon and bread, then it will be angry, and the husband is very kind and generous.
• If you ate everything, you will be happy and satisfied with your husband.
• And when they didn’t touch anything, they disdained treats, then you have to wait for your fate for another whole year.

How to choose a fan on Epiphany night?

This interesting fortune-telling is intended for girls who cannot decide who is dearer to them. There seem to be many fans, but it’s difficult to choose the one, the only one. The heart is silent, everyone likes it, and I don’t want to offend anyone.

At the baptism of the Lord, take onions according to the number of applicants. Tie each thread with a thread of a certain color so as not to forget who is who (you can write notes). Place them in jars of water.

The one that sprouts faster means the guy who has the most fiery feelings for you. But you don't have to eat them right away. See what happens next. The one that gave the strongest arrows means the most reliable groom, he will never leave you. And the one that withered the fastest (the arrows fell) will tell the traitor. He won't be with you for long.

Epiphany fortune-telling is an integral part Slavic traditions, which was not forgotten even during the reign Soviet power.

In the article:

What were baptismal divination in Russia

Epiphany fortune-telling was not too different from or. Like the rest of the fortune-telling that we did in January, these ways to find out the future were designed for both a large and cheerful company of those who wish, and for those who are going to be completely alone for this time.

Fortune-telling at Baptism has come down to our days. Most of them do not have clear rules and do not require expensive ingredients. The technique is usually simple. You can engage in receiving prophecies about the future both alone and in the company, choosing the appropriate methods.

The time for divination for Epiphany is January 19, it is best to guess after sunset. In the old days, they tried to do this in the time interval from midnight to sunrise, in some regions - only until 3 am.

Divination for Baptism for a betrothed - how to see a future husband

In the old days, girls could not always choose who to marry. However, even if their parents provided them with such an opportunity, the desire to find out who the future spouse would be would not disappear anywhere. Fortune-telling for Baptism for a betrothed could also include those that were popular at the time, for example, the well-known one or a ring in a glass of water. But there were also those who were considered to belong only to this holiday.

One of these ways to see her future husband should be carried out when the girl manages to be left alone. In the past, this was the time when the rest of the family went to bless the water.

We must take a broom and sweep the room. A path should remain across the room, a kind of line that will divide the room into equal parts. This is necessary in order to mark the boundary beyond which the evil that will come in the guise of your betrothed cannot go. Adjoin the place where it should appear future husband, due to the front door.

Sweeping to the right of the border, they read a prayer, to the left - they say curses and commemorate evil spirit. After that, stand on the side that is protected by prayer, and draw a line with coal along the border with the side of the room into which you called the evil spirit. Now say:

Betrothed-mummer, appear before me, like a leaf before grass.

It is believed that the betrothed or the devil in his guise should appear behind the line drawn in charcoal. Some have to wait quite a long time for this, and some manage to see him almost immediately after the spoken words. To ward off children from such divination, there are stories about virgins, to whom only the devil appeared.

Epiphany fortune-telling for desire

Before going to bed, twelve pieces of paper are torn off, on which it is necessary to write wishes in the light of a candle. You can write your plans for the year, expectations, but choose only real things that can really happen to you. You should not think about landing a flying saucer on your garden or buying your own island, such desires usually do not come true.

Put the papers under your pillow, then go to bed. In the morning, before you get out of bed, reach under your pillow and blindly take out three pieces of paper. What is written on them will come true this year. Some accidentally get more than three wishes. This means that either all will come true, or some three wishes from those that were in your hands in the morning.

In order to find out if any one cherished desire will come true, one should take the mirror outside during the day. At night, when you are about to go to bed, take it into the house, write your desire on it with your finger.

The mirror is placed under your bed, spruce and pine branches are laid out around it. In the morning they look for traces of the inscription on the mirror. If the desire has no chance of fulfillment, the inscription can be read in full, if only traces remain, there are chances, but they are small. When the inscription is absolutely unreadable, the wish will surely come true.

In addition to divination on Epiphany night, you can find out more about your desire in a simple way. To get a “yes” or “no” answer, buy nuts or seeds and sprinkle them on a table or other convenient surface. Items should be counted. An even number will come true, an odd number will not.

Divination for Baptism for marriage

Some divination at Epiphany made it possible to find out when the time would come to play a wedding - this year or later, and also where the husband would be from, how rich and handsome he would be, how he would treat his wife. These fortune-tellings are very different from those that allow you to see the betrothed-mummers with your own eyes. They do not require complete loneliness, you can do this in the company of girlfriends, the predictions will not become less true from this.

Almost everyone knows. To do this, the girls took off one boot or felt boot from their feet and threw it out of the window, through the roof or just outside the gate. If the shoes were not stolen by the guys who often followed the fortune-telling and did not miss the opportunity to play a joke, the future was judged by its position. If the toe of the boot looks at your house, then the wedding is not soon, and if in the other direction, the wedding is very soon, and the groom will live in the direction where the toe points.

Fortune telling on the rings allowed the girls to find out how rich the spouse would be. They took an opaque plate or other larger container and poured any grain or cereal into it. Each girl must throw a ring into the grain. The more participants, the better. Rings should be different - gold, silver, simple, with stones. You should not take rings of only one or two types, even if your girlfriends wear only certain jewelry.

The groats with rings should be thoroughly mixed, after which each girl in turn should pull out a handful of groats and see which ring she got and whether she got it at all. If there is no ring, then the wedding is not expected this year. Got your ring - marry the one you love. Gold - the husband will be very rich. With a stone - secured and, most likely, endowed with power. A silver ring portends a husband from a good family, not too rich, but not poor either. A simple ring promises that the spouse will be poor.

Another divination for Baptism requires four identical cups in the house. Additionally, prepare a piece of bread, any ring, a small comb and tobacco. Each of these items is placed in a separate cup, it is covered with paper or cloth so that the contents are not visible. The cups must be mixed. If you are guessing with your friends, you can leave the room for them to do it, so you won’t know for sure what will be in the cup that you point your finger at.

If there is tobacco in your cup - the spouse will be a smoker, the ring will dress well and take care of himself, the comb does not say anything special - the husband will ordinary person, and bread portends a rich husband.

In order to find out the date of the wedding, fortunetellers sit near the window and take turns saying:

Narrowed-disguised! Drive past the window!

The one, after the words of which a noise is heard outside the window, will be the first to marry. The louder and more distinct the sounds, the faster this will happen. They also pay attention to the meaning of the words heard outside the window. You can also hang a towel outside the window, it must be hung on the street (it will not work on the loggia). The next morning they check: dry - it means that marriage is still far away, and wet - wedding is coming soon. Eavesdropping, peeping and divination at the crossroads, which were often practiced during Christmas time, were also popular during Epiphany. Fortune telling and other currently available methods - on wax, shadows, maps, etc.

Christmas time will soon end, they will end with another holiday - Epiphany. This day was not only significant church holiday, but a time for many folk mystical rites. Remember, as in Zhukovsky: “Once in Epiphany evening the girls wondered, they threw a slipper out of the gate, taking it off their feet ... "

And what else did our ancestors do on Epiphany, except for throwing shoes around? Read!

Lots of snow, lots of bread...

In the agricultural country, which for many centuries was Russia, particular importance got questions about the weather. Most of all, our ancestors were worried about what the summer would be like - dry, rainy or fruitful? Even in winter, they tried to predict the vagaries of nature and decide what to sow in the coming spring?

” Try with the children to write down the weather features for Epiphany and see in the summer if they are still “working”?

If on Christmas Eve it snows only in the morning, then buckwheat will be born well.

A snowstorm on Christmas Eve - the bees will safely winter and will swarm together.

Bright stars favor cattle breeders, and also promise a good harvest of peas.

Cold baptism - to a dry summer.

If there is a blizzard at Epiphany, then the snow lies until Easter itself.

However, the peasants not only waited for mercy from nature, but also tried to "influence" her in "magical" ways. On Christmas Eve, a dish with treats was placed on the windowsill, and the hosts invited frost to taste the offering. Frost, of course, was in no hurry to enter the heated hut, so one should have been “offended” by him and said: “Just as you don’t go to the house, don’t go to the harvest either.” Gardeners take note!

Divination for the hostess

The mistress of the house, of course, was most worried about the health and well-being of all household members. Therefore, special cookies or bread in the form of crosses were baked at Epiphany. Each cookie meant a specific family member. If the bread turned out to be even, lush, ruddy, baked, then this family member will have a good year. The worse the baking, the more problematic the year was to come.

” Worst of all, if the bread was uneven and cracked. It was better not to show such cookies to the household, but immediately feed them to the chickens - no cookies, no bad year!

And, of course, all women, young and old, tried to wipe their faces with Epiphany snow early in the morning so that they could be white-skinned and ruddy all year long!

I can't bear to get married

As Zhukovsky rightly noted, marriageable girls guessed most of all at Epiphany. By the way, it was believed that conspiring to get married (betrothed) at Epiphany is a good sign. The future family will be strong and happy!

The famous throwing of the shoe happened like this: shoes (certainly from the left foot) were thrown in front of them, leaving the outskirts. Where the toe of the shoe points, from that side the groom will come for the girl. Well, if the sock points back to his native village, then marriage, alas, was postponed for a year (for some reason, they did not expect offers from fellow villagers).

Still curious girls sneaked up to the closed church and listened: would wedding music be imagined? If it seemed to someone that they heard singing or the ringing of a bell, then this is a sure sign of imminent marriage! Well, if someone imagined a funeral service, it was a sign of imminent death, like that!

” If the weather was not favorable for trips to the closed church, then it was possible to guess at home! For example, ask a question and invite a cat into the room. If she crosses the threshold with her left paw, then the wish will come true, if with the right, then no. If you do not have the talents of a Kuklachev trainer, it is better not to reproduce this fortune-telling with a large company! Cats are wayward creatures, they will still be offended ...

Better resort to divination with stacks or glasses! Salt, sugar, bread, a coin, a ring and a straw are laid out in six glasses (a match will also work). The glasses are covered with handkerchiefs, the dish turns and each of the fortune-tellers chooses their fate for a year: salt - to sadness, sugar - to good luck, bread - to a prosperous well-fed life, a coin - to money, a ring - to marriage, but a straw - to increase in family!

Or here's another: pour a handful of grains, nuts, coins, etc. on the table. Recount them. If the number is even - the wish will come true!

In addition to marriage, the issue of finance is also important. Place three plates on the table and ask someone to hide a coin under one of them. Don't peek! Now flip the plates. Find a coin right away - the year will be profitable. If it is under the second plate - stay with your own. Well, if under the third - it's better not to take risks and save money!

” No company for divination? Guess yourself! On the night of Epiphany, write down your 12 cherished desires on pieces of paper, fold them into balls and put them under your pillow. In the morning, pull out, without looking, three of them - they will come true!

Prepared by Alena Novikova