Rituals and fortune-telling for the Old New Year

Old New Year! This day is one of the strongest of the year in terms of the fulfillment of desires and fortune-telling.

Therefore, be sure to take advantage of the opportunities of the Old New Year.

Burning problems ritual

Surely, you are already familiar with this ritual, however, on the night of January 13-14, i.e. on the eve of the Old New Year, it is a must! Take a small plate and cut small pieces of paper. On each of them, write what you would like to leave in the past year: illness, fears, tears, disappointments. BUT! We will not write “in general,” but concretely. Are you carrying the burden of a recent quarrel with the nasty Svetka ?! Write about her! Worried about not having a good job? We complain about unemployment, etc.

Then burn each of these leaves in a prepared plate with words of gratitude, because with this fire will come not just relief, but a solution to all pressing problems!

Old New Year wish fulfillment ritual

When the clock is almost midnight, fill your glass! You can take any drink. Blow on the water in a glass (or whatever you will have there) and say your desire aloud or silently. At 00:00, drink the liquid to the bottom and go to bed calmly ... and the Universe will take care of the fulfillment of your desire.

I give-receive, I make my dream come true!

Unfortunately, the Old New Year has not been marked on the calendar as a day off for a long time, but this fact will not knock you off our little magic path of fulfilling your wishes. Before leaving for work, or when you wake up, take a few crumbs of bread or cereals in your hand (in extreme cases, you can crumble a cookie), go outside (or onto the balcony), think about your desire and throw these crumbs with the words: “I give, I receive , I make my dream come true! "

Nothing else is required of you. Let the sparrows or pigeons feast on your little treat, and at this time you will already take an important start towards realizing your goal.

A simple conspiracy for the Old New Year

When all the dishes are removed from the table, take the tablecloth, shake it off three times and say: "How many crumbs there were on this table, so much happiness would be in our family."

Good luck ritual in the new year

The main thing is to believe in any ritual, but objects are not the main thing for it. The next ritual should be done in the morning of January 13th - we wake up and start making a magic mixture - we take a pot and pour it, first millet - a handful with the right hand - saying "Let troubles and problems go away", then with your left hand a handful of rice - saying: "May there be stability and balance in my life." Next, you need to sprinkle a handful of different cereals that are at home and wish yourself and your loved ones everything that you want to get in the new year.

In the evening, put the mixture of cereals on a festive table or dinner, be sure to pour it into glasses (not necessarily alcohol), raise toast, and pour the rest of the drops into a pot for everyone. In the morning of 14 go outside and feed the birds with these cereals.

The ceremony of attracting love for the Old New Year

This rite is valid only once a year - on the Old New Year.

This is not a love spell, so you should not carry out a ceremony to bewitch a married man or return a former lover.

On the night of January 14, at 22-23 o'clock, sit at the table in clean, preferably new clothes, loose your hair. Three candles - red, white and gold - are tied together in a bundle with a red thread (the length of the thread is to wind the thread three times around the left wrist). Put the candles in a glass (preferably crystal) with water on a round mirror, light it and say: “Power of fire, turn the love of the betrothed on me. May his love be hot as a flame, pure as water, and deep as a mirror. When the flame reaches the water, my labors will be crowned with success. My word is strong. "

Within a month after the ceremony, you will meet your man.

Before carrying out the ceremony, you need to forgive all the exes you are still offended at, let go of fears and doubts, complexes about your loneliness. And everything will work out.

Ritual for the Old New Year from quarrels and scandals

If there are frequent scandals, quarrels in the house, in the family, in order to return peace of mind to the family, use the ritual below. On the eve of the Old New Year (January 13), get up early and at sunrise go around with a lighted wax candle clockwise around all the rooms of the dwelling. In each room, stop and read three times:

“Lord's fire, help! All the quarrels, scandals, lessons, burn the winners,
leave no trace of any evil. "

Lean over the bucket (previously filled with uncaptured water) and say three times:

“In the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit.
Water-water, wash my home from quarrels and scandals,
from dashing evil spirits, but let love and peace remain in the house. "

Thoroughly wash the floors throughout the house (apartment) with this water, and then sprinkle the corners and walls. Then take as much water as is enough to give tea to all family members, place the container next to the sugar bowl, and then say seven times:

“Sugar is sweet to everyone, big and small. I will sweeten some water, give my family a drink and scandals for distant distances will leave in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit from the souls ”.

Boil water, make tea. You must drink it before the chimes with the whole family, adding sugar.

Rite of passage for money

It is held only on the Old New Year. Melt the wax of a candle, make a small cake out of it, write your name on one side and your code number on the other. This figure is obtained by adding up all the figures for your date of birth.

For example, I was born on June 14, 1977.
Add up all the constituent numbers: 1 + 4 + 6 + 1 + 9 + 7 + 7 = 35 = 3 + 5 = 8
As a result, the figure 8 is obtained, which will be the code number. Then close up the wax cake with coins, which had to be carried with you for a day.

Store this amulet in the place where the money is kept: safe, closet, wallet.

Well, how can we do without fortune-telling ?? !!

Fortune telling by the flame of a candle for the Old New Year

Buy a white candle. On a festive night, place it in a draft-free room. Light it and watch the flame for 10-15 minutes.

If the flame is quiet and even, then the year will pass quietly and without shocks.

If the flame is bright, but begins to blink frequently, then in general everything will be fine, except for minor minor problems.

If the burning of a candle is accompanied by distinct crackles, it means that the coming year will pass in stormy business, fun companies with many fun adventures.

If the flame burns dimly - get ready for a boring life filled with petty vanity.

If the flame burns distinctly yellow, there will be a lot of joy.

And tomorrow I will tell you about the Christmas divination, which lasts from Christmas (January 7) until Epiphany (January 19).

Try to spend a joyful evening: even if things don't go well, on the “old New Year's” night you shouldn't get upset, immerse yourself in experiences. Be cheerful and positive. It is your condition, your mood that evening, your faith in the grace of fate and in the power of rituals that will give an impetus to the fulfillment of your desires.

Good luck and all the best to you in the New Year!

On the eve of the old New Year, the Slavs celebrate folk holiday- Generous evening. In Russia, the evening before the old New Year is called Vasiliev, since on this day the church commemorates the memory of Basil the Great. Another name is rich holy evening. In the evening of January 13, all housewives prepare a second or generous kutya, which, unlike the lean one, is seasoned with meat and lard. By tradition, a bowl of kutya is placed in the corner where the icons are. For a generous evening, the hostesses prepared the best and most delicious dishes for the table. The main dish on festive table was considered a roast pig - a symbol of the fertility of livestock and the fertility of the earth.

The people consider this time to be a time of rampant evil spirits. On this evening, after sunset and until midnight, teenage girls walk and generous, driving away all evil spirits with their songs and wishing the owners happiness, health and good luck in the new year.

At dawn on January 14, young guys went to sow grain to their godfathers, close relatives, and acquaintances. According to popular beliefs, on the old New Year, a man was supposed to be the first to enter the house - it was believed that this would bring happiness to the house for the whole next year. The sowers wished everyone a Happy New Year and wished wealth and abundance with special sayings. In response, the owners presented them with pies, sweets and other sweets. It was believed that giving to the sowers should not be - with them you can give well-being in the house.

In some villages, this is still preserved: on the night of the old New Year they burn their old clothes and immediately put on a new one. This symbolizes the beginning of a new, better life.

In order to protect your home from all troubles in the new year, on January 14, you need to go around all the rooms clockwise with three lighted candles and be baptized at the same time. Also, on the morning of January 14, you need to take an ax and knock it lightly on the threshold, saying “life, health, bread”.

In folk beliefs, many signs are associated with the holiday of the old New Year.

One should not say the word “thirteen” on this day.
January 14 cannot be considered a trifle, otherwise you will shed tears all year.
On the old New Year and on Vasilyev's evening, you cannot lend anything, otherwise you will spend the whole year in debt.
They also say that if you take out the trash on January 14, you will take out the happiness from the house.
If the night on the Old New Year is quiet and clear, the year will be happy and successful.
If January 14 rises bright sun, the year will be rich and fruitful.
If the frost covers all the trees, there will be a good harvest of grain.
From which side on the Old New Year the sky is covered with clouds, from there there will be happiness.
If it snows on Old New Year, then next year will be happy.

Believe it or not in these signs is everyone's personal business. But the fact that they came to us after many generations suggests that it is better to listen to them after all.

Christmas divination for the Old New Year.

Traditionally, Christmastide is considered the best period for girl's fortune-telling for the future. At the same time, the most powerful days from a magical point of view are Christmas and Old New Year

Christmas divination before bed

As on any other Christmas day, you can try to see your betrothed in a dream. For example, they put four card kings under the pillow and say the following words:

"Who is my betrothed, who is my mummer - that dream in a dream."

It is believed that in a dream, a girl will certainly see her future spouse in the form of one of the kings. If the fortuneteller sympathizes with a particular young man, you can put only the king of diamonds under the pillow and ask any specific question related to him. In a dream, she should receive an answer. You can use fortune-telling to find out the name of your future betrothed. To do this, in the evening, various male names are written on several small pieces of paper and put under the pillow. In the morning, waking up, they take out the first piece of paper they come across: what name is indicated on it, so they will call the future husband.

Divination with mirrors

It is not by chance that the mirror is considered one of the most mystical objects and is used in many fortune-telling. You can tell fortunes on Christmas time using a mirror in several ways. For example, you can take a mirror and go out with it to an intersection. This should be done, of course, at night. You should draw a circle around yourself and say: "The betrothed-mummer, come to me along the path, but on a white snowball." After that, they gaze into the mirror. A wide variety of visions are said to be seen. Ideally, of course, this should be the image of the future betrothed. If something bad appears, you need to read a prayer "Our Father", and there will be no harm.

Yakuchnoye on dumplings

One of the traditional Russian fortune-telling for the Old New Year is fortune-telling on dumplings. For this, the hostess of the house, inviting guests, prepares dumplings with potatoes, in some of which she puts the filling in the form of small surprises. The essence of fortune-telling is that no one knows what exactly the dumpling will come across with, and it is by its filling that they determine what awaits a person next year.

Also, on the old New Year's Eve, girls are fortune-telling on a wedding ring. without stones and ornaments. The ring is placed in a glass of water. The bottom of the glass should be flat. Then light a candle and place it on the left side of the glass. Exactly at midnight, they gaze intently into the ring, making a wish. Soon the water in the glass will turn cloudy and you will see an image that answers your question.

Another simple divination for the next year is as follows: several slices of bread, different in size, are placed in a bowl of water, according to the number of family members. Spinning the water with your finger, pronounce the following words:

“Whirl around bread and water, my whole family is here. In case of trouble, separate the bread and water. "

If, having looked in the morning, all the pieces of bread are together, then the whole family will be safe and sound. And if some piece is separate from the others, then that person will either leave or die.

Divination by desire

Held on the morning of January 14 at the church gates. People are noticed entering the church - who is more of the thirteen parishioners, men or women. The desire to be fulfilled if there are more men and will not be fulfilled if more women... And if a man is wondering, then vice versa. Also, for the old New Year, you can freeze water in a spoon and watch: if there are bubbles, then this is a good sign. It portends a long, happy life. And if there is a hole in the ice, then this is to grief and misfortune.

Fortune telling on the old New Year on the trough

They wondered in the courtyard where they put the trough. The girls walked towards him with their backs forward. Who fell into the trough, she got married this year.

Yule fortune telling on a thread

Unmarried girls gathered in a group, cut the threads of the same length, and then set them on fire at the same time. Whose thread is the first to burn, she will get married. It was considered a bad sign if the thread burned out only to the middle or went out very quickly - marriage did not shine for such a girl.

Christmas divination for the gender of the child

Take a ring, a needle and a woolen thread. The ring must be held in water, the thread pulled into the needle. Then the ring is hung on a thread and slowly lowered near the hand of the one who wants to know the gender of her unborn child. If the ring rotates in a circle, then there will be a girl, but if it moves like a pendulum, there will be a boy. If the ring remains stationary, there will be no children.

Fortune telling on matches on January 13-14

Usually a girl who has a certain guy in her heart wonders to find out if they will be together. To do this, two matches are inserted on the sides of the matchbox and set on fire. If the heads of the burnt matches are facing each other - be a pair together.

Fortune telling on the ring on January 13-14

The fortuneteller throws a ring on the floor. If it rolls to the door, then she will soon get married. If a man conducts such a fortune-telling, and the ring indicates the door, he will have a long business trip or leaving home.

Fortune telling on an egg on Christmastide

The girl takes a raw chicken egg, plows a small hole in it and pours the protein into a glass of water. When the protein curls up, you can guess the future by its shape. The figure of the church means a wedding, a ring means an engagement, a rectangle means a coffin, a ship or a car means a business trip (for a man) or the return of a husband from a trip (for a woman). If the squirrel sank to the bottom - there will be a fire in the house or other troubles in the family.

Fortune telling on logs on Christmastide

The girl needs to go back to the woodpile at night and take a log by touch. If later it turns out that it is even and smooth, without knots, the spouse will be with an agreeable character. If the log is thick and heavy, the husband will be rich. If there are a lot of knots, there will be many children in the family, and if the log is crooked, the husband will be oblique and lame.

New Year is a favorite holiday of many people, but in Russia there is an opportunity to repeat it exactly 14 days later. The traditions of celebrating the Old New Year began to take shape at the beginning of the last century when the calendar changed. Not all of them, alas, have survived to this day, although they can significantly diversify the usual holidays.
In this article, you will learn:

• where did the tradition of celebrating the Old New Year come from;
• in which countries there is a custom to celebrate the Old New Year;
• the main customs and ceremonies carried out in Russia;
• how to make the modern Old New Year memorable;
• what signs you should pay attention to this New Year's Eve.

Holiday history or how it all began

If Russia in 1918 had not made the decision to switch to the Gregorian calendar of time reckoning, the Old New Year would not have appeared. While it falls on the night of January 14. But over time, the date will be postponed.

Church celebrations took place on the same days as before. As a result, a lot got mixed up, it was necessary to constantly remind which customs should be performed on a specific date.

From 13 to 14 January they began to celebrate New Year's celebration, motivated by the transfer of dates. But at the same time, two important church dates were superimposed: the day of remembrance of Melania and the veneration of St. Basil the Great. In Orthodox families, they began to call this night also the meeting of Melanka with Vasily.

Do other countries celebrate the old New Year?

In addition to the countries that were previously part of the USSR, the Old New Year is celebrated by residents:

• Algeria;
• Tunisia;
• Greece;
• Romania;
• Serbia;
• Montenegro;
• Switzerland;
• Morocco.

There are peculiarities about how the celebration should take place.

In Greece, on the Old New Year, it is forbidden to raise your voice and quarrel. It's bad if the dishes break, so everyone tries to handle it carefully. If you are invited to a celebration, you need to take a stone with you. It symbolizes the wealth that the owners want to acquire next year.

In Romania, there must be pies on the table. But with an interesting filling in the form of coins, hot peppers, garlic or rings.

In Switzerland, this holiday is dedicated to the veneration of St. Sylvester. Residents dress in funny fancy dresses resembling botanical gardens or houses, calling themselves Sylvester Claus.

In Montenegro, a couple is always prepared - a national dish made from corn dough.

Russian customs largely overlap with Ukrainian or Belarusian, and therefore are considered common.

Traditions and customs of celebration in Russia

Despite the fact that on January 1, the table was saturated, the Old New Year for the stomach became an even greater test. The indispensable attributes of this holiday in Russia were:

1. baking a 2-3 week old piglet;
2. generous kutia, emphasizing the end of the fast;
3. dumplings with surprises;
4. pancakes and pies, with which they also thanked those who came to carol.

The whole family decided to make dumplings. As in Romania, they hid various surprises. This symbolized fortune-telling about what awaited next year.

Very bright decoration of the holiday there were carols. And they went caroling only until midnight, until the evil forces roamed around. On January 13, young girls and guys were hiding under masks, and one of the guys was dressed up in women's clothing as a symbol of Melanka.

What other traditions were characteristic of this time? Kutya for the New Year's feast began to be cooked in the morning. If there were unpleasant omens, she had to be thrown right into the hole with the pot.

An interesting tradition on this night was the burning of Didukha (grandfather). For this:

1. a sheaf of straw was prepared in advance;
2. on the Old New Year, after the end of Christmas carols, they went to the crossroads;
3. set fire to a sheaf;
4. when the main flame diminished, they began to jump over the fire, saying goodbye to evil spirits.

All this was accompanied by songs, dances, ditties and other merrymaking.

There is another beautiful tradition associated with the life of the peasants. In the morning with wishes of happiness, health and wealth, we went to the homes of relatives and friends to "sow" grain. It is not known where the custom came from, but it has its own rules:

• sow only males, since it was believed that girls could not bring happiness;
• the first to visit the houses of the godparents;
• the grains were carefully collected and stored until spring in order to mix them with spring crops.

A special porridge was also cooked. The oldest woman in the family poured groats for her. The oldest man at home had to bring water from the well. Groats from the barn were received at two in the morning. It was impossible to touch it, so as not to change your future. Until the oven burned out, the ingredients were ignored. Then when they cooked porridge, all family members would sit around. The woman stirred it, pronouncing special words. Then they put the porridge in the oven and waited for the result:

• if the porridge came out of the pot, this promised trouble to the whole house, so no one ate it;
• when the pot was burst, they acted in the same way, since it was a disease;
• a lot of foam from above foreshadowed empty chores;
• rich tasty porridge meant harvest and happiness to all household members.

The whole family sat down at the table late in the evening, and this dinner was not to be missed.

At this time, Christmastide continued, so Old New Year's fortune-telling was also used. It was customary to guess at the betrothed, on strings for a quick wedding, the fulfillment of a wish, the appearance of a child, etc. Traditions could differ depending on the place of residence, as well as on the veneration of the saints. Some villages had their own saints, who were given additional attention during the New Year.

Modern Old New Year

Now it is customary to celebrate in the same way as on New Year's Eve. It is believed that on the Old New Year you need to do something that you did not manage to do on January 1. For instance:

• make a wish, having previously written it on a napkin, which is burned and thrown into champagne;
• watch concerts and letters that you have not yet seen;
• send congratulations on the Old New Year to relatives and friends with repeated wishes for good and health;
• put gifts that were previously forgotten under christmas tree, after which it can be removed.

In the southern regions, the custom of cooking a pig or pork dishes has been preserved so that the New Year becomes rich in good news. Carols are held in some villages, but their true meaning is often lost.

Signs for January 13 and 14

They were attentive to the signs, among which the following stood out especially:

• on the first, on January 14, a girl entered the house - to trouble;
• Melanka was warm, the summer will be good;
• frost on the trees meant a fruitful year;
• it was forbidden to count small money on Vasily, so as not to shed tears. Neither did they lend or borrow;
  if there was a blizzard or blizzard at night, it was believed that the year would be hectic;
• to hear an unusual ringing in the morning was news of a possible replenishment.

Be sure to placate livestock so that the New Year for them was calm and fruitful.
If even some of the elements and traditions of the celebration are returned to modern reality, it can be improved even more. Christmas mood and make the celebration unforgettable.

On the night of January 13-14, the population of Russia and other former republics Soviet Union celebrate old New Year.

The tradition of celebrating the Old New Year is coming from the discrepancy of the Julian calendar(or otherwise "old style" calendar) and Gregorian calendar- the one on which almost the whole world now lives. The discrepancy between the calendars in the 20th and 21st centuries is 13 days.

Old New Year is a rare historical phenomenon, an additional holiday that resulted from the change of chronology.

Due to this discrepancy in calendars, we celebrating two "New Years"- according to the old and new style. Thus, on the night of January 13-14, everyone can afford to "celebrate" their favorite holiday. Indeed, for many believers, the Old New Year has a special meaning, since they can only celebrate it heartily after the end of the Nativity Fast.

Interestingly, the difference between the Julian and Gregorian calendars increases every century when the number of hundreds in the year from the birth of Christ is not a multiple of four, by one day.

Therefore, from March 1, 2100, this difference will be 14 days. And since 2101, Christmas and Old New Year will be celebrated a day later.

Today, from year to year, the popularity of the Old New Year is growing, and Russia is no exception. Everything more people they treat it as an independent holiday that prolongs the charm of the New Year or allows you to feel this charm for the first time ... After all, this holiday is calmer, it is unusual for it to be bustle, which is an inevitable companion of the New Year.

A LITTLE HISTORY:

Once this day fell on January 1 and was called Vasiliev day, and the eve of it - December 31, which became later January 13 - Vasiliev in the evening.

According to an old tradition, on New Year's Eve it was celebrated "Rich" Vasiliev evening... On this day, it was customary to lay the table generously. Pork dishes were especially appreciated, because Saint Basil the Great was considered the patron saint of pig breeders.

“A pig and a boletus for Vasilyev's evening”, “the pig's beast is not pure, but God has nothing unclean — Vasily will consecrate the winter!”, Says the proverb about this day. Remember these folk signs when you set the festive table.

There is folk signs related to this night.

If the sky is clear and starry- there will be a rich harvest of berries. On January 14, gardeners are advised to shake up the fruit trees, because St. Basil the Great, according to popular belief, also protects gardens from worms and pests.

January 14 morning you need to walk through the garden with the words of an ancient conspiracy: "As I shake off (name) belpushist snow, so will Saint Basil shake off every reptile worm in the spring!"

Saint Basil the Great is celebrated on the eighth day of Christmas, in the midst of Christmas divination. "The girl is red for Vasily - everything will come true, and what will come true - will not pass!" - said the people.

According to popular belief, on Vasil-evening witches steal a month from heaven, but still cannot stop the gradually growing day, shortening the long winter night.

On this day early in the morning it was customary to cook Vasilyev's porridge and watch how she prepares. If the porridge comes out of the pan, the whole house will be in trouble. It was considered a bad omen if the pot or pan in which the porridge was cooked cracked. If the porridge is successful, they eat it clean, but if one of the bad omens comes true, they throw it out along with the pot (preferably in the hole, if it is nearby).

On Vasilyev's Day, children, young boys and girls went from door to door, begging for pork pies, and everything else that the hospitable hosts would treat. Everything that was asked for was collected in a basket and eaten after a successful campaign.

Fortune-telling on Christmastide

Fortune-telling is a ritual aimed at contact with otherworldly forces in order to obtain information about the future.

Most of the fortune-telling is timed to the Christmas time (from Christmas to Epiphany) and is an integral part of them, when the souls of the dead come from the “other world”

and evil spirits are activated. From time immemorial it was believed that at this time nothing prevents the future from looking into the face.

All girls dream of a happy marriage and love. And of course, who is not interested in knowing their future in advance.

On a note:

Fortune telling (with a felt boot) on the "side" in which you will marry

Fortune telling with mirrors to evoke the image of the future groom

This fortune-telling, well-known from literature, is often used even now. The girl sits down in the dark between two mirrors, lights candles and begins to peer into the "gallery of reflections", hoping to see her fiancé. The best time for this fortune-telling is considered to be midnight.

Fortune telling (with burning a thread) on the speed and order of getting married

It consists in the fact that the girls cut the threads of the same length and set them on fire. Whoever's thread burns out in front, he will be the first to be married. If the thread went out right away and less than half burned out, then you will not get married.

Fortune telling (with a ring or needle) on the sex of the unborn child

Certain actions are performed with a ring or a needle (the ring is dipped into a glass of water, a woolen cloth is pierced with a needle), then, suspended by a thread or thread, it is slowly lowered near the hand of the one who is being guessed at. If an object (ring, needle) begins to make circular movements, a girl will be born (less often - a boy), if pendulum-like - a boy (less often - a girl), if the object does not move - there will be no children.

Fortune-telling (with the choice of a subject) on the "quality" of life and the groom

Items are placed in a bowl, saucer or felt boot, the girls choose them. The choice of the subject symbolizes the future life: ash is a bad life, sugar is a sweet life, a ring is getting married, an onion is to tears, a glass is a cheerful life, Golden ring- rich life, etc.

Fortune telling with a rooster

Grain is poured into one plate (or money is put), water is poured into the other, a mirror is placed next to it, sometimes a chicken is brought. A rooster approaching the mirror symbolizes the beauty and tenderness of the future groom, who has approached grain or money - his wealth, to water - a propensity to drunkenness, if a rooster approaches a hen, then the groom will be a "womanizer".

Fortune telling about the fate of the shadows

This type of fortune-telling, due to its simplicity, is very common in the modern girlish environment. The girl sets fire to a sheet of paper she has crumpled, and then examines the shadow of the burnt paper. Everyone takes a blank sheet of paper, crumples it, places it on a platter or large flat plate, and sets it on fire. When the sheet burns out or almost burns out, with the help of a candle, it is displayed on the wall. Carefully examining the shadows, they try to find out the future.

Fortune telling on matches

Two matches are inserted on the sides of the matchbox and set on fire. If the burned-out heads are facing each other, then the "envisioned" guy and girl will be together.

Divination (by the barking of a dog) about the age of the groom

After certain actions, the participants in fortune-telling listen to the barking of the dog. “A hoarse bark promises an old groom, and a sonorous one promises a young one.

Fortune telling with a ring to evoke the image of the future groom

A girl throws into a glass of water wedding ring and peers into the ring, saying the words: "My betrothed, disguised ...".

Fortune-telling with inducing a dream about the betrothed

We write the name of the young man on a piece of paper, kiss this word with painted lips (so that a trace remains), put a small one on the mirror and under the pillow or put three bay leaves under the pillow. On one they write - "Ananias", on the other - "Azarius" and on the third - "Misael" and say the incantation: "From Monday to Tuesday I look at the windowsill, who dreams of me, let me dream in my dream"

Guessing on the night from Monday to Tuesday. A sprig of spruce is taken, placed at the head of the bed at night. At the same time, they say: "I go to bed on Monday, I put a fir-tree in my head, dream of the one who thinks about me." Whoever dreams is the one who loves you.

Fortune telling on the night from Thursday to Friday. Going to bed, they say: “Thursday with Wednesday, Tuesday with Monday, Sunday with Saturday. Friday alone and I, young, alone. I am lying on the Zion Mountains, three angels in their heads: one sees. The other will say, the third will indicate the fate. "

Girls wonder if they go to bed where they didn’t have to before. Before going to bed they say: "In a new place, dream about the groom to the bride." In a dream, you will see your fiancé.

Card reading

Before going to bed, they put four kings under the pillow and say: "Who is my betrothed, who is my mummer, I will dream in my dream." If you dream of a king of spades, the groom will be an old man and jealous, the king of hearts means young and rich, the cross - wait for matchmakers from a military man or a businessman, and a tambourine - from the desired one.

Divination by relatives

They go to look out the windows of neighbors during dinner. If they see the heads of those sitting at the table, they portend that future relatives will all be alive; if they do not see the heads, then misfortune must happen to the relatives.

Fortune telling on wax

Melt the wax in a mug, pour the milk into a saucer and place it on the doorstep of your apartment or house. Say the following words: "Brownie, my master, come under the threshold to drink milk, eat wax." With the last words, pour the melted wax into the milk. Now watch carefully what is happening. If you see a frozen cross, some diseases await you in the new year. If the cross only appears, then in the coming year your financial affairs will not go very well, and in your personal life troubles will prevail, but not too serious. If it blooms with a flower, get married, go out to the amuzh or find a loved one. If a beast appears, be careful: some kind of enemy will appear. If the wax flows in stripes, roads and crossings are ahead of you, and if it starts to appear as asterisks, expect good luck in the service, in your studies. If a human figure forms, you will find a friend.

Old New Year is a "product" of the transition from one "version" of chronology to another. For Europe, such an epoch-making event was the replacement of the old, Julian, calendar with a new, Gregorian one, as a result of which all dates shifted by 13 days. However, the traditions of some peoples have preserved the memory of the past, and two New Year's Eve: for 1 and 14 January.

Few people know about this, but the difference between the Julian and Gregorian calendars becomes more and more every century, when the number of hundreds in a year from the birth of Christ is not a multiple of four by one day. Now the difference is 13 days, but it will take another 85 years and from March 1, 2100 it will grow to 14 days. And if by that time people have not come up with another version of the chronology, then since 2101 an Orthodox xmas and Old New Year will be celebrated a day later.

In Russia, Ukraine, Belarus and some other countries, the Old New Year is of particular importance for Orthodox believers. After all, with the end of the Nativity Fast, fun becomes justified, inappropriate on December 31, when the fast is still going on. But even among those who do not consider themselves to be believers, the Old Style New Year does not lose its popularity, but only gains additional "points". More and more people regard this date as an independent holiday that prolongs the charm of the New Year or even allows you to feel this charm for the first time. After all, the celebration, which falls on January 13, is much calmer, it is not peculiar to the fuss, which is an inevitable companion of the "usual" New Year.

Customs and traditions for the old New Year

There are many customs and traditions associated with the Old New Year. In the national calendar, this day was dedicated to Basil the Great and was called Vasilyev's day. Our ancestors believed that this day has a great impact on the entire next year. In the villages and towns on Vasilyev's day, they celebrated "oat-tree" - a holiday associated with the rite of sowing, coaxing the future harvest. On this day, the children scattered grains of wheat, oats, rye around the house, saying: "Goddamn, God, every living in the bins, which is great in the bins, and the baptized one would live for the whole world." The hostess of the house collected grain from the floor and stored it until sowing.

Also, our Slavic ancestors had an important ceremony of cooking porridge. This tradition resembled fortune telling for the next year. The cereal of boiling porridge was carried out on the night of January 13-14, according to the new style. The eldest woman in the family brought cereals from the barn at exactly two in the morning, and the eldest of the men brought water from a river or a well. The groats and water stood on the table until the stove was heated, and no one touched them so as not to scare away fate. Then the whole family sat down at the table, and the older woman, stirring the porridge, lamented: “We sowed, grew buckwheat all summer; Buckwheat porridge was born And large, and blush. They called, called upon our buckwheat To visit Constantinople, To feast on the princely feast. Buckwheat went to Constantinople To visit with the princes, With the boyars, With honest oats, With golden barley. They waited for buckwheat, They waited at the stone gates; Princes and boyars met buckwheat, They planted buckwheat at an oak table A feast for a feast, And our buckwheat came to visit us. " After that, everyone got up from the table, and the hostess with a bow put the porridge in the oven. When the porridge was ripe, they looked to see if the pot was full. If the porridge crawled out of him, it foreshadowed trouble for the whole house. There was no good to expect from a cracked pot either. After skimming off the foam, they examined the porridge itself - if it was rich, it means there will be both happiness and a harvest. Good porridge was eaten for breakfast, while bad porridge was thrown into the river.

In the evening, the peasants went out into the street to generously (they put on masks, dressed up and went to the neighbors). Walkers sang generosity (special songs in which the owners of the house, to which the mummers came), are praised. For these songs, the mummers received the most generous gifts for the whole time of caroling. Hence one of the names of January 13 - generous. On New Year's Eve, it was customary to generously treat home and guests with meat and fatty dishes, so this day was also called "fat kutia". It was believed that the more generously the owners would treat or present the carols, the richer they would live in the coming year.

Fortune telling for the old New Year

On the night of the old New Year, the girls wondered about the betrothed - after all, the Christmastide period continued, the best time of the year for all kinds of fortune-telling and predictions. The people believed that fortune-telling on the night of January 13-14 is the most truthful and it is at this time that you can see your future husband in a dream. To do this, the girls combed their hair before going to bed, put a comb under their pillow and said magic words: "betrothed-mummed, come and comb my head."

Fortune telling on a nutshell. They also used to guess on nutshells. To do this, you need to pour water into the vessel and lower two walnut shells there. It is believed that if they come close, then matchmakers will soon come. And here are some more fortune-telling for the Old New Year.

Divination in a glass. With the help of this fortune-telling, the girls found out what awaits them in the coming year. For this, four glasses were taken, which were filled up to half with water. In one they put salt, in the other - sugar, in the third - a ring, and the fourth was left empty. One girl stood behind the one who wondered. In her hands on a tray, she held glasses, moved them so that the fortuneteller did not know where which one was. After that, the girl behind her back ran her finger along the glasses and asked: this glass, this, this? .. And so - until the fortuneteller stopped her. The water from the selected glass had to be tasted. The taste of water predicted events in next year: salty - sadness; sweet - success, happiness; fresh - an ordinary year; ring - a wedding or meeting with the betrothed.

Fortune telling on pies. On January 14, on the old New Year, you can bake pies that predict fate. To do this, the hostess of the house must make unleavened dough and bake small pies with viburnum jam or mushrooms. Before making the pies, the dough is brought to the icon with the words: “Holy images, bless my dough, what awaits me in the new year, indicate. In the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. Now, everlastingly, forever and ever. Amen".

In addition to the selected filling, buttons are placed in the pies different color, guessing in advance (at your discretion) what each button found by the consumer means. For example: a red button - to be rich, a blue button - to be married, a white button - to walk alone, a black button - to be killed, a pockmarked button - to live for a long time, etc. They bite such a pie carefully so that, God forbid, a tooth do not break!

Fortune telling on coals. Stick your left hand into the blower and take out a handful of ash. Select nine coals in the ash and wrap each one with a piece of paper with the inscription: HAPPINESS, UNHAPPINESS, POVERTY, MATH, WEALTH, LOVE, SEPARATION, SICKNESS, BOREDOM. Place the coals under the pillow, after wrapping them with thread so that the pieces of paper with the inscriptions do not come off. Before you go to bed, read the conspiracy on truthful divination: “I go to sleep on an oak bed. It’s not ash in our heads, but my girl’s fate. Key, lock, tongue. Amen. Amen. Amen". In the morning, as soon as you wake up, get the first ember you come across from under the pillow. A word on a piece of paper predicts your life in the new year.

Divination for marriage. On the old New Year's Eve at midnight, girlfriends go out into the courtyard and, blindfolding each other in turn with a handkerchief, turn the whirligig around them, and then push the girl in the back. If she walks towards the gate, she will soon get married. If she goes to the porch, then she will sit in girls for another year.