Fortune-telling on the night of January 13-14 was considered the most truthful among the people.

“Everything that the red maiden thinks under Vasily – everything will come true, and what will come true – will not work” – says a popular saying. And not without reason, because fortune-telling on the night of January 13-14 was considered by the people to be the most truthful.

How to guess correctly

1 – get serious.

2 – your hair should be loose, there should be no knots on your clothes, remove all jewelry (bracelets, rings).

3 – be clear about that question. The answer to which you want to know when fortune-telling.

Our ancestors argued that only that fortune-telling will come true, in the power of which you sincerely believe. We have selected 12 different divinations. Choose any if you seriously decided to look into your future. 

Divination with a comb

Before going to bed, the girl needs to put a comb under the pillow with the words “Bridal, dressed up, come and comb my hair.” If in a dream she sees a man combing her hair, then this year she will be married to the man who dreamed.

Fortune telling “Ship”

You need to take a basin of three to five liters and fill it with water by a third. You will also need a walnut. Take the nucleolus out of the half of the shell and attach a candle of a suitable size to the middle. The resulting boat should float on the water. You will also need pieces of paper about 10 × 5 cm in size.

Cut each of them, and write the name of the man on one of the halves. Anyone can, but you can be real contenders for your hand and heart. How many leaves do you need? Five, ten – it all depends on you. Now attach the pieces of paper to the side of the basin. The half with the name should be closer to the water, but not in it! Launch the boat with a lit candle. As soon as the fire reaches one of the leaves, the fortune-telling is over and the name of the betrothed is determined.

Fortune telling with cups

For fortune-telling, you need several cups (as many as there are people who guess). They put a ring, a coin, bread, sugar, onion, salt in the cups, pour a little water into one cup. Eyes closed, each of those who guess, in turn, chooses a cup.

Predictions for the future are as follows: a ring – for a wedding; coin – to wealth; bread – to prosperity; sugar – for fun; onions – to tears; salt – unfortunately, and a cup of water – to life without much change.

Divination by the character of the groom

On the night of January 13-14, before going to bed, girls need to put playing cards with the image of kings under the pillow. In the morning, without looking, you should draw one card. Whatever king a girl gets, so her husband will be: the king of spades is old and jealous, the king of clubs is a military man, the king of hearts is young and rich, and the king of diamonds is desired.

Divination by desire

Before going to bed on January 13, write 12 wishes on separate pieces of paper, gently roll up and put under the pillow. In the morning, waking up, draw out 3 of them – they will definitely come true in the new year.

Fortune telling on a chain

This rite is for one. When the clock strikes midnight, take the open chain (gold or silver) with your right hand, crumple it and throw it on a flat surface – on the floor or on a table. Now turn on your imagination and see what shape the chain has taken. If she has formed a circle, an oval – there are difficulties ahead, you will have to try hard to overcome them. Is the chain in a straight line? You should take on a new business, luck is guaranteed! Has the chain formed a rectangle, a triangle? Also good, this is a sign of imminent success.

If the chain turns out to be a bow, something romantic awaits you. Date, wedding – in a word, love. A chain in the shape of a letter is a symbol of a new relationship. It is possible that the name of the betrothed will begin with this letter. But the tangled chain does not bode well. The year will be difficult, you will have to unravel the knots of life.

Divination about the name of the groom

Another very popular fortune-telling for the Old New Year is the search for the groom under the pillow. To do this, you need to put pieces of paper with male names written on them under your pillow. Take out one of the leaves in the morning. The name on it will be the name of your betrothed.

You can also go outside at midnight and ask the name of the first person you meet. They believe that what name they will call you – so they will call your future husband.

Divination with a stocking

Girls will have to prepare for this fortune-telling in advance – to buy stockings. Before going to bed, you need to put on a new stocking on one leg and go to bed. At the same time, the girl should say: “The betrothed, the mummer, come take off my shoes”. A man who takes off a stocking in a dream will become a future husband.

Fortune telling

Insert three threads into three needles: black, white and red. Have someone carefully pin them to your back side of your clothing. Not knowing what order the needles are in, pull out one thread.

The red thread means imminent marriage and the birth of a baby, white means loneliness, and black means marriage will not bring you happiness, you need to pay attention to career growth.

Guessing for a wedding

On Old New Year’s at midnight, girlfriends go out into the yard and, blindfolding each other in turn with a handkerchief, spin around them several times, 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.

Dumpling fortune telling

The hostess, preparing dumplings with potatoes, puts “surprises” in some of them along with the usual filling: coins, rings, nuts. The fortune-telling itself takes place directly while eating the dish. To whom that falls out – that and awaits.

A coin or some grains – to wealth, a thread – to the road, salt – to tears, sugar – to a good and prosperous life, a ring – to marriage, a nut – the presence of two gentlemen, pepper – a new boyfriend, a cherry bone – to replenishment family.

Divination on cereals

In a circle you need to arrange saucers with different cereals: buckwheat, millet, rice, semolina, oatmeal, barley, and pour water into a separate saucer. The girls take turns spinning a raw egg in the center of the circle and watch in which direction it rolls.

If to buckwheat – the groom will be rich, to millet – he will be blond, to rice – he will be married, to semolina – the groom will be from the north, to pearl barley – the groom will be a military man. Water means that the girl is waiting for a trip. If the egg is spinning in place, then the girl will not get married this year.