Divination by Christmas saucer: rules. How to guess on a saucer during Christmas

Traditions of Christmas fortune-telling on a saucer

At the same time, among those who are engaged inpredictions, Christmas Christmas trees are considered almost the most successful time of the year for fortune-telling. I must say that such a belief is by no means new. It goes back to ancient times, even in pre-Christian times. The fact is that almost all agricultural cultures with the winter solstice period were associated with the most mysterious beliefs. Despite the difference in rituals, representatives of different cultures - Slavs, Romans, Greeks and Egyptians - believed that at that time heaven sent incredible gifts to the earth: all prayers addressed to the gods would be heard and desires fulfilled. Ancient shamans and magi in this period turned to the spirits to learn about what the coming year is preparing.

Simple mortals also did not miss the chance to reveal the mysterious veil of the future and wondered about the future.

These traditions have been preserved with the spread ofChristianity. Our ancestors also noticed that in the Christmas festivals the most ordinary objects acquire a mysterious ability to tell about what lies ahead.

Thanks to these observations, a largenumber of various predictions. At the same time, there are many rituals that have not survived to this day. This is due primarily to the fact that for almost a century, everything that was somehow connected with Christmas was under strict prohibition. As a result - a lot of techniques of divination for today is lost.

In addition, from everyday use of steelgo out some of the objects previously used to lift the veil of the future. For example, with all the desire today, it is unlikely to be able to tell fortunes on boots, moving them through the roof of a high-rise building. And private single-storey houses have become much higher and bigger. Out of use and so popular a century ago, fortune telling on the straw, when the girl, unnoticed by the owner, pulled out a straw from his roof and watched if there was grain in it. If there is - to live it in abundance, if not - it is not a very prosperous future. Find a house under a thatched roof today, except in the outback, and not everywhere.

There are fortunetelling, which continues to be popular today. These include:

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  on the crest;


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  on the hairbrush;


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  on the water;


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  on spoons, etc.

How to guess on a saucer in Christmas

Perhaps the most attention of those who wantto open the dense veil of the future, attracts the so-called prediction of the future according to the saucer. Today it has become incredibly widespread and not only on this particular day, but the most reliable results are provided during the Christmas holidays.

Saucer is an indispensable attribute of many Christmas fortune-telling:

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  on it they roll a ring to find out the name of the man;


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  on it are stacked various objects during the divination by songs and verses;


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  it is used during candlelighting, etc.

At the same time, the best known isevocation of spirits. The Orthodox tradition believes that such fortune-telling, and even on a church holiday, is a big sin. It must be said that Christianity has always been the most harsh critic of popular fortune-telling, both innocuous and as terrible as it is. However, despite more than a thousand-year history of its existence in Russia, it did not manage to eradicate people's desire to learn about what awaits them in the future.

It was believed that only unmarried girls and young men could guess, in order to find out what awaited them in the future. For those who found their couple, it was strictly forbidden to resort to fortune telling.

So, guessing on a saucer should have happened ina Christmas party in a group of three or more people. It is believed that the more people, the more confident they feel. However, in a large company it is often difficult to create an appropriate atmosphere.

Of course, the most popularfortune telling with the help of a special spiritual board, however, divination with a saucer and the alphabet written on it was no less popular. For these purposes, it is best to use a light porcelain vessel.

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   On a sheet of paper (cardboard or paper) write all the letters of the alphabet in the form of a large circle.


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   Inside it, draw a circle of a smaller scale, where you write down the numbers from 0 to 9.


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   Write "Yes" at the bottom, "No" at the top. Sit in a circle and, holding hands, ask the spirit questions, which he will answer, moving the saucer.

Take care that in a room wherea session is being held, all the mirrors have been hung up and several candles burned, but not church ones. This is necessary in order to divide Christmas into a saucer was correct.