Fortune-Telling for Epiphany Eve: 13 Methods to Learn Your Fate
Fortune-telling on the eve of Epiphany (Theophany) can already be called a tradition. The Church does not approve of this activity, but can prohibitions really stop a person who wants to at least briefly look into the future? Especially since on the night of Epiphany you can learn about the most varied things. We will now tell you exactly what these are and how to tell fortunes at home for Epiphany to learn your fate.
How to Prepare for Divination
Fortune-telling on Epiphany night is considered the most accurate. But there are certain rules. For instance, it is best to tell fortunes after sunset. In the past, people specifically waited until midnight and performed rituals until sunrise. And in some regions there were even stricter restrictions—fortune-telling was only done until 3 a.m.
There are certain rules without which the fortune-telling may turn out to be inaccurate:
Before the ritual, you need to wash your face, get into a serious mood, and focus on what you want to know. It«s also best to turn off your phone.
If a ritual is planned outdoors, you should go to the place in silence. And if the fortune-telling takes place at home, you need to close and curtain all windows. There should be no pets or icons in the room where the fortune-telling is done.
Before the ritual, remove all jewelry and your baptismal cross, untie any knots on your clothing if there are any. You also need to comb your hair and remove your belt. Clothing should be loose, not tight, and not distract attention to itself.
To protect yourself from unclean forces (evil spirits), you can draw a circle around yourself with a candle or outline it with a knife (in the case of fortune-telling outdoors).
Also, nothing is accidental during fortune-telling. If suddenly something doesn«t go according to plan, for example, you drop everything or something falls or shifts as if by itself, it»s better to skip the ritual this time.
How to Tell Fortunes Properly for Epiphany
Girls of all times have been interested in whether they will meet their betrothed, what he will be like, and how happy their family life will be. Also, many didn«t so much tell fortunes as perform a ritual for making a wish. But even such a ritual is classified as divination. And if you want to join the tradition and tell fortunes on Epiphany Eve, we suggest familiarizing yourself with the most common rituals.
Fortune-Telling for Your Future Spouse
The most popular fortune-telling of all times. Even now, in this progressive age, many girls want to lift the veil of the unknown and find out who fate has prepared as their life partner. There is more than one version of such fortune-telling. Here are the simplest and truest ones.
A girl stays alone in a room, takes a broom, and starts sweeping, leaving an unswept path that divides the room into 2 conditional parts. This is a kind of boundary that the unclean force, having taken the form of the betrothed, cannot step over. It«s important that the entrance door remains beyond the line. When the girl sweeps to the left of the boundary, she must curse; to the right—she must read a prayer. For clarity, the unswept line is traced with coal. Remaining on the part where prayers were said, she says: »Betrothed, my match, appear before me as a leaf before grass.« He may not appear immediately, so be patient.
A second fortune-telling for your betrothed is better done not alone for safety«s sake, as you will have to spend some time outside at night. If your neighborhood is a bit rough, taking precautions is not unnecessary. Secured? Now wait for the first male passerby, and when he appears, approach him and ask his name. That is exactly what your betrothed will be called.
By the way, such fortune-telling is also quite suitable for guys. Only you need to ask the name of girls and women. The main thing is not to scare them with sudden interest.
Fortune-Telling for a Wish
This is a very simple fortune-telling. For it, you need to tear a sheet of paper into 12 pieces and write your wish on each one by candlelight. There should be no repeats. And the things should be realistic. Put the pieces of paper under your pillow and go to sleep. In the morning, before getting out of bed, blindly pull out three pieces. What is written on them should come true within a year.
Accidentally pulled out more than three pieces? It is believed that either all wishes will come true, or three random ones will. But that«s only if it»s truly by accident, not on purpose.
If you have one most cherished wish, you can check how realistic it is and whether it will come true using a mirror. On the morning of January 18, leave it outside. And at night before bed, take the mirror into the house and write your wish on it with your finger. Then put the mirror under the bed, spread coniferous branches around, and go to sleep. In the morning, look—are the inscriptions still there and are they legible? The worse the wish is to read—the more likely it is to come true.
Another way to find out—will the wish come true or not. Scatter a handful of small objects on a table. Nuts, seeds, cereal, even Lego pieces. Then count them. An even number—the wish will come true; odd—it won«t.
Fortune-Telling for Marriage
It would seem that fortune-telling for marriage and for your betrothed are the same thing. But that is not the case at all. Such rituals allow you to learn more about when to expect a wedding, where the husband will be from, how rich and handsome he will be, and how he will treat his wife. Such fortune-telling does not require complete solitude and can quite easily take place in company.
Fortune-Telling with a Boot
The most well-known fortune-telling is with a shoe. And, no, the boot does not have to accurately hit a guy. And it«s not necessary to use a boot. Any shoe from the fortune-teller»s foot will do. It can be thrown not only over a fence while standing with your back to it, but also simply from a window. The result was deciphered as follows:
The toe points towards the house—don«t expect a wedding this year; in the other direction—the girl will soon go to the altar;
The toe of the boot indicates the direction where the groom lives.
Fortune-Telling with Rings
You«ll need the simplest but deep plate and several different rings—gold, silver, costume jewelry, with stones and without, as well as any cereal or grain.
Pour cereal into the plate, and then all the girls participating in the fortune-telling bury their rings in it. Then the cereal is mixed, and each girl takes turns pulling out a handful of cereal. How valuable the ring is that she gets—that«s how rich her husband will be. If there»s no ring—don«t expect a wedding this year.
A more precise interpretation of the fortune-telling:
Her own—the girl will marry her beloved;
Gold/platinum—a very rich husband;
With a precious stone—well-off and endowed with power/authority;
Silver—from a good, well-to-do family;
Simple—not wealthy.
Fortune-Telling with Cups
You«ll need 4 identical cups, a piece of bread, a small comb, and some tobacco. Each »ingredient« must be placed in one of the cups, covered with paper or cloth, and moved around, as in a shell game. The result of the fortune-telling:
Tobacco—the spouse will be a smoker;
A ring—he will take care of himself (be vain);
Comb—an ordinary citizen;
Bread—a rich husband.
Fortune-Telling for the Wedding Date
Those telling fortunes must sit by a window and say in turn: «Betrothed, my match! Ride past the window!» The girl after whose words a noise is heard outside the window will marry before the others. The louder and clearer the sounds—the sooner the wedding.
Another fortune-telling for how soon the wedding will be:
Hang a towel outside the window in the evening.
Check in the morning: dry—the wedding is not soon. The wetter it is—the sooner the desired event will occur.
Hanging a towel on a loggia or a glazed balcony is pointless. It must be left out in the open air.
Fortune-Telling with Wax
A complex method that requires skill. Take wax, soften it, and mold a pair of swans. In the evening, set the birds afloat on water poured into any container, cover the container with cloth, and leave it until late at night. If the swans swim together—their life together will be happy. Apart—divorce or constant quarreling.
Fortune-Telling for Love and Marriage
If you«ve already found your chosen one, you can tell fortunes with matches—will the relationship work out or not. For this, stand matches on either side of the matchbox and light them. Then, after a second or two, extinguish them. If the heads lean toward each other, there will be a wedding. If they look away—the relationship won»t work out.
You can tell fortunes using hairs in a bowl of water. In the evening, add a pinch of salt, sugar, and ash to the water and mix well. Then throw a hair into this water—your own and your beloved«s. If by morning they are side by side—there will be a wedding. Apart—the relationship won»t work out.
There are very, very many Epiphany fortune-tellings. There are scary ones and funny ones. Regardless of which one is chosen, the main thing is your attitude toward the ritual being performed. Don«t take unpleasant results too seriously, because self-suggestion is still a thing. And any fortune-telling is just a way to brighten your leisure time, so an overly serious attitude toward the process is not always good. But you shouldn»t approach such rituals completely carefree either—you never know. There should be balance in everything.
