Ivan Kupala is one of the oldest Slavic festivals, directly associated with the summer solstice, the day when the sun reaches its highest point in the sky.
Accordingly, this event is celebrated on July 6-7 (or June 23-24 according to the Julian calendar). After this significant date, the days begin to wane, the Sun loses its strength.
The ancient folk holiday of Ivan Kupala is literally saturated with magic, beliefs and visions. On Kupala night, much of the ordinary becomes supernatural, and many herbs and bushes acquire magical properties. This is one of those few moments of the year when you can see the future especially brightly and accurately. Fate itself gives people the opportunity to solve their riddles, reveal secrets and even change something for the better. By applying fortune telling on Ivan Kupala, you can discover what has been reliably hidden from you all year long.
The main feature of the Kupala night is cleansing bonfires... They danced around them, jumped over them: whoever jumps more successfully and higher will be happier. In some places, livestock was chased through the Kupala fire to protect it from the pestilence. In the Kupala bonfires, mothers burned shirts taken from ailing children so that diseases would also burn out with this linen. Young people and children, jumping over the fires, arranged noisy fun games and race.
Be sure to play burners. According to the beliefs of the peasants, on the shortest night of Kupala, one should not sleep, since all evil spirits come to life and become especially active - witches, werewolves, mermaids, sorcerers, brownies, water, wood goblin.
A characteristic sign of Ivan Kupala is the numerous customs and legends associated with the flora. Herbs and flowers collected on Midsummer's Day are placed under Midsummer's dew, dried and preserved, considering such herbs to be more healing. They fumigate the sick, fight against evil spirits, they are thrown into a flooded furnace during a thunderstorm in order to protect the house from a lightning strike, they are also used to kindle love or for "drying".
Divination by a wreath
On the eve of Ivan Kupala, girls weave wreaths of forest and wildflowers. Kupala wreath- this is not just a decoration, but a talisman against evil spirits and the evil eye, symbolizing the cycle of natural forces and infinity. In the evening, at sunset, making a wish, a wreath is lowered onto the surface of a lake or river. If he floats into the distance - the wish will come true, if after a short time he comes to the shore not far from the place where he was lowered into the water - the wish will not come true. It will stick to the opposite bank - "your fate is on that side", will float to the middle of the reservoir - a year will pass without problems.
They tell fortunes by the wreath and the betrothed. Putting a wreath along the river, they watch how it will behave. The sinking wreath was a bad omen: "The wreath drowned - the dear one has deceived." If the wreath has unraveled, stretched into a chain or disintegrated into separate flowers, it means that the girl is not destined to get married this year.
If he was washed ashore, don't expect a wedding in the near future. The further and longer the wreath floats, the faster the girl will get married.
Wreaths were thrown into the fire, over which they jumped on the magical night on Kupala. Whose wreath burns first, that girl is more likely to marry her friends. If a guy manages to catch a wreath on the fly, then the girl who weaved it is considered the narrowed of this fellow.
Fortune telling on chamomile
Pour water into a wide, shallow container. Place two stalkless chamomile flowers in it. If the flowers float in different directions - from each other - the lovers will part. If you continue to swim side by side, you will be together all your life.
In circles on the water
Fill a wide container with water. Make a wish and throw a small pebble into the water. An even number of circles on the water - the desire will come true, an odd number - will not come true.
On wax
Break the candle into small pieces and melt them in a metal container. When the wax is completely melted, pour it into the water. See what shape it will take, what the resulting figure resembles.
Interpretation: a ring or a candle - an early wedding, a chest (wallet) - wealth, a heart - strong love, a flag - an unexpected guest, a star - good luck, a flower - a new admirer, a person - a good friend, a wavy figure - fulfillment of desires, stripes - a pleasant journey ...
Dandelion
Blow on a ripe dandelion. If every single “parachute” leaves, the wish will come true very soon, about half will come true, but not as quickly as you want, the smaller part will not come true.
On a leaf of a tree
Pick one green leaf from any tree. Scribble the first letter of your betrothed on it. Throw the sheet up. It will soar high - the chosen one adores you, it will rush low in the wind - invite you on a date, whirl in the air - whirl in a whirlwind of love, immediately fall to the ground - feelings can fade away.
On a maple leaf
Go to the maple tree, pick up the fallen leaf from the ground. Count how many sharp, corner-sharpening edges it has. An even number - the plan will come true. If it is not even, it is not worth hoping.
Along the birch branches
Pick seven small birch twigs (approximately the same length). Mix them together. Without looking, pick one. Whichever branch you pull out, this will be your future - even and smooth or curved and with bumps-obstacles.
On a peach bone
Eat a peach, concentrating on your wish. If you manage to find at least one straight line among the rest of the winding ones on the bone, it will come true.
By horse
While looking at the horse, conceive a desire and observe its behavior. If she lowers her head - not everything is in order in love, shakes her head from left to right - someone is trying to deceive you, shifts from foot to foot - to a long journey, hits with her left hoof - to the speedy fulfillment of a desire, with her right - the desire will come true, but later , neighing - for good.
On coffee beans
You will need 16 coffee beans. Close your eyes, ask a specific question, or sketch a situation in your mind's eye that requires resolution, and carefully drop the grains onto the table. Open your eyes and count how many grains fell in a hollow up.
- 0 - fortune-telling did not take place, it is better not to repeat it today.
- 1 - luck is on your side.
- 2 - all difficulties will go away by themselves.
- 3 - perhaps the betrayal of a person whom you considered a friend.
- 4 - try not to wishful thinking.
- 5 - the business started will lead to success.
- 6 - it's time to be active.
- 7 - no need to worry, everything will settle down sooner or later.
- 8 - the decision will come by itself, you just need to calm down and be distracted.
- 9 - listen to the advice of your inner voice.
- 10 - the recommendations of loved ones will be very sensible.
- 11 - try, the risk is justified.
- 12 - don't talk too much.
- 13 - don't be nervous about trifles.
- 14 - learn to always rely only on yourself.
- 15 - a little more and fortune will definitely turn to face you.
- 16 - everything will be just great.
On cherry pits
Draw a 9 cm circle on paper. Place 9 cherry pips in the palm of your hand. Make a wish and carefully toss them up over the drawing. If all the fallen bones are within the circle - the desire will come true, up to 3 bones will be outside the circle - it will come true, albeit with unforeseen difficulties, and if most of the bones are outside the circle, it will not be fulfilled.
On the bump
Cut out three absolutely identical squares with sides of 7 × 7 cm from one sheet of white paper.On each write one of your wishes. Fold the sheets several times so that the text is not visible. Move and place on the table in a row at the same distance from each other. Take a spruce or pine cone, toss it not too high, and let it fall freely on the table. On which piece of paper she points with a narrowed end, then the wish will come true.
On the fern
Midnight from July 6 to July 7 is the best time for fortune-telling if you want to find out which of several contenders for your hand and heart to prefer. Pick as many fern branches as you are guessing at how many people. For each branch, think of the guy's name, mark the branches with colored threads so as not to confuse. Near the shore of the reservoir, press the branches to the bottom with your hand. Withdraw your hand sharply. Which branch will emerge before everyone else, the guy conceived for it will be your destiny.
On plant roots
You need to go out with your friends to a clearing or garden. To create a special atmosphere, you can be in a white robe, barefoot, with candles, but not necessarily. Let each girl with her left hand pull any plant from the ground together with a root. It is by the appearance of the root that it is determined how the narrowed one will look.
If you find a long root, then the chosen one will be slender, stately and tall; if a short spine is caught, then the partner you choose will be short, strong, probably plump. If the root is twisted, twisted - a friend with a secretive, insincere character is waiting for you, but if the root is even and smooth, a decent and straightforward person will come across. And this is not all that can be read by the root about the future spouse.
Even the hardness of the find matters. Try to "curl" the root left and right - if it fails, the future husband will be as stubborn as a donkey. You are very fortunate to have caught the soft root. This means that you have fallen on a compliant, calm, but also indecisive candidate for your hand and heart. The stronger the root is covered with earth, the more prosperous the future husband is.
Fortune telling at the stake
The most popular fortune-telling on Ivan Kupala is fortune-telling at the stake. It is necessary, having scattered, to jump over the magic Kupala bonfire. If the flame has not touched you, this is a prediction of good luck in love affairs and a quick happy marriage. If the flame slides over your feet or your clothes, you will have to experience a lot of disappointment.
Prophetic dreams on Ivan Kupala
Also on Kupala night you can see a prophetic dream that will tell you about the near future. To do this, you need to collect seven different wildflowers and hide them under the pillow on which you will sleep.
Rite of passage for Ivan Kupala - Sorcerous water
- Kupala - from the word "bathe", on this magical night water is endowed with wonderful properties - rejuvenating, healing, washes away everything bad.
- Collect the dew at dawn: take a white tablecloth, run it over the wet grass, then squeeze it into a bowl or any other container. Wash yourself with this dew the next day. This ritual relieves acne, makes the skin younger and more beautiful.
- Knead the dough with the addition of Kupala dew, bake a loaf. Eat it with the whole family so that there is plenty of wealth in the house.
- To get rid of cockroaches and bedbugs, sprinkle the walls of the house and bed with Kupala dew, saying: “As the dew is pure, as the dew is holy, so is mine (name), a house without evil spirits, without any creeping nasty creature. As dew falls on the walls, so the evil spirits will leave my house! "
- Take a steam bath after a month in a bathhouse with a birch broom made on the Kupala night to improve your health. The broom should be steamed in water with the addition of dry nettle collected on Ivan Kupala. Then take a dip in this water.
- Swim in the river at midnight in a white shirt or shirt. This ritual relieves loneliness, helps to improve family relationships.
- Pour a bucket of water over yourself while standing barefoot on the grass. Say: "Kupala-Kupala, give me a lot - not a little: happiness, good luck, so that I become richer"... You don't need to wipe yourself off after that.
- Run over the tall grass when the dew falls. It is believed that this rite helps to rejuvenate.
Is a very ancient holiday. It is still a little mesmerizing, because it accumulated the energy of generations who believed in the magical power of nature. After all, it is not for nothing that fortune-telling about Ivan Kupala is considered fateful and the most truthful. They are well suited for girls who dream of getting married. With their help, you can learn a lot about your betrothed.
What fortune telling on the night of Ivan Kupala can be used? This is what we are going to talk about today.
Fortune telling on Ivan Kupala: a wish will come true or not
1. Fortune telling on a wreath.
Before the onset of the Kupala night (from 6 to 7 July), you need to weave a wreath of various field herbs. Before sunset, we make the most cherished wish and put the wreath on the water. If the wreath floated away - the wish made will come true. If the wreath is pressed against the shore, the wish will not come true. If the wreath balances for a long time in the middle of the reservoir - this year do not expect drastic changes, everything will be calm in your life.
2. Fortune telling on cherry pits.
Draw a circle, 9-10 cm in diameter. Take 9 cherry pits in your hand. Make a wish and toss the bones up over the circle. If they all fall into a circle, the wish will soon come true. If up to three bones fall into the circle, the wish will come true, but there will be obstacles. If more than four bones fall outside the circle, the wish will not come true.
Fortune telling
A large bonfire is made. Girls and boys take turns jumping over it. If the flame does not touch the guy, he will be lucky in business, love, career. If the flame does not touch the girl, this means a successful marriage.
Fortune telling on wax
Take a taper and break it open. Melt the wax. Pour into a deep bowl of water. Observe what the wax figure will look like:
The star is good luck;
suitcase - money, enrichment;
wave - fulfillment of desires;
flower - a new man;
ring - wedding;
lane - travel;
heart - sincere feelings.
Fortune telling on Ivan Kupala on the betrothed
1. Fortune telling on a wreath.
Weave a beautiful wreath of wild herbs. Put it in the water. If the wreath swiftly swam to the shore - a wedding and good news awaits you. If the wreath immediately drowns - beware of deception and betrayal from the betrothed. If the wreath begins to unravel in the water, you will not get married this year.
2. Fortune telling on a leaf from a tree.
On the night of Ivan Kupala, pick a green leaf from a tree and scribble the first letter of the name of your loved one on it. Throw the leaf up high. If he starts spinning, expect passionate love. If he flies high - a man (guy) loves you. If it takes off, but not taller than your height, a romantic date awaits you. If the leaf immediately falls to the ground, your love will soon go away.
3. Fortune telling on fern sheets.
Pick as many fern leaves as there are suitors. Mark each one with colored threads and write them down so as not to forget which name which thread corresponds to. Take all the fern leaves together, make a fist and press your fist to the bottom of the pond. Then sharply unclench your fist and see which sheet pops up faster. This guy will become your husband.
4. Fortune telling on Ivan Kupala by plant roots
Closer to midnight, put on white clothes, light a candle, take your friends and go barefoot into the field. Pull the first flower you like or a plant with a root from the ground. By the root, you can determine how your groom will look and what features will be endowed with:
if the root is long, the groom will be slender and tall;
if the root is short, the groom will be short;
if the root of the curve is twisted, the groom will be deceitful and secretive;
if the root is even and smooth, the groom will be decent;
if the root curls, the groom will be stubborn;
if the root is soft, slightly flexible, the groom will be calm, compliant;
if there is a lot of land at the root, the groom will be rich, and the more land, the more money.
5. Divination by the ring.
Wait until midnight, light the candles. Take a clear glass with a flat bottom and fill it with water. Dip your wedding ring into the glass. Take a close look into the water, in the middle of the wedding ring. After a while, the image of the future groom will appear.
6. Fortune-telling in the name of the future groom.
Exactly at midnight, you need to go out and ask the first man you come across. Whatever name he calls, so will your future husband be called.
7. Fortune-telling on the night of Ivan Kupala on the blades of grass.
Take two narrow and even blades of grass (eg wheatgrass, sedge). One blade of grass should be longer than the other, it will be conditionally a guy. On the night of Ivan Kupala, insert these blades of grass into the gap in the ceiling. If not, any hole for them to hang down. After a few days, the blades of grass will begin to dry out, and you see how:
If the blades of grass twist or join together, this means love and a wedding;
if the guy deviates from the girl, he has no serious feelings;
if the blades of grass spread far, there will be a gap between the guy and the girl.
8. How to see the betrothed in a dream?
On the night of Ivan Kupala, collect 12 different herbs, including fern and thistle. Fold them into a bouquet and place them under your pillow. Before lying on the pillow, say: "The betrothed groom, come to my garden for a walk, show yourself!"
9. Divination by colors
In the evening, on the eve of the holiday of Ivan Kupala, the girls collect different flowers together. All sit in a circle, and one girl sits with her back to the flowers. Another girl chooses one flower from a bouquet and asks who will get this flower. The one sitting backwards calls out the name of someone present.
By who gets what flower, one can judge the attitude of the conceived guy to himself:
Cornflower - they will fall in love with you.
Hawthorn - there is hope for love.
Bindweed - he will never love you.
White carnation is sadness.
A yellow carnation is neglect.
Red carnation is passionate love.
Dahlia - Appreciation.
Jasmine - a simple flirtation awaits you.
Bell - do not believe him, it will deceive.
Buttercup - on a date everything will become clear.
Daisy is shy love.
Mint - they love you very much.
Forget-me-not - afraid of losing you.
Marigolds - you will part.
Peony is a shame for his act.
White rose - loves, but does not show it.
Red rose - yearns for you.
Chamomile - doubts his love.
10. Divination by daisies.
Pick two daisy flowers. One is you, the other is your beloved. Put them in water. If the daisies float together, you will be happy. If they disperse, your couple will soon fall apart.
Such fortune-telling on the night of Ivan Kupala can be used. Remember that this is an unusual and mystical night. You can expect anything from her.
Fortune telling on Ivan Kupala
The amazing magical holiday of Ivan Kupala has always been associated with a variety of beliefs, omens and, of course, fortune-telling. Today we will tell you about the most popular and interesting ones.
Fortune telling on Ivan Kupala
On this holiday, we spent all the time in nature. Therefore, for fortune telling, they used not traditional cards or runes, but what was at hand. Most of the components for fortune telling can not be taken from home but found on the spot, during the holiday festivities. These are blades of grass, branches, flowers. Some types of divination require a container such as a cup or basin.
Divination by fire
V night on Ivan Kupala fortune telling on fire was perhaps one of the more popular. A bonfire was lit on the shore of the reservoir. This is very important, not only because fortune-telling itself is quite risky (fire does not forgive jokes), but also clearly indicated the presence of both natural elements - Water and Fire.
A large bonfire was lit on the shore and the celebrants began to jump over it. If the jumper could not touch the flame, then this was considered a very auspicious sign. For girls, this foreshadowed a quick marriage, and for young people - success and honor, good luck in all endeavors.
Divination by a wreath
On the eve of the holiday of Ivan Kupala, the girls weaved wreaths. This, unlike other times, was not a simple decoration. It is during this period that herbs gain maximum strength and are capable of many wonderful things. The wreath itself, if not used for fortune-telling, could be kept at home for the entire next year, being a powerful natural amulet against all evil forces.
On the night of Ivan Kupala, having made a fire on the bank of the river, the girls let wreaths into the water. Then they looked, and, depending on the result, made conclusions about the events of the near future. If the wreath floated away with the flow, lost sight of, then this is a good sign. The wish made by the owner of the wreath came true. If the wreath sticks to the shore or gets tangled in the reeds, then the time has not yet come for the fulfillment of the plan. If they wondered on the lake and the wreath stopped in the middle, then this foreshadowed a carefree period,
without too much trouble.
Divination in circles
Before sunset, a deep bowl or basin is taken on Ivan Kupala. It is filled with running water from a river or lake. Further, when the last ray of the sun disappeared behind the horizon and the fire was already lit, a pebble was thrown into the vessel and carefully tried to count the circles on the water. An even number foreshadowed the fulfillment of what was conceived, an odd one - it was not yet time.
Fortune telling on daisies
The same utensils can be used for divination on daisies for beloved ones. Only they do not throw pebbles, but two daisies without stems. If the flowers stay close - a couple in love will be together, if they run up on different sides of the vessel - then perhaps the couple will soon part.
Fortune telling on health
This fortune-telling made it possible to find out what health will be in the coming year for relatives and friends. It is necessary to collect bearberry by the stalk according to the number of family members. Whose blade of grass will last longer (without water), he will be able to boast of excellent health. Whose one will wither before - that may have colds and other health problems.
Fortune telling by birch twigs
For this fortune-telling, seven birch branches are taken. They are placed in an empty vessel and covered with a handkerchief. Further, each without looking, pulls out one. Those who have an even branch will have no problems, those who have a rough and uneven branch will have to make efforts to fulfill their plans.
Divination in a dream
It was believed that prophetic dreams were dreamed on the night of Ivan Kupala. Special rituals were associated with this. One of them used a wreath woven from herbs plucked on the eve of the holiday. Putting such a wreath under the pillow, or hanging it at the head of the bed, the girl could see her constricted in a dream.
Date of publication: 16.05.2016
Who said that ancient rites are forgotten? Nothing like this. We all also believe in signs, follow traditions. On occasion, to be honest, we guess. July 7 is a special holiday dedicated to the sun and love - the day of Ivan Kupala. Since ancient times, our ancestors noticed that the forces of the heavenly body and nature on this day favor people, opening the mysterious veil of the future. Fortune-telling for Ivan Kupala for the betrothed and love is one of the most accurate and magical. Number one on the list of favorites is the curious unmarried young ladies and bachelors.
The peculiarity of divination is that, as a rule, various plants and / or water are used to carry out the process.
The most reliable fortune-telling for love and betrothed on Kupala night
One of the simplest and favorite ways for girls involves the following actions:
- go out to a clearing at midnight, pick up a bunch of herbs;
- returning home, hide the prey under the pillow;
- go to bed, making a wish for marriage;
- check in the morning: if there are 12 or more different herbs in a bunch, the girl will go down the aisle by the end of the year.
To determine whether the beloved will become a husband, what family life will be like, they are guessing on a piece of paper torn from an oak, maple or chestnut tree. Along the central vein, you need to scratch out the capital letter of the guy's name with a needle, go to the balcony and send an impromptu note downwind. If a leaf whirls in a stream of air, soon a storm of passions, a crazy romance awaits you. Will fly up - the development of relationships, a happy marriage. Falls rapidly - all hopes are in vain.
Young ladies, who at the same time have several equally attractive admirers, determine the chosen one with the help of a fern. At night, a company of girls goes to the forest, each breaking off branches of a plant, the number of which corresponds to the number of suitors. Shoots are marked with threads or breaks, guessing at certain names. After they are lowered into the river, pressing them with a palm to the bottom. Abruptly letting go of his hand, they look: which of the branches floats up, that guy will become a husband. The method is difficult for urban dwellers, so now it is rarely remembered.
A simpler option: write the names of the gentlemen on pieces of paper, roll the sheets into tubes and mix in a bowl. Mentally ask Mother Nature, let her help determine fate, close my eyes, choose. Higher powers will definitely direct the hand, the name of the betrothed will become known.
How the future husband will look like, they find out by the spine found on a magical night. The rules of the ritual: after midnight, put on a white dress, let your hair down, go out into the garden or meadow barefoot. Pull out any plant you like from the ground. Well, and consider the details by the look of the spine: thin and long - the husband will be slender and tall, crooked - sick, short - short and maybe fat.
Fortune-telling and fulfillment of wishes on Midsummer's Day
One of the oldest and surest ways to predict fate is divination on wreaths. Symbols of the natural cycle are woven from wild flowers during the day. In the evening, after sunset, there are two options for fortune telling: to send a wreath down the river or to throw it into a fire. Lowering the wreath into the water, you must certainly conceive a desire, and then observe:
- floats away - to be kind;
- will be washed ashore - the conceived will not come true;
- drowning - the beloved will deceive;
- unravel - not to be married this year.
Throwing wreaths into the symbolic Kupala bonfire, the girls watched: whose weaving will burn out faster than others, she will be the first to marry.
A completely uncomplicated way of fortune-telling on Midsummer's Day: having conceived the innermost, blow on a ripe dandelion. If the whole "cap" scatters, the desire will come true in the near future, more than half of the seeds - to be envisioned, but not soon, less - not to expect a positive outcome.
There are also many variations of even-odd. You can throw a pebble into the water and count the circles, the alternative is to add up the edges of a maple leaf or the scales of a cone. The desire to guess in the counting process. The result corresponding to an even number - the plan will come true, an odd one - a negative result.
These are such unpretentious fortune-telling on Ivan Kupala. Should you believe them? Everyone decides for himself. But remember - thoughts are material, and all innermost desires will certainly come true.
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