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The Old New Year, which is celebrated on the night of January 13-14, is a special, mystical time. It is believed that this night is the best time for fortune telling. How to find out your destiny, the name of your betrothed or the date of your upcoming wedding - read the material.

Why do they tell fortunes for the Old New Year?

The Christmastide period (from January 7 to January 19) has long been considered special; people believed that it was on these days that fate could reveal its secrets and mysteries. They learned about the future through fortune telling and various folk signs. On the night of the night, unmarried girls wondered not only about their future, but also about their betrothed.

During the Christmastide period, you can find out not only the name of your betrothed, but also the color of his hair, character or figure. As well as the wedding date, number of children, successful or unsuccessful marriage.

People believed that fortune telling on the night of January 13-14 was the most truthful. There was even such a saying: “Everything that the red maiden wishes for Vasily will come true, but what will come true will not pass.”

Fortune telling for Christmas time - the most accurate and truthful

Folk traditions of fortune telling are forgotten, losing their form and content. However, on the night of January 14, many girls still want to look into their future, as our great-grandmothers once did. If you also want to tell fortunes on this mystical night, read the material about how this can be done at home.

How to prepare for fortune telling for the Old New Year

Before fortune telling, you need to get in a serious mood, let your hair down, untie all the knots that are on your clothes (belts, straps, decorative elements), remove your bracelets and rings and accurately formulate the question that interests you.

How to tell fortunes for the Old New Year

If you are telling fortunes about your future husband, then this should not be done in the family home. At this moment, men should not be present in the house.

They say that every fortune-telling for the Old New Year had to be done without doubting its veracity, only then it would certainly come true.

Fortune telling with a comb

Before going to bed, the girl puts a comb under her pillow with the words “Betrothed, mummer, 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 about it.

Fortune telling for the Old New Year with a comb

Fortune telling with cups

For fortune telling, you need several cups (as many as there are people doing fortune telling). A ring, a coin, bread, sugar, onion, salt are placed in cups, and a little water is poured into one cup. With their eyes closed, each of those who guesses, in turn, chooses a cup.

Predictions for the future are as follows: ring - for a wedding; coin - to wealth; bread - to prosperity; sugar - for fun; onion - to tears; salt means bad luck, and a cup of water means life without much change.

Fortune telling for marriage with candles

You need a bowl of water, halves of walnut shells, in quantities equal to the number of those who are telling fortunes, and the same number of small candles or pieces thereof. You need to insert the candles into the shells, light them and let them float in a bowl.

Fortune telling for the Old New Year with candles

The girl whose candle burns out first will be the first to get married. Accordingly, the girl whose candle burns out last will be the last to get married. If someone’s shell sank with fire, that girl will never be married at all.

Fortune telling for the future husband

Another very popular fortune telling for the Old New Year is searching for the groom under the pillow. To do this, you need to place pieces of paper under your pillow with men's names written on them. In the morning, take out one of the leaves. The name on it will be the name of your betrothed.

You can also go out into the street at midnight and ask the first person you meet for their name. They believe that whatever name they give you, that’s what your future husband will be called.

Fortune telling about the character of the future husband

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

Fortune telling for the Old New Year with cards

Fortune telling for the betrothed with a stocking

Girls will have to prepare for this fortune telling in advance - 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 must say: “Betrothed, mummer, come take off my shoes.” A man who takes off a stocking in a dream will become a future husband.

Fortune telling by thread

Insert three threads into three needles: black, white and red. Have someone carefully pin them to the back of your clothing. Without knowing in what order the needles are located, pull out one thread. A red thread means an early marriage and the birth of a baby, a white thread means loneliness, and a black thread means marriage will not bring you happiness; you need to pay attention to career growth.

Fortune telling for the Old New Year by thread

Wedding fortune telling

On the Old New Year at midnight, girlfriends go out into the yard and, taking turns blindfolding each other with a scarf, spin them around several times, and then push the girl in the back. If she goes towards the gate, she will soon get married. If she goes to the porch, then she will have to sit as a girl for another year.

Fortune telling on dumplings

The housewife, preparing dumplings with potatoes, puts “surprises” in some of them along with the usual filling: coins, rings, nuts. The fortune telling itself occurs directly while eating the dish. Whoever gets what falls is waiting for him.

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

Fortune telling for the Old New Year with dumplings

Fortune telling on cereals

In a circle you need to place saucers with different cereals: buckwheat, millet, rice, semolina, oatmeal, pearl barley, and pour water into a separate saucer. The girls take turns spinning a raw egg in the center of the circle and see which way 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 travel. If the egg spins in place, it means that the girl will not get married this year.

Fortune telling by wish

Before going to bed on January 13, write 12 wishes on separate pieces of paper, carefully roll them up and place them under your pillow. When you wake up in the morning, pull out 3 of them - they will definitely come true in the new year.

Fortune telling for the Old New Year at will

The tradition of celebrating this holiday comes from the discrepancy between the Julian calendar (or otherwise the “old style” calendar) and the Gregorian calendar - the one by which almost the whole world now lives. The divergence of calendars in the 20th and 21st centuries is 13 days. The Old New Year is a rare historical phenomenon that resulted from a change in chronology. Because of this discrepancy in calendars, we celebrate two “New Years” - according to the old and new styles.

Folk signs for the Old New Year

As you know, there is a calendar of folk signs and events, which contains unusual days and natural phenomena associated with them. The history of the holiday is also noted in it. The Old New Year is called according to the folk calendar - Vasiliev's Day. People noticed that if the weather was frosty and little snow, this promised a bountiful harvest. The thaw on this day was perceived as a harbinger of a cold and lean summer. There were other signs too. On the Old New Year there was a blizzard - nuts would be born.

“Avsen, avsen, you walked around everyone...”

Vasiliev's Day was a holiday of agriculture, and therefore it was celebrated cheerfully: calendar songs were sung, round dances were held, people started dancing. Traditional rituals were also used. On the Old New Year, they carried out seeding and scattered wheat grain in the house. They also prayed that she would be born this summer.

The patron saint of not only agriculture, but also pig breeding was considered the holy martyr Basil, whose day was celebrated on the Old New Year. The story goes that the owners prepared meat dishes, pies, and pork jellied meats. It was believed that this would bring health and happiness to everyone at home. In addition, it was necessary to treat the guests with meat, so that night people went to each other - both to congratulate and taste goodies.

Whatever kind of porridge you brew, that’s how you’ll spend the year

Another interesting tradition has been preserved by the history of the holiday. The Old New Year was a day of predictions. At night, elderly members of the family, a man and a woman, prepared ritual porridge. First, they waited until the oven got hot, and then they poured water over the cereal and put the pot in the oven overnight. By how the porridge turned out, they determined what the coming year would be like. A whole pot and aromatic and crumbly porridge foreshadowed a happy future and a good harvest. This dish was eaten in the morning. If the cereal ended up outside the pot, running over the edge, or the vessel itself cracked, poverty and a bad harvest awaited the owners. In this case, the ritual porridge was not eaten, but was immediately thrown away.

Even in ancient times, people said: “As you greet the year, so will you spend it.” This statement, which has survived to this day, encourages us to set a rich table with treats and dishes on the holiday and have fun, inviting wealth, prosperity and health into our home.

Prediction for the Old New Year

By the ring

On the Old New Year, girls often told fortunes about the groom. You can conduct an impromptu quiz. Ask a married lady you know for an engagement ring. (You can’t just pass it from hand to hand. This is a bad omen. It is believed that if a girl takes her wedding ring from the hands of a married lady, then fate will give her only a lover who is not a free lover, and the lady will get divorced. Neither of them needs this.) It is better if the owner of the ring is in your company (you can call your mother). Fortune telling is done like this. You need to prepare cups, one per girl. The lady should place them upside down on the table. Place a ring under one. Naturally, everything needs to be done so that no one spies. Now the fortune tellers must choose a cup for themselves. Not necessarily different. It’s quite possible to wish for one. When all the girls have decided, the secret of the ring's location is revealed. The one who wished for the cup under which it was can expect a marriage proposal in the new year. The rest of us can rejoice in the fact that there is time to enjoy youth and life without obligations!

How to find out your fate with the help of grains?

You know, in the old days, the most ordinary things or products were used to make forecasts for the coming year. We will use any grain. In the old days, girls (and this is a female way of fortune telling) went to the barn, and each raked in a handful of wheat. Do just that, just for simplicity, you can use any large grains (you can even use coffee).

You should collect as much cereal as possible so that it does not spill on the floor. Then pour the grains in front of you and count. The resulting number should be brought to a simple figure by adding its component parts.

Example: you have 274 grains in your handful. Do this: 2+7+4= 13; 1+3=4.

Therefore, you got a four. There is only one exception to this rule: if at some stage of addition the number 66 appears, then you should not continue counting. The ritual will not be truthful. And the rest of the numbers are deciphered like this:

1. fulfillment of all desires, fate is in your hands;
2. to be with a couple this year;
3. the girl will be courted by several fans, you should not decide until next year, as the choice will turn out to be wrong;
4. moving to another house;
5. a new dream come true will light up;
6. boring year;
7. wedding;
8. unrequited love;
9. good changes in fate.

Previously, they only talked about marriage. But nowadays nine is interpreted more broadly. She foreshadows what a woman strives for. That is, you can experience hopes for career growth, realization of talent, wealth, admission to a university, or anything else that was previously planned and leads to serious changes in life.

With the passing of the holidays of January 1 and the Nativity of Christ, New Year's miracles do not end, and you still have a whole week to prepare for magical rituals, ceremonies and conspiracies for the Old New Year.

After all, this holiday, which has Slavic roots, is endowed with magical powers even greater than the transition from December 31 to January 1.

Also, on January 14, Vasily’s Day begins, which can influence the entire next year, and these miracles must be applied in order to fulfill your cherished desire, attract love into your life, improve your financial situation, etc.

Ancient, proven and very effective ceremonies, rituals, as well as conspiracies that need to be carried out on the night of January 13-14 will help you with this.

Rituals to make wishes come true for the Old New Year

When it's almost midnight, fill your glass! It is not at all necessary to drink alcohol; you can get by with regular compote.

Blow on the drink in the glass and say your wish out loud or silently. At 00:00, drink the liquid to the bottom and calmly go to bed, and the Universe will take care of the fulfillment of your desire.

Before leaving for work, or when you wake up, take some crumbs of bread or cereal in your hand, go outside (or to the balcony), think about your desire and throw these crumbs with the words:.

“I give and receive, I make my dream come true!”

Nothing more is required from 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.

On Old New Year's Eve (January 13 to 14), before the clock strikes 12, take a colored sheet of paper and cut out a small star from it. We determine the color and shape of the star ourselves.

Think about what dream you would like to realize and formulate your desire. Let your dream sound short and concise, do not use denials or tricky “I want”. For example: “I’m going to the Bahamas” or “I’m buying a car.”

Wait until midnight, and immediately after the onset of the Old New Year, put your star on your palm, open the window (go outside, onto the balcony) and say: “Just as the star of wishes lights up on New Year’s Eve, so my dream comes true.”

“Light” your star using fire (matches, lighter), and scatter the ashes into the air. Don’t be confused by the fact that in the end you will have to burn your star, in fact, on this magical night it will transform into a guiding star that will illuminate your path to the fulfillment of your desire.

To make a wish come true, on the night of January 13-14, you need to write a wish on a piece of paper, put the sheet under the tree, and on January 14, at noon, burn it.

For good luck in the New Year

There is an old Siberian recipe! Local merchants have long used it to strengthen their financial affairs. At one time, Count Menshikov learned about this unusual way to protect his finances and brought his secret to Moscow. Every year he cooked and ate a special dish, attracting success to his future.

Here is the recipe for this ancient salad - “The Secret of Siberian Merchants”.

You need to pour sunflower oil over the lettuce leaf, put some finely chopped carrots on top (chopped, not grated), then a finely chopped apple and sprinkle it all with crushed hazelnuts. Wrap everything, like in a bag, in a lettuce leaf and tie it with a feather of green onion.

The bag should be approximately the size of a chicken egg. This work of culinary and fortune-telling art must be eaten at midnight from January 13 to 14. Just put the whole thing in your mouth and chew.

Why do these particular ingredients appear in the Siberian salad? Everything is explained:

• lettuce leaf is a field of activity
• We oil our path with oil so that it is easy to move along it
• carrots are needed to strengthen and develop a business: the roots of carrots grow into the ground, take its strength, and the business becomes stronger
• an apple removes the evil eye from your business, does not allow it to be “interrupted”
• the nut gives vitality to the one who prepared and ate the salad
• the bag is tied so that all this is intended for only one person
• the green onion with which it was tied like an arrow deflects blows from evil people and fate

The next ritual needs to be done on the morning of January 13th - we wake up and start making a magic mixture - take a pot and first pour in millet - a handful with your right hand - saying: “Let troubles and problems go away”, then a handful of rice with your left hand - saying: “Let there be stability and balance." Next, you need to sprinkle a handful of different cereals that you have at home and wish yourself and your loved ones everything you want to receive in the new year.

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

If you buy a pomegranate on January 14, it will attract luck into your life if, while eating a grain at a time, you say the following words: “The month of January, winter, the Lord, turned fortune to me, accomplished my deed. Exactly".

Rituals to attract money

A very simple and effective ritual that can only be performed on Old New Year. The ritual requires little preparation. For several days, carry 2 silver coins in your wallet (best of all, 5 rubles each). They should get used to you.

On Old New Year's Eve, take a green candle (this color attracts money, it's no coincidence that the dollar is green!), melt some wax. Make a small cake and stick the prepared coins on both sides.

Let your talisman be with you on New Year's Eve. In the morning, put it in a green canvas bag and hide it in a secluded place, for example, where you keep money and jewelry. The talisman will attract wealth to you all year long. Checked!

This ritual has a slightly modified version. It is also held only on Old New Year.

Melt the candle wax and make a small cake out of it. Write your name on one side and your code number on the other. This number is obtained by adding all the digits of your birth date.

For example, you were born on March 6, 1981. We add up all the constituent numbers: 6 (date of birth) + 3 (month of birth) + 1+9+8+1 (year of birth). The result is the number 1, which will be your code number.

Then cover the wax cake with coins, which had to be carried with you for a day. Keep this amulet in the place where money is stored: safe, closet, wallet.

Use yeast dough for this ritual. It must grow.

Prepare any baking dough; when it rises, knead it three times with your hands and say the words of the spell three times:

“As you, dough, grow and rise up, as you go up and down, and expand in breadth, so in my house there will always be money, it will multiply and be fruitful. Never in my house, God’s servant (name), will the money run out. Let what is said come true. Amen. Amen. Amen".

Afterwards, you need to bake bread from the dough and treat it to all family members living in the house with you.

At the beginning, they read the plot as many times as they are old on that day, clasping their little fingers:

“Gold, gold, pour in to me like peas in the bins, like grains of barley in the threshing floor, like rye in the threshing floor. Gold, gold, stick to my hands like flies to honey, butterflies to the light, grass to the sun. Gold, gold, pour into my pockets without counting, without measure, in handfuls and handfuls. Gold, gold, become friends with me, like ice with water, a nightingale with spring, dew with grass. I’m not a huckster, I’m a fine merchant: I sell with honor, I hang with excess, I measure with powder, I cut with extra, I pour with the rest. Be in my barn a treasure and everything will be in order, without ruin, without burning in all the days and years of my burnout.”

After reading the plot, you need to make a talisman. Take unlined paper and write in red ink like this:

Letters are aligned by the last “D”: this letter in the first and last lines must be at the same level.

Outline the text on paper with a red frame, fold it in four, sew it with red threads into a red rag and carry the amulet with you. It is believed that the amulet will bring profit, especially if you read the plot more often.

If you are worried about your income, on the eve of the Old New Year or Epiphany, go to the church and give alms to at least three beggars. When giving, be sure to say to yourself: “To whom Christ is not a father, I am not a mother.”

With this simple ritual, you will definitely attract money to yourself from where you were not expecting at all.

For love

On Old New Year's Eve, take three candles (red, white and green). Light them and place them in a crystal decanter with water. Place the decanter itself on a round mirror.

Ask that your love be as pure as spring water, hot as a flame and transparent as a mirror. Repeat the spell 3 times. Your betrothed will certainly come to you in the near future.

If you are unlucky in love, and fortune telling does not live up to your expectations, you can perform the so-called “rite of love.” It is performed both on Epiphany and on the Old New Year (on the night of January 13-14).

Burn your underwear, take some ashes, pull out three hairs from your head on the left side and roll it all into a wax ball. Throw this ball out the window at midnight with the words:

“I remove suffering and loneliness, and bring love closer to myself.”

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

This is not a love spell, so you should not perform a ritual to bewitch a married man or bring back a former lover. If a man is your Destiny, then he will come to you himself. After the ritual.

Now the ritual itself:

On the night of January 14 at 22-23 o'clock, sit at the table in clean, preferably new clothes, with your hair down. Three candles - red, white and gold - are tied together into a bundle with a red thread (the length of the thread is to wrap the thread three times around the left wrist).

Place the candles in a glass (preferably crystal) with water on a round mirror, light it and say:

“Power of fire, turn your betrothed’s love towards me. Let his love be hot like a flame, clear like water and deep like 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 performing the ritual, you need to forgive all your exes with whom you are still offended, let go of fears and doubts, complexes about your loneliness. And everything will work out.

Do you want to get married and are waiting for your intended groom to visit? Add orange oil to the cleaning water. And not only in the water for cleaning, but also in the bath, which you will then take.

Rituals for health

Clothes contain bad energy. If you are experiencing health problems, burn some old thing on New Year's Eve without regret. All diseases will burn away with her!

According to ancient beliefs, it is necessary to burn the thing that was worn in the “sick” place. If your heart is not in order, burn your T-shirt.

Do your legs hurt or your back hurt? Throw your pants into the fire. Headache? An old hat has no place in your closet!

Held on Epiphany and Old New Year.

At midnight, take off the item and burn it with the words:

“I burn the thing, and I remove the disease from myself forever.”

Spells for beauty and youth for the Old New Year

They read in bed when they wake up, on the eve of the old New Year:

“From a soft bed to a clean lake, with my parent’s blessing I will draw some water from the heavenly well. That vodka is more valuable than gold rings, miles of stone chambers, and silver cups. And that water is beauty. I will wash my white face in it and I will appear to young men, old men, old men, decrepit old women, young girls, old widows, more beautiful than the red sun, the clear moon, the morning ray. My beauty would appear to everyone and everyone every time, every minute and every day, it would fall on their hearts and eyes. Amen".

13th morning:

You need to take spring water, pour it into a cup and place it at the head of the bed on the night of the Old New Year. In the morning, wake up and, without getting out of bed, take that cup with your left hand and read the following words:

“I, the servant of God, will get up from my soft bed, remember Jesus Christ and the Mother of God (or whose gods you venerate), go through the gate, go out to the spring, I want to get myself some water. So that, having washed your face clean with it, you will become a white-faced, red-cheeked, beautiful maiden, and not some dark-haired one. So that everyone who sees me and my beauty will praise me, talk about love, and give me gifts. So that there are suitors, like in a herd of cows. To become like a beautiful girl, she would be like that for a whole year, until the conspiracy went away. Amen."

Then immediately drink half a cup of water in one gulp. And douse yourself all over with the rest of the water. You can't wash yourself that day.
It lasts for a year, and needs to be done again for the next Old New Year.

For the good of the fellow

This remedy helps a man bring beauty for the whole year, and is read only once a year. You need to take spring water, pour it into a cup and place it at the head of the bed on the night of the Old New Year. In the morning, wake up and, without getting out of bed, take that cup with your left hand and read the following words:

“I, slave (name), born by a mother, baptized by the church, deprived of beauty, call upon enchantments for help, so that everyone will praise me, so that everyone will love me, Lord, bless me. I’ll walk along the path, along the road, and there, along the path, along the road, there is a shop, and in this shop merchants sell all sorts of goods: calico, calico, silk, velvet, I, the slave (name), fell in love with it, took a liking, took a closer look. I was covered by a clear month, my face was the red sun, showered with heavenly stars. And I would be so red, beautiful, sweet and beloved, and I would be attractive to old ladies, and old old men, and young men, and young women, and beautiful maidens. And I would take a closer look, fall in love every day, every hour, every minute, every second. In the name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Amen".

Then immediately drink half a cup of water in one gulp. And douse yourself with the rest of the water from head to toe. You can't wash yourself that day.

Cleansing spells

Cleanse the house of damage and evil spirits

The ritual is performed on the night of the Old New Year. After everyone has settled down, the head of the house should stand up and take a white box with several handfuls of black beans. Then he must walk around the entire house, entering each room. Walking around the room counterclockwise and without looking back on the way out, he must throw a handful of beans over his left shoulder. This should be done in every room, and every time, throwing a handful of beans, the owner of the house should say:

“Evil spirits, take the beans, leave this house.”

The next morning the mistress of the house must collect all the beans. It is better to collect them with a broom and dustpan. Then the beans must be poured into an opaque bag and taken out of the house. It is best to leave them in the field. You need to return home silently, not on a straight road, and if possible, you need to go across the bridge. After which you need to light three candles, take them in your left hand and, walking around the house clockwise, crossing yourself with your right hand, read a prayer against damage:

“I, (name), speak to my house, my threshold. I put God’s amulet on it: from witchcraft in the night, from damage by the stove, from damage from water, from damage from a needle. And whoever approaches my house with evil intent will take his own damage upon himself. My words are first, my deeds are true. Key, lock, tongue. Amen. Amen. Amen."

Cleaning the house in the Old New Year

On the thirteenth of January, you can thoroughly cleanse the room of negative energy and the troubles that haunt you. To do this, first do a general cleaning, adding a little holy water or water blessed by you that day to ordinary water. While washing the room, read the conspiracy calling Higher powers into the house:

“Mother of God, remember your home, where you lived, where you were born, where you drank, where you ate, where you slept. Bless my house for salvation, from all damage and from all troubles for deliverance! Let it be so!"

Then light a white candle and say out loud 5 times:

“We slept, there was fire, there was an evil spirit in my house.
They slept, the fire, all the rude words spoken.
Help me get rid of the bad and the poor, candle.
Let it be so!"

After you cleanse the area, bless your home. Fumigate all rooms with incense. Then go around the whole house, saying the following words of the conspiracy:

“God bless this house! Let only laughter and joy abide in him, let peace and love rule in him. Let it be so!"

For peace in the family

If there are frequent scandals and quarrels in the house or family, in order to restore calm to the family, use the ritual below.

On the eve of the Old New Year (January 13), get up early and at sunrise, walk around all the rooms of your home with a lit wax candle clockwise. In each room, stop and read three times:

“Fire of the Lord, help! Burn out all quarrels, scandals, lessons, prize winners, leave no trace of any evil.”

Bend over the bucket (previously filled with untouched 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 evil spirits, and let love and peace remain in the house.”

Wash the floors throughout the entire house (apartment) thoroughly with this water, and then sprinkle the corners and walls.

Then take enough water 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’ll sweeten the water, give my family a drink, and in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, far-flung scandals will go away from souls.”

Boil water, brew tea. The whole family should drink it before the chimes, adding sugar.

A day before the Old New Year, tie a ribbon made of natural fabric to your left hand. After 12 hours, remove it and burn it in a metal dish, saying:

“I take off the tape, I separate the trouble from myself.
The tape burns out and frees me from melancholy.
The ribbon smolders, I get healthy.
Amen."

At 12 o'clock, open the door of the house, stand on the threshold, you can even become the whole family and say:

“The old year is passing, and the problems are gone.
The New Year is coming, bringing good luck!”

Instead of the word “problems,” you can list all the bad things that happened in the past year. This simple plot can be used as toast!

Burning problems

Take a small plate and cut small pieces of paper. On each of them, write what you would like to leave behind last year: illnesses, fears, tears, disappointments. You need to write not “in general,” but specifically.

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!

Collection of various rituals on January 13

Magic blank slate

Within an hour after the onset of the Old New Year, take a blank sheet of paper and write on it in large letters: “New Era - New Me.”

Below, you can use the points to indicate how you would like to see yourself in the new year. Do you want health? Write: “I am healthy.” If you dream of being slim, note: “I am slim and attractive.” Do you want love, money, or something else? Write about this too!

All phrases must be in the present tense! Once your list is ready, place it under your pillow for one night.

Every morning for the next 30 days, you need to re-read all the points on your sheet. You cannot add or remove anything from it!

After this period, hide the sheet in a secluded place and... leave it there until the next Old New Year. They say that at least 60% of what is written comes true this year! Let's check... and break this record!

So that they don’t find fault at work

On Old New Year's Eve, come to work before everyone else and read:

“Just as the teeth of the dead don’t bite, and their tongues don’t swear, Just as they don’t throw themselves in anger, They don’t wave their arms at the living, They don’t knock their feet, Just as they don’t shout at me, So that not one person, forever and ever, Nor the elder by rank, neither the junior, nor the one who counts, nor the one who sweeps, nor the one who sits in the chair, - Let him not look strictly at my face, nor scold me. This is how I read it, how I said everything, This is how it should be and my slander cannot be reversed. Amen. Amen. Amen"

Bones from the festive table on the occasion of the Old New Year are not thrown away from the table; in the morning they are buried in the ground under a tree with the words:

“As this tree grows and becomes stronger, so the health and material well-being of our entire family would grow and become stronger.”

“How can this tree get stronger, grow,
So I should bring good things into the house!
The tree can live and live,
I want to meet love and happiness!”

When all the dishes have been removed from the table, take the tablecloth, shake it three times and say:

“How many crumbs there were on this table, there would be so much happiness in our family.”

It is advisable to do this outside.

Usually the Christmas tree is removed on January 14th. To avoid getting into trouble, you should not throw the Christmas tree from the balcony. It can either be burned or taken outside.

When saying goodbye to the Christmas tree, you can say the following words:

“Down with bad luck, away with the Christmas tree, and off to my home. Let it be so".

Ritual for a new round of development

Since the Old New Year is much older than our usual New Year, it carries very powerful energy and strength. And given that it is tied to the old calendar, it is better to carry out all desires and rituals not to attract something new, but to correct something that already exists, but is stuck and is not moving forward. Everything that has long-standing roots, everything that I would like to correct and give a new round of development and revelation - this is exactly the area that will be very successful to conjure on this night.

To start the ritual, wait until it gets dark and the moon rises in the sky, or at least one star appears. Put on any silver item (chain, ring, pendant, earrings). Stand by the window and, looking at the star, say the manifesto words. If the day turns out to be cloudy, don’t let it bother you. Send your imagination beyond the clouds to where the stars shine.

“Standing water flows,
Silver sparkles in the night
May my destiny become bright,
Time to live, go ahead!”

Next, light the church candle in the eastern part of the room and look at its light for a while. Do not extinguish the candle, let it burn out completely. In addition, it is favorable to burn green and gold candles in the old New Year to resolve financial issues, and pink and red ones for love ones.

For the rest of the evening, try to be in a good mood, in a light and good mood. After all, it is your condition, your faith in the strength and power of this night that will give impetus to the development of stagnant situations.

On the night of January 13th to 14th, don’t forget to knock on the threshold with the butt of an ax and say: “Life, health, bread!”

All these three components that you listed will not leave you, at least throughout the whole year, i.e. you will be alive, well-fed, and healthy.

Effective New Year rituals are not uncommon, because effectiveness largely depends only on the magician. That is why experienced sorcerers use their own magical rituals and conspiracies.

For beginners, time-tested rituals are better suited, because they are easier to believe due to numerous evidence of their effectiveness.

Any ritual is just a code for moving to another level in the time spiral - the main thing is to believe in it, but objects for it are not the main thing.

Our country is amazing in that people here celebrate almost all holidays, regardless of their beliefs. Moreover, some of them are adapted to everyday life and are not always considered religious. This article will consider the date January 13: what holiday is celebrated on this day by Russians, as well as residents of other countries.

Holiday of the Orthodox Church

This date is very important for clergy and believers. What exactly is celebrated on January 13, which one? So, in memory of the Reverend Melania (first of all). However, on this day other religious figures are also honored: Hieromartyr Michael, Martyr Peter, as well as Saint Dositheos, Metropolitan of Zagreb.

The end of the winter holidays

So, January 13 is an Orthodox holiday, we figured it out. First of all, Melania is honored. But still, this day is most often considered as the end of the winter holidays. The New Year holidays are ending, but young people previously allowed themselves to walk for another day. In the evenings, young men and women gathered in small groups, walked the streets, and sang. In some areas of our homeland this day is also called “Generous Evening”. So, young people could go from house to house and give generously, i.e. With the help of special songs and sayings, earn yourself various goodies. Sometimes the company dressed up and held a small concert in the center of the city or village with dancing and dancing to the accompaniment of

It is important to note that girls especially loved (and still love) this holiday. After all, it’s common to guess about Melania. Unmarried girls threw their boots over their backs, counted the stakes on the fence, i.e. they did everything to find out what kind of life they would have next and whether they would soon be together with their loved one. Now the fortune telling has changed a little, but the expected result is still the same.

Signs

It should be noted that our ancestors followed various signs. So, on Melania’s day one could guess what would happen next:

1. If the sky is clear and the stars are visible on the night of January 14, a good harvest is expected that year.
2. If there was a snowstorm on the evening of January 13, it was believed that there would be a good harvest of nuts.
3. If there was frost on the branches on the morning of January 14, it was believed that it was necessary to prepare barrels for honey, because the year would be fruitful for this wonderful food product.
4. If fog fell on the ground on the morning of January 14, the year also promised to be fruitful and rich.
5. People said: those born on Melania or Vasily (January 14) will be happy. And if they wear jasper around their necks, they will also be rich.

There was also a simple custom associated with the future harvest. So, on the morning of January 14, you had to go out into the garden and trotted them all out. Yes, so that as much snow falls as possible. After all, in the fall the fruits will fall into baskets.

Old New Year

I wonder what holiday the residents of our country celebrate from January 13 to 14? Old New Year, of course! It would seem a little strange name. However, in reality it is extremely simple. The thing is that at this time earlier (according to the old calendar, old style) the arrival of the new year was celebrated. It should be clarified that this holiday appeared back in 1918, when the Gregorian calendar was introduced into use (previously people used the Julian calendar). It is celebrated very widely: with all-night festivities, revelry, and fun.

Nutrition rules for this day

Having understood what holiday is celebrated from January 13 to 14, you need to tell us that at this time you need to put certain dishes on the table. First of all, the so-called “generous”. It is seasoned with various dried fruits, poppy seeds and other delicacies.

What holiday is January 13th? Old New Year! On this day, hostesses should also treat guests to pies and pancakes. All generous people (young people who come to visit) should definitely be given a pancake with jam to eat. By the way, you can even tell fortunes using pancakes. They wrap caviar (for prosperity), meat (for a well-fed life), greens (for health), cottage cheese (for fun) and lean porridge (for poverty). Whatever filling a person gets in a pancake, this is the life that awaits him throughout the year.

Slavic holidays

We further consider the date January 13th. What holiday did our Slavic ancestors celebrate on this day? Thus, the Winter Mara (or Sechenya, Stuzhenya) was celebrated. It was believed that it was at this time that winter fully came into its own. According to popular beliefs, this day was considered terrible for all living things. Our great-grandfathers believed that this was the darkest and unluckiest day of the year. And all because the daughters of Mara were released - Fever, Treasovitsa, who in every possible way messed with people and even harmed their health and life.

It should be noted that today little is known about this day. They tried to talk less about him, no celebrations were held. However, if a person was dashing, then at that time he could call on the evil forces of nature to harm his enemy.

Ritual for Mara Winter

We further consider the date January 13th. What holiday did our ancestors celebrate on this day? Maru Winter, mistress of winter. One ritual has been preserved that certain people could perform on this day. As you know, all the forces of nature, both good and bad, must be respected. And there were special people for this. Mara was also honored. To do this, a fallen tree had to be found in the forest, a dog’s skull was placed at its foot, and animal skins were tied to the branches. They presented Mara with boiled eggs and unleavened flatbreads, pinned on the so-called “Navi bones”, i.e. sharpened pegs. At this time, special spells and poems were read. And all so that the Winter Mara does not get angry at people and ruin their lives.

Other holidays celebrated on this day in the Russian Federation

On January 13, what holiday is still celebrated in Russia? Russian Press Day. It was on January 13, back in 1703, that the first printed newspaper Vedomosti was published. However, it is important to note that it did not have a permanent name. Sometimes the newspaper was called “Rossiyskie Vedomosti”, “Moscow Vedomosti” (if it was only about Moscow news), etc. The first issue covered the military and political affairs of the entire country.

We further consider the date January 13th. What holiday is celebrated in Russia these days? It should be noted that Russian Press Day was established not so long ago - in 1991. And the holiday came to replace Soviet Press Day, which was celebrated on May 5th.

It is also important to note that on this day the most active figures in the Russian media are awarded. Interestingly, in 2010, approximately 47 thousand different newspapers and magazines were registered in Russia. And by 2015, their number almost doubled.

Other holidays and days

1. This is the day of the greatest prophet Muhammad. To be precise, the date of his birth is unknown. They celebrate the day when the prophet died. That is why the date itself is celebrated with a certain amount of sadness. This day is called Mawlid al-Nabi. In Tunisia, Morocco, Algeria and Syria it is celebrated very widely.
2. January 13, what is the divine holiday in India? So, the goddess Lori is revered there. At this time, bonfires are lit throughout northern India to mark the end of the harsh winter. It is customary to celebrate the arrival of Lohri with fasting and gifts to each other. And in the evening you are allowed to organize a feast with numerous delicacies and dishes. Also on this day you can see a special Indian dance, Bhangra, in which only men take part.
3. January 13 is what church holiday for the Swedes? So, it's Tjugondag Knut Day. This time marks the end of the Christmas festivities. The first word in the name of the holiday is literally translated as “twenty”, i.e. exactly twenty days have passed since Christmas (Catholic). The celebration scenario varies depending on the region. For example, in the southern part of the country they burn a straw effigy the size of a man.
4. Memorial Day in Lithuania. In this country, January 13 is celebrated as the Day of Remembrance of All Defenders of Freedom.

January 14 - Vasily's Day

So, January 13 is an Orthodox holiday, of course. It's Melania's day. But on January 14, the Russian Orthodox Church honors Basil the Great. Popularly it is Vasiliev's Day, or Ovsen. From this date, people finished their festivities and went to get hired.

On the night of January 13-14, the Old New Year is celebrated in Russia, as well as in many neighboring countries. AiF.ru explains how and when this holiday appeared.

The Old New Year is a rare historical phenomenon, an additional holiday that resulted from a change in chronology. Because of this discrepancy in calendars, we celebrate two “New Years” - according to the old and new styles.

How did the Old New Year appear?

The date of creation of the world (according to the ancient translation of the Old Testament) was previously considered March 1, 5508 BC. e. Therefore, the New Year began on the first day of spring (March 14 according to the new style).

However, in the era of Constantinople, this date was recalculated more accurately, and September 1, 5509 BC was considered the day of the creation of the world. e. Therefore, the New Year henceforth began on the first day of autumn.

In pagan times in Rus', the New Year was celebrated on March 22 - the day of the spring equinox. After the adoption of Christianity in Rus', the Byzantine calendar began to gradually replace the old one, and the New Year now began on September 1. This date is still interpreted today by some teachings as the true birthday of Christ. D For a long time, New Year's inconsistency persisted in Rus' - some continued to celebrate the New Year in the spring, others in the fall. And only at the end of the 15th century - in 1492 - was a single date for the beginning of the New Year in Rus' officially determined - September 1.

Only 2 centuries later, on December 19, 1700, Peter I promulgated the decree of summer to be calculated from January 1 from the Nativity of Christ (that is, according to the “new” style - January 14). Thus, in the Russian state, 1699 lasted only 4 months, from September to December.

By the twentieth century, the calendar of Russia, which continued to use the Julian calendar, was 13 days behind Europe, which had long ago switched to the Gregorian calendar. To reduce this gap, in 1918, by decree of the Council of People's Commissars, a transition was made to the Gregorian calendar - a new style, and January 14 - the day of St. Basil, Archbishop of Caesarea of ​​Cappodacia - turned out to be the Old New Year.

What other countries celebrate the Old New Year?

The Old New Year is celebrated not only in the CIS. On January 13, a festive table is also set in the following countries:

• Greece;
• Macedonia;
• Romania;
• Serbia;
• Montenegro;
• Switzerland.

The Old New Year is also celebrated in Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia. True, it is celebrated according to the Berber calendar, which is the Julian calendar with minor differences. As a result of accumulated errors, the eve of the holiday falls on January 11th.

Old New Year today

On the night of January 13-14, everyone can afford to “pre-celebrate” their most favorite holiday. Indeed, for many believers, the Old New Year has a special meaning, since they can wholeheartedly celebrate the beginning of the new year only after the end of the Nativity Fast.

Today, the popularity of the Old New Year is growing from year to year, and Russia is no exception. More and more people treat it as an independent holiday, which prolongs the charm of the New Year or allows them to feel this charm for the first time. After all, this holiday is calmer, it is not characterized by the bustle that is an inevitable companion of the New Year.

When will New Year be celebrated in 90 years?

Interestingly, the difference between the Julian and Gregorian calendars increases every century when the number of hundreds in the year after Christ is not a multiple of four for one day. Currently, the difference between the Julian and Gregorian calendars is 13 days. And from March 1, 2100, this difference will be 14 days. And from 2101, Christmas and Old New Year will be celebrated a day later.