Apple Divination & Lead Casting: A Guide

Christmas – it’s not just candy, a tree and finding presents. It is the period when it thins the boundaries between the visible and the invisible world. It is not surprising that during the holidays, great-great-grandmothers prophesied: love, health, luck and future grooms. And even today, the magical Christmas atmosphere directly encourages you to try old traditions again. What a way Christmas divination will you choose

One of the most famous Christmas traditions is simple: apple bisect a horizontally you look at the nucleolus. When a star peeks out at you, luck awaits you in the coming year and you will enjoy good health. The cross is a warning that the next year will not be the easiest. But don’t worry, it’s mainly a symbol that you should slow down and focus on yourself.

And speaking of apples, fortune-telling can also be done from the skin of an apple. Cut as long a piece as you can that will hold together, then throw it blindly over your shoulder. Depending on how the peel turns out and what pattern it shows, you can guess what the next year will bring you. It is mainly about your ability to imagine and guess.

Casting lead? A classic beyond classics, loved by all who like drama and a little mess in the kitchen. You melt the lead (or a modern eco-friendly alternative, which might be wax), pour it into cold water and from the shape in which it solidifies, you read the future.

Follow your intuition and interpret the “symbols” according to yourself. In general, it can be said that bread means harmony, love and peace, rod or top again a new direction, change or challenge. And if you see arc resembling a bridge, you will reach reconciliation and overcome long-term problems. And if the result is more like a potato? Perhaps this is a sign that in the coming year, you will mainly be concerned with well-being and domestic joys.

Light as many tea candles as there are people sitting at Christmas Eve tableand assign each to one person. Whose the candle burns out firstbig changes await. Whose will go out firsthe should rest more next year. And a candle that burns the longest? It means firm, stable life energy and protection.

And there is a more romantic one version for those looking for love: you place two tall and thin candles next to each other and light them. One represents you, the other a specific counterpart you want to test. When the candles lean towards each other, love is on its way. When they turn away from each other, the time is not yet right.

Put the halves of walnut shells with small candles in a bowl of water, each of you take care of your own. Light the candles and watch what the shells do. If you the boat is kept at the edge away from the othersits owner will have to rely a lot on his own strength in the coming year, and besides, it will be similar to the last one. When you the shells hold togethera year full of close family relationships and strong ties awaits you. If one shell goes offit means a big personal change. AND shell spinning in place it points to a year full of unexpected surprises and maybe even a little chaos.

The fact that kisses are given under the mistletoe is a well-known fact – but it can also serve for divination purposes. When your family comes over for Christmas, give it to them sprigs of mistletoe as a gift. And discreetly watch how many marbles are on the piece they get. Thanks to this, you will know how they will be with their finances in the coming year. The more balls the better. But not that you tear them off on purpose!