What rituals exist for travelers? Today, as in the old days, travel and long trips are fraught with a number of dangers. To avoid them and make your journey easy, successful and safe, you can use well-known rituals and magic spells for travelers.

Signs before a long journey

The practice of “sitting on the path” has not lost its relevance and importance, so as not to encounter obstacles along the way. They sit down literally for a minute or two, sit silently, and then get up and be sure to say: "With God blessing!"

Just before leaving the house, you need to hold on to the edge of the table. The table symbolizes home, and thus the connection with it is maintained. Sometimes they also kissed the edge of the table and asked their home for blessings along the way.

To ensure a successful trip, they used to take dry wormwood on the road, which was believed to protect against evil spirits. Modern magicians add that other plants can be used as the same amulet: dill, oregano, violet, thyme, caraway seeds, mint.

Before a long journey, it is not recommended to wash your hair to avoid disaster. A great power has been concentrated in the hair, which is very necessary on the journey, and this power is washed away soapy water, and also individual hairs remain in the bath or on the comb, and with them - a share vitality. It is better to wash your hair a couple of days before departure.

When setting out on a trip, you should not step over the threshold with your left foot, so as not to be under the influence of evil forces. Returning halfway is also very bad. If you still need to do this, be sure to look at yourself in the mirror and stick your tongue out at your own reflection - thereby you will scare away the evil spirits that forced you to return.

On the day of departure, none of the traveler’s relatives should wash or sweep the floor - there is a great danger of sweeping the road for the departing person and making it extremely dangerous.

And on the day of departure, you don’t need to sew anything up - there will be no luck. By the way, this sign belongs to the category of often coming true.

Don't let your keys fall before leaving the house. This will lead to failure. If suddenly, just before you leave, someone from your family brings something you forgot, there will also be no luck on the road.

On the road, try to walk around all the lying sticks and other objects and under no circumstances step over them - otherwise there is a risk of encountering various obstacles. And it’s better not to pick up anything along the way, especially coins or sharp objects.

If on the way you meet an acquaintance who asks where you are going, the most correct answer is: “To Kudykina Mountain.” Previously, such an answer was not considered rude, but was a special magical excuse. The fact is that, having learned your plans, a person can put the evil eye on you, even unwittingly. Nowadays you can replace " Kudykiny mountains» in a more appropriate and neutral formulation - "on business."

Advice to those seeing off - if you want the person to return faster, then when leaving home from the station, be sure to turn around and look after the person leaving.

Signs on the road

There are a lot of road signs that can be useful to travelers - they will make them careful and attentive on the road. Such signs are signs that fate sends, warning of danger and problems along the way.

• For example, to see an earthworm crawling across the street on the way - good sign. It promises success in the proposed business and good news.
• But if the first person you see when leaving the house is an elderly woman or a priest, you won’t have any luck on the road. In this case, you need to put a fig in your pocket to neutralize the trouble.
• If you notice a coin on the road, it’s lucky, but if it’s a nail or a button, it’s a sign of trouble and even disaster. It is also considered unlucky to lose a glove on the road.
• If you meet a person on the way with a full bucket, bag or package, the road will be fruitful and successful, but if with something empty, then the road will turn out to be empty and useless.
• Meeting someone immediately on the threshold or porch is a bad omen and predicts an unsuccessful path.
• If it suddenly rains, rejoice. This sign promises that your trip will be successful.

Spells for a safe and successful journey

We also bring to your attention several special road spells aimed at making the road safe and successful. As a rule, these conspiracies are read before leaving the house.

1. Before leaving, you need to throw a few coins to the side and say: “All traces, all misfortunes, everything is left behind, but for me, God’s servant (name), a happy road.”
2. This plot is read three times before leaving: “I will stand, blessing myself, go, crossing myself, and meet two angels. The Lord is on the way, Nicholas the Wonderworker, light the way. Amen".
3. Or you can turn to your guardian angel: “My angel, come with me, go forward, show God’s servant (name) the way and remove all enemies from the road.”

If you see that there are some obstacles and obstacles along the way, sudden delays, then you should stop and think carefully about whether you need to go to the intended place, whether you forgot to take anything with you, whether you thought through the path well. It is quite possible that all the annoying misunderstandings along the way are warning signs of fate.

Road signs and superstitions.

According to road signs and just before a long journey, according to tradition, you need to follow the folk sign - you need to sit down on the road and be silent. This sign predisposes you to a successful path.

It is quite logical, because it is at these moments that a person once again intensively scrolls through his head: did he take everything with him? Have you forgotten important documents, any things, or even as trivial as it sounds, the same ticket or keys?

Does he leave his home and appliances in order, including water, gas, electricity? And silence when performing this sign on the road allows you to concentrate correctly.

If you came back halfway for some reason, before going out again, look at yourself in the mirror and stick your tongue out at yourself. You can look under the rug, the rug also helps.

Mystically, the sign for the road is based on the fact that the person returning must certainly deceive or frighten evil spirits(and she nests just under the rug or looks over her left shoulder into the mirror). At the same time, make it clear that they are not afraid of her.

Some, realizing the effect of the sign, try to change something - symbolically change something in their clothes or appearance: put on a different tie, comb their hair again. In this way they are trying to get an image that seems to be a different person.

From an everyday point of view, the fact of returning is considered unsuccessful for the clear reason that time is lost and, to catch up with it, you will have to rush, be late, be nervous - which in most cases leads to failure.

Sign of going on a long journey in the rain, - which fell quite unexpectedly, - to a successful path.

It was believed that rain is heavenly water that washes away all illnesses and sorrows. Since ancient times, the perception of rain as heavenly milk feeding the Earth and everything born on it has also been preserved.

In ancient times, the Earth was identified with feminine, while Heaven is the opposite - with the male, fertilizing. All this taken together remains in the signs and superstitions of different peoples.

If, when getting ready to go on a trip, someone crosses the road or goes towards you with empty buckets - according to the sign, this means an empty day, and the same empty troubles

This is a superstition, like many other signs associated with the concept of “meeting” (“Take the first person you meet as your godfather,” etc.), which is based on the fact that a meeting is given to a person from above and determines his fate. It follows from this that every meeting is a sign of fate, which is practically unavoidable.

Meet a man first in the morning- according to belief to good luck, while a woman is interpreted as bad luck.

One of the reasons lies in what was previously believed: a woman (especially an older woman) can cast the evil eye much more often and more powerfully than a man. Another reason lies in the talkativeness of women, who will then talk about who they met, what he looked like, which direction he was heading, etc.

And this, in turn, will certainly have a negative impact on what was planned, or at least it will reveal a hidden secret. If someone comes towards you with a full bucket, according to the tradition of all beliefs, this is a good omen - give way to him.

The mystical meaning of this sign lies in the fact that it is not recommended to cross the path of your own luck, which is thus communicated from above. This means that if you violate it, your own actions will become the cause of failure. In this case, it does not matter at all what was in the bucket - the main thing is that it is not empty, but full.

It seems impossible to deny the elementary politeness contained in that belief: after all, it is difficult to walk with a full bucket, and therefore it is advisable to give way to the person who is heavily carrying it. He will thank you for this - this is a good start to the day.

Signs for the road.

If you want to return to the area you like, throw a coin into the nearest body of water.
-Water in Slavic legends has mystical symbolism, primarily cleansing and life-giving (“dead water” - cleansing, “ living water"- creation anew, revival). Water is the border between this and this light, all of it ultimately comes from heaven.

Throwing a coin into the water means to appease it, to pacify it, to show your respect so that it does not interfere with its return. And at the same time, it’s as if you were leaving a part of yourself in this place (let’s remember the belief about something forgotten in someone else’s house: you will definitely return there).

Before a long journey, don’t wash your hair- you will cause trouble.

Of course, the attitude towards hair is clearly expressed here, because, according to the beliefs of the ancients, life force lies in it. The hair motif is reflected in all the most important events in a person’s life: a lock of a baby’s hair is rolled up in wax; a child cannot be cut until he is one year old; V certain days a pregnant woman is not allowed not only to cut her hair, but also to wash it, etc.

It was believed that thrown hair could cause damage and deprive one’s health, so people were warned against throwing hair away anywhere.

After washing your hair, some of the hair remains in the water, some remains on the comb, which is not welcome before the road: all the hair should be with you. The everyday explanation of the belief is simple: if your hair does not have time to dry before leaving the house, you can catch a cold.

Before a long journey, you need to hold on to the corner of the table- this is good luck.
-Only an echo has reached us Slavic belief, which read: when setting off on the road, you must kiss the table. This attitude is associated with veneration, which has existed for centuries and is reflected in folklore (“As much as there is at the table, so much in the Kingdom of Heaven,” etc.).

The table was considered such an important symbol of the house that in the old days, when selling a house, they left the table in it (for the house and the table are inseparable). And when they set off and touched the corner of the table, they received the blessing of the house for a successful journey and a safe return.

If someone else follows in your footsteps, then he takes away the strength from you, who is walking in front.

The trace left by man and animal has always been endowed mystical power. It was believed that from the trail left behind one could not only learn a lot about the person walking, but also, following in his wake, damage him and take away his strength. Physically, this is due to the fact that those walking along the beaten path spend own strength much less than the one who pave the way.

The mystical explanation is that by deliberately trampling down traces, a person is deprived of his own trace and made unprotected (an analogue is a person without a shadow). In some places, especially in Ukraine, the author of these lines came across an even more gloomy belief: if you follow in someone’s footsteps, then someone in that person’s family will soon die.

Signs when leaving home.

When you leave the house, any meeting on the porch is not good.
- It is believed that the oncoming person crosses the path of the intended business in a certain way, cutting off the path. A sign that is very disturbing to suspicious natures: based on the belief that any meeting is destined by Fate, a person then, against his will, spends a lot of energy on unraveling the meaning of this first meeting, which actually affects the matter. A meeting when leaving the house is both a possible forbidden question, “Where are you going?”, dooming your plan to failure, and a simple unplanned delay, leading to being late.

Let us note, however: if this sign still has some influence on villagers, then in urban conditions multi-storey buildings, where such meetings cannot be avoided with all the desire, it has lost its meaning and it is better not to think about it.

Accidentally meet a funeral procession on the road- to good luck.
- This strange belief took root on the basis that it used to be customary to give the first person you met on behalf of the family of the deceased the so-called “travel”: a piece of canvas, bread, a candle and a coin. It was believed that the one who accepted all this symbolically absolved the sins of the deceased. In gratitude, the deceased in the next world will be the first to meet this person and will be his guardian, protector and mentor. This is where the belief came from that the one who goes first to meet the funeral procession is lucky: he has already provided good attitude to yourself in the next world.

However, in some areas there is a diametrically opposite belief.

Foot if it itches- to the road, legs are burning - to the path.
- Rather, this is not a belief, not a sign, but a joke. Although a person who already knows that he has a long journey ahead of him may well experience similar sensations.

If a seriously ill person in delirium imagines a road or dreams, it means that he will soon die.

Of course, the essence of the sign is based on a simple association of the road and “ last path”, about which the patient thinks or has a presentiment.

You will stand on your left foot- there will be no way.
- This superstition, like many similar ones, comes from the belief that a tempter, the devil, stands behind a person’s left shoulder, and a Guardian Angel stands behind his right shoulder. That is why the words “right” and “truth” are so close. Even more ancient roots lead to the following explanation: praying to the sun in the morning, that is, turning his face to the east, a person on the left felt the cold of the north (evil forces), on the right - the warmth of the south (good forces). In essence, all the signs, beliefs and superstitions associated with the left side are based on this: left hand not served upon greeting; You can’t start the day with your left foot; They spit over the left shoulder to prevent trouble from happening.

They stumble on their way home- it means he will quarrel with his family.
- Stumbling is generally not a good omen, because it is interpreted as third-party interference. However, bypassing the mystical meaning, and if you look at it purely psychological point From the perspective, it is quite understandable that a tripped person’s mood deteriorates, especially if he also fell. It is best to proceed from the wise advice: “Don’t blame the horse, blame the road,” and not attach much importance to what happened.

Other road signs.

Sewing up something before the road means no luck.
- Oddly enough, this sign often comes true. But the reason most likely is not that “luck is sewn up”, but that before setting off on the road everything is done on a quick fix, which then affects. An important role can also be played by the fact that a person is aware of this sign and is latently set up for failure, attracts it, and unconsciously provokes it. So it’s really better not to sew up anything before the road.

If you come across a nail or some other sharp object on the road, it means trouble.
- The original meaning is in relation to amulets and damage. If a person himself wants to protect himself from damage, from misfortune, he directs everything sharp against the supposed enemy (for example, needles stuck in the door; a knife at the threshold with the tip outward). If something sharp is directed towards the traveler, it means that he has been mystically “pierced” and deprived of strength. True, almost all folklorists have heard the clarification: trouble awaits the traveler only if the object is pointed at the person, and if, on the contrary, it is away from him, then this is to the memory of loved ones about him. The best thing, apparently, is not to look for anything under your feet along the way.

It’s better not to go on a long journey on Fridays - it’s a bad omen, there won’t be a good road.

On Friday, it was highly discouraged not only to go on the road, but also to do some work, especially for women. This is connected with the cult of Paraskeva Friday, which is often associated with Fate. And there is no need to test Fate once again. An interpretation related to fasting Friday is also possible (it is no coincidence that Wednesday is also mentioned in a similar situation - another fast day).

If a dog crosses the road, there is nothing bad about it, but don’t expect any good.
- Whatever the sign, so is the explanation: on the one hand, the dog looks like a wolf, on the other, it is a friend of the house.

If a seriously ill person in delirium imagines a road or dreams, it means that he will soon die. - Of course, the essence of the sign is based on a simple association of the road and the “last path” that the patient thinks about or anticipates.

In Rus', at all times, a person setting off on a long journey was faced with considerable dangers and various surprises.

Therefore, in order to protect himself as much as possible, he paid attention to signs, many of which had magical significance. As practice shows, even in the current “enlightened age” these signs have not lost their meaning.

In order for the journey to be successful, before a long journey you need to sit down and be silent. And standing up, say: “With God.” In the old days, this was done so that the departing person and those accompanying them could all together mentally ask God for good luck on the upcoming journey. Nowadays, this custom helps to concentrate and once again check whether a person has forgotten anything important.

Before a long journey, when you are ready to leave the house, you need to hold on to the corner of the table. Earlier dinner table was considered a symbol of home. Therefore, when setting off on a journey, a person kissed the edge of the table, asking the house for blessings for good luck on the road and a safe return. Later, this ritual began to be limited only to touching the table.

If you are going on a long trip and it suddenly rains, this promises good luck. In pagan times, rain was perceived as heavenly milk, feeding the earth and everything growing on it. Later it was believed that rain is divine water that washes away all sins, illnesses and sorrows. This is where the belief was born: if it started to rain at the time of departure, it means that God favors the wanderer.

To prevent an accident on the road, the mourners need to splash water after the departing person.

When you are going about business and someone asks you: “Where are you going?”, you need to answer: “For the Kudykin Mountains.” This is not rude at all. In the old days, people believed that if another person knew your plans, he could put the evil eye on you and prevent them from being implemented. To prevent this from happening, you need to return the “unlucky” word “where” to the questioner, keeping the upcoming path a secret.

Before a long journey, you should not wash your hair. Otherwise you will cause trouble. Once upon a time, people believed that hair contained vitality, which a person really needed on a long journey. And after washing your hair, part of the hair remains in the water, part of it remains on the comb, and with it its vitality. However, this belief also has a purely everyday explanation: if the hair does not have time to dry, it is easy to catch a cold on the road. But psychics claim that hair is an antenna that helps a person receive important information from the outside world. Wet hair loses this ability until it dries.

If you want to quickly see the person leaving, then when leaving home from the station, be sure to turn around after him.

If you really want to return to a certain place, you need to throw a coin into the nearest body of water. It was believed that water was of heavenly origin, having been sent down to earth by God. A coin thrown at her meant a request to the almighty deity not to interfere with the person’s return. Nowadays, this custom is followed by many of those vacationing by the sea and visiting foreign cities, where tourists leave hundreds of kilograms of coins in fountains.

If you forgot something and because of this you returned halfway, before you leave the house again, look at yourself in the mirror and stick out your tongue.

This magical sign, widespread these days, comes from the fact that evil spirits made a person forget the necessary thing. To scare her, you need to look in the mirror, because at that moment she will look over her left shoulder. Meeting a man first in the morning means good luck, and a woman means bad luck.

It was believed that a woman, especially an old one, can put the evil eye on you much more often than a man who is busy with his own affairs and does not pay attention to others. For a safe journey, you need to take wormwood with you.

Previously, people believed that wormwood protected against the evil eye, and its pungent smell had a cleansing effect, as it repelled evil spirits. Other plants with a pungent odor are also used for the same purpose: dill, oregano, violet, mint, caraway seeds, thyme. And all of them, as experience shows, really have the ability to repel evil spirits. This belief is based on the fact that behind a person’s left shoulder there is a tempting devil who will follow him if he steps over the threshold with his left foot. Behind the right shoulder is a guardian angel. He will not allow the unclean one to slip out after the person if he steps with his right foot. The ancient roots of this belief are connected with the fact that when a person prayed to the rising sun in the morning, to his left was the cold north, that is, evil forces, and to his right was the warm south, the forces of good.

On the day of departure of one of your loved ones, do not sweep or wash the floor, so as not to block his way home.

Finding a nail or anything sharp on the road is a sign of disaster. When a person wants to protect himself from the evil eye, he throws a charmed nail, knife or something sharp where the supposed enemy walks, warding off the damage. When such an object is found by an unsuspecting traveler, he can become an accidental victim. Therefore, it is better not to pick up anything along the way.

Be careful if someone is following your steps. To avoid trouble, 60 you need to stop and let this person go ahead. Since ancient times it was believed that the trace and shadow of a person have magical power. From the trail left behind, you can not only find out the hidden secrets of the past, but also, following the trail of a person, bring damage to him. In addition, when someone's footprints are deliberately trampled, that person's life force is deprived. And, by the way, the most common conspiracy is the conspiracy to trace.

Signs and signs on the road.

If we correctly interpret the signs that fate sends us literally on our doorstep, then we can avoid many problems.

You can’t sew anything up before leaving the house - you won’t have any luck. You also need to sit down so as not to encounter obstacles along the way.

If, upon leaving the house, you immediately run into an elderly woman or meet a church minister coming towards you, you will not see success in your intended business.

If along the way you meet an acquaintance and asks where you are going, then it is better not to answer him anything, or say: “On business.”

To see an earthworm crawling across the road means that you will see or hear something unusual and interesting that day.

You cannot step over a stick or any other object lying on the road, otherwise the road will be full of obstacles.

If you step over a burnt log, you may get gynecological diseases. If you step over the hat, then you or the owner of the hat will have a headache. And if through a fishing rod, then it will no longer catch fish.

Finding a nail on the road is a sign of trouble, a button is a sign of trouble, a coin is a sign of happiness. Picking up a handkerchief means tears.

Losing a glove on the road is bad luck.

If you forget something while visiting and return for this thing, you will soon meet the owners again.

It is not for nothing that people have made and continue to make signs about the road. Beliefs are created to make our lives easier and more fun, so that when we set off on a journey, we believe that it will be happy and arrive in a good mood.

The most famous and popular signs about the road say that it is better to sit before the road, that the journey should not start on Friday. The latter is due to the fact that in the old days Friday was considered women's day - ladies rested and took care of themselves. Planning a departure on Friday meant depriving women of a holiday, because they would have to prepare the wanderer for the journey, bother about the house, and be nervous.

It was not recommended for travelers to stand on the day of departure on their left foot; It was forbidden to wash hair - so that the connection with higher powers would not weaken during the trip. A special place in old road signs is given to black cats, monks and women with empty buckets or other unfilled containers. It was believed that if any of the listed characters met a traveler, there would be trouble.

1. Before a long journey, you need to sit down and be silent. This is a successful path.

2. The journey will be prosperous if the one who is leaving washes the house until it shines and especially carefully the stairs.

3. Sweep or wash the floor on the day of departure of one of the family members - sweep it, wash it forever.

4. If you come back halfway for some reason, before going out again, look at yourself in the mirror and stick out your tongue. You can look under the rug, the rug also helps. - Mystically, the sign is based on the fact that the returnee must certainly deceive or frighten the evil spirits (and it nests just under the rug or looks over the left shoulder into the mirror). At the same time, make it clear that they are not afraid of her.

5. Met someone with an empty bucket - the day will be empty.

6. After accompanying someone on a long journey, they do not clean the house until he has reached his destination (on the day of departure; three full days) - so that the journey is successful.

7. Going on a long journey in the rain that came unexpectedly is a sign of a successful journey. - It was believed that rain - heavenly water - washes away all illnesses and sorrows.

8. Stepping into the footsteps of the person ahead means taking away his strength.

9. Before a long journey, you need to hold on to the corner of the table - this is good luck.

10. Before going on the road, sewing something up means you won’t have any luck.

11. If you meet a funeral on the road, it will be good luck.

12. It’s better not to go on a long journey on Friday: there will be no road.

13. When any animal, for example a dog, follows a companion, and there is no way to drive it away or turn it back, this means that the person is in danger.

14. Meeting a man first in the morning means good luck, and a woman means bad luck. - One of the reasons lies in the fact that it was believed that a woman (especially an old one) can cast the evil eye much more often than a man. Another reason lies in the talkative nature of women, who will then talk about who they met, how he was dressed, where he was going, etc. And this will certainly affect what was planned.

15. If someone goes to a meeting with a full bucket, give way to him, do not cross the path of your luck.



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Previously, in order to attract good luck on the road, people followed special road signs. Many people still use them and consider them in a great way attract success and make the trip easier. What signs and superstitions should you trust to make the road successful?

• On Monday and Friday you should not go on a long journey - these days are considered unlucky for travelers.
• To make the trip easy, you need to sit “on the path” before leaving the house. This ritual helps to recharge your energy at home, which will accompany you on your journey.
• Sewing or stitching something before the road is a bad omen. You can sew up your luck or forget something important.
• Before leaving the house, the key fell - the path will be difficult.
• Before leaving the house, hold on to the edge of the table with your left hand. The table is a symbol of home well-being; by this action you receive the blessing of your home for a successful path.
• If you forgot something halfway, you don’t want to go back - you can leave your luck at home. But if you do return, then when leaving, look in the mirror and stick your tongue out at yourself - this will again charge you with the energy of success.
• If you are flying on an airplane, then place a coin between the seats or in your seat, this will help you attract luck in money. Your profits will take off with the plane!
• If you are lost in an unfamiliar place, change some of your clothes inside out - you will find the right way right away!
• If someone is going on a long journey, you should not sweep the house and wash the floors; you should sweep this person out of the house forever, that is, he may not return.
• It started to rain before leaving - a good sign! Good luck awaits you along the way.
• If you see an old shoe or glove on the road, meet your relatives.
• You should not pick up money and jewelry found on the road - you can get yourself into trouble.
• If you want to attract good luck on the road, then before leaving, turn all the chairs upside down.

These folk signs and superstitions will help you gain support higher powers from a long road. Have a nice trip and Have a good mood! We wish you good luck and don't forget to press the buttons and

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