Folk wedding signs and superstitions for the bride and groom

Signs for a wedding - what is possible, what is not?

In order for this exciting day to become a good memory not only for relatives and guests, you need to think through all the details in advance. In this case, both good and bad omens at the wedding must be taken into account. The most famous wedding signs for the bride and groom:

Only newlyweds are allowed to try on and wear jewelry. Everyone else should not have access to them.
Young people need to sew a safety pin onto their clothes to help protect them from the evil eye. It is important that it is secured with the head down.
In order for happiness to always reign in the new family, a woman needs to cry a little before the wedding ceremony. It is important that the reason for this disorder was the parting words of mom and dad, and not some problems.
The newlyweds need to be together all the time, that is, on this day it is impossible for strangers to pass between them.
At the end of the wedding, the newlyweds need to look in the mirror. It is believed that this way life will be harmonious, happy and successful.
Before the spouses leave the registry office, parents must sprinkle them with grain so that their life will be prosperous.

Wedding signs for the bride

Every girl waits for this day with special trepidation. However, it is important not just to wait, but also to remember the details, to do everything to ensure that happiness lasts, if not forever, then at least as long as possible. There are wedding signs that the bride should know:

On this day, the newly-made wife must wear something that belongs to another person, and she needs to make several stitches with blue thread on the hem of her dress.
The bride should only buy shoes with closed toes.
Before marriage, a woman is not allowed to look in the mirror in full attire.
If the bride lets go of the wedding bouquet, happiness will immediately disappear.
If a woman starts sneezing on the morning before her wedding, her marriage will be happy.
For life to be happy, a happily married friend must wear earrings
It is unacceptable for a friend to stand in front of her in front of the mirror.
It is not recommended to buy a wedding dress in green tones.
It is considered a bad sign if the hero of the occasion sees her husband without being fully dressed.

Wedding dress color - signs

Modern women are offered a wide variety of dress models in different colors. However, here it is important not to chase fashion, but to find out what this or that color of the outfit can mean, what wedding signs it has:

The color white symbolizes joy, innocence and purity. For this reason, a girl who was getting married for the first time wore such an outfit.
A red wedding dress does not have very good omens. This outfit is interpreted as a harbinger of quarrels and disagreements in the family.
The golden color is the personification of the prosperity and wealth of the family.
Silver color - symbolizes the transience of family happiness. It is generally accepted that such a marriage will soon fall apart or the family will live unhappily.
Pink shades - to the tender and long love of a couple.
A purple dress is interpreted as a harbinger of divorce and a symbol of love magic.
Orange colors mean respect in society.

Wedding veil - signs

Many signs for the bride on her wedding day are related to the veil:

You cannot sell the veil or give it to friends for their celebration. Otherwise, the marriage may be unsuccessful.
The veil and boutonniere should be kept in the family as a special heirloom. When a child is born, a veil is used to cover the baby during illness. The thing is hung over the baby's crib to protect against the evil eye.
Without a veil and wreath, the future wife is not allowed to decorate her hair with flowers.
If the bride is not wearing a veil, but a hat, such a marriage often breaks up.
A wedding in a short veil means sick children, and a ceremony without it means deception and suffering.

Wedding shoes - signs

Preparing for a celebration is always exciting, and for a girl these are very pleasant moments when she has to choose an outfit. When buying shoes, it is important to remember about folk signs for a wedding:

If you choose sandals, the couple will live in poverty.
Closed shoes represent the stable financial situation of the family and the generosity of the husband.
Shoes with fasteners - to family conflicts, and without them - to the quick and easy birth of a child.
There should be one pair of shoes for the whole day.
It is better to buy wedding shoes on Friday.
Shoes should be selected with high heels, and the higher they are, the more significant their place in family life will be.

Wedding bouquet - signs

An important attribute at the celebration is the wedding bouquet of the young wife. It is believed that a woman should carry it with her all day and not let go of her hands. Everyone knows that catching the bride's bouquet at a wedding is a very good omen for unmarried friends. This means that soon the girl will also get married. When choosing flowers for such a special bouquet, you need to know what wedding signs are and what the flowers symbolize:

Roses represent tender affection for a loved one. Moreover, flowers of different colors can have different meanings. Red is a symbol of passionate love, and yellow is a sign of friendly sympathy.
Orchids represent excessive affection and fidelity.
Gerberas are a symbol of easy relationships and flirting, friendly sympathy.
Lilies will tell about the young man as a stable and reliable man.

Signs about wedding rings

Before an important holiday in life, you need to find out about the signs on your wedding day. There are many wedding signs about wedding rings:

Young people need to buy wedding jewelry in one place and at the same time.
It is not advisable for rings to have inscriptions or carvings. If wedding rings have a smooth surface, then the life of the newlyweds will be smooth and even.
You can’t lose rings and let someone else try them on.
It is considered a bad sign to try on the rings of divorced or widowed people.

Wedding omens There is a strong wind on the wedding day - life for the newlyweds will be “windy”.

Rain, snow - fortunately.

So that the newlyweds do not need money, the groom on the wedding day must put a coin in his right shoe, which is then kept as a family heirloom! Both the bride and groom need to fasten a safety pin to their clothes with the head facing downwards from the evil eye. For the bride on the hem of the dress (from the inside), for the groom where the boutonniere is, but so that the pin is not visible.

On the wedding day, the bride should put on something new, something from “someone else’s shoulder” (except for the veil, gloves and, of course, underwear, stockings), something second-hand.

You should make a couple of stitches on the hem of the dress or in another place invisible to the eye, preferably with blue thread (from the evil eye).

When getting married, you must wear shoes that cover the toe and heel - happiness will not leak out of the house.

Until the wedding/registration, the bride should not see herself in the mirror in full attire. For example, you can look at yourself without gloves or in a dress, but without a veil. When leaving home for a wedding or registration, it is advisable that the bride wear a veil against the evil eye. When she enters the House of Celebrations or the church, the veil can be thrown back if desired. On the wedding day, parents should ensure that no strangers or guests adjust the clothes on the bride and groom.

They say that the bride's dress should be just a dress, and not a corset with a skirt, otherwise life will be separate

You cannot sell a wedding dress. It must be kept throughout your life so that the marriage does not break up.

The bride is not allowed to wear her wedding dress through her legs.

They don’t let anyone try on their wedding dress—neither sisters nor girlfriends, even after the wedding.

You cannot wear a wedding dress above your knees. The longer the dress, the longer the married life.

Old shoes on the bride will bring good luck in family life. Therefore, a day or two before the wedding, it is recommended to walk around in new shoes prepared for the wedding.

Before sitting down at the wedding table, the newlyweds must break the plate and step over the pieces together so as not to quarrel in marriage.

The wedding cake is cut by the bride, the groom holds the knife. The groom places a piece of cake with the main design on his fiancée’s plate, and the bride presents the next piece to the groom. Then to the guests. This is a sign of mutual agreement and helping each other.

The newlyweds should dance at the wedding banquet only together and a little with their parents. Parents, after dancing with their children, must reunite them and bring them to each other.

If the newlyweds take individual treats themselves, then they must take two at a time - otherwise they will live apart.

If at a wedding you tie two bottles of champagne with a ribbon and leave them instead of drinking them, the newlyweds will definitely celebrate their wedding anniversary and the birth of their first child.

At a wedding, newlyweds should not leave wine in their glasses - it is not wine, but tears remain.

When the newlyweds are greeted with bread and salt, whoever plucks off the largest piece and eats it will be the master of the house. When the young people from the registry office come to the festive table, a respected or senior member of any family must lead the young people around the table three times. According to Slavic traditions, this symbolizes the eternal connection between husband and wife.

A husband and wife should not eat from the same spoon, so as not to be dissatisfied with each other later.

If the bride's dress is torn at the wedding, then the mother-in-law will be angry.

Wedding signs for the groom

Men rarely believe in folk omens, but when it comes to such an important celebration in life, they are sometimes careful and more attentive to details. There are such wedding signs and superstitions for the groom:

If the future spouse gets into a puddle in front of his beloved’s house, the man will abuse alcohol in his family life.
When the groom picks up the bride from his parents' house, there is no need to turn around.
Before the celebration, the groom is not allowed to look at the bride in her wedding dress.
If he stumbles on the threshold of the registry office, there is uncertainty about the correctness of the decision.
When he eats and drinks a lot during the feast, the wedding night will not be calm. If he eats a lot of sweets, the bride will receive passionate kisses.
To ensure that the new family does not have problems with money, the newly-made husband must put a coin in his shoe, which will later need to be preserved as a family heirloom.

If it rains on your wedding day - signs

When it rains on your wedding day, there are not only signs, but also rituals for the happiness of the newlyweds:

If it started to rain in the morning, they would take the bride’s outfit outside so that the rain would lightly sprinkle it. This was a serious preventive measure against damage and witchcraft. It was believed that nothing could “spoil” a bride with such powerful heavenly protection.
Depending on the time of year, rain on your wedding day portends different things: summer - the imminent birth of children, autumn - fun trips, travel, winter - you will have to change your place of residence, spring - material well-being.
If the first drop of rain fell on the bride, she will rule the house, but on the groom, then he will be the head of the family.
There is a sign that if you collect rainwater on your wedding day, and then the newlyweds wash each other’s feet with it, then their union will be strong and pure, without deception or betrayal. For the same purpose, rainwater collected on the wedding day is sprinkled on the marriage bed.
If the rain caught the newlyweds on the porch of the bride’s house when the groom came to pick her up, then it would be good for them to collect rainwater in their palms and sprinkle it on each other. This is also a powerful amulet against the evil eye and evil word.
Blind rain on your wedding day is a lucky omen. Nature itself blesses their union and rejoices at their wedding.
A photo session on your wedding day against the backdrop of rain pouring from the sky can be successful not only artistically, but also bring harmony to family relationships if these photos are hung in the couple’s bedroom. It is believed that such photography destroys all negativity.
A winter wedding, marked by bitter frost, indicates that the first-born will be a boy, strong and healthy.

Witnesses at a wedding - signs

There are interesting signs about witnesses at a wedding:

If the newlyweds invite married people, the couple will break up.
The newlyweds are not allowed to be assistants more than twice. Otherwise, they will never know what family life is.
A loving but unmarried couple as witnesses is an excellent option.
The witness should be slightly younger than the hero of the occasion.
If you want to get married in a church, you need to choose baptized believers as assistants.

Weather for a wedding - signs

On this special day, everything matters and therefore newlyweds and their relatives often pay attention to signs about the wedding. Among these popular comments is the weather:

If the weather is sunny and clear, the life of a young family will be easy and happy.
Rain on the holiday also promises happiness in marriage. Water symbolizes purity and purity, so this will mean a harmonious relationship in a couple.
If there is a thunderstorm on the day of the celebration, this means difficult relationships in the family, since thunder is a harbinger of difficulties.
Snow and blizzards represent fidelity and honesty between spouses.
A strong wind means that children will be born soon.

Rain on the wedding

Future spouses are very worried that everything will be perfect on this day, and try to take into account the signs before the wedding. Often rain on this day spoils the rosy picture, but what do folk signs for a wedding say about this:

The first drop falls on the bride - to a happy life in the woman’s marriage, and if on the groom - to a more comfortable position for the spouse.
It is considered a good sign when raindrops fall on a loaf. This is how higher powers bless people for marriage.
Blind rain on a holiday is a good omen, because even the sun rejoices and illuminates the path for the young.
In winter, rain sometimes turns to snow. The parents of the newlyweds need to dial it and throw it at each other in order to live in peace.

Tips for organizing a wedding in the rain

If your celebration follows the standard scenario (registry office + walk with photo shoot + banquet), there is no problem at all. However, it is better to take photographs indoors (studio, museum, hotel), and invite guests to immediately go to a restaurant. It is worth checking with the management of the establishment in advance whether they will be able to receive visitors earlier and whether snacks will be ready for guests so that they do not go hungry while waiting for the young ones.

If you are planning an outdoor ceremony, organizing the celebration can be simplified by combining registration and banquet. This will be a standard outdoor wedding, but the guest tables and wedding arch can be placed under the tent. It will also come in handy in sunny weather - it will protect those present from the scorching sun.

The scenario for the event is as follows. The bride and groom have a photo shoot in the morning, and guests are invited directly to the site. It doesn’t matter what the weather is like on the wedding day, good or bad: the ceremony arch and tables are located immediately in the tent. There will be no need to look for additional chairs for guests, because everyone will be able to watch the ceremony while sitting at the tables.

Now it’s worth talking separately about the guests. They should have at their disposal all the things necessary for a cozy pastime. They must be provided with umbrellas, raincoats or even rubber boots, as well as blankets. If the banquet is indoors, this is not necessary.