How to prepare wax for St. Andrew's Day? pouring wax step by step

Pouring wax through the keyhole is the famous Andreevsky fortune-telling, thanks to which you will find out what will happen next year. Wax on St. Andrew's Day should be melted in a water bath, beeswax is best.

Pouring wax is perhaps the most popular game of predicting the future. Other St. Andrew's divinations include reading tea leaves or fitting shoes.

How to dissolve wax?

Wax must be melted in a water bath. You can use a special container or an old metal bowl that you place over a pot of boiling water. This should not be done directly on the fire, because wax can catch fire.

What wax for St. Andrew's Day?

beeswax 

To feel the real magic of St. Andrew's Day, use natural wax for divination. Due to the fact that in ancient times bees were considered sacred creatures, and candles adorned religious ceremonies, wax was treated with great reverence and respect.

The fact that this also speaks in favor of beeswax more elastic than regular candle waxmaking it the best building material for castings. You can buy it in apiaries and online stores - price: about PLN 10/200 g.

candle wax

Nowadays, due to the lower price and wider availability, candle wax is used. It is enough to cut them into smaller pieces (which will facilitate the melting of the wax) and you can start fortune telling.

However, candle wax casts are more fragile than beeswax. You must be gentle with them.

pouring wax step by step

This popular St. Andrew's divination is very simple. We must read with wax in the evening, after dark. Only then can you see the shadows on the wall. Here is what pouring wax looks like step by step: