February 29: legends, signs, beliefs, traditions

February 29 does not happen every year, but only once every 4 years. What signs are related to this day?

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This day can be found on the calendar once every 4 years - it is a leap year. A huge number of superstitions, curses, fears, beliefs, stories have been connected from February 29.

Legends, superstitions and traditions on February 29

Astrologers, which make up the horoscopes, do not take into account the calendar, but are guided only by changes in the position of the Sun.

Cassian Day: Legends

If you adhere to church holidays, then on February 29 it is customary to recall and read John Cassian. If the year is innocent, this holiday should be celebrated on February 28 (according to the Gregorian calendar - this day falls on March 13). This day is full of folk myths and assignments that relate to even pre -Christian times.

The appearance of John was compared with the figure of the lord of the underground world, which became the prototype of the fairy -tale hero Koshchei the Immortal. This influenced a combination in the name of two personalities: Koschey-Cassian.
Even before the adoption of Christianity in Rus' on February 29, once for four years, the underground lord leaves the inanimate world and brings evil to people. The legend said that evil returned to the underground world again, it was necessary to crush the egg. That's why in a fairy tale, Koshcheeva was in an egg. That's where the negative images of the saint come from.

If you take into account the pre -Christian legends, then the features of the devil prevail in the character of John. The presence of a huge size of the eyelids, a poisonous look, the presence of pretense, strabismus, causticity, malice, severe nature.
There is an opinion that the figure of Viya, the hero of the story of Gogol, is intertwined with the figure of Koshchei and arises in the person of the god Veles. According to folk beliefs, Cassian constantly sits humbly in a chair, his huge eyelids hang to the knees that turn a blind eye to the whole earthly light.
And only 1 time in 4 years - February 29, he has the right to see the land, raising his long eyelids. The legend says that one who comes across his gaze is subject to death.
The evil character of John influenced the inability to look at the world every year. God punished Cassian because he did not agree to help the peasant get a cart from the swamp. Kassian replied that he could stain his clothes with mud. The face of the saint received, as a result, St. Nicholas, who, traveling on the ground, ended up in those parts and helped the poor peasant. God awarded him two days to worship a year.

And to this day, legends and proverbs that are associated with the saint have been preserved. As he was not called: vindictive, greedy, greedy, envious, miserable. Its function was to protect the underground kingdom. The people began to say to people who look frowning and incredulously - "watch Kasyan."

Traditions in Kasyanov Day

In order not to bring trouble and protect yourself from Cassian's deadly gaze, this day before the sun, it was not necessary to deal with household chores, sit at home, to sleep and read prayers. It saved livestock from Cassian's evil eye.

On February 29, winter and spring fought among themselves. According to popular signs, Kassian headed the winds and cold, and when he stopped angry, he went down to the ground and destroyed people, destroyed pets.

In Ancient Rus', the most dangerous and bringing troubles were considered, leap years were considered. Our ancestors believed that during these years the most distant events took place. They foreshadowed the beginning of the war, epidemics, numerous accidents and disasters. Many representatives of ancient cultures were afraid of this date.

Saint Oswald Day: Superstition and traditions

This day is revered by Oswald, Metropolitan of Vuster, who died in 992 on February 29. When the year is not a leapland, then the day of memory is transferred to February 28. However, the figure of the saint did not acquire such a repulsive effect than the image of St. Cassian. However, this day is not deprived of negative influence and has many legends and beliefs.

All transactions with money must be transferred the next day, it is also impossible to make commercial transactions and transactions related to the purchase and sale of real estate. If you are asked to borrow - refuse, do not make any cash transfers. Only after the 18th century, on February 29, they began to consider real and he acquired the status of legal.

The only time in 4 years the woman could make an offer to make marriage to her beloved man. Such a tradition existed only in a few countries of Europe. The first mention of this giving was in the 5th century in Ireland. Also, such a norm was fixed in Scotland, where even a special decree was adopted. In England, she was fixed for a while, and was not awarded official status.

Beliefs and signs associated with the day of February 29

When this year falls out, you should not carol for the holidays. Thus, your happiness flies past you. To put on a costume of evil spirits is not good, because the power of this day is so great that you can take the appearance of this creature.
The construction of the house is prohibited. You can bring trouble not only to the family living in it, but also on the house itself. Relatives will constantly hurt. All houses that have any defects in the process of construction are not the fault of builders, but the negative impact of the leap year.
Do not make marriages and divorce on this day. The marriage will bring misfortune, and the couple will soon part. If you divorce February 29, then you will not find your soul mate and live life in grief and misfortune.
This day is simply created to get rid of old things.
You should not start new cases, conclude contracts, transactions - they will fail.
You should also not loan and do surgical operations.

To cleanse yourself of unclean strength and negative energy, drive out the winter, crush the egg on the night of February 29 to March 1. A symbolic value is possessed by an egg that the chicken demolished for Christmas.

Another more complex ceremony is also associated with the egg. Take the egg and start rolling on your own, starting from your head and going down to your feet. The same ritual should be carried out with people close to you. Then break into a bowl of water, but only with your hand, without a knife. Pour the water with an egg into a sewer or lake, and throw a bowl.

2012 was a leap. It was the year of the end of the world. The Mayan tribe ended in the calendar, in most of the world abnormal disasters were observed - thaws, tsunami. However, disasters occur not only in the leap year. Believe the superstitions or not a matter of purely yours. You yourself are the creators of your happiness and your fate in your hands.