🎆 January 2025 Discussion Thread 🎆

[ShadowKatto]

This set is based on a New Year's tin pouring tradition! The technique of pouring molten tin/lead into water is called molybdomancy (molybdos means "lead", but for the tradition nowadays it's replaced with tin because it's far safer).

I grew up with this tradition being done in my family here in Estonia for every new year's. The purpose of it is to predict what the new year brings you.

We have stores sell tin that's been cast into horseshoe shapes just for this occasion.
You then take that tin horseshoe and place it on a ladle, and then put the ladle over a fire in the fireplace or stove. Then wait until the tin melts and carefully bring it over a bucket filled with cold water and quickly pour the ladle over, dropping the tin into the water.
Then you fish out your tin creation and try and see what it resembles. Each person is going to have their own interpretation on what they see and its meanings can be either literal or symbolic.


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Some common meanings can be:

- ship, plane, or a shoe means travelling
- tree means a huge change will happen in your life, and the bigger the tree, the grander the change
- dog means finding a true friend
- chair or a bench means changing schools/jobs
- bird or horseshoe means good luck
- fish means finding more friends
- key means career advancement
- candle means death or mourning

And the texture can also have meanings:

- if a little "tail" falls off your tin, it means some sort of worry or problem that's currently in your life will disappear
- blackened area means bad luck
- fuzzy/scruffy texture on surface means you're getting a lot of money

I've also heard that if it falls apart, then you'll be having a bad year but I've also heard it means getting a lot of money. Meanings can differ a lot between countries, regions, or even between families. In the end, it is up to the person who poured their tin to decide what they see in their figurine!

Before I made this set, I looked up more history behind it and found out it is a tradition in many more countries than I initially thought! It's also a new year's tradition in Finland, Latvia, Germany, Austria, and Switzerland (and possibly more!). So I think there will be quite a few users who recognize this tradition!

I grew up knowing it as a new year's tradition, but some cultures also practice tin pouring on solstices or as a ritual in other occasions.

That is amazing, thank you for sharing. I would love to do this.

Same, I wish the US had more interesting traditions sometimes XP.

[Turo0]

This set is based on a New Year's tin pouring tradition! The technique of pouring molten tin/lead into water is called molybdomancy (molybdos means "lead", but for the tradition nowadays it's replaced with tin because it's far safer).

I grew up with this tradition being done in my family here in Estonia for every new year's. The purpose of it is to predict what the new year brings you.

We have stores sell tin that's been cast into horseshoe shapes just for this occasion.
You then take that tin horseshoe and place it on a ladle, and then put the ladle over a fire in the fireplace or stove. Then wait until the tin melts and carefully bring it over a bucket filled with cold water and quickly pour the ladle over, dropping the tin into the water.
Then you fish out your tin creation and try and see what it resembles. Each person is going to have their own interpretation on what they see and its meanings can be either literal or symbolic.


photo source

Some common meanings can be:

- ship, plane, or a shoe means travelling
- tree means a huge change will happen in your life, and the bigger the tree, the grander the change
- dog means finding a true friend
- chair or a bench means changing schools/jobs
- bird or horseshoe means good luck
- fish means finding more friends
- key means career advancement
- candle means death or mourning

And the texture can also have meanings:

- if a little "tail" falls off your tin, it means some sort of worry or problem that's currently in your life will disappear
- blackened area means bad luck
- fuzzy/scruffy texture on surface means you're getting a lot of money

I've also heard that if it falls apart, then you'll be having a bad year but I've also heard it means getting a lot of money. Meanings can differ a lot between countries, regions, or even between families. In the end, it is up to the person who poured their tin to decide what they see in their figurine!

Before I made this set, I looked up more history behind it and found out it is a tradition in many more countries than I initially thought! It's also a new year's tradition in Finland, Latvia, Germany, Austria, and Switzerland (and possibly more!). So I think there will be quite a few users who recognize this tradition!

I grew up knowing it as a new year's tradition, but some cultures also practice tin pouring on solstices or as a ritual in other occasions.

Thank you so much for making this <3 it's lovely to have some familiar traditions visible here on CS. I love pouring tin as Finnish person, it's my favourite New Year tradition I didn't know it was also a thing in Estonia, but love learning new things of our lovely neighbour <3

[greatblueikran]

Welp my crappy luck with the new years cats? Came through lol

[helentriplem]

Welp my crappy luck with the new years cats? Came through lol

what is going on with the cats? everyone is going crazy for them :0 I got 3 of the adults and just traded one for the pps! very confused

[ShadowKatto]

Fennecs !

[Placid]

Welp my crappy luck with the new years cats? Came through lol

what is going on with the cats? everyone is going crazy for them :0 I got 3 of the adults and just traded one for the pps! very confused

It's a little bit harder to get the adult cat. I personally got 3 pps cats.

[sweetsakura]

this is my best start of the year yet!!!!

i got a zebra from the horses ;-;

CRYING

[jayfeather100]

Happy new years!!!

Can we just take a second to appreciate chicken smoothie and all of the amazing staff!!??!! They’re absolutely amazing and bring so much every year.

There’s multiple special pets thoughout the year such as st Patrick’s day, Valentine’s Day,other special themed pets and things simply like “pizza day”
They have the general helpers cats and the staff dogs in June and September
There’s store pets and items every few months
There’s an Easter event with so many bunnies then a summer event which is always insane, Halloween and then daily Christmas pets in December,Hanukkah pets and then to top it off there’s always new years pets corresponding with last years new years.
AND of course there’s new monthly pets each month of each different breed of pets

I really love this game. I love how much joy it gives me, being able to celebrate my favourite holidays with everyone here is a blast. I don’t have to collect too many inrl items cause I can collect on here and it satisfies me.

Thank you chicken smoothie. <3 <3 <3

[helentriplem]

this is my best start of the year yet!!!!

i got a zebra from the horses ;-;

CRYING

WHAT o_0

[raffael]

this is my best start of the year yet!!!!

i got a zebra from the horses ;-;

CRYING

THATS SICK FRFR!! congrats dude!
i dont know if this is the place to ask, but what is it w like zebras?? like is there a chance to get one with every horse batch? i don’t remember hearing about it at all until i came back from my hiatus 🙏 🙏