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📿Astrology n horoscopes is divination using celestial bodies,such as the sun, moon, planets, and stars, astrological charts n horoscopes, in order to determine the likelihood of future events. Horoscopy is the art of casting horoscopes or divinations based upon the relative positions of heavenly bodies, taking into account the position of the sun and stars at the time of a persons birth. This is usually associated with Astrology.
📿Lithomancy is divination using rocks, crystals and precious stones of various colors. This form of divination involves interpreting the colors, shapes, patterns, or movements (such as how they fall when tossed) of natural stones and crystals. Each type of stone is believed to hold unique energetic properties and symbolic meanings that the diviner uses to gain insight or guidance regarding specific questions or future events
📿Numerology is divination through numbers. The personality of an individual as well as future events can be determined using the numerical interpretation of numbers, dates, and the number value of letters. Numerology finds the relationship between a number and coinciding events.
📿Reading tea leaves or Tasseography (also known as tasseomancy or tassology) divination that interprets patterns in tea leaves (coffee grounds and wine sediments as well) that remain in a cup once the beverage has been drunk.
Pendulums are a weighted object on a chain or cord used as a divination tool to gain spiritual insight, answer questions (yes/no/maybe), or find things (dowsing) by interpreting its swings, often with the help of a pendulum board with symbols, letters, or numbers for clearer responses. Dactylomancy is divination that uses a Ring suspended like a pendulum in order to find the answer to a specific question.
Scrying Bowls is a divination tool, often a dark or reflective bowl filled with water (or sometimes ink), used for scrying—gazing into its depths to receive psychic visions, insights, or messages about the past, present, or future, accessing the subconscious mind. Made from materials like black stone, glass, or earthenware, these bowls act as focal points for developing intuition and spiritual connection, offering clarity or protection, and can also serve as offering bowls or smudge bowls.
📿Scrying Mirrors is an ancient practice of divination where a person gazes into a reflective surface—like a crystal ball, bowl of water, or mirror—to receive visions, symbols, or intuitive messages about unknown truths or the future.
Crystallomancy/Crystal Gazing is divination by using crystals or other reflecting objects Crystal gazing is a form of divination or scrying achieved through trance induction by means of gazing at a crystal or other reflecting object. Also known as crystallomancy, gastromancy, spheromancy and a form of Scrying.
Scrying is a general term for divination using a crystal, mirrors, bowls of water, ink, or flames to induce visions.
Onomancy (also Onomamancy or Onomatomancy) divination based on a subject's given name, usually following practices of Gematria.
📿Palmistry, Chiromancy/Cheiromancy:
foretelling the future through the study of the palm, lines, structures and patterns of the palm, but can take into consideration the entire hand. Also known as palmistry, palm-reading, chirology or hand analysis
📿Sciomancy is divination using a spirit guide, a method generally employed by chanelers. This branch of divination is concerned with the evocation of astral reflections to ascertain future events. closely related to mediumship and channeling, and can involve "astral reflections" or visions, though terms vary.
Runes/ Runecasting / Runic divination is divination based on interpretation of the ideograms contained within the Proto-Germanic Elder Futhark and other Runic systems.
Dowsing or Divining Rods is divination where a forked stick (or other non-scientific apparatus) is used to locate water or.hidden water wells, buried metals, precious minerals and gemstones, or other objects as well as currents of earth radiation. Sometimes called doodlebugging, divining or water witching.
📿Pencil and Paper (Automatic Writing) whenever one writes automatically, a stream of thoughts flows effortlessly on paper. This kind of divination, commonly known as psychography, has roots in 19th-century spiritualism. Mediums used this technique to connect with higher realms or their subconscious minds by delivering messages from spirits.
📿Oculomancy is a form of scrying where the diviner gazes into the questioners' eyes and reads the reflections. focuses specifically on gazing into another person's eyes to see reflections and messages within their gaze, offering glimpses into the past, present, or future, often related to that individual. While traditional scrying uses various surfaces, oculomancy's unique element is the direct, intimate connection through the subject's eyes, requiring deep focus and interpretation of reflected images or intuitive feelings.
📿Oneiromancy is divination that is based upon dreams. Dream interpretation uses dreams to predict the future.
📿Cartomancy is fortune telling by using cards, eg, playing cards, tarot cards (Taromancy) , and non-tarot oracle cards.
📿Books, Bibliomancy is divination that seeks to know the future by randomly selecting a passage from a book, frequently a sacred text.
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📿Podomancy divination (also known as Chiromancy,cheiromancy, palm-reading, chirology or hand analysis) that interprets the character of an individual and fortune telling by using the lines,structures and patterns of the palm, but can take into consideration the entire hand.
📿Phrenology (by the shape of one's head) Divination by studying the shape of ones head, and by reading bumps and fissures in the skull, in order to gain insight into the personality traits of a person.
📿Sternomancy divination practice involving reading the markings or bumps on the chest or breast bone, or the area from the breast to the belly.
spiritual boards is a Ouija Board is an alphabet board with a pointer used for various forms of divination and/or spirit contact, and is sometimes used to gain insight into future events.
Dice, Astrology divination dice are a
fortune-telling tool, typically a set of three 12-sided dice (D12s), that represent zodiac signs, planets, and astrological houses to provide insights into a question, often used alongside or instead of tarot cards. Each die carries specific symbols (like Sun, Moon, Mercury for planets; Aries, Taurus for signs; or 1-12 for houses) and interpretations, with rolls combined to form a reading, offering guidance on life, decisions, or outcomes, similar to other forms of scrying or oracle readings.
Casting Lots or Cleromancy, is an ancient practice of divination using random objects (like stones, sticks, or dice) to discern divine will or make decisions
ancient divination tools
Geomancy that interprets markings on the ground, or how handfuls of soil, dirt or sand land when someone tosses them. The Arabic tradition consists of sketching sixteen random lines of dots in sand. (includes Feng Shui divination.) Originating in Arabic traditions (using sand, khatt al-raml), geomancy spread widely in medieval Europe as a respected (though sometimes forbidden) art, integrating with astrology.
I Ching (China) is an ancient system using yarrow stalks or coins to form hexagrams, providing guidance based on complex philosophical concepts
Osteomancy is an ancient form of divination using animal bones, also known as bone throwing or casting, where practitioners interpret patterns from scattered bones, stones, shells, or other small objects to gain insight, predict the future, or communicate with spirits. Rooted in various cultures, found in many traditions, including Bantu-speaking Southern Africa (sangomas), ancient China (oracle bones), and east Asian traditions. Involving symbolic meaning for each item and its placement.
Aeromancy is the ancient practice of divination by interpreting atmospheric phenomena like clouds, wind, thunder, and meteors to foresee the future, essentially reading the air for omens, with variations including cloud-gazing (nephomancy) and wind-reading (austromancy). Practiced by ancient civilizations like the Assyrians, Babylonians, Greeks, and Romans
Pyromancy, or pyroscopy is the art of divination by means of fire. The diviner observes flames, from a sacrificial fire, a candle, or another source of flame, and interprets the shapes that he or she sees within them. Pyromancy was one of the earlier forms of divination. 📿 Causimomancy is divination from behavior of objects placed in a fire. Related to empyromancy and pyromancy
merkabas, Working with Merkaba crystals and metals means working with a special energy field important for spiritual growth, healing, and divination. The Merkaba is an ancient symbol of light, energy, and the spiritual and physical union. In sacred geometry, the Merkaba is a star tetrahedron, supposed to serve as a means of spiritual ascension and transformation. Working with Merkaba-shaped crystals or metals helps you attune your energy to higher frequencies and gain insight into your life.
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