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Ailuromancy (also known as felidomancy) uses the behaviour of felines, such as the cats movements or jumps to predict future events (especially the weather).
Alectryomancy (also called alectoromancy or alectromancy) form of divination in which the diviner observes a bird, several birds (or most preferably a white rooster or cockerel) pecking at grain (such as wheat) that the diviner has scattered on the ground and interprets such.
Aleuromancy is the use of flour for divination. In its original form, slips of paper containing philosophical writings would be baked inside of cakes or cookies, which would then be distributed to those wishing their fortunes to be told. Modern fortune cookies are a variant on these forms of divination.
Alomancy also called Adromancy, aydromancie, idromancie, and halomancy,is an ancient form of divination that uses table salt or salt crystals.
Arithmancy or Arithmomancy is an earlier form of Numerology where divination is made through numbers and the number value of letters.
Ceraunoscopy is a form of divination by interpreting thunder and lightning. A form of aeromancy.
Clidomancy/Cleidomancy is divination by use of a suspended key as a pendulum. A form of radiesthesia.
Coscinomancy is a form of divination utilising a sieve and shears used in ancient Greece, medieval and early modern Europe to determine the guilty party in a criminal offense, find answers to questions, etc.
Apantomancy divination through chance meetings with animals (e.g., a black cat), birds, and other creatures. Or ometimes just articles at hand or things that present themselves by chance.
Astragalomancy, also known as astragyromancy is a form of divination that uses dice especially marked with letters and numbers. The faces of the dice bear numbers and letters.
Augury is the general term for the art of divination that is chiefly applied to interpretations of signs and omens. This is a Divination that ranks a set of given possibilities. It can be qualitative (such as shapes, proximities, etc.): for example, dowsing (a form of rhabdomancy) developed from this type of divination.
Anthropomancy long-outlawed means of divination that used the entrails of dead or dying men or women, often virgin female children, through sacrifice. This practice was sometimes also called splanchomancy.
Axiomancy is divination through the observation of how an ax or hatchet quivers or points when driven into post.
Belomancy, also bolomancy an ancient form of divination performed by tossing or balancing arrows.
Cyclomancy is a form of divination in which an object (sometimes a wheel) is spun and its final resting direction is consulted. In some traditions, a wheel or top is spun on a surface marked with letters or symbols, and those which fall closest to the device's pointer are consulted.
Critomancy is divination by means of observing viands and cakes. The paste of cakes which are offered in sacrifice, is closely examined, and from the flour which is spread on them, omens are drawn.
Cromniomancy is divination by onions. It is usually done by interpreting their sprouting behaviour, after some kind of ritual to state the topic of the divination.
Daphnomancy is divination by laurel branches or trees, leaves etc. It requires one to listen to laurel branches crackling in an open fire.
Radiesthesia is the general term for divination using a device such as a divining rod or pendulum.
Rhabdomancy is a type of divination by means of any rod, wand, staff, stick, arrow, or the like.These methods were forerunners of the divining rod.
Sideromancy is divination by burning straws on red-hot iron, and noting the manner of their burning.
Spodomancy is divination using cinders, soot or ashes.
Tephramancy is divination by the ashes of the altar on which a victim had been consumed in sacrifice.
Ophiomancy is divination by serpents, as by their manner of eating, or by their coils.
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Demonomancy is divination using the aid of demons to reveal information.
Cephalomancy is a form of divination using a goat or donkey's head. Cephalomancy technically means "head divination" and therefore applies to any sort of divination using a skull or head.
Dendromancy, divination that uses either oak or mistletoe.
Extispicy uses anomalies in animal entrails to predict divine future events. Organs inspected can include the liver, intestines, lungs, or other major organs. The animal used for extispicy must often be ritually pure and slaughtered in a special ceremony.
Hippomancy, divination by observing a horse's pace, stamping and neighing .
Ichthyomancy is divination using fish, either by interpreting the appearance and behaviour of fish. (A form of augury), or by interpreting the entrails of fish. (A form of aruspicy.)
Margaritomancy is divination with pearls, usually by either casting pearls or studying pearls in oysters
Molybdomancy is divination using molten metal. Typically molten lead or tin is dropped into water and interpretations are based upon the hissing that results.
Myomancy is divination by rats or mice and their behavior for prophecy.
Oinomancy (or oenomancy or nomancy) is divination conducted by examining patterns in wine.
Pegomancy a branch of hydromancy (divination by water), also associated with crystalomancy (also known as crystal gazing or scrying). Interpretations were made by dropping stones in sacred pools or springs and observing their movements.
Oomantia , Ooscopy and also Ovamancy is the method of divination by eggs.
Scatomancy is divination by the examination of feces, especially animal droppings.
Ornithomancy or Orniscopy is divination method and study of omens associated with birds, particularly birds in flight
Tiromancy is a form of divination that seeks to know the future by examining how curds form during cheesemaking. Also spelled tyromancy.
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Botanomancy is divination by buring of leaves, herbs and tree branches.
Alphitomancy is a form of divination involving barley cakes or loaves of barley bread, sometimes by using special cakes that are digestible by persons with a clear conscience but are unpleasant to others.
Capnomancy (also known as Libanomancy) is divination by interpreting the movement of smoke rising from a fire, especially smoke from sacrificial offerings
Catoptromancy also known as captromancy or enoptromancy, is divination using a mirror. It is also an early form of crystal gazing that utilizes a mirror turned to the moon to catch moonbeams.
Ceroscopy or Ceromancy is fortune telling in which melted wax is poured into cold water interpreted
Gastromancy is Ancient divination where by ones voice was lowered to a sepulchral tone and prophetic utterances are delivered in a trance state. This method is now speculated to have been an ancient form of ventriloquism
Geloscopy is divination that interprets the tone and manner of someone's laughter.
Genethlialogy is divination by the means of calculating someone's future from the position and influence of the stars at birth.(Astrology)
Gyromancy is a divination procedure where a person walks in a circle marked with letters until they become dizzy and stumble at different points, thus spelling out a prophesy.
Hydromancy is the art of crystal gazing by means of water, including the color, ebb and flow, or ripples produced by pebbles dropped in a pool.
Lampadomancy also called Lychnomancy is divination using a single oil lamp or a torch flame.
Lecanomancy is divination in which a diviner uses stones, oil, or meditation, coupled with a basin of water. Stones are dropped in the basin and the sound of the dropping along with the ripples formed are interpreted.
(also known as livanomancy, livanomancy, knissomancy): divination through observing and interpreting burning incense smoke. Like most other methods of divination, during a livanomancy act a specific question must be asked, to which incense smoke provides an answer, which is then interpreted by a diviner.
Metagnomy is the divination using "visions" received in a trance state.
Meteoromancy is divination by interpreting meteorological phenomena such as meteors.
Metoposcopy is divination in which the diviner predicts personality, character, and destiny, based on the pattern of lines on the subject's forehead.
Moleosophy is the study of moles and indicators of a person's character and future indications.
Metagnomy is the divination using "visions" received in a trance state.
Omphalomancy is a method of determining how many children a mother may have during her lifetime, based on the belief that the shape of the navel can reveal this information. This is most commonly done with newborn infants, by noting the markings on the newborn's navel, or even by counting the number of knots in the umbilical cord.
Onychomancy or variously onuchomancy, onychomantia, onycomancy, onymancy is an ancient form of divination using fingernails. It consists of watching the reflection of sunlight on the oiled fingernails of an unpolluted boy, then interpreting the symbols that appear.
Phyllorhodomancy is divination by rose leaves. The ancient Greeks clapped a rose leaf on the hand and judged from the resulting sound the success or failure of their desires.
Physiognomy is the assessment of a person's character or personality from their outer appearance, especially the face.
Psychography also known as Automatic Writing and a type of Automatism, in which a person writes spontaneously, apparently without control over what is written, but often having a divinatory nature.
Rhapsodomancy is ancient form of divination performed by choosing through some method a specific passage or poem from which to ascertain information.
Stolisomancy is divination from the manner in which a person dresses.
Sycomancy, this form of divination uses fig tree leaves. The diviner's question or proposition is written a fig leaf. If afterwards the leaf dried slowly, then the prophecy is good; but, if the leaf dried quickly, the omen is bad
Xylomancy is divination from pieces of wood, either from their shape when collected or their appearance while burning.
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