+ 0 - 0 | § ¶Methods of Divination
Humans have always wondered what the future holds for them. Divination is as old as mankind. It has been used by kings, U.S. presidents, medieval peasants and brides of every age of the world, and practiced by witches, psychics, seers, alchemists and prophets.
There are almost as many methods of divination as there are diviners. Whatever method is used, the success is determined as much or more by the ability of the diviner to interpret what they are sensing and to communicate it with the questioner.
Below is a list of well over 60 different methods of divination, many of them overlapping. Many diviners use more than one method to find the answers they seek.
Aeromancy - by atmospheric phenomena; weather predicting
Alectromancy - by a cock picking up grain
Amniomancy - by a caul
Anthroposcopy - by facial features
Astrology - by planets and stars
Augury - from the behavior of birds
Austromancy - by the winds
Axinomancy - by a balanced axe, or by a stone on a red-hot axe
Belomancy - by arrows
Bibliomancy - by random passages in books
Bletonism - by currents of water
Botanomancy - by herbs
Capnomancy - by smoke
Cartomancy - by cards
Catoptromancy - by mirrors
Ceromancy - by molten wax dropped in water
Cheiromancy - by the hands
Clairaudience - by hearing things inaudible to normal hearing
Clairvoyance - by seeing things invisible to normal sight, second sight
Cledonomancy - from chance remarks or events
Cleromancy - by dice or lots
Coscinomancy - by sieve and shears
Crystallomancy - by a crystal
Dactyliomancy - by a finger-ring
Dowsing - by means of a divining rod
Geloscopy - by a person's way of laughing
Genethlialogy - from the stars at birth
Geomancy - by dots on paper, marks on the earth, or particles of earth
Gyromancy - by whirling round until dizziness causes a fall
Halomancy - by salt
Haruspicy - from the entrails of animals
Hepatoscopy - from the liver of an animal
Hieromancy - by observation of sacrificed things
Horoscopy - by planets and stars
Hydromancy - by water
Ichthyomancy - by fishes
Lampadomany - from the flame of a candle or torch
Leconomancy - from the shape take by oil poured on water
Lithomancy - by stones
Margaritomancy - by pearls
Moleoscophy - by moles on the body
Myomancy - from the movements of mice
Necromancy - through communication with the spirits of the dead
Numerology - by numbers and names
Oenomancy - from the appearance of wine poured in libation
Oneiromancy - by dreams
Onomancy - by the letters of a name
Onychomancy - by the finger-nails
Ophiomancy - from the behaviour of snakes
Ornithomancy - by the flight of birds
Palmistry - by the hands
Pegomancy - by fountains
Pessomancy - by pebbles
Phrenology - by the head
Phsiognomy - by the face
Psychometry - by handling an object
Pyromancy - by looking into a fire
Rhabdomancy - by a wand or divining rod
Scapulomancy - by the shoulder blades of animals
Scatoscopy - by inspection of excrement
Sciomancy - by shadows, or ghosts
Scrying - by a crystal
Sideromancy - by the movements of straws placed on a red hot iron
Sortilege - by drawing lots
Spodomancy - from ashes
Stichomancy - from random passages in books
Tephromancy - from sacrificial ashes
Theomancy - by oracles, and by persons inspired by a god
Uromancy - by urine
Xylomancy - by dry sticks
Zoomancy - from the behaviour of animals
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