06 05 05 + 24 - 22 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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