Methods of divination

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• Acutomancy (by needles)
• Aeromancy (by atmospheric conditions)
• Ailuromancy (by cats)
• Alectryomancy (by rooster)
• Aleuromancy (by flour, including fortune cookies): (Note: Divination by fortune cookies is also a form of Stichomancy, see below)
• Alomancy (by salt)
• Alphitomancy (by barley)
• Ambulomancy (by taking a walk)
• Anemoscopy (by wind)
• Anthomancy (by flowers)
• Anthracomancy (by burning coals)
• Anthropomancy (by human sacrifice)
• Apantomancy (by seeing animals)
• Arithmancy (by numerology)
• Ashagalomancy (by the casting of small bones)
• Aspidomancy (by entering a trance)
• Astragalomancy (by dice; see also Cleromancy)
• Astrology (by celestial bodies)
• Astromancy (by celestial bodies, aka Astrology; antiquated term)
• Astro-Numerology (through an integration of Astrology and Numerology)
• Astro-Tarot (through an integration of Astrology and Tarot)
• Augury (by the formation of birds)
• Austromancy (by wind and clouds)
• Axiomancy (by axes)
• Belomancy (by arrows)
• Bibliomancy (by books, especially the Bible; see also Stichomancy)
• Biorhythms divination
• Bletonism (by currents of water)
• Botanomancy (by burning plants or leaves)
• Brontomancy (by thunder)
• Capnomancy (by smoke)
• Carromancy (by the melting of wax)
• Cartomancy (by cards, e.g., playing cards, tarot cards, and non-tarot oracle cards; see also Taromancy)
• Catoptromancy (by mirrors)
• Causimomancy (by burning)
• Cephalomancy (by skulls)
• Ceraunoscopy (by thunder and lightning)
• Ceromancy, or ceroscopy (by placing melted wax into cold water)
• Chaomancy (by aerial visions)
• Cheiromancy, or palmistry (by palms) where the grooves of the hand are interpreted as signs.
• Chirognomy (by hands)
• Cledonomancy (by chance events or overheard words)
• Cleromancy (by casting lots or by bones; including divination by use of dice or dominoes; For divination by use of dice, see also Astragalomancy)
• Clidomancy, or cleidomancy (by keys)
• Coffee Grounds Divination, Coffee Tasseography: see Tasseography
• Cometomancy (by comet tails)
• Coscinomancy (by hanging sieves)
• Critomancy (by barley cakes)
• Cromniomancy (by onion sprouts)
• Crystallomancy/Scrying (by crystals or other reflecting objects)
• Cybermancy (via computer oracles)
• Cyclomancy (by wheels)
• Daphnomancy (by burning laurel wreaths)
• Demonomancy (by demons)
• Dice divination (see also Astragalomancy and Cleromancy)
• Dominoes divination (see also Cleromancy)
• Dōbutsu uranai (by one's animal horoscope)
• Empyromancy (by burning)
• Enochian chess (by playing four handed variant of the game.)
• entomomancy (by insects)
• Extispicy (from the exta of sacrificed animals)
• Favomancy (by beans; a form of cleromancy)
• Floriography (the language of flowers)
• Geomancy (by earth), includes Feng Shui divination
• Geloscopy (by laughter)
• Graphology (by handwriting)
• Gyromancy (by dizziness)
• Hepatoscopy, or haruspication or hepatomancy (by liver)
• Hippomancy (by horses)
• Hydromancy (by water)
• Hypnomancy (by hypnosis)
• I Ching divination (ancient Chinese divination using I Ching): (However, as performed by some diviners with heavy reliance on an accompanying I Ching manual, this is, in effect, also a form of Bibliomancy/Stichomancy)
• Ichnomancy (by footprints)
• Icthyomancy (by fish)
• Idolomancy (by idols)
• Ifa (by palm nuts, West African)
• Knissomancy (by burning incense)
• Lampadomancy (by flame)
• Lecanomancy (by a basin of water)
• Libanomancy (by smoke from incense)
• Libromancy (by book(s); see also: Bibliomancy, Stichomancy)
• Literomancy (by a letter in a given written language)
• Lithomancy (by precious stones)
• Logarithmancy (by logarithms)
• Macharomancy (by knives or swords)
• Mahjong divination (by Mahjong tiles)
• Margaritomancy (by bouncing pearls)
• Metagnomy (by visions)
• Meteormancy (by meteors)
• Metoposcopy (by the lines of the forehead)
• Moleosophy (by blemishes)
• Myomancy (by rodent behaviour)
• Myrmomancy (by ant behaviour)
• Narcomancy (by sleep)
• Necromancy (by speaking to the dead)
• Nephomancy (by clouds)
• Nggàm (by spiders or crabs)
• Numerology (by numbers)
• Oculomancy (by eyes)
• Ogham (casting Old Irish letters; similar to runecasting)
• Oinomancy (by wine)
• Omphalomancy (by umbilical cords)
• Oneiromancy (by dreams)
• Onomancy or Nomancy (by letters in a name)
• Onychomancy (by fingernails)
• Oomancy, or ooscopy or ovomancy (by eggs)
• Ophiomancy (by snakes)
• Oracle-books divination (e.g., Chinese: I Ching (Book of Changes), Ling Ch'i Ching (Spiritual Chess Classic), I Lin (Forest of Change), T'ai Hsüan Ching (Canon of the Supreme Mystery); African: Ifá; Western: Sabian Symbols): See also Stichomancy/Bibliomancy
• Orniscopy, or orinthomancy (by birds of flight)
• Ossomancy (by bones)
• Ouija board divination
• Palmistry (by palm inspection)
• Pedomancy (by footprints)
• Pegomancy (by spring water)
• Phrenology (by the shape of one's head)
• Phyllorhodomancy (by rose petals)
• Plastromancy (by cracks formed by heat on a turtle's plastron)
• Pyromancy, or pyroscopy (by fire)
• Rhabdomancy (by rod or stick)
• Rhapsodomancy (by poetry)
• Roadomancy (by stars)
• Runecasting / Runic divination (by Runes)
• Scatomancy (by droppings, usually animal)
• Scapulimancy (by bovine or caprid scapulae, i.e. shoulder bones)
• Sciomancy (by spirits)
• Sideromancy (by burning of straw)
• Slinneanachd (by animals' shoulderblades)
• Spodomancy (by ash)
• Stichomancy (by books and/or lines; see also: Bibliomancy, Libromancy)
• Stolisomancy (by clothing)
• Taromancy (by specially designed cards: Tarot; see also Cartomancy)
• Tasseography (or Tasseomancy) (by tea leaves or by coffee grounds)
• Tephramancy (by bark ashes)
• Tiromancy (by cheese)
• Xylomancy (by burning wood)
• Zoomancy (by animals)