Methods of divination
From The Book of THoTH (Leaves of Wisdom)
- Aeromancy (by atmospheric conditions)
- 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)
- Anemoscopy (by wind)
- Anthropomancy (by human sacrifice)
- Apantomancy (by seeing animals)
- Arithmancy (by numerology)
- 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)
- Austromancy (by wind and clouds)
- Axiomancy (by axes)
- Belomancy (by arrows)
- Bibliomancy (by books, especially the Bible; see also Stichomancy)
- Biorhythms divination
- Botanomancy (by burning plants)
- Capnomancy (by smoke)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- Icthyomancy (by fish)
- Lampadomancy (by light)
- Lecanomancy (by a basin of water)
- Libanomancy (by incense)
- Libromancy (by book(s); see also: Bibliomancy, Stichomancy)
- Literomancy (by a letter in a given written language)
- Lithomancy (by precious stones)
- Mahjong divination (by Mahjong tiles)
- Margaritomancy (by bouncing pearls)
- Metagnomy (by visions)
- Meteormancy (by meteors)
- Metoposcopy (by foreheads)
- Moleosophy (by blemishes)
- Myomancy (by rodent behaviour)
- Myrmomancy (by ant behaviour)
- Nephomancy (by clouds)
- Nggàm (by spiders or crabs)
- Numerology (by numbers)
- Oculomancy (by eyes)
- Oinomancy (by wine)
- Omphalomancy (by umbilical chords)
- Oneiromancy (by dreams)
- Onomancy (by names)
- Onychomancy (by fingernails)
- Oomantia, 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)
- Ouija board divination
- Palmistry (by palm inspection)
- 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)
- Runecasting (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): From French tasse [cup], which in turn derives from Arabic tassa [cup].
- Tephramancy (by bark ashes)
- Tiromancy (by cheese)
- Xylomancy (by burning wood)
--Angel 15:43, 25 May 2006 (CDT)
