Methods of divination

A

• abacomancy : by dust
• acultomancy : by needles
• acutomancy → see
• adromancy → see
• adryomancy→ see
• aeromancy : by atmospheric conditions
• agalmatomancy : by statues
• aichmomancy : by sharp objects
• ailuromancy/'aeluromancy → see
• aiomancy: By artificial intelligence
• alectormancy/alectromancy : by rooster sacrifice
• alectryomancy/alectoromancy: by rooster divination → see
• aleuromancy¹ : by flour; see also
• alomancy/Halomancy : by salt
• alphitomancy: by barley
• alveromancy : by sounds
• amathomancy → see by sand
• ambulomancy : by walking
• amniomancy : by placenta
• anemoscopy/anemomancy : by wind
• anthomancy : by flowers
• anthracomancy : by burning coals
• anthropomancy : by human sacrifice
• anthroposcopy : by physical appearance
• apantomancy : by chance encounters with animals
• arachnomancy : by spiders
• archeomancy/archaeomancy : by sacred relics
• ariolation : by altars
• arithmancy: assigning numerical value to a word or phrase
• armomancy : by one's own shoulders
• årsgång, archaic form of Swedish divination
• aruspicina: study of entrails
• aspidomancy : by sitting in a drawn circle or on a shield
• astragalomancy/astragalamancy → see
• astragyromancy → see
• astrapomancy : by lightning
• astrology/astromancy/ : by celestial bodies. This method was widespread in medieval period, particularly in Mesopotamia.
• augury → see
• auramancy : by auras
• auspicy/auspication → see
• austromancy → see : by wind
• avimancy → see
• axiomancy/axinomancy' : by axes

  B

• batraquomancy/'batrachomancy : by frogs
• belomancy/bolomancy : by arrows
• bibliomancy → see
• biorhythmic divination: by biorhythms
• bletonism/bletonomancy : by water current
• bolomancy → see
• bone-throwing: the tossing of pieces of bone or wood, practiced by various cultures
• botanomancy : by burning pieces of plants, documented with burning vervain and briar.
• brizomancy → see
• brontomancy/brontoscopy : by thunder
• bumpology' : by bumps on the skin

  C

• cabala → see
• canomancy or : by dogs
• capnomancy : by smoke
• * libanomancy : by smoke or ash from incense
• carromancy : by melting wax
• cartopedy → see
• cartomancy → see
• catoptromancy/'captromancy → see
• causimancy/causimomancy : by burning
• cephalomancy → see
• cephaleonomancy/cephalonomancy: by boiling a donkey's head
• ceraunoscopy : by thunder and lightning
• ceromancy/ceroscopy : by dripping wax in water
• chalcomancy: by striking gongs or copper bowls
• chaomancy : by aerial visions
• chartomancy : by things on paper
• * cartomancy : by cards
• ** taromancy/tarotmancy : by tarot
• ** Parrot astrology: by parrots picking cards
• * stichomancy : by books or lines
• ** aleuromancy² : by fortune cookies
• ** bibliomancy : by the Bible
• ** stoicheomancy/stoichomancy: by the Iliad and the Odyssey or the Aeneid
• cheiromancy/chiromancy→ see
• cheirognomy/chirognomy → see
• ' → see
• choriomancy : by pig bladders
• chresmomancy : by the ravings of lunatics
• chronomancy : by apt occasion
• cineromancy/'ceneromancy → see
• clamancy : by random shouts and cries heard in crowds, at night, etc.
• cledonism/cledonomancy : by chance events or overheard words
• cleidomancy/clidomancy : by keys
• cleromancy : by casting
• * astragalomancy/astragalamancy : by dice
• * domino divination: by dominoes
• * favomancy : by beans
• * Ogham casting: by Ogham letters
• * runecasting/runic divination
• cometomancy : by comet tails
• colormancy/coloromancy: by colors
• conchomancy : by shells
• cosquinomancy/coscinomancy : by hanging sieves
• cottabomancy/cottobomancy : by wine in a brass bowl
• craniognomy or → see
• the crawling baby: by a baby's crawling
• crithomancy/critomancy : by barley cakes
• cromnyomancy/cromniomancy : by onion sprouts
• cryptomancy : by omens
• cryomancy : by ice
• crystal ball gazing → see
• crystal gazing → see
• crystallomancy → see
• cubomancy → see
• cyathomancy : by cups
• cybermancy : by computer oracles
• cyclicomancy : by swirling water in a cup
• cyclomancy' or : by wheels

  D

• dactyliomancy : by finger rings
• dactylomancy : by means of finger movements
• daphnomancy : by burning laurel wreaths
• demonomancy : by demons
• dendromancy : by trees, especially oaks, yews, or mistletoe
• deuteroscopy : by second glance or double take
• dianomancy : by delivery, esp. by the randomly-generated words found on Whole Foods grocery bags to identify orders
• dictiomancy : by randomly opening a dictionary
• divining → see
• djubed→ see
• : by animal horoscope
• domino divination → see
• dowsing : by a divining rod
• dracomancy : by dragons
• dream interpretation
• dream questions: by dreaming
• dririmancy/'driromancy : by dripping blood . Compare hemotomancy.
• drimimancy/drymimancy' : by bodily fluids

  E

• electromancy: by lightning and electricity
• eleomancy/'elaeomancy: by oil
• emonomancy → see
• empirimancy: by experiment/experience
• empyromancy : by burning
• encromancy: by oil ink stains
• enochian chess: by playing a four·handed variant of the game
• enoptromancy → see
• enthusiasm: speeches by those supposed to be possessed by a divine spirit
• entomomancy/entomancy: by insects
• eromancy : by water vessels exposed to air — cf. aeromancy
• extispicy/extispication' : by the remains of sacrificed animals

  F

• favomancy → see
• felidomancy → see
• floriography/'floromancy : by flowers' feelings
• fractomancy : by fractals
• fructomancy/fructimancy: by fruit
• Futomani' is the Shinto tradition of divining from the shoulder blade bone of a sacred deer.

  G

• galvanoscopy : by galvanism
• gastromancy¹ → see
• gastromancy² : by guttural sounds
• geomancy : by earth
• geloscopy : by laughter
• gematria: by the Hebrew alphabet
• genethlialogy: by birth dates
• grammomancy : by writing individual letters
• graphology : by studying handwriting
• graptomancy → see
• gyromancy : by dizziness

  H

• hagiomancy: by saints
• halomancy → see
• : by bones or dice
• haruspicy/'haruspication → see
• hematomancy/haematomancy : by blood
• hepatoscopy/hepatomancy : by liver
• hieromancy/hieroscopy : by studying sacrifices' entrails
• hippomancy → see
• horoscopy : aspect of the Stars at nativity
• hydatomancy: by rainwater
• hydromancy/hydroscopy → see
• hyomancy: by wild hogs
• hypnomancy' : by sleep

  I

• I Ching divination: by yarrow stalks or coins
• ichnomancy : by footprints
• ichthyomancy → see
• iconomancy : by icons
• idolomancy : by idols
• idromancy → see
• ifá: geomancy patterns generated with palm nuts, opele, cowrie shells, etc. that refer to Ifa divination texts; a collection of Odu Ifa verses
• iridology: by eye color
• isopsephy: by numbers and letters

  J

• : Vedic system of astrology

  K

• kabbalah/'qabalah/cabala: by the Kabbalah
• ': by bamboo
• ': by rice gruel
• kephalonomancy → see
• keraunomancy → see
• knissomancy : by incense
• kypomancy' → see