Alternative Divination Techniques

Alternative Divination Techniques

 


Astrology
Divination using celestial bodies: the sun, moon, planets, and stars
Cartomancy
Fortune telling using cards such as the Tarot or regular playing card deck
Clairaudience
“Clear hearing” of divinatory information
Clairvoyance
“Clear seeing” of divinatory information
Crystallomancy
Divination through crystal gazing
Dowsing / Divining Rods
Divination where a forked stick is used to locate water or precious minerals
Graphology
Graphology is divination through handwriting
Numerology
The numerical interpretation of numbers, dates, and the number value of letters
Oculomancy
Divination from a person’s eye
Oneiromancy
Divination through dreams
Osteomancy
Reading bones to foretell the future utilizing the messages displayed in the bones once 'thrown'. A subsect of this is charm casting.
Palmistry
Divination and interpretation of the lines and structure of the hand
Pendulum
Divination through the direction of the swing of a crystal or stone attached to a chain
Precognition
An inner knowledge or sense of future events
Psychometry
The faculty of gaining impressions from a physical object and its history
Pyromancy
Divination by fire
Runecasting
Divination by runes. According to the Norse people, Odin created the Runes as a gift to mankind. These symbols were originally carved into stone. Over the centuries, they evolved into a collection of languages, each with a different set of alphabets and divinatory meanings.
Scrying
Divination using a crystal, mirrors, bowls of water, ink, or flames to induce visions.
Tasseography
The reading of tea leaves that remain in a tea cup once the beverage has been drunk

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