Methods of divination
Name | Tool | Name | Tool |
Aeromancy | Atmospheric phenomena | Ichthyomancy | Fish |
Alectromancy | A cock eating grain | Lampadomancy | Flame of a candle or torch |
Amniomancy | A caul | Leconomancy | Oil poured on water |
Anththroposcopy | Facial features | Lithomancy | Stones |
Arithmancy | Numbers | Margaritomancy | Pearls |
Astrology | Planets and stars | Moleosophy | Moles on the body |
Augery | Behaviour of birds | Myomancy | Movements of mice |
Austromancy | Wind | Necromancy | Communications with the dead |
Axinomancy | Balanced axe or stone | Numerology | Numbers and names |
Belomancy | Arrows | Oenomancy | Wine poured in libation |
Bibliomancy | Random passages in books | Oneiromancy | Dreams |
Bletonism | Currents of water | Onomancy | Letters of a name |
Botanomancy | Herbs | Onychomancy | Fingernails |
Capnomancy | Smoke | Ophiomancy | Behaviour of snakes |
Cartomancy | Cards | Ornithomancy | Flight of birds |
Catoptromancy | Mirrors | Palmistry | Hands |
Ceromancy | Molten wax dropped in water | Pegomancy | Fountains |
Cheiromancy | Hands | Pessomancy | Pebbles |
Clairaudience | Sounds inaudible to normal hearing | Phrenology | The head |
Clairvoyance | Sights invisible to normal sight (second sight) | Physiognomy | The face |
Cledonomancy | Chance remarks or events | Psychometry | Handling and object |
Coscinomancy | Sieve and shears | Pyromancy | Looking into a fire |
Crystallomancy | A crystal | Rhabdomancy | Wand or divining rod |
Dactyliomancy | Finger ring | Scapulomancy | Shoulder blades of animals |
Dowsing | Divining rod | Scatoscopy | Inspection of excrement |
Geloscopy | Listening to laughter | Scrying | Crystal |
Genethlialogy | Stars at birth | Sideromancy | Movement of straws placed on hot iron |
Geomancy | Dots on paper, marks or particles on the earth | Sortilege | Drawing lots |
Gyromancy | Whirling around until dizziness takes over | Spodomancy | Ashes |
Halomancy | Salt | Stichomancy | Random passages in books |
Haruspicy | Entrails of animals | Tephromancy | Sacraficial ashes |
Hepatoscopy | Liver of an animal | Theomancy | Oracles and those inspired by a god |
Hieromancy | Observation of sacrificed things | Uromancy | Urine |
Horoscopy | Planets and stars | Xylomancy | Dry sticks |
Hydromancy | Water | Zoomancy | Behaviour of animals |