Tasseography (also known as tasseomancy or tassology) is a divination or fortune-telling method that interprets patterns in tea leaves, coffee grounds, or wine sediments.
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Catoptromancy
Captromancy is a form of divination that uses a mirror and is similar to crystal gazing.
Cartomancy
Cartomancy is method of fortune-telling or divination using a deck of cards. The most popular form Cartomancy is the Tarot.
Carromancy
Carromancy is a form of divination that draws omens from the shapes formed by melting wax
Capnomancy
Capnomancy, also known as Libanomancy, is a method of divination by
interpreting the movement of smoke rising from a fire, principally
sacrificial fires.
Brizomancy
Brizomancy is a form of ancient Greek divination by interpreting dreams
with the help of the goddess Brizo, the goddess of dreams worshipped at
Delos.
Botanomancy
Botanomancy is a method of divination by means of the burning of leaves, herbs and tree branches.
by burning sage or figs (Greek botanē, flora + manteia, prophecy)
by burning sage or figs (Greek botanē, flora + manteia, prophecy)
Bibliomancy
Bibliomancy, stichomancy or libromancy is a form of divination that
seeks to know the future by randomly selecting a passage from a book,
frequently a sacred text.
Belomancy
Belomancy or bolomancy, is the ancient art of divination by use of
arrows and is often considered to be a subtype of rhabdomancy.
Aspidomancy
Aspidomancy is the art of divination by entering or sitting on a circled
area, or sitting on a shield, to summon an entity or go into a state of
altered consciousness to gain prophetic knowledge.
Armomancy
Armomancy is the art of divination through inspecting one’s shoulders or the shoulder blades of sacrificed animals .
Arithmancy
Arithmancy is an ancient form of divination that relies on mathematics.
Arithmomancy, also called arithmancy, from the Greek arithmos (“number”) and manteia (“divination”), was practiced by the ancient Greeks, Chaldeans, and Hebrews; its successor is numerology. In these forms of number mysticism the letters of an alphabet are assigned numbers by some rule, typically A = 1, B = 2,…, Z = 26, or its equivalent. Words become numbers when their letter values are added together. People’s names, in particular, convert into numbers that are considered to have special significance. Thus, Ian Stewart, the name of the author of this article, becomes 9 + 1 + 14 + 19 + 20 + 5 + 23 + 1 + 18 + 20 = 130. The significance is clear: the year of his birth, 1945, was exactly 130 years after the Battle of Waterloo. Since 130 = 10 × 13, both the unlucky 13 and the perfect 10 are of importance; between themselves they explain just about anything, just like the superstition that seeing a praying mantis brings either good luck or bad luck—depending on what happens.
Arithmomancy, also called arithmancy, from the Greek arithmos (“number”) and manteia (“divination”), was practiced by the ancient Greeks, Chaldeans, and Hebrews; its successor is numerology. In these forms of number mysticism the letters of an alphabet are assigned numbers by some rule, typically A = 1, B = 2,…, Z = 26, or its equivalent. Words become numbers when their letter values are added together. People’s names, in particular, convert into numbers that are considered to have special significance. Thus, Ian Stewart, the name of the author of this article, becomes 9 + 1 + 14 + 19 + 20 + 5 + 23 + 1 + 18 + 20 = 130. The significance is clear: the year of his birth, 1945, was exactly 130 years after the Battle of Waterloo. Since 130 = 10 × 13, both the unlucky 13 and the perfect 10 are of importance; between themselves they explain just about anything, just like the superstition that seeing a praying mantis brings either good luck or bad luck—depending on what happens.
Anthomancy
Anthomancy, floriography or floromancy is divination by flowers or
plants, including their colors, petals, time of planting, and where
planted.
Agalmatomancy
Agalmatomancy is a form of divination by means of statues. It is closely related to idolomancy.
Acutomancy
Acutomancy is a divination form that uses pointed needles, like the
sewing needles or pins to foretell the future by a diviner. The diviner
usually holds seven needles or pins in his hands and then drops them
onto a flat surface, the patterns in which they fall is what the diviner
reads to do the ...
Abocomancy
Abocomancy is prediction by interpreting dust or the ashes of the recently deceased to be able to tell future events….
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Batraquomancy
Batraquomancy
Batraquomancy or batrachomancy is divination by frogs, newts or toads.
Etymology
From Greek batrakhos (frog)
Method
The diviner will observe the motion of the frog and the way it moves towards cards or items that may represent choices.
History
Yoruba priests use divination trays from birds, mudfish, frogs and snakes as part of their process of crossing “boundaries” between the material and spiritual realms on behalf of those seeking spiritual guidance. Reptiles and birdscan be seen as symbolizing the crossing between the realms of matter & spirit.
The toad as well as the raven or the black cat are animals that are traditionally considered as familiars or imps for the witch.
Modern forms
Some put a frog in a vase with a ladder. if it climbs the ladder, then the weather is supposed to be fine.
Deities associated with the practice
The frog was the symbol of the Egyptian birth goddess Heqet and is associated with resurrection.
Batraquomancy or batrachomancy is divination by frogs, newts or toads.
Etymology
From Greek batrakhos (frog)
Method
The diviner will observe the motion of the frog and the way it moves towards cards or items that may represent choices.
History
Yoruba priests use divination trays from birds, mudfish, frogs and snakes as part of their process of crossing “boundaries” between the material and spiritual realms on behalf of those seeking spiritual guidance. Reptiles and birdscan be seen as symbolizing the crossing between the realms of matter & spirit.
The toad as well as the raven or the black cat are animals that are traditionally considered as familiars or imps for the witch.
Modern forms
Some put a frog in a vase with a ladder. if it climbs the ladder, then the weather is supposed to be fine.
Deities associated with the practice
The frog was the symbol of the Egyptian birth goddess Heqet and is associated with resurrection.
Axinomancy
Axinomancy is one of several obscure methods of divination using an axe, hatchet, or (rarely) a saw. Most of the methods involve throwing an axe into the ground, or swinging
it into a tree, and interpreting the direction of the handle or the
quivering of the blade.
Divination by means of a hatchet or a woodcutter’s axe. Diviners predicted the ruin of Jerusalem with axinomancy (Psalm 74). Francois de la Tour-Blanche, who remarked upon this, does not tell us how the diviners made use of the hatchet, but it may have been related to one of the two methods employed in ancient times and lately ...
Divination by means of a hatchet or a woodcutter’s axe. Diviners predicted the ruin of Jerusalem with axinomancy (Psalm 74). Francois de la Tour-Blanche, who remarked upon this, does not tell us how the diviners made use of the hatchet, but it may have been related to one of the two methods employed in ancient times and lately ...
Astragalomancy
Astragalomancy, also known as astragyromancy, is a form of divination that uses dice specially marked with letters and numbers.
Astragalomancy, also known as astragyromancy, is a form of divination that uses random castings of bones or dices, especially marked with letters and numbers.
Astragalomancy, also known as astragyromancy, is a form of divination that uses random castings of bones or dices, especially marked with letters and numbers.
Anthropomancy
Is a method of divination by the entrails of dead or dying men or women, often virgin female children, through sacrifice.
Amniomancy
Amniomancy is a method of divination whereby the future life of a child is predicted from the caul covering their head at birth.
Divination by means of the caul, or membrane that sometimes envelopes the head of a child at birth. From an inspection of this caul, wise women predicted the sort of future the baby would have. If it were red, happy days were in store for the child, or if lead-colored, he would have misfortunes.
Divination by means of the caul, or membrane that sometimes envelopes the head of a child at birth. From an inspection of this caul, wise women predicted the sort of future the baby would have. If it were red, happy days were in store for the child, or if lead-colored, he would have misfortunes.
Alphitomancy
Alphitomancy (from Greek ἄλφιτον alphiton, 'barley', and μαντεία manteia, 'divination') is a form of divination involving barley cakes or loaves of barley bread.
Alomancy
Alomancy (from Greek halo, 'salt', and manteia, divination), also called Adromancy, ydromancie, idromancie, and halomancy, is an ancient form of divination. Similar to many other forms of divination, the diviner casts salt crystals into the air and interprets the patterns as it falls to the ground or travels through the air.
Alectromancy
Alectryomancy (also called alectoromancy or alectromancy, derivation comes from the Greek words alectryon and manteia, which mean rooster and divination respectively) is a form of divination in which the diviner observes a bird, several birds (or most preferably a white rooster or cockerel) pecking at grain (such as wheat) that the diviner has scattered on the ground.
This ancient art of divination used a cock or hen to foretell the future.
Alectromancy sprung up inmany cultures across the world, though there were a few common methods.The most common method involved placing the bird inside a circle of grain.
This ancient art of divination used a cock or hen to foretell the future.
Alectromancy sprung up inmany cultures across the world, though there were a few common methods.The most common method involved placing the bird inside a circle of grain.
Ailuromancy
It is divination using cats' movements or jumps to predict future events, especially the weather.
Ailuromancy or aeluromancy (from Greek ailouros), also known as felidomancy, is a form of theriomancy.[1] It is divination using cats' movements or jumps to predict future events, especially the weather.[2][3]
Ailuromancy or aeluromancy (from Greek ailouros), also known as felidomancy, is a form of theriomancy.[1] It is divination using cats' movements or jumps to predict future events, especially the weather.[2][3]
Aichmomancy
Is a form of divination somewhat similar to Acultomancy in that it uses sharp pointed objects to show patterns to read.
Aichmomancy readers use pins, knives, forks, nails, and handmade pieces of wood sharpened to a point.
Aichmomancy is a form of divination in which sharp, pointed objects are used to show patterns which are then interpreted by the practitioner.
Aichmomancy readers use pins, knives, forks, nails, and handmade pieces of wood sharpened to a point.
Aichmomancy is a form of divination in which sharp, pointed objects are used to show patterns which are then interpreted by the practitioner.
Aeromancy
Aeromancy is a form of divination conducted by interpreting atmospheric conditions or phenomena in the sky.
Acultomancy
The type of acultomancy described below, influenced by Latin acūleus, needle) is a form of divination that uses needles for readings.
Abacomancy
Abacomancy/Amathomancy
Abacomancy, also known as Amathomancy is a form of divination based on the interpretation of the patterns in dust, dirt, silt, sand, or the ashes of the recently deceased.
Etymology
From the Greek word amathos meaning sand
Methods
Reading the patterns is believed to give some insight into the future. Readers will the dirt, sand, or ashes on a flat surface and start looking for a pattern that may represent symbols or pictures.
Some of the patterns seen are lines, triangles, spirals, and hearts. For instance, numerous lines indicate embarking on a long trip. The triangle represents power that is equal on all sides. The heart, of course, means love.
Abacomancy, also known as Amathomancy is a form of divination based on the interpretation of the patterns in dust, dirt, silt, sand, or the ashes of the recently deceased.
Etymology
From the Greek word amathos meaning sand
Methods
Reading the patterns is believed to give some insight into the future. Readers will the dirt, sand, or ashes on a flat surface and start looking for a pattern that may represent symbols or pictures.
Some of the patterns seen are lines, triangles, spirals, and hearts. For instance, numerous lines indicate embarking on a long trip. The triangle represents power that is equal on all sides. The heart, of course, means love.
Numerology
Numerology is any study of the purported divine, mystical or other special relationship between a number and some coinciding observed (or perceived) events. It has many systems and traditions and beliefs. Numerology and numerological divination by systems such as isopsephy were popular among early mathematicians, such as Pythagoras, but are no longer considered part of mathematics and are regarded as pseudomathematics or pseudoscience by modern scientists.
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