Divination
is the attempt of ascertaining information by interpretation
of omens or an alleged supernatural agency. If a distinction
is to be made with fortune-telling, divination has a
formal or ritual and often social character, usually
in a religious context; while fortune-telling is a more
everyday practice for personal purposes.
Common forms of divination include:
Astrology by celestial bodies
Bibliomancy by book, frequently but not always a religious
text
Botanomancy by herbs, Tea Leaf reading
Cartomanc by cards, e.g., playing cards, tarot cards,
and non-tarot oracle cards
Cheiromancy by the reading of the hand or Palmistry
Crystallomancy/Scrying by crystals or other reflecting
objects,
Geomancy by earth, includes Feng Shui divination
Graphology (by handwriting)
Numerology by numbers
Oneiromancy by dreams
Onomancy by names
Ouija board divination
Phrenology by the shape of one's head
Pyromancy, or pyroscopy by fire
Runecasting / Runic divination by Runes
Taromancy by specially designed cards: Tarot
