Divination synonyms
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psephomancy
The definition of augury is the practice of clairvoyancy by a prophet or oracle, or is a sign or harbinger of things to happen in the future.
interpretation of omens
ophiomancy
Divination by serpents, as for example by their manner of eating or by their coils.
xylomancy
Divination by means of pieces of burning wood
Extrasensory perception
Loosely, any sorcery or witchcraft, especially involving death or the dead, particularly sorcery involving raising or reanimating the dead.
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The art or practice of foretelling events.
Careful, often cunning estimation and planning of likely outcomes, especially to advance one's own interests.
The practice or art of telling fortunes from the lines, marks, and patterns on the palms of the hands.
prognostics
Plural form of prognostic
A statement about or prior knowledge of the future.
The occult ability to perceive things that are not in sight or that cannot be seen, or that are in the future
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Prediction of the future under divine or paranormal guidance; act, practice, or ability of a prophet
The supposed ability to obtain information without the use of normal sensory channels.
spirit-rapping
The working of supernatural miracles; magic
horoscopy
The casting of horoscopes.
The act of penetrating a given situation with the mind or faculties; perception, discernment. [from 17th c.]
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A hint; indirect suggestion
Prophetic or threatening significance:
Power of acute observation and deduction; penetration; discernment; perception.
(Meteorol.) An official alert, as by the National Weather Service, that, variously, a tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood, etc. has been spotted or detected by radar in the area
fortunetelling
Alternative spelling of fortune-telling.
The study of the shape and protuberances of the skull, based on the now discredited belief that they reveal character and mental capacity.
The study of the positions and motions of celestial bodies in the belief that they have an influence on the course of natural earthly occurrences and human affairs.
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The study of handwriting, especially when employed as a means of analyzing character.
tea-leaf reading
hieromancy
Divination by interpreting sacred objects, often used in sacrificial offerings. Similar to aruspicy.
hydromancy
Divination by the observation of water.
ichthyomancy
Divination interpreting the appearance and behaviour of fish. A form of augury.
crystal gazing
Divination by gazing into a crystal ball.
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crystallomancy
Divination by a crystal ball.
sciomancy
Divination using shadows
ornithomancy
Divination by means of birds, their flight, etc.
dactyliomancy
Divination by means of rings.
bibliomancy
Divination based on a Bible verse or a literary passage chosen at random
anthropomancy
Divination by the interpretation of human sacrificial entrails.
alectryomancy
A form of divination in which the diviner observes a bird, several birds (most preferably the white rooster or cockerel) pecking at grain that the diviner has scattered on the ground.
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catoptromancy
Divination by use of mirrors, or other reflective surfaces. Similar to crystallomancy, dubjed, enoptromancy and scrying.
alphitomancy
A divination practise used to reveal guilty parties my feeding a person or group barley meal. The innocent, it is said, would feel no effects, but the guilty would feel indigestion. Also known as Cursed Bread.
lithomancy
Divination with the use of precious or semi-precious stones, gemstones, or normal stones by either interpreting the light they reflect (crystallomancy), or how they fall (sortilege).
oneiromancy
The practice of predicting the future through interpretation of dreams.
Divination performed by examining the lines in the palms.
aeromancy
Divination by use of atmospheric conditions.
rhabdomancy
Divination with a wand or rod; dowsing.
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cleromancy
Divination by the casting of lots.
aleuromancy
Divination using flour or flour-related products such as dough or cakes and fortune cookies
axinomancy
Placing an agate stone, piece of jet, or some other precious or semi-precious stone upon the axe-head and heating the metal, the movement of the agate then being interpreted.
haruspicy
The study and divination by use of animal entrails, usually the victims of sacrifice.
genethliacs
Plural form of genethliac
dowsing
The practice of seeking water or other substances (usually liquid) with the aid of a forked stick or similar pointing device, as believed by some practitioners to derive from supernatural power.
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Ouija board (trademark)
casting the planchette
i-ching
A Chinese book of ancient origin consisting of 64 interrelated hexagrams along with commentaries attributed to Confucius. The hexagrams, originally used for divination, embody Taoist philosophy by describing all nature and human endeavor in terms of the interaction of yin and yang.
forecast (related)
An estimation of a future condition.
astromancy
Divination by the stars; astrology in its modern prophetic aspect.
The act of predicting a person's future.
The definition of a guess is an act of predicting, estimating or assuming.
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haruspication
The act or practice of divination from the entrails of animals slain in sacrifice.
Something known or learned in this way
Divination by numbers, often, specif., by numbers derived from alphabetic letters, from names, or from words in a text
Prognostication; portent:
A clairvoyant or clairaudient experience, such as a dream, which resonates with some event in the future.
scapulimancy
Divination using shoulder bones
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Divination or prophecy by casting lots
An authoritative or wise statement or prediction.
Prediction, prophecy.
(Countable) A religious or mystical experience of a supernatural appearance.
foresight (related)
The definition of foresight is the ability to see or plan for what will happen in the future.
onomancy
Divination by the letters of a name; nomancy
stichomancy
Divination by randomly selecting lines or passages from books
sycomancy
theomancy
A kind of divination drawn from the responses of oracles among heathen nations.
zoomancy
Divination by means of animals
magick (related)
magickal (related)
tarot (related)
The thing predicted or foretold
The use of an evil supernatural power to control or influence people and their affairs or the natural world; black magic
It can be a clue like a neighbor, a disagreement, or an event that seems inconsequential at the time.
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