Methods of divination

Template:Short description Template:Paranormal Template:Anthropology of religion Methods of divination can be found around the world, and many cultures practice the same methods under different names. During the Middle Ages, scholars coined terms for many of these methods—some of which had hitherto been unnamed—in Medieval Latin, very often utilizing the suffix when the art seemed more mystical (ultimately from Ancient Greek Template:Wikt-lang, Template:Grc-transl, 'prophecy' or 'the power to prophesy') and the suffix when the art seemed more scientific (ultimately from Greek Template:Wikt-lang, Template:Grc-transl, 'to observe'). Names like drimimantia, nigromantia, and horoscopia arose, along with other pseudosciences such as phrenology and physiognomy.

Some forms of divination are much older than the Middle Ages, like haruspication, while others such as coffee-based tasseomancy originated in the 20th and 21st centuries.

The chapter "How Panurge consulteth with Herr Trippa" of Gargantua and Pantagruel, a parody on occult treatises of Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa, contains a list of over two dozen "mancies", described as "common knowledge".

A

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An arithmancer from Atalanta Fugiens (1618), by Michael Maier

• abacomancy Template:IPAc-en (also amathomancy): by dust (Hebrew Template:Translit, Template:Gloss + Greek Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)
• acultomancy Template:IPAc-en (also acutomancy): by needles (from acutomancy below, influenced by Latin , Template:Gloss, or Template:Wikt-lang, Template:Gloss)
• acutomancy Template:IPAc-en → see Template:Sm (Latin [], Template:Gloss + Greek Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)
• adromancy Template:IPAc-en → see Template:Sm (from idromancy below, influenced by alomancy)
• adryomancy→ see Template:Sm (metathesis of hydromancy)
• aeromancy Template:IPAc-en: by atmospheric conditions (Greek Template:Translit, Template:Gloss + Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)
• agalmatomancy Template:IPAc-en: by statues (Greek Template:Translit [[[:Template:Grc-transl]]], Template:Gloss + Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)
• aichmomancy Template:IPAc-en: by sharp objects (Greek Template:Translit, Template:Gloss + Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)
• ailuromancy/aeluromancy → see Template:Sm
• aiomancy: By artificial intelligence
• alectormancy/alectromancy Template:IPAc-en: by rooster sacrifice (Greek Template:Translit, Template:Gloss + Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)
• alectryomancy/alectoromancy: by rooster divination → see Template:Sm
• aleuromancy¹ Template:IPAc-en: by flour; see also Template:Sm (Greek Template:Translit, 'meal' + Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)
• alomancy/Halomancy Template:IPAc-en (also adromancy): by salt (Greek Template:Translit, Template:Gloss + Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)
• alphitomancyTemplate:IPAc-en: by barley (Greek Template:Translit [[[:Template:Translit]]], Template:Gloss + Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)
• alveromancy Template:IPAc-en: by sounds
• amathomancy Template:IPAc-en → see Template:Sm by sand (Greek Template:Translit, Template:Gloss + Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)
• ambulomancy Template:IPAc-en: by walking (Latin Template:Wikt-lang, Template:Gloss + Greek Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)
• amniomancy Template:IPAc-en: by placenta (Greek Template:Translit, 'amnion' + Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)
• anemoscopy/anemomancy Template:IPAc-en: by wind (Greek Template:Translit, Template:Gloss + Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)
• anthomancy Template:IPAc-en: by flowers (Greek Template:Translit, Template:Gloss + Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)
• anthracomancy Template:IPAc-en: by burning coals (Greek Template:Translit [[[:Template:Translit]]], Template:Gloss + Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)
• anthropomancy Template:IPAc-en: by human sacrifice (Greek Template:Translit, Template:Gloss + Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)
• anthroposcopy Template:IPAc-en: by physical appearance (Greek Template:Translit, Template:Gloss + Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)
• apantomancy Template:IPAc-en: by chance encounters with animals (Greek Template:Translit, Template:Gloss + Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)
• arachnomancy Template:IPAc-en: by spiders (Greek [[Arachne|Template:Translit]], Template:Gloss + Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)
• archeomancy/archaeomancy Template:IPAc-en: by sacred relics (Greek Template:Translit, Template:Gloss + Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)
• ariolation Template:IPAc-en: by altars (Latin Template:Wikt-lang, Template:Wikt-lang, Template:Gloss)
• arithmancy: assigning numerical value to a word or phrase
• armomancy Template:IPAc-en: by one's own shoulders (Latin Template:Wikt-lang, Template:Gloss + Greek Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)
• årsgång, archaic form of Swedish divination
• aruspicina: study of entrails
• aspidomancy Template:IPAc-en: by sitting in a drawn circle or on a shield (Greek Template:Translit [[[:Template:Translit]], Template:Gloss + Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)
• astragalomancy/astragalamancy → see Template:Sm
• astragyromancy → see Template:Sm (from astragalomancy above, perhaps influenced by Greek Template:Translit, Template:Gloss, and therefore vertebra)
• astrapomancy Template:IPAc-en: by lightning (Greek Template:Translit, Template:Gloss + Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)
• astrology/astromancy/ Template:IPAc-en: by celestial bodies (Greek Template:Translit, Template:Gloss + Template:Translit, Template:Gloss). This method was widespread in medieval period, particularly in Mesopotamia.
• augury Template:IPAc-en → see Template:Sm
• auramancy Template:IPAc-en: by auras (Greek Template:Translit, Template:Gloss + Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)
• auspicy/auspication → see Template:Sm (Latin Template:Wikt-lang, Template:Gloss + Template:Wikt-lang, Template:Gloss)
• austromancy → see Template:Sm Template:IPAc-en: by wind (Latin Template:Wikt-lang, Template:Gloss + Greek Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)
• avimancy → see Template:Sm (Latin Template:Wikt-lang, Template:Gloss + Greek Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)
• axiomancy/axinomancy Template:IPAc-en: by axes (Latin Template:Wikt-lang, Template:Gloss + Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)

B

• batraquomancy/batrachomancy Template:IPAc-en: by frogs (Greek Template:Translit, Template:Gloss + Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)
• belomancy/bolomancy Template:IPAc-en: by arrows (from bolomancy below, influenced by Greek Template:Translit, Template:Gloss, or Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)
• bibliomancy → see Template:Sm
• biorhythmic divination: by biorhythms
• bletonism/bletonomancy Template:IPAc-en: by water current (named for Monsieur Bleton, a French bletonist)
• bolomancy Template:IPAc-en → see Template:Sm (Greek Template:Translit, Template:Gloss + Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)
• bone-throwing: the tossing of pieces of bone or wood practiced by various cultures
• botanomancy Template:IPAc-en: by burning pieces of plants, documented with burning vervain and briar. (Greek Template:Translit, 'flora' + Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)
• brizomancy → see Template:Sm (Greek Template:Translit, Template:Gloss + Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)
• brontomancy/brontoscopy Template:IPAc-en: by thunder (Greek Template:Translit, Template:Gloss + Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)
• bumpology Template:IPAc-en: by bumps on the skin (English bump + Greek Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)

C

• cabala → see Template:Sm
• canomancy Template:IPAc-en or Template:IPAc-en: by dogs (Latin Template:Wikt-lang, Template:Gloss + Greek Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)
• capnomancy Template:IPAc-en: by smoke (Greek Template:Translit, Template:Gloss + Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)
  • libanomancy Template:IPAc-en: by smoke or ash from incense (Greek Template:Translit, 'frankincense' + Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)
• carromancy Template:IPAc-en: by melting wax (Greek Template:Translit, Template:Gloss + Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)
• cartopedy → see Template:Sm (Latin Template:Wikt-lang, Template:Gloss + [], Template:Gloss)
• cartomancy → see Template:Sm
• catoptromancy/captromancy → see Template:Sm
• causimancy/causimomancy Template:IPAc-en: by burning (Greek Template:Translit [[[:Template:Translit]]], Template:Gloss + Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)
• cephalomancy → see Template:Sm
• cephaleonomancy/cephalonomancyTemplate:IPAc-en: by boiling a donkey's head (Greek Template:Translit, Template:Gloss [with meaning influenced by Greek Template:Translit, Template:Gloss] + Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)
• ceraunoscopy Template:IPAc-en: by thunder and lightning (Greek Template:Translit, Template:Gloss + Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)
• ceromancy/ceroscopy Template:IPAc-en: by dripping wax in water (Greek Template:Translit, Template:Gloss + Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)
• chalcomancy: by striking gongs or copper bowls (Greek Template:Translit, Template:Gloss + Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)
• chaomancy Template:IPAc-en: by aerial visions (Greek Template:Translit, 'primordial space' + Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)
• chartomancy Template:IPAc-en: by things on paper (Greek Template:Translit, Template:Gloss + Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)
  • cartomancy Template:IPAc-en: by cards (Latin , Template:Gloss + Greek Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)
    • taromancy/tarotmancy Template:IPAc-en: by tarot (English tarot + Greek Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)
    • Parrot astrology: by parrots picking cards
  • stichomancy Template:IPAc-en: by books or lines (Greek Template:Translit, Template:Gloss + Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)
    • aleuromancy² Template:IPAc-en: by fortune cookies (of the same origin as Template:Sm¹)
    • bibliomancy Template:IPAc-en: by the Bible (Greek Template:Translit, Template:Gloss + Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)
    • stoicheomancy/stoichomancy: by the Iliad and the Odyssey or the Aeneid (Greek Template:Translit, Template:Gloss + Template:Translit, Template:Gloss; to the Greeks, Homer's writings were held in similar esteem to the Christian Bible or the Muslim Quran, as were Virgil's writings to the Romans, making them the basic — or elementary — reading material in each culture)
• cheiromancy/chiromancy→ see Template:Sm
• cheirognomy/chirognomy → see Template:Sm
• Template:Translit → see Template:Translit
• choriomancy Template:IPAc-en: by pig bladders (Greek Template:Translit, 'placenta' + mantiea, Template:Gloss)
• chresmomancy Template:IPAc-en: by the ravings of lunatics (Greek Template:Translit, Template:Gloss, chresm + Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)
• chronomancy Template:IPAc-en: by apt occasion (Greek Template:Translit, Template:Gloss + Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)
• cineromancy/ceneromancy → see Template:Sm Template:IPAc-en (Latin Template:Wikt-lang [], Template:Gloss + Greek Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)
• clamancy (see also Fāl-gūsh): by random shouts and cries heard in crowds, at night, etc. (Latin Template:Wikt-lang, Template:Gloss + Greek Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)
• cledonism/cledonomancy Template:IPAc-en: by chance events or overheard words (Greek Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)
• cleidomancy/clidomancy Template:IPAc-en: by keys (Greek Template:Translit [[[:Template:Translit]]], Template:Gloss + Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)
• cleromancy Template:IPAc-en: by casting (Greek Template:Translit, 'lot' + Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)
  • astragalomancy/astragalamancy Template:IPAc-en (also cubomancy): by dice (Greek Template:Translit, 'vertebra' + Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)
  • domino divination: by dominoes
  • favomancy Template:IPAc-en: by beans (Latin Template:Wikt-lang, Template:Gloss + Greek Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)
  • Ogham casting: by Ogham letters
  • runecasting/runic divination
• cometomancy Template:IPAc-en: by comet tails (Greek Template:Translit, Template:Gloss + Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)
• colormancy/coloromancy: by colors (English color + Greek Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)
• conchomancy Template:IPAc-en: by shells (Greek Template:Translit, 'mussel' + Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)
• cosquinomancy/coscinomancy Template:IPAc-en: by hanging sieves (Greek Template:Translit, Template:Gloss + Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)
• cottabomancy/cottobomancy Template:IPAc-en: by wine in a brass bowl (Greek Template:Translit, 'cottabus' + Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)
• craniognomy Template:IPAc-en or Template:IPAc-en → see Template:Sm (Greek Template:Translit, Template:Gloss + Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)
• the crawling baby: by a baby's crawling
• crithomancy/critomancy Template:IPAc-en: by barley cakes (Greek Template:Translit, Template:Gloss + Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)
• cromnyomancy/cromniomancy Template:IPAc-en: by onion sprouts (alteration of Greek Template:Translit, Template:Gloss + Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)
• cryptomancy Template:IPAc-en: by omens (Greek Template:Translit, Template:Gloss + Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)
• cryomancy Template:IPAc-en: by ice (Greek Template:Translit, Template:Gloss + Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)
• crystal ball gazing → see Template:Sm
• crystal gazing → see Template:Sm
• crystallomancy Template:IPAc-en → see Template:Sm (Greek Template:Translit, Template:Gloss + Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)
• cubomancy Template:IPAc-en → see Template:Sm (Greek Template:Translit, Template:Gloss + Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)
• cyathomancy Template:IPAc-en: by cups (Greek Template:Translit, Template:Gloss + Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)
• cybermancy Template:IPAc-en: by computer oracles (English Template:Not a typo + Greek Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)
• cyclicomancy Template:IPAc-en: by swirling water in a cup (Greek Template:Translit, Template:Gloss + Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)
• cyclomancy Template:IPAc-en or Template:IPAc-en: by wheels (Greek Template:Translit, Template:Gloss + Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)

D

• dactyliomancy Template:IPAc-en: by finger rings (Greek Template:Translit, Template:Gloss + Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)
• dactylomancy Template:IPAc-en: by means of finger movements (Greek Template:Translit, Template:Gloss + Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)
• daphnomancy Template:IPAc-en: by burning laurel wreaths (Greek Template:Translit, Template:Gloss + Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)
• demonomancy Template:IPAc-en: by demons (Greek Template:Translit, Template:Gloss + Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)
• dendromancy Template:IPAc-en: by trees, especially oaks, yews, or mistletoe (Greek Template:Translit, Template:Gloss + Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)
• deuteroscopy Template:IPAc-en: by second glance or double take (Greek Template:Translit, Template:Gloss + Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)
• dianomancy Template:IPAc-en: by delivery, esp. by the randomly-generated words found on Whole Foods grocery bags to identify orders (Greek Template:Translit, Template:Gloss + Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)
• dictiomancy Template:IPAc-en: by randomly opening a dictionary (English Template:Not a typo + Greek Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)
• divining → see Template:Sm
• djubed→ see Template:Sm
• Template:Translit: by animal horoscope (Japanese Template:Translit, Template:Gloss + Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)
• domino divination → see Template:Sm
• dowsing (also divining, water witching): by a divining rod (of unknown origin)
• dracomancy Template:IPAc-en: by dragons (Greek Template:Translit, Template:Gloss + Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)
• dream interpretation
• dream questions: by dreaming
• dririmancy/driromancy Template:IPAc-en: by dripping blood (alteration of drimimancy, influenced by Middle English , Template:Gloss). Compare hemotomancy.
• drimimancy/drymimancy Template:IPAc-en: by bodily fluids (Greek Template:Translit, Template:Gloss + Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)

E

• electromancy: by lightning and electricity (Greek Template:Translit Template:Gloss + Template:Translit Template:Gloss)
• eleomancy/elaeomancy: by oil (Greek Template:Translit, olive Template:Gloss + Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)
• emonomancy → see Template:Sm
• empirimancy: by experiment/experience
• empyromancy Template:IPAc-en: by burning (Greek Template:Translit, Template:Gloss + Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)
• encromancy: by oil ink stains (Greek Template:Translit Template:Gloss + Template:Translit Template:Gloss)
• enochian chess: by playing a four·handed variant of the game
• enoptromancy Template:IPAc-en → see Template:Sm (Greek Template:Translit, 'looking glass' + Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)
• enthusiasm: speeches by those supposed to be possessed by a divine spirit
• entomomancy/entomancy: by insects (Greek Template:Translit, Template:Gloss + Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)
• eromancy Template:IPAc-en: by water vessels exposed to air (Greek Template:Translit, Template:Gloss + Template:Translit, Template:Gloss) — cf. aeromancy
• extispicy/extispication Template:IPAc-en: by the remains of sacrificed animals (Latin , Template:Gloss + , Template:Gloss)

F

• favomancy → see Template:Sm
• felidomancy → see Template:Sm (Latin Template:Wikt-lang [], Template:Gloss + Greek Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)
• floriography/floromancy Template:IPAc-en: by flowers' feelings (Latin [flōr-], Template:Gloss + Greek Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)
• fractomancy Template:IPAc-en: by fractals (English Template:Not a typo + Greek Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)
• fructomancy/fructimancy: by fruit (Latin Template:Wikt-lang, Template:Gloss + Greek Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)

G

• galvanoscopy Template:IPAc-en: by galvanism (English Template:Not a typo + Greek Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)
• gastromancy¹ → see Template:Sm
• gastromancy² Template:IPAc-en: by guttural sounds (Greek Template:Translit, Template:Gloss + Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)
• geomancy Template:IPAc-en: by earth (Greek Template:Wikt-lang|Template:Wikt-lang, Template:Gloss + Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)
• geloscopy Template:IPAc-en: by laughter (Greek Template:Translit, Template:Gloss + Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)
• gematria: by the Hebrew alphabet (Greek Template:Translit, Template:Gloss + Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)
• genethlialogy: by birth dates (Greek Template:Translit, 'birthday' + Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)
• grammomancy Template:IPAc-en: by writing individual letters (Greek Template:Translit, Template:Gloss + Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)
• graphology Template:IPAc-en (also graptomancy): by studying handwriting (Greek Template:Translit, Template:Gloss + Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)
• graptomancy Template:IPAc-en → see Template:Sm (Greek Template:Translit, Template:Gloss + Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)
• gyromancy Template:IPAc-en: by dizziness (Greek Template:Translit, Template:Gloss + Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)

H

• hagiomancy: by saints (Greek Template:Translit, Template:Gloss + Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)
• halomancy Template:IPAc-en → see Template:Sm
• Template:Translit: by bones or dice
• haruspicy/haruspication Template:IPAc-en → see Template:Sm (Latin Template:Wikt-lang, Template:Gloss + Template:Wikt-lang, Template:Gloss)
• hematomancy/haematomancy Template:IPAc-en: by blood (Greek Template:Translit [[[:Template:Translit]]], Template:Gloss + Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)
• hepatoscopy/hepatomancy Template:IPAc-en (also haruspicy, haruspication): by liver (Greek Template:Translit [[[:Template:Translit]]], Template:Gloss + Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)
• hieromancy/hieroscopy Template:IPAc-en: by studying sacrifices' entrails (Greek Template:Translit, Template:Gloss + Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)
• hippomancy → see Template:Sm
• horoscopy Template:IPAc-en: aspect of the Stars at nativity (Greek Template:Translit, Template:Gloss + Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)
• hydatomancy: by rainwater (Greek Template:Translit, Template:Gloss + Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)
• hydromancy/hydroscopy → see Template:Sm
• hyomancy: by wild hogs (Greek Template:Translit, Template:Gloss + Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)
• hypnomancy Template:IPAc-en: by sleep (Greek Template:Translit, Template:Gloss + Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)

I

• I Ching divination: by yarrow stalks or coins
• ichnomancy Template:IPAc-en: by footprints (Greek Template:Translit, Template:Gloss + Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)
• ichthyomancy → see Template:Sm
• iconomancy Template:IPAc-en: by icons (Greek Template:Translit, Template:Gloss + Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)
• idolomancy Template:IPAc-en: by idols (Greek Template:Translit, Template:Gloss + Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)
• idromancy → see Template:Sm (Greek Template:Translit, Template:Gloss + Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)
• : geomancy patterns generated with palm nuts, opele, cowrie shells, etc. that refer to divination texts; a collection of verses
• iridology: by eye color (Greek Template:Translit [[[:Template:Translit]]], 'iris' + Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)
• isopsephy: by numbers and letters (Greek Template:Translit, Template:Gloss + Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)

J

• Template:Translit: Vedic system of astrology

K

• kabbalah/qabalah/cabala: by the Kabbalah (Hebrew Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)
• Template:Translit: by bamboo
• Template:Translit: by rice gruel
• kephalonomancy Template:IPAc-en → see Template:Sm
• keraunomancy Template:IPAc-en → see Template:Sm
• knissomancy Template:IPAc-en: by incense (Greek Template:Translit [kniss-], Template:Gloss + Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)
• kypomancy → see Template:Sm (akin to Greek Template:Translit, Template:Gloss + Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)

L

• labiomancy Template:IPAc-en: by lips (Latin Template:Wikt-lang, Template:Gloss + Greek Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)
• lampadomancy Template:IPAc-en: by flame (Greek Template:Translit [[[:Template:Translit]]], Template:Gloss + Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)
• lecanomancy/lecanoscopy Template:IPAc-en: by a basin of water (Greek Template:Translit, Template:Gloss + Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)
• letnomancy: by secrets (English let no (man see) + Greek Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)
• libanomancy Template:IPAc-en → see Template:Sm and Template:Sm (Greek Template:Translit, 'frankincense' + Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)
• literomancy Template:IPAc-en: by a letter in a written language (Latin Template:Wikt-lang, Template:Gloss + Greek Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)
• lithomancy Template:IPAc-en: by gems or stones (Greek Template:Translit, Template:Gloss + Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)
• logarithmancy Template:IPAc-en: by logarithms (English logarithm + Greek Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)
• logomancy Template:IPAc-en: by words (Greek Template:Translit, Template:Gloss + Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)
• lots: divination through chance, or the drawing or tossing of lots
• lunamancy → see Template:Sm (Latin Template:Wikt-lang, Template:Gloss + Greek Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)
• lychnomancy Template:IPAc-en: by candles (Greek Template:Translit, Template:Gloss + Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)

M

• macharomancy: by swords or knives (Greek Template:Translit, 'dirk' + Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)
• macromancy Template:IPAc-en: by large objects (Greek Template:Translit, Template:Gloss + Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)
• maculomancy Template:IPAc-en: by spots on the skin (Latin Template:Wikt-lang, Template:Gloss + Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)
• mahjong divination: by Mahjong tiles
• margaritomancy Template:IPAc-en: by bouncing pearls (Greek Template:Translit, Template:Gloss + Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)
• mathemancy Template:IPAc-en: by mathematics (English Template:Not a typo + Greek Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)
• mazomancy Template:IPAc-en: by nursing (Greek Template:Translit, Template:Gloss + Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)
• meconomancy Template:IPAc-en: by sleeping (Greek Template:Translit, Template:Gloss [i.e., an opiate] + Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)
• megapolisomancy: by large cities (English megalopolis + Greek Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)
• meilomancy: by moles
• metagnomy Template:IPAc-en or Template:IPAc-en: by magic (Greek Template:Translit, Template:Gloss + Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)
• meteormancy Template:IPAc-en: by meteors (English meteor + Greek Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)
• meteoromancy Template:IPAc-en: by thunder and lightning (Greek Template:Translit, Template:Gloss + Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)
• metoposcopy/metopomancy Template:IPAc-en: by the lines of the forehead (Greek Template:Translit, Template:Gloss + Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)
• micromancy Template:IPAc-en: by small objects (Greek Template:Translit, Template:Gloss + Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)
• moleosophy Template:IPAc-en or Template:IPAc-en: by blemishes (English mole + Greek Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)
• molybdomancy Template:IPAc-en: by molten metal (Greek Template:Translit, Template:Gloss + Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)
• moromancy Template:IPAc-en: by foolishness (Greek Template:Translit, Template:Gloss + Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)
• myomancy → see Template:Sm
• myrmomancy → see Template:Sm

N

• narcomancy Template:IPAc-en: by sleep (Greek Template:Translit, Template:Gloss + Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)
• natimancy → see Template:Sm (Latin Template:Wikt-lang, Template:Gloss + Greek Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)
• necromancy¹ Template:IPAc-en: by speaking to the dead, by corpses (Greek Template:Translit, Template:Gloss + Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)
• necyomancy Template:IPAc-en: by summoning damned souls (Greek Template:Translit, 'invocation' + Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)
• nephomancy Template:IPAc-en: by clouds (Greek Template:Translit, Template:Gloss + Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)
• nigromancy Template:IPAc-en: by black magic (Latin Template:Wikt-lang, Template:Gloss + Greek Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)
• nomancy Template:IPAc-en or Template:IPAc-en → see Template:Sm (variant of onomancy, influenced by Latin Template:Wikt-lang, Template:Gloss)
• notarikon/netrikon: by initials (Latin Template:Wikt-lang, in shorthand)
• nggàm → see Template:Sm
• numerology Template:IPAc-en: by numbers (Latin Template:Wikt-lang, Template:Gloss + Greek Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)
• numismatomancy: by coins (Greek Template:Translit [[[:Template:Translit]]], Template:Gloss + Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)

O

• oculomancy Template:IPAc-en: by eyes (Latin Template:Wikt-lang, Template:Gloss + Greek Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)
• odontomancy Template:IPAc-en: by teeth (Greek Template:Translit [[[:Template:Translit]]], Template:Gloss + Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)
• oenomancy/oinomancy Template:IPAc-en: by wine (Greek Template:Translit, Template:Gloss + Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)
• ololygmancy Template:IPAc-en: by the howling of dogs (Greek Template:Translit [[[:Template:Translit]]], Template:Gloss + Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)
• omoplatoscopy → see Template:Sm (Greek Template:Translit, Template:Gloss + Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)
• omphalomancy Template:IPAc-en: by navels (Greek Template:Translit, Template:Gloss + Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)
• oneiromancy/oneiroscopy Template:IPAc-en: by dreams (Greek Template:Translit, Template:Gloss + Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)
• onimancy Template:IPAc-en → see Template:Sm
• onomancy/onomomancy/nomancy Template:IPAc-en: by letters in a name (Greek Template:Translit, Template:Gloss + Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)
• onomomancy Template:IPAc-en → see Template:Sm
• onychomancy/onymancy/onimancy Template:IPAc-en: by finger· and toenails (Greek Template:Translit [[[:Template:Translit]]], Template:Gloss + Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)
• onymancy Template:IPAc-en → see Template:Sm
• oomancy/ooscopy Template:IPAc-en (also ovomancy): by eggs (Greek Template:Translit, Template:Gloss + Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)
• ophidiomancy/ophiomancy → see Template:Sm
• ophthalmomancy → see Template:Sm (Greek Template:Translit, Template:Gloss + Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)
• organoscopy → see Template:Sm (Greek Template:Translit, 'organ' + Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)
• orniscopy/ornithomancy → see Template:Sm
• oromancy: by mountains (Greek Template:Translit, Template:Gloss + Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)
• oryctomancy: by minerals (Greek Template:Translit, Template:Gloss + Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)
• ossomancy → see Template:Sm (Latin Template:Wikt-lang [], Template:Gloss + Greek Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)
• osteomancy: by bones (Greek Template:Translit, Template:Gloss + Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)
• Ouija/Ouije: by ouija board (French Template:Wikt-lang, Template:Gloss + German Template:Wikt-lang, Template:Gloss)
• ouranomancy → see Template:Sm
• ovomancy → see Template:Sm (Latin Template:Wikt-lang, Template:Gloss + Greek Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)

P

File:Enrique Simonet - La buenaventura.jpg

The Fortune Teller, by Enrique Simonet (1899; canvas; Museo de Málaga), depicting a palm reading

• Pagtatawas by reading melted alum
• pallomancy: by pendulums (Greek Template:Translit, Template:Gloss + Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)
• palmistry/palm reading → see Template:Sm (Latin Template:Wikt-lang, Template:Gloss)
• papyromancy: by folding paper, especially paper money (Greek Template:Translit, Template:Gloss + Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)
• pedomancy → see Template:Sm (from podomancy, influenced by Latin Template:Wikt-lang [], Template:Gloss)
• pegomancy: by fountains (Greek Template:Translit, Template:Gloss + Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)
• pessomancy: by pebbles (Greek Template:Translit, Template:Gloss + Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)
• pecthimancy/petchimancy: by brushed cloth (possibly akin to Greek Template:Translit, to card wool, or Template:Translit, Template:Gloss + Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)
• phallomancy: by swing of the phallus (Greek Template:Translit, Template:Gloss + Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)
• phobomancy: by feelings of fear (Greek Template:Translit, Template:Gloss + Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)
• photomancy: by fields of light (Greek Template:Translit [[[:Template:Translit]]], Template:Gloss + Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)
• phrenology (also organoscopy): by the configuration of one's brain (Greek Template:Translit, Template:Gloss + Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)
• phyllomancy: by leaves (Greek Template:Translit, Template:Gloss + Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)
  • sycomancy: by fig leaves (Greek Template:Translit, Template:Gloss + Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)
  • tasseography/tasseomancy (also kypomancy): by tea leaves or coffee grounds (French , Template:Gloss + Greek Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)
• phyllorhodomancy: by rose petals (Greek Template:Translit, Template:Gloss + Template:Translit, Template:Gloss + Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)
• physiognomy/physiognomancy: by faces (Greek Template:Translit, Template:Gloss + Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)
• phytognomy: by the appearance of plants (Greek Template:Translit, Template:Gloss + Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)
• plastromancy: by cracks formed by heat on a turtle's plastron (English plastron + Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)
• pilimancy: by observing the patterns produced by a collection of human hair
• plumbomancy: by observing shapes molten lead makes when poured in water (Latin Template:Wikt-lang, Template:Gloss + Greek Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)
• pneumancy: by blowing (Greek Template:Translit, Template:Gloss + Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)
• podomancy/pedomancy → see Template:Sm
• poe divination: by throwing stones on the floor, practised at Taoist temples
• (also ): study of natural phenomena
• psephomancy: by lots or ballots (Greek Template:Translit, Template:Gloss + Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)
• pseudomancy: by false means (Greek Template:Translit, Template:Gloss + Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)
• psychognomy: by phrenological Template:Gloss (Greek Template:Translit, Template:Gloss + Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)
• psychomancy → see Template:Sm¹ (Greek Template:Translit, Template:Gloss + Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)
• ptarmoscopy/ptarmoscopie: the interpretation of sneezes (from Ancient Greek)
• pyromancy/pyroscopy: by fire (Greek Template:Translit, Template:Gloss + Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)

Q

• Template:Translit → see Template:Sm

R

• radiesthesia: by rods, pendulums, or other cylindrical tools (Latin Template:Wikt-lang, 'spoke' + Greek Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)
• retromancy: by looking over one's shoulder (Latin Template:Wikt-lang, Template:Gloss + Greek Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)
• rhabdomancy/rabdomancy: by rods, sticks, or wands (Greek Template:Translit, Template:Gloss + Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)
• rhapsodomancy: by poetry (Greek Template:Translit, Template:Gloss + Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)
• roadomancy: by constellations (apparently from Old English , 'firmament' + Greek Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)
• runecasting → see Template:Sm

S

• scapulimancy/scapulomancy (also spatulamancy, omoplatoscopy): by bovine or caprid shoulder blades (Latin Template:Wikt-lang, Template:Gloss + Greek Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)
• scarpomancy: by old shoes (Italian , Template:Gloss + Greek Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)
• scatomancy: by excrement (Greek Template:Translit [[[:Template:Translit]]], Template:Gloss + Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)
• schematomancy → see Template:Sm
• sciomancy¹ (also shadowmancy): by shadows (Greek Template:Translit, Template:Gloss + Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)
• sciomancy²: by spirits (of the same origin as sciomancy¹)
• scrying: by gazing (shortened from descrying)
  • crystal gazing: by reflective objects
    • catoptromancy/captromancy (also enoptromancy, djubed): by mirrors (Greek Template:Translit, Template:Gloss + Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)
    • gastromancy¹ (also crystallomancy, spheromancy, crystal ball gazing): by crystal ball (Greek Template:Translit, Template:Gloss [i.e., round object] + Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)
    • hydromancy (also ydromancy): by water (Greek Template:Translit, Template:Gloss + Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)
• selenomancy: by the moon (Greek Template:Translit, Template:Gloss + Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)
• shadowmancy → see Template:Sm¹ (English shadow + Greek Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)
• shufflemancy: by the use of an electronic media player such as an electronic playlist, iPod, or other medium wherein one skips a certain number of songs and the lyrics and/or tune of the song is the answer to the divinatory question
• sideromancy: by burning straw with an iron (Greek Template:Translit, 'iron' + Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)
• Template:Not a typo: by drawing sixteen lines in sand (perhaps a Malagasy transliteration of English sixteen)
• skatharomancy: by beetle tracks (Greek Template:Translit, Template:Gloss + Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)
• /: by animal shoulder blades (Scottish Gaelic , Template:Gloss)
• solaromancy: by the sun (Latin Template:Wikt-lang [[[:Template:Wikt-lang]]], Template:Gloss + Greek Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)
• somatomancy: by the human form (Greek Template:Translit [[[:Template:Translit]]], Template:Gloss + Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)
  • cephalomancy (also craniognomy): by skulls (Greek Template:Translit, Template:Gloss + Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)
  • cheiromancy/chiromancy Template:IPAc-en (also palmistry, palm reading): by palms (Greek Template:Translit, Template:Gloss + Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)
  • cheirognomy/chirognomy Template:IPAc-en: by hands (Greek Template:Translit, Template:Gloss + Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)
  • podomancy/pedomancy (also cartopedy): by the soles of one's feet (Greek Template:Translit [[[:Template:Translit]]], Template:Gloss + Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)
  • schematomancy: by the face (Greek Template:Translit [[[:Template:Translit]]], Template:Gloss + Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)
• sortilege: by the casting of lots, or sortes
  • sortes virgilianae: by Vergil's Aeneid
• spasmatomancy: by convulsions (alteration of spasmodomancy, from Greek Template:Translit [[[:Template:Translit]]], Template:Gloss + Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)
• spatilomancy: by animal excrement (Greek Template:Translit, Template:Gloss + Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)
• spatulamancy → see Template:Sm (from scapulimancy, influenced by Latin Template:Wikt-lang, 'splint')
• spheromancy → see Template:Sm (Greek Template:Translit, 'sphere' + Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)
• sphondulomancy: by spindles (Greek Template:Translit, Template:Gloss + Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)
• splanchnomancy → see Template:Sm (Greek Template:Translit, Template:Gloss + Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)
• spodomancy: by soot (Greek Template:Translit, Template:Gloss + Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)
  • cineromancy/ceneromancy: by the ashes of a specifically sacrificial or ritual fire
  • libanomancy Template:IPAc-en: by smoke or ash from incense (Greek Template:Translit, 'frankincense' + Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)
  • tephramancy/tephromancy: by tree bark ashes, by sacrificial or ritual fire ashes, or human sacrificial victim ashes (Greek Template:Translit, Template:Gloss + Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)
• stareomancy: by the four elements (Greek Template:Translit [[[:Template:Translit]]], Template:Gloss + Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)
• stercomancy: by seeds in bird excrement (Latin Template:Wikt-lang, Template:Gloss + Greek Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)
• sternomancy: by ridges on the breastbone (Greek Template:Translit, Template:Gloss + Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)
• stichomancy → see Template:Sm
• stigonomancy: by burning writing onto bark (Greek Template:Translit [[[:Template:Translit]]], Template:Gloss + Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)
• stoicheomancy/stoichomancy → see Template:Sm
• stolisomancy: by fashion (Greek Template:Translit, Template:Gloss + Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)
• styramancy: by observing patterns produced by chewing gum, gum wax, or products produced by the L. styraciflua tree
• sycomancy → see Template:Sm
• symbolomancy: by things found on the road (Greek Template:Translit, Template:Gloss + Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)

T

• taromancy → see Template:Sm
• tasseography/tasseomancy → see Template:Sm
• technomancy: by technology (English Template:Not a typo + Greek Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)
• temurah: → see Template:Sm
• tephramancy/tephromancy: → see Template:Sm (Greek Template:Translit, Template:Gloss + Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)
• theomancy: foretelling events, prophecy (Greek Template:Translit, Template:Gloss + Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)
• theriomancy Template:IPAc-en: (also zoomancy): by animal behavior (Greek Template:Translit, Template:Gloss + Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)

  File:ChickenDivination.jpg

  Russian peasant girls using chicken for divination. A 19th·century lubok.

  • ailuromancy/aeluromancy Template:IPAc-en (also felidomancy): by cats (Greek Template:Translit, Template:Gloss + Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)
  • alectryomancy/alectoromancy Template:IPAc-en: by rooster behavior (Greek Template:Translit, Template:Gloss + Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)
  • augury: by bird formations (Latin Template:Wikt-lang, Template:Gloss)
  • hippomancy Template:IPAc-en: by horse behavior (Greek Template:Translit, Template:Gloss + Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)
  • ichthyomancy Template:IPAc-en: by fish behavior (Greek Template:Translit, Template:Gloss + Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)
  • myomancy Template:IPAc-en: by rodent behavior (Greek Template:Translit, Template:Gloss + Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)
  • myrmomancy Template:IPAc-en: by ant behavior (Greek Template:Translit, Template:Gloss + Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)
  • nggàm: by spider or crab behavior (Mambila , Template:Gloss)
  • ophidiomancy/ophiomancy: by snake behavior (Greek Template:Translit [[[:Template:Translit]]], Template:Gloss + Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)
  • orniscopy/ornithomancy (also auspicy/auspication, avimancy): by bird migration (Greek Template:Translit [[[:Template:Translit]]], Template:Gloss + Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)
• thumomancy Template:IPAc-en: by one's own soul, presage (Greek Template:Translit, Template:Gloss + Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)
• topomancy Template:IPAc-en: by geography and geological formations (Greek Template:Translit, Template:Gloss + Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)
• transataumancy: by things accidentally seen or heard
• trochomancy Template:IPAc-en: by wheel ruts (Greek Template:Translit, Template:Gloss + Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)
• turifumy: by shapes in smoke (Latin Template:Wikt-lang [], Template:Gloss + Template:Wikt-lang, Template:Gloss)
• tyromancy/tiromancy Template:IPAc-en: by cheese (Greek Template:Translit, Template:Gloss + Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)

U

• umbilicomancy: by umbilical cords (English Template:Not a typo + Greek Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)
• umbromancy: by shade (Latin Template:Wikt-lang, Template:Gloss + Greek Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)
• uranomancy/ouranomancy: by the sky (Greek Template:Translit, Template:Gloss + Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)
• uromancy/urimancy: by urine (Greek Template:Translit, Template:Gloss + Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)
• urticariaomancy: by itches (Neo-Latin Template:Wikt-lang, 'hives' + Greek Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)

V

• videomancy: by films (English video + Greek Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)

W

• water witching → see Template:Sm
• wishbone → see Template:Sm

X

• xenomancy: by strangers (Greek Template:Translit, Template:Gloss + Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)
• xylomancy: by the shape or texture of wood, or the appearance of burning wood (Greek Template:Translit, Template:Gloss + Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)

Y

• ydromancy¹ → see Template:Sm
• ydromancy² → see Template:Sm (from idromancy above, influenced by alomancy)

Z

• zoomancy → see Template:Sm (Greek Template:Translit, Template:Gloss + Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)
• zygomancy: by weights (Greek Template:Translit, Template:Gloss + Template:Translit, Template:Gloss)
• zeteomancy: by seeking out knowledge

See also

• Divination
• List of astrological traditions
• Wiktionary category:English words suffixed with -mancy