Types of Divination

There are many forms of divination. This list is just a few.

                            You can divine with anything so try out something new and/or                                  make your own form that works for you. You never know unless you try. 

Abacomancy/Amathomancy – by dust

Acultomancy – by needles

Aeromancy - by atmospheric conditions

Agalmatomancy - by statues

Aichmomancy - by sharp objects

Ailuromancy/Aeluromancy - by cats

Alectormancy - by rooster sacrifice

Alectoromancy - by rooster behavior

Alectryomancy - through birds

Aleuromancy - with flour

Alomancy/Adromancy - by salt

Alphitomancy - by barley

Alveromancy - by sounds

Amathomancy - by sand

Ambulomancy - by walking

Amniomancy - by placenta

Anemoscopy/Anemomancy - by wind

Anthomancy - by flowers

Anthracomancy - by burning coal.

Anthroposcopy - by physical appearance

Apantomancy - by chance encounters with animals

Arachnomancy - by spiders

Archeomancy/Archaeomancy - by sacred relics

Ariolation - by altars

Arithmancy - by numbers

Astrology – reading astral stars.

Augury - by bird formations

Bark Dowsing – method of bark

Belomancy - by arrows

Bibliomancy - using a book.

Cartopedy - feet divination

Catoptromancy/Captromancy/Enoptromancy - by mirrors

Celontes - mystical stone

Cephalomancy/Craniognomy - by skulls

Ceroscopy - using wax on water.

Cheirognomy/Chirognomy - by hands

Cheiromancy/Chiromancy/Palmistry/Palm reading - by palms

Cineromancy/Ceneromancy - by the ashes of a specifically sacrificial or ritual fire

Cledon – hearing someone else’s reading that means something to you.

Cleidomancy - by use of a suspended key

Communigraph - mechanical communication with spirits

Cromniomancy - by onions

Crows - Individual making use of another individual's resources

Crystal gazing - by reflective objects

Dactylomancy - with rings

Daphnomancy - with laurel branches

Dermography - psychic phenomenon of skin writing

Djemscheed - a divination cup

Dowsing - an old method of divination

Eromancy - using air & water.

Gastromancy/Crystallomancy/Spheromancy/Crystal ball gazing - by crystal ball

Geomancy – sand divination and can also be by land formations

Graphology - handwriting analysis

Gyromancy - determine what to do by walking around a circle of letters.

Hippomancy- by horse behavior

Hydatoscopy – by rainwater

Hydromancy/Ydromancy - the effects on tea leaves or coffee grounds when they are put into or taken out of water.

I-Ching - an ancient Chinese system of oracular divination

Ichthyomancy - by fish behavior

Ifá - geomancy patterns generated with palm nuts, opele, cowrie shells, etc...

Iridology - by eye color

Isopsephy - by numbers and letters

Jyotish - Vedic system of astrology

Kabbalah/Qabalah/Cabala - by the Kabbalah

Kau cim - by bamboo

Kayu ura - by rice gruel

Kephalonomancy - burning carbon on the head of an ass while reciting names of suspected criminals.

Knissomancy - by incense

Labiomancy - by lips

Lampadomancy - by the flame of a candle, lamp, or torch

Lampadomancy- by flame

Lecanomancy - throwing stones into water.

Lecanomancy/Lecanoscopy - by a basin of water

Letnomancy - by secrets

Libanomancy - by smoke or ash from incense

Literomancy - by a letter in a written language

Lithomancy - by gems or stones

Logarithmancy - by logarithms

Logomancy - by words

Lots - divination through chance, or the drawing or tossing of lots.

Lychnomancy - by candle flame

Lychnomancy - by candles

Macharomancy - by swords or knives

Macromancy - by large objects

Maculomancy- by spots on the skin

Mahjong divination - by Mahjong tiles

Margaritomancy - by bouncing pearls.

Mathemancy - by mathematics

Mazomancy - by nursing

Meconomancy - by sleeping.

Megapolisomancy - by large cities

Meilomancy/Moleosophy - by blemishes and/or moles

Metagnomy - by magic

Meteormancy - by meteors

Meteoromancy - by thunder and lightning

Metoposcopy/Metopomancy - by the lines of the forehead

Micromancy - by small objects

Mirror Scrying – scrying with a black mirror

Molybdomancy - by dripping metal into water.

Molybdomancy - by molten metal

Moromancy - by foolishness

Myomancy - by rodent behavior

Myrmomancy - by ant behavior

Narcomancy - by sleep

Necromancy - by speaking to the dead, by corpses.

Necyomancy - by summoning damned souls.

Nephomancy/Cloudomancy - by clouds

Nggàm - by spider or crab behavior

Nigromancy - by black magic

Notarikon/Netrikon - by initials

Numerology – by number patterns

Numismatomancy - by coins

Oculomancy- by eyes

Odontomancy - by teeth

Oenomancy/Oinomancy - by wine

Ololygmancy - by the howling of dogs

Omphalomancy - by navels

Oneiromancy/Oneiroscopy - by dreams

Onomancy/Onomomancy/Onomancy - by letters in a name

Onychomancy/Onymancy/Onimancy - by fingernails and toenails

Oomancy – by egg whites

Ophidiomancy/Ophiomancy - by snakes’ behavior

Ornithomancy - bird patterns

Orimancy - by urine

Oromancy - by mountains

Orticariaomancy - by itches

Oryctomancy - by minerals

Osteomancy - by bones

Ouija/Ouije/Psychography - by Ouija board

Ovomancy - by poached eggs

Pagtatawas - by reading melted alum.

Pallomancy - by pendulums

Papyromancy - by folding paper, especially paper money

Pecthimancy/Petchimancy - by brushed cloth

Pegomancy – by spring water

Pegomancy - by fountains

Pessomancy - with pebbles or beans marked with symbols.

Phallomancy – reading of a man’s appendage/swing of the phallus.

Phobomancy - by feelings of fear

Photomancy - by fields of light

Phrenology/Organoscopy - by the configuration of one's brain.

Phyllomancy - by leaves

Phyllorhodomancy - with rose leaves

Phyllorhodomancy - by rose petals.

Physiognomy – face reading

Phytognomy - by the appearance of plants

Pilimancy - by observing the patterns produced by a collection of human hair.

Plastromancy - by cracks formed by heat on a turtle's plastron.

Plumbomancy - by observing shapes molten lead makes when poured in water.

Pneumancy - by blowing.

Podomancy/Pedomancy/Cartopedy - by the soles of one's feet.

Poe divination - by throwing stones on the floor, practiced at Taoist temples.

Portenta/Ostenta) - study of natural phenomena

Psephomancy - by lots or ballots

Pseudomancy - by false means

Psychognomy - by phrenological notations

Ptarmoscopy/Ptarmoscopie - interpretation of sneezes

Pyromancy/Pyroscopy - by fire

Radiesthesia - by rods, pendulums, or other cylindrical tools

Retromancy - by looking over one's shoulder.

Rhabdomancy/Rabdomancy - by rods, sticks, or wands

Rhapsodomancy - by poetry

Roadomancy - by constellations

Rumpology/Natimancy - by buttocks

Scapulimancy/Scapulomancy/Spatulamancy/Omoplatoscopy - by bovine or caprid shoulder blades

Scarpomancy - by old shoes

Scatomancy - by excrement

Schematomancy - by the face

Sciomancy/Shadowmancy - by shadows

Sciomancy - by spirits

Scrying - by gazing

Selenomancy - by the moon

Shell Scrying - the art of reading shells

Shufflemancy - use of a media player where one skips a certain number of songs and the lyrics and/or tune of the song is the answer to the question.

Sideromancy - by burning straw with an iron.

Sikidy - by drawing sixteen lines in sand.

Skatharomancy - by beetle tracks

Slinneanachd/Slinnanacht - by animal shoulder blades

Smoke Scrying - used by the Indians.

Solaromancy - by the sun

Somatomancy - by the human form

Sortilege - by the casting of lots, or sorts

Spasmatomancy - by convulsions

Spatilomancy - by animal excrement

Sphondulomancy - by spindles

Splanchnomancy - with goat liver

Spodomancy - by soot

Stareomancy - by the four elements

Stercomancy - by seeds in bird excrement

Sternomancy - by ridges on the breastbone

Stigonomancy - by burning writing onto bark.

Stolisomancy - by fashion

Styramancy - by observing patterns produced by chewing gum, gum wax, or products produced by the L. styraciflua tree.

Sycomancy - by fig leaves

Symbolomancy - by things found on the road.

Tasseography/Tasseomancy/Kypomancy) - by tea leaves or coffee grounds

Technomancy - by technology

Tephramancy/Tephromancy - by tree bark ashes, by sacrificial or ritual fire ashes

Theomancy - foretelling events, prophecy

Theriomancy/Zoomancy - by animal behavior

Thumomancy - by one's own soul, presage.

Tiromancy - interpret the holes or mold in cheese.

Topomancy - by geography and geological formations

Transataumancy - by things accidentally seen or heard.

Trochomancy - by wheel ruts

Turifumy - by shapes in smoke

Umbilicomancy - by umbilical cords

Umbromancy - by shade

Uranomancy/Ouranomancy - by the sky

Vastu Shastra - East Indian version of feng shui geomancy

Videomancy - by films

Xenomancy - by strangers

Xylomancy - by the shape or texture of wood, or the appearance of burning wood.