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Methods of divination can be found around the world, and many cultures practice the same methods under different names. During theMiddle Ages, scholars coined terms for many of these methods—some of which had hitherto been unnamed—inMedieval Latin, very often utilizing thesuffix-mantia when the art seemed more mystical (ultimately fromAncient Greekμαντεία,manteía, 'prophecy' or 'the power to prophesy') and the suffix-scopia when the art seemed more scientific (ultimately from Greekσκοπεῖν,skopeîn, 'to observe'). Names likedrimimantia,nigromantia, andhoroscopia arose, along withphrenology andphysiognomy.^[1]

Some forms ofdivination are much older than the Middle Ages, likeharuspication, while others such as coffee-basedtasseomancy originated in the 20th and 21st centuries.

The chapter "How Panurge consulteth with Herr Trippa" ofGargantua and Pantagruel, a parody on occult treatises ofHeinrich Cornelius Agrippa, contains a list of over two dozen "mancies", described as "common knowledge".^[2]

• abacomancy/ˈæbəkoʊmænsi/ (alsoamathomancy): by dust (Hebrew’ābāq,'dust' +Greekmanteía,'prophecy')
• acultomancy/əˈkʌltoʊmænsi/ (alsoacutomancy): by needles (fromacutomancy below, influenced byLatinacus,'needle', oracūleus,'prickle, thorn')
• acutomancy/əˈkjuːtoʊmænsi/ → seeacultomancy (Latinacus [acut-],'needle' + Greekmanteía,'prophecy')
• adromancy/ˈædroʊmænsi/ → seealomancy (fromidromancy below, influenced byalomancy)
• adryomancy→ seehydromancy (metathesis ofhydromancy)
• aeromancy/ˈɛəroʊmænsi/: by atmospheric conditions (Greekāēr,'air' +manteía,'prophecy')
• agalmatomancy/əˈɡɔːlmətoʊmænsi/:^{[citation needed]} by statues (Greekágalma [agálmatos],'statue' +manteía,'prophecy')
• aichmomancy/ˈɛkmoʊmænsi/: by sharp objects (Greekaikhmē,'spearhead' +manteía,'prophecy')
• ailuromancy/aeluromancy → seetheriomancy
• aiomancy:^{[citation needed]} By artificial intelligence
• alectormancy/alectromancy/əˈlɛktroʊmænsi/: byrooster sacrifice (Greekalektor,'rooster' +manteía,'prophecy')
• alectryomancy/alectoromancy: by rooster divination → seetheriomancy
• aleuromancy¹/əˈljʊəroʊmænsi/: by flour; see alsochartomancy (Greekáleuron, 'meal' +manteía,'prophecy')
• alomancy/Halomancy/ˈæloʊmænsi/ (alsoadromancy): by salt (Greekháls,'salt' +manteía,'prophecy')
• alphitomancy/ˈælfɪtoʊmænsi/: by barley (Greekalphis [alphit-],'barley' +manteía,'prophecy')
• alveromancy/ælˈvɪəroʊmænsi/:^{[citation needed]} by sounds
• amathomancy/ˈæməθoʊmænsi/ → seeabacomancy by sand (Greekamathos,'sandy soil' +manteía,'prophecy')
• ambulomancy/ˈæmbjʊloʊmænsi/: by walking (Latinambulāre,'to walk' + Greekmanteía,'prophecy')
• amniomancy/ˈæmnioʊmænsi/: byplacenta (Greekamniōn, 'amnion' +manteía,'prophecy')
• anemoscopy/anemomancy/ˌænɪˈmɒskoʊpi/: by wind (Greekanemos,'wind' +-skopiā,'observation')
• anthomancy/ˈænθoʊmænsi/: by flowers (Greekanthos,'flower' +manteía,'prophecy')
• anthracomancy/ˈænθrəkoʊmænsi/: by burning coals (Greekanthrax [anthrak-],'charcoal' +manteía,'prophecy')
• anthropomancy/ænˈθrɒpoʊmænsi/: by human sacrifice (Greekanthrōpos,'human being' +manteía,'prophecy')
• anthroposcopy/ænθroʊˈpɒskoʊpi/: by physical appearance (Greekanthrōpos,'human being' +-skopiā,'observation')
• apantomancy/əˈpæntoʊmænsi/: by chance encounters with animals (Greekapantein,'to encounter' +manteía,'prophecy')
• arachnomancy/əˈræknoʊmænsi/: by spiders (Greekarakhnē,'spider' +manteía,'prophecy')
• archeomancy/archaeomancy/ˈɑːrkioʊmænsi/: bysacred relics (Greekarkhaios,'ancient' +manteía,'prophecy')
• ariolation/ˌærioʊˈleɪʃən/: by altars (Latinariolus,hariolus,'prophet')
• arithmancy: assigning numerical value to a word or phrase
• armomancy/ˈɑːrmoʊmænsi/: by one's own shoulders (Latinarmus,'shoulder' + Greekmanteía,'prophecy')
• årsgång, archaic form of Swedish divination
• aruspicina: study of entrails^[3]
• aspidomancy/ˈæspɪdoʊmænsi/: by sitting in a drawn circle or on a shield (Greekaspis [aspid-],'shield' +manteía,'prophecy')
• astragalomancy/astragalamancy → seecleromancy
• astragyromancy → seecleromancy (fromastragalomancy above, perhaps influenced by Greekguros,'spiral, circle', and thereforevertebra)
• astrapomancy/ˈæstrəpoʊmænsi/: by lightning (Greekastrapē,'lightning flash' +manteía,'prophecy')
• astrology/astromancy//əˈstrɒloʊdʒi/: by celestial bodies (Greekastron,'star' +-logiā,'study'). This method was widespread in medieval period, particularly in Mesopotamia.^[4]
• augury/ˈɔːɡjʊəri/ → seetheriomancy
• auramancy/ˈɔːrəmænsi/: byauras (Greekaurā,'breath' +manteía,'prophecy')
• auspicy/auspication → seetheriomancy (Latinavis,'bird' +specere,'to look at')
• austromancy → seetheriomancy/ˈɔːstroʊmænsi/: by wind (Latinauster,'south wind' + Greekmanteía,'prophecy')
• avimancy → seeorniscopy (Latinavis,'bird' + Greekmanteía,'prophecy')
• axiomancy/axinomancy/ˈæksioʊmænsi/: byaxes (Latinaxis,'axis' +manteía,'prophecy')

• batraquomancy/batrachomancy/bəˈtrækoʊmænsi/: by frogs (Greekbatrakhos,'frog' +manteía,'prophecy')
• belomancy/bolomancy/ˈbɛloʊmænsi/: by arrows (frombolomancy below, influenced by Greekbelemnon,'javelin', orbelonē,'needle')
• bibliomancy → seechartomancy
• biorhythmic divination: by biorhythms
• bletonism/bletonomancy/ˈblɛtənɪzəm/: by water current (named forMonsieur Bleton, a French bletonist)
• bolomancy/ˈbɒloʊmænsi/ → seebelomancy (Greekbolē,'arrow' +manteía,'prophecy')
• bone-throwing: the tossing of pieces of bone or wood practiced by various cultures^[5][6]
• botanomancy/boʊˈtænoʊmænsi/: by burning pieces of plants, documented with burningvervain andbriar.^[7] (Greekbotanē, 'flora' +manteía,'prophecy')
• brizomancy → seeoneiromancy (Greekbrizein,'to be sleepy' +manteía,'prophecy')
• brontomancy/brontoscopy/ˈbrɒntoʊmænsi/: by thunder (Greekbrontē,'thunder' +manteía,'prophecy')
• bumpology/bʌmˈpɒloʊdʒi/: by bumps on the skin (Englishbump + Greek-logiā,'study')

• cabala → seekabbalah
• canomancy/ˈkænoʊmænsi/ or/ˈkeɪnoʊmænsi/: by dogs (Latincanis,'dog' + Greekmanteía,'prophecy')
• capnomancy/ˈkæpnoʊmænsi/: by smoke (Greekkapnos,'smoke' +manteía,'prophecy')
  • libanomancy/laɪˈbænoʊmænsi/: by smoke or ash from incense (Greeklibanos, 'frankincense' +manteía,'prophecy')^[8][9]
• carromancy/ˈkæroʊmænsi/: by melting wax (Greekkarrō,'of wax' +manteía,'prophecy')
• cartopedy → seesomatomancy (Latincarta,'papyrus paper' +pēs [pēd-],'foot')
• cartomancy → seechartomancy
• catoptromancy/captromancy → seescrying
• causimancy/causimomancy/ˈkɔːzɪmænsi/: by burning (Greekkaiein [kaus-],'to burn' +manteía,'prophecy')
• cephalomancy → seesomatomancy
• cephaleonomancy/cephalonomancy/ˌsɛfəliˈɒnoʊmænsi/: by boiling a donkey's head (Greekkephalaion,'head' [with meaning influenced by Greekonos,'donkey'] +manteía,'prophecy')
• ceraunoscopy/ˌsɛrəˈnɒskoʊpi/: by thunder and lightning (Greekkeraunos,'thunderbolt' +-skopiā,'observation')
• ceromancy/ceroscopy/ˈsɛroʊmænsi/: by dripping wax in water (Greekkēros,'wax' +manteía,'prophecy')
• chalcomancy: by striking gongs or copper bowls (Greekkhalkos,'copper' +manteía,'prophecy')
• chaomancy/ˈkeɪoʊmænsi/: by aerial visions (Greekkhaos, 'primordial space' +manteía,'prophecy')
• chartomancy/ˈkɑːrtoʊmænsi/: by things on paper (Greekkhartēs,'papyrus paper' +manteía,'prophecy')
  • cartomancy/ˈkɑːrtoʊmænsi/: by cards (Latincarta,'papyrus paper' + Greekmanteía,'prophecy')
    • taromancy/tarotmancy/ˈtæroʊmænsi/: bytarot (Englishtarot + Greekmanteía,'prophecy')
    • Parrot astrology: by parrots picking cards
  • stichomancy/ˈstɪkoʊmænsi/: by books or lines (Greekstikhos,'line of verse' +manteía,'prophecy')
    • aleuromancy²/əˈljʊəroʊmænsi/: byfortune cookies (of the same origin asaleuromancy¹)
    • bibliomancy/ˈbɪblioʊmænsi/: by theBible (Greekbiblion,'book' +manteía,'prophecy')
    • stoicheomancy/stoichomancy: by theIliad and theOdyssey or theAeneid (Greekstoikheion,'element' +manteía,'prophecy'; to the Greeks,Homer's writings were held in similar esteem to the ChristianBible or the MuslimQuran, as wereVirgil's writings to the Romans, making them the basic — or elementary — reading material in each culture)
• cheiromancy/chiromancy→ seesomatomancy
• cheirognomy/chirognomy → seesomatomancy
• chien tung → seekau cim
• choriomancy/ˈkɒrioʊmænsi/: bypig bladders (Greekkhorion, 'placenta' +mantiea,'prophecy')
• chresmomancy/ˈkrɛsmoʊmænsi/: by the ravings of lunatics (Greekkhrēsmos,'oracular utterance',chresm +manteía,'prophecy')
• chronomancy/ˈkrɒnoʊmænsi/: by apt occasion (Greekkhronos,'time' +manteía,'prophecy')
• cineromancy/ceneromancy → seespodomancy/ˈsɪnəroʊmænsi/ (Latincinis [ciner-],'ashes' + Greekmanteía,'prophecy')
• clamancy (see alsoFāl-gūsh): by random shouts and cries heard in crowds, at night, etc. (Latinclāmāre,'to cry out' + Greekmanteía,'prophecy')
• cledonism/cledonomancy/ˈklɛdoʊnɪzəm/: by chance events or overheard words (Greekklēdon,'rumor')
• cleidomancy/clidomancy/ˈklaɪdoʊmænsi/: by keys (Greekkleis [kleid-],'key' +manteía,'prophecy')
• cleromancy/ˈklɛroʊmænsi/: by casting (Greekklēros, 'lot' +manteía,'prophecy')
  • astragalomancy/astragalamancy/əˈstræɡəloʊmænsi/ (alsocubomancy): bydice (Greekastragalos, 'vertebra' +manteía,'prophecy')
  • domino divination: by dominoes
  • favomancy/ˈfævoʊmænsi/: by beans (Latinfaba,'bean' + Greekmanteía,'prophecy')
  • Ogham casting: by Ogham letters
  • runecasting/runic divination
• cometomancy/koʊˈmɛtoʊmænsi/: bycomet tails (Greekkomētēs,'comet' +manteía,'prophecy')
• colormancy/coloromancy: by colors (Englishcolor + Greekmanteía,'prophecy')
• conchomancy/ˈkɒŋkoʊmænsi/: by shells (Greekkonkhē, 'mussel' +manteía,'prophecy')
• cosquinomancy/coscinomancy/koʊˈsɪnoʊmænsi/: by hanging sieves (Greekkoskinōn,'sieve' +manteía,'prophecy')
• cottabomancy/cottobomancy/ˈkɒtəboʊmænsi/: by wine in a brass bowl (Greekkottabos, 'cottabus' +manteía,'prophecy')
• craniognomy/ˌkreɪniˈɒɡnoʊmi/ or/ˌkreɪniˈɒnəmi/ → seesomatomancy (Greekkrānion,'skull' +-gnōmoniā,'interpretation')
• the crawling baby: by a baby's crawling^{[citation needed]}
• crithomancy/critomancy/ˈkrɪθoʊmænsi/: by barley cakes (Greekkrithē,'barley' +manteía,'prophecy')
• cromnyomancy/cromniomancy/ˈkrɒmnioʊmænsi/: by onion sprouts (alteration of Greekkrommuon,'onion' +manteía,'prophecy')
• cryptomancy/ˈkrɪptoʊmænsi/: byomens (Greekkruptos,'hidden' +manteía,'prophecy')
• cryomancy/ˈkraɪoʊmænsi/: by ice (Greekkryo,'ice' +manteía,'prophecy')
• crystal ball gazing → seescrying
• crystal gazing → seescrying
• crystallomancy/ˈkrɪstəloʊmænsi/ → seescrying (Greekkrustallos,'crystal' +manteía,'prophecy')
• cubomancy/ˈkjuːboʊmænsi/ → seecleromancy (Greekkubos,'cube' +manteía,'prophecy')
• cyathomancy/ˈsaɪəθoʊmænsi/: by cups (Greekkuathos,'cup' +manteía,'prophecy')
• cybermancy/ˈsaɪbərmænsi/: by computer oracles (Englishcyber(netics) + Greekmanteía,'prophecy')
• cyclicomancy/ˈsɪklɪkoʊmænsi/: by swirling water in a cup (Greekkuklikos,'cyclical, circular' +manteía,'prophecy')
• cyclomancy/ˈsɪkloʊmænsi/ or/ˈsaɪkloʊmænsi/: by wheels (Greekkuklos,'circle' +manteía,'prophecy')

• dactyliomancy/dækˈtɪlioʊmænsi/: by finger rings (Greekdaktulios,'finger ring' +manteía,'prophecy')
• dactylomancy/ˈdæktɪloʊmænsi/: by means of finger movements (Greekdaktulos,'finger' +manteía,'prophecy')
• daphnomancy/ˈdæfnoʊmænsi/: by burning laurel wreaths (Greekdaphnē,'laurel' +manteía,'prophecy')
• demonomancy/dɪˈmɒnoʊmænsi/: by demons (Greekdaimōn,'divine power' +manteía,'prophecy')
• dendromancy/ˈdɛndroʊmænsi/: by trees, especiallyoaks,yews, ormistletoe (Greekdendron,'tree' +manteía,'prophecy')
• deuteroscopy/ˌdjuːtəˈrɒskoʊpi/: by second glance or double take (Greekdeuteros,'secondary' +-skopiā,'observation')
• dianomancy/daɪənoʊmænsi/: by delivery, esp. by the randomly-generated words found on Whole Foods grocery bags to identify orders (Greekdianomí,'delivery' +manteía,'prophecy')
• dictiomancy/ˈdɪkʃoʊmænsi/: by randomly opening a dictionary (Englishdictio(nary) + Greekmanteía,'prophecy')
• divining → seedowsing
• djubed^{[citation needed]}→ seescrying
• dōbutsu uranai: by animal horoscope (Japanesedōbutsu,'animal' +uranai,'prognostication')
• domino divination → seecleromancy
• dowsing (alsodivining,water witching): by adivining rod (of unknown origin)
• dracomancy/ˈdrækoʊmænsi/: bydragons (Greekdrakōn,'dragon' +manteía,'prophecy')
• dream interpretation
• dream questions: by dreaming
• dririmancy/driromancy/ˈdrɪərɪmænsi/: by dripping blood^[10] (alteration ofdrimimancy, influenced by Middle Englishdrir,'blood'). Compare hemotomancy.
• drimimancy/drymimancy/ˈdrɪmɪmænsi/: bybodily fluids (Greekdrimus,'pungent' +manteía,'prophecy')

• electromancy: by lightning and electricity (Greekilektros'electric' +manteía'prophecy')
• eleomancy/elaeomancy: by oil (Greekelaion, olive'oil' +manteía,'prophecy')
• emonomancy → seedemonomancy^{[citation needed]}
• empirimancy: by experiment/experience
• empyromancy/ɛmˈpaɪəroʊmænsi/: by burning (Greekempurios,'fiery' +manteía,'prophecy')
• encromancy: by oil ink stains (Greekelaion'oil ink' +manteía'prophecy')
• enochian chess: by playing a four·handed variant of the game
• enoptromancy/ɛˈnɒptroʊmænsi/ → seescrying (Greekenoptron, 'looking glass' +manteía,'prophecy')
• enthusiasm: speeches by those supposed to be possessed by a divine spirit^[11]
• entomomancy/entomancy: byinsects (Greekentomon,'insect' +manteía,'prophecy')
• eromancy/ˈɛroʊmænsi/: by water vessels exposed to air (Greekāēr,'air' +manteía,'prophecy') —cf.aeromancy
• extispicy/extispication/ɛkˈstɪspɪsi/: by the remains of sacrificed animals (Latinexta,'entrails' +specere,'to look at')

• favomancy → seecleromancy
• felidomancy → seetheriomancy (Latinfēlēs [fēlid-],'cat' + Greekmanteía,'prophecy')
• floriography/floromancy/ˌflɔːriˈɒɡrəfi/: by flowers' feelings (Latinflōs [flōr-],'flower' + Greek-graphiā,'representation')
• fractomancy/ˈfræktoʊmænsi/: byfractals (Englishfract(al) + Greekmanteía,'prophecy')
• fructomancy/fructimancy: by fruit (Latinfrūctus,'fruit' + Greekmanteía,'prophecy')
• Futomani is theShinto tradition of divining from the shoulder blade bone of a sacred deer.^[12]

• galvanoscopy/ˌɡælvəˈnɒskoʊpi/: bygalvanism (Englishgalvan(ism) + Greek-skopiā,'observation')
• gastromancy¹ → seescrying
• gastromancy²/ˈɡæstroʊmænsi/: by guttural sounds (Greekgastēr,'belly' +manteía,'prophecy')
• geomancy/ˈdʒiːoʊmænsi/: by earth (Greekgaîa|gê,'earth' +manteía,'prophecy')
• geloscopy/dʒɪˈlɒskoʊpi/: by laughter (Greekgelōs,'laughter' +-skopiā,'observation')
• gematria: by theHebrew alphabet (Greekgē,'earth' +-metriā,'measurement')
• genethlialogy: by birth dates (Greekgenethlios, 'birthday' +-logiā,'study')
• grammomancy/ˈɡræmoʊmænsi/: by writing individual letters (Greekgramma,'letter' +manteía,'prophecy')
• graphology/ɡræˈfɒloʊdʒi/ (alsograptomancy): by studying handwriting (Greekgraphē,'writing' +-logiā,'study')
• graptomancy/ˈɡræptoʊmænsi/ → seegraphology (Greekgraptos,'written' +manteía,'prophecy')
• gyromancy/ˈdʒaɪəroʊmænsi/: by dizziness (Greekgūros,'spiral' +manteía,'prophecy')

• hagiomancy: by saints (Greekhagios,'holy' +manteía,'prophecy')
• halomancy/ˈhæloʊmænsi/ → seealomancy
• hakata: by bones or dice
• haruspicy/haruspication/həˈrʌspɪsi/ → seehepatoscopy (Latinharu-,'entrails' +specere,'to look at')
• hematomancy/haematomancy/ˈhɛmətoʊmænsi,ˈhiː-/: by blood (Greekhaima [haimat-],'blood' +manteía,'prophecy')
• hepatoscopy/hepatomancy/ˈhɛpətoʊmænsi/ (alsoharuspicy,haruspication): by liver (Greekhēpar [hēpat-],'liver' +-skopiā,'observation')
• hieromancy/hieroscopy/ˈhaɪəroʊmænsi/: by studying sacrifices' entrails (Greekhieros,'holy' +manteía,'prophecy')
• hippomancy → seetheriomancy
• horoscopy/hoʊˈrɒskoʊpi/: aspect of the Stars at nativity^[13] (Greekhōrā,'season' +-skopiā,'observation')
• hydatomancy: by rainwater (Greekhudatis,'raindrop' +manteía,'prophecy')
• hydromancy/hydroscopy → seescrying
• hyomancy: by wild hogs (Greekhūs,'swine' +manteía,'prophecy')
• hypnomancy/ˈhɪpnoʊmænsi/: by sleep (Greekhupnos,'sleep' +manteía,'prophecy')

• I Ching divination: byyarrow stalks or coins
• ichnomancy/ˈɪknoʊmænsi/: by footprints (Greekikhnos,'track' +manteía,'prophecy')
• ichthyomancy → seetheriomancy
• iconomancy/aɪˈkɒnoʊmænsi/: byicons (Greekeikōn,'image' +manteía,'prophecy')
• idolomancy/aɪˈdɒloʊmænsi/: byidols (Greekeidōlon,'phantom' +manteía,'prophecy')
• idromancy → seealomancy (Greekidrōs,'sweat' +manteía,'prophecy')
• ifá: geomancy patterns generated with palm nuts, opele, cowrie shells, etc. that refer toIfa divination texts; a collection ofOdu Ifa verses
• iridology: by eye color (Greekīris [īrid-], 'iris' +-logiā,'study')
• isopsephy: by numbers and letters (Greekīsos,'equal' +psephos,'pebble')

• Jyotish: Vedic system of astrology

• kabbalah/qabalah/cabala: by theKabbalah (Hebrewqabbālâ,'tradition')
• kau cim: by bamboo
• kayu ura: by rice gruel
• kephalonomancy/kəˈfælənoʊmænsi/ → seecephaleonomancy
• keraunomancy/kɪˈrɒnoʊmænsi/ → seeceraunoscopy
• knissomancy/ˈnɪsoʊmænsi/: by incense (Greekknisa [kniss-],'vapor' +manteía,'prophecy')
• kypomancy → seephyllomancy (akin to Greekkupellon,'goblet' +manteía,'prophecy')

• labiomancy/ˈleɪbioʊmænsi/: by lips (Latinlabium,'lip' + Greekmanteía,'prophecy')
• lampadomancy/ˈlæmpədoʊmænsi/: by flame (Greeklampas [lampad-],'light' +manteía,'prophecy')
• lecanomancy/lecanoscopy/lɪˈkænoʊmænsi/: by a basin of water (Greeklekanē,'basin' +manteía,'prophecy')
• letnomancy: by secrets (Englishlet no (man see) + Greekmanteía,'prophecy')^{[citation needed]}
• libanomancy/laɪˈbænoʊmænsi/ → seecapnomancy andspodomancy (Greeklibanos, 'frankincense' +manteía,'prophecy')
• literomancy/ˈlɪtəroʊmænsi/: by a letter in a written language (Latinlītera,'letter' + Greekmanteía,'prophecy')
• lithomancy/ˈlɪθoʊmænsi/: by gems or stones (Greeklithos,'stone' +manteía,'prophecy')
• logarithmancy/ˌlɒɡəˈrɪθmənsi/: bylogarithms (Englishlogarithm + Greekmanteía,'prophecy')
• logomancy/ˈlɒɡoʊmænsi/: by words (Greeklogos,'word' +manteía,'prophecy')
• lots: divination through chance, or the drawing or tossing of lots^[14]
• lunamancy → seeselenomancy (Latinlūna,'moon' + Greekmanteía,'prophecy')
• lychnomancy/ˈlɪknoʊmænsi/: by candles (Greeklukhnos,'lamp' +manteía,'prophecy')

• macharomancy: by swords or knives (Greekmakhaira, 'dirk' +manteía,'prophecy')
• macromancy/ˈmækroʊmænsi/: by large objects (Greekmakros,'large' +manteía,'prophecy')
• maculomancy/ˈmækjʊloʊmænsi/: by spots on the skin (Latinmacula,'spot' +manteía,'prophecy')
• mahjong divination: by Mahjong tiles
• margaritomancy/ˌmɑːrɡəˈrɪtoʊmænsi/: by bouncing pearls (Greekmargarītēs,'pearl' +manteía,'prophecy')
• mathemancy/ˈmæθɪmænsi/: bymathematics (Englishmathe(matics) + Greekmanteía,'prophecy')
• mazomancy/ˈmæzoʊmænsi/: by nursing (Greekmazos,'breast' +manteía,'prophecy')
• meconomancy/mɪˈkoʊnoʊmænsi/: by sleeping (Greekmēkōn,'poppy' [i.e., anopiate] +manteía,'prophecy')
• megapolisomancy: by large cities (Englishmegalopolis + Greekmanteía,'prophecy')
• meilomancy: bymoles
• metagnomy/mɪˈtæɡnoʊmi/ or/mɪˈtænoʊmi/: by magic (Greekmeta-,'beside' +-gnōmoniā,'interpretation')
• meteormancy/ˈmiːtioʊrmænsi/: bymeteors (Englishmeteor + Greekmanteía,'prophecy')
• meteoromancy/ˌmiːtiˈɒroʊmænsi/: by thunder and lightning (Greekmeteōron,'heavenly phenomenon' +manteía,'prophecy')
• metoposcopy/metopomancy/ˌmɛtoʊˈpɒskoʊpi/: by the lines of the forehead^[15] (Greekmetōpon,'forehead' +-skopiā,'observation')
• micromancy/ˈmaɪkroʊmænsi/: by small objects (Greekmikros,'small' +manteía,'prophecy')
• moleosophy/moʊˈlɒsoʊfi/ or/ˌmoʊliˈɒsoʊfi/: by blemishes (Englishmole + Greeksophiā,'knowledge')
• molybdomancy/moʊˈlɪbdoʊmænsi/: by molten metal (Greekmolubdos,'lead' +manteía,'prophecy')
• moromancy/ˈmɒroʊmænsi/: by foolishness (Greekmōros,'dull' +manteía,'prophecy')
• myomancy → seetheriomancy
• myrmomancy → seetheriomancy

• narcomancy/ˈnɑːrkoʊmænsi/: by sleep (Greeknarkē,'numbness' +manteía,'prophecy')
• natimancy → seesomatomancy (Latinnatis,'buttock' + Greekmanteía,'prophecy')
• necromancy¹/ˈnɛkroʊmænsi/: by speaking to the dead, by corpses^[16] (Greeknekros,'corpse' +manteía,'prophecy')
• necyomancy/ˈniːsioʊmænsi/: by summoning damned souls (Greeknekuiā, 'invocation' +manteía,'prophecy')
• nephomancy/ˈnɛfoʊmænsi/: by clouds (Greeknephos,'cloud' +manteía,'prophecy')
• nigromancy/ˈnaɪɡroʊmænsi/: byblack magic (Latinniger,'black' + Greekmanteía,'prophecy')
• nomancy/ˈnɒmənsi/ or/ˈnoʊmənsi/ → seeonomancy (variant ofonomancy, influenced by Latinnōmen,'name')
• notarikon/netrikon: byinitials (Latinnotāricus, inshorthand)
• nggàm → seetheriomancy
• numerology/ˌnjuːməˈrɒloʊdʒi/: by numbers (Latinnumerus,'number' + Greek-logia,'branch of study')
• numismatomancy: by coins (Greeknomisma [nomismat-],'coin' +manteía,'prophecy')

• oculomancy/ˈɒkjʊloʊmænsi/: by eyes (Latinoculus,'eye' + Greekmanteía,'prophecy')
• odontomancy/oʊˈdɒntoʊmænsi/: by teeth (Greekodous [odont-],'tooth' +manteía,'prophecy')
• oenomancy/oinomancy/ˈiːnoʊmænsi/: by wine (Greekoinos,'wine' +manteía,'prophecy')
• ololygmancy/oʊˈlɒlɪɡmænsi/: by the howling of dogs (Greekololuzō [ololug-],'howl' +manteía,'prophecy')
• omoplatoscopy → seescapulimancy (Greekōmoplatē,'shoulder blade' +-skopiā,'observation')
• omphalomancy/ˈɒmfəloʊmænsi/: by navels (Greekomphalos,'navel' +manteía,'prophecy')
• oneiromancy/oneiroscopy/oʊˈnɪəroʊmænsi/: bydreams (Greekoneiros,'dream' +manteía,'prophecy')
• onimancy/ˈɒnɪmænsi/ → seeonychomancy
• onomancy/onomomancy/nomancy/ˈɒnoʊmænsi/: by letters in a name (Greekonoma,'name' +manteía,'prophecy')
• onomomancy/oʊˈnoʊmoʊmænsi/ → seeonomancy
• onychomancy/onymancy/onimancy/oʊˈnɪkoʊmænsi/: by finger· and toenails (Greekonux [onukh-],'nail' +manteía,'prophecy')
• onymancy/ˈɒnɪmænsi/ → seeonychomancy
• oomancy/ooscopy/ˈoʊoʊmænsi/ (alsoovomancy): by eggs (Greekōion,'egg' +manteía,'prophecy')
• ophidiomancy/ophiomancy → seetheriomancy
• ophthalmomancy → seeoculomancy (Greekophthalmos,'eye' +manteía,'prophecy')
• organoscopy → seephrenology (Greekorganon, 'organ' +-skopiā,'observation')
• orniscopy/ornithomancy → seetheriomancy
• oromancy: by mountains (Greekoros,'mountain' +manteía,'prophecy')
• oryctomancy: by minerals (Greekoruktos,'dug' +manteía,'prophecy')
• ossomancy → seeosteomancy (Latinos [oss-],'bone' + Greekmanteía,'prophecy')
• osteomancy: by bones (Greekosteon,'bone' +manteía,'prophecy')
• Ouija/Ouije: byouija board (Frenchoui,'yes' +Germanja,'yes')
• ouranomancy → seeuranomancy
• ovomancy → seeoomancy (Latinōvum,'egg' + Greekmanteía,'prophecy')

• Pagtatawas by reading melted alum
• pallomancy: bypendulums (Greekpallein,'to sway' +manteía,'prophecy')
• palmistry/palm reading → seesomatomancy (Latinpalma,'palm')
• papyromancy: by folding paper, especiallypaper money (Greekpapūros,'papyrus paper' +manteía,'prophecy')
• pedomancy → seesomatomancy (frompodomancy, influenced by Latinpēs [pēd-],'foot')
• pegomancy: by fountains (Greekpēgē,'spring' +manteía,'prophecy')
• pessomancy: by pebbles (Greekpessos,'oval pebble' +manteía,'prophecy')
• pecthimancy/petchimancy: by brushed cloth (possibly akin to Greekpekein, tocard wool, orpēktē,'netting' +manteía,'prophecy')
• phallomancy: by swing of the phallus (Greekphallus,'phallus' +manteía,'prophecy')
• phobomancy: by feelings of fear (Greekphobos,'fear' +manteía,'prophecy')
• photomancy: by fields of light (Greekphōs [phōt-],'light' +manteía,'prophecy')
• phrenology (alsoorganoscopy): by the configuration of one's brain (Greekphrēn,'mind' +-logiā,'study')
• phyllomancy: by leaves (Greekphullon,'leaf' +manteía,'prophecy')
  • sycomancy: by fig leaves (Greeksūkon,'fig' +manteía,'prophecy')
  • tasseography/tasseomancy (alsokypomancy): by tea leaves or coffee grounds (Frenchtasse,'cup' + Greek-graphiā,'representation')
• phyllorhodomancy: by rose petals (Greekphullon,'leaf' +rhodon,'rose' +manteía,'prophecy')
• physiognomy/physiognomancy: by faces (Greekphusis,'nature' +-gnōmoniā,'interpretation')
• phytognomy: by the appearance of plants (Greekphuton,'plant' +-gnōmoniā,'interpretation')
• Planchette
• plastromancy: by cracks formed by heat on a turtle'splastron (Englishplastron +manteía,'prophecy')
• pilimancy: by observing the patterns produced by a collection of human hair
• plumbomancy: by observing shapes molten lead makes when poured in water (Latinplumbum,'lead' + Greekmanteía,'prophecy')
• pneumancy: by blowing (Greekpneuma,'breath' +manteía,'prophecy')
• podomancy/pedomancy → seesomatomancy
• poe divination: by throwing stones on the floor, practised atTaoist temples
• portenta (alsoostenta): study of natural phenomena^[17]
• psephomancy: by lots or ballots (Greekpsephos,'pebble' +manteía,'prophecy')
• pseudomancy: by false means (Greekpseudēs,'false' +manteía,'prophecy')
• psychognomy: byphrenological'notations' (Greekpsūkhē,'soul' +-gnōmoniā,'observation')
• psychomancy → seenecromancy¹ (Greekpsūkhē,'soul' +manteía,'prophecy')
• ptarmoscopy/ptarmoscopie: the interpretation of sneezes^[18] (from Ancient Greek)
• pyromancy/pyroscopy: by fire (Greekpūr,'fire' +manteía,'prophecy')

• qabalah → seekabbalah

• radiesthesia: by rods,pendulums, or other cylindrical tools (Latinradius, 'spoke' + Greek-aisthēsiā,'sensing')
• retromancy: by looking over one's shoulder (Latinretrō,'behind' + Greekmanteía,'prophecy')
• rhabdomancy/rabdomancy: by rods, sticks, or wands (Greekrhabdos,'rod' +manteía,'prophecy')
• rhapsodomancy: by poetry (Greekrhapsōidiā,'verse' +manteía,'prophecy')
• roadomancy: byconstellations (apparently fromOld Englishrodor, 'firmament' + Greekmanteía,'prophecy')
• runecasting → seecleromancy

• scapulimancy/scapulomancy (alsospatulamancy,omoplatoscopy): by bovine orcaprid shoulder blades (Latinscapula,'shoulder blade' + Greekmanteía,'prophecy')
• scarpomancy: by old shoes (Italianscarpa,'shoe' + Greekmanteía,'prophecy')
• scatomancy: by excrement (Greekskōr [skat-],'excrement' +manteía,'prophecy')
• schematomancy → seesomatomancy
• sciomancy¹ (alsoshadowmancy): by shadows (Greekskiā,'shadow' +manteía,'prophecy')
• sciomancy²: by spirits (of the same origin assciomancy¹)
• scrying: by gazing (shortened fromdescrying)
  • crystal gazing: by reflective objects
    • catoptromancy/captromancy (alsoenoptromancy,djubed^{[citation needed]}): by mirrors (Greekkatoptron,'mirror' +manteía,'prophecy')
    • gastromancy¹ (alsocrystallomancy,spheromancy,crystal ball gazing): by crystal ball (Greekgastēr,'belly' [i.e., round object] +manteía,'prophecy')
    • hydromancy (alsoydromancy): by water (Greekhudōr,'water' +manteía,'prophecy')
• selenomancy: by the moon (Greekselēnē,'moon' +manteía,'prophecy')
• shadowmancy → seesciomancy¹ (Englishshadow + Greekmanteía,'prophecy')
• 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^{[citation needed]}
• sideromancy: by burning straw with an iron (Greeksidēros, 'iron' +manteía,'prophecy')
• sikidy: by drawing sixteen lines in sand (perhaps aMalagasy transliteration of Englishsixteen)
• skatharomancy: by beetle tracks (Greekskatharōn,'spot' +manteía,'prophecy')
• slinneanachd/slinnanacht: by animal shoulder blades (Scottish Gaelicslinnean,'shoulder blade')
• solaromancy: by the sun (Latinsōl [sōlār-],'sun' + Greekmanteía,'prophecy')
• somatomancy: by the human form (Greeksōma [sōmat-],'body' +manteía,'prophecy')
  • cephalomancy (alsocraniognomy): by skulls (Greekkephalē,'head' +manteía,'prophecy')
  • cheiromancy/chiromancy/kaɪˈrɒmænsi/ (alsopalmistry,palm reading): by palms^[19] (Greekkheir,'hand' +manteía,'prophecy')
  • cheirognomy/chirognomy/kaɪˈrɒ(ɡ)noʊmi/: by hands (Greekkheir,'hand' +-gnōmoniā,'interpretation')
  • podomancy/pedomancy (alsocartopedy): by the soles of one's feet (Greekpous [pod-],'foot' +manteía,'prophecy')
  • schematomancy: by the face (Greekskhēma [skhēmat-],'figure' +manteía,'prophecy')
• sortilege: by the casting of lots, orsortes
  • sortes virgilianae: byVergil'sAeneid
• spasmatomancy: by convulsions (alteration ofspasmodomancy, from Greekspasmos [spasmōd-],'spasm' +manteía,'prophecy')
• spatilomancy: by animal excrement (Greekspatilē,'excrement' +manteía,'prophecy')
• spatulamancy → seescapulimancy (fromscapulimancy, influenced by Latinspatula, 'splint')
• spheromancy → seescrying (Greeksphaira, 'sphere' +manteía,'prophecy')
• sphondulomancy: byspindles (Greeksphondulos,'spindle' +manteía,'prophecy')
• splanchnomancy → seeanthropomancy (Greeksplankhna,'innards' +manteía,'prophecy')
• spodomancy: by soot (Greekspodos,'wood ashes' +manteía,'prophecy')
  • cineromancy/ceneromancy: by the ashes of a specifically sacrificial or ritual fire^[20]
  • libanomancy/laɪˈbænoʊmænsi/: by smoke or ash from incense (Greeklibanos, 'frankincense' +manteía,'prophecy')^[8][9]
  • tephramancy/tephromancy: by treebark ashes, by sacrificial or ritual fire ashes, or human sacrificial victim ashes (Greektephrā,'ash' +manteía,'prophecy')^[21]
• stareomancy: by thefour elements (Greekstais [stair-],'dough' +manteía,'prophecy')
• stercomancy: by seeds in bird excrement (Latinstercus,'excrement' + Greekmanteía,'prophecy')
• sternomancy: by ridges on thebreastbone (Greeksternon,'breastbone' +manteía,'prophecy')
• stichomancy → seechartomancy
• stigonomancy: by burning writing onto bark (Greekstizein [stigōn-],'to brand' +manteía,'prophecy')
• stoicheomancy/stoichomancy → seechartomancy
• stolisomancy: byfashion (Greekstolis,'garment' +manteía,'prophecy')
• styramancy: by observing patterns produced by chewing gum, gum wax, or products produced by theL. styraciflua tree
• sycomancy → seephyllomancy
• symbolomancy: by things found on the road (Greeksumbolon,'sign' +manteía,'prophecy')

• taromancy → seechartomancy
• tasseography/tasseomancy → seephyllomancy
• technomancy: bytechnology (Englishtechno(logy) + Greekmanteía,'prophecy')
• temurah: → seekabbalah
• tephramancy/tephromancy: → seespodomancy (Greektephrā,'ash' +manteía,'prophecy')
• theomancy: foretelling events, prophecy^[22] (Greektheos,'god' +manteía,'prophecy')
• theriomancy/ˈθɪərioʊmænsi/: (alsozoomancy): by animal behavior (Greekthēr,'wild animal' +manteía,'prophecy')

  

  • ailuromancy/aeluromancy/aɪˈlʊəroʊmænsi/ (alsofelidomancy): by cats (Greekailouros,'cat' +manteía,'prophecy')
  • alectryomancy/alectoromancy/əˈlɛktərioʊmænsi/: by rooster behavior (Greekalektruōn,'cockerel' +manteía,'prophecy')
  • augury: by bird formations^[23] (Latinaugur,'diviner')
  • hippomancy/ˈhɪpoʊmænsi/: by horse behavior (Greekhippos,'horse' +manteía,'prophecy')
  • ichthyomancy/ˈɪkθioʊmænsi/: by fish behavior (Greekikhthūs,'fish' +manteía,'prophecy')
  • myomancy/ˈmaɪoʊmænsi/: by rodent behavior (Greekmūs,'mouse' +manteía,'prophecy')
  • myrmomancy/ˈmɜːrmoʊmænsi/: by ant behavior (Greekmurmēx,'ant' +manteía,'prophecy')
  • nggàm: by spider or crab behavior (Mambilanggàm,'divination')
  • ophidiomancy/ophiomancy: by snake behavior (Greekophis [ophid-],'snake' +manteía,'prophecy')
  • orniscopy/ornithomancy (alsoauspicy/auspication,avimancy): by bird migration (Greekornīs [ornīth-],'bird' +-skopiā,'observation')
• thumomancy/ˈθjuːmoʊmænsi/: by one's own soul, presage^[24] (Greekthūmos,'soul' +manteía,'prophecy')
• topomancy/ˈtɒpoʊmænsi/: by geography and geological formations (Greektopos,'place' +manteía,'prophecy')
• transataumancy: by things accidentally seen or heard
• trochomancy/ˈtrɒkoʊmænsi/: bywheel ruts (Greektrokhos,'wheel' +manteía,'prophecy')
• turifumy: by shapes in smoke (Latintūs [tūr-],'incense' +fūmus,'vapor')
• tyromancy/tiromancy/ˈtaɪəroʊmænsi/: by cheese (Greektūros,'cheese' +manteía,'prophecy')

• umbilicomancy: byumbilical cords (Englishumbilic(al cord) + Greekmanteía,'prophecy')
• umbromancy: by shade (Latinumbra,'shadow' + Greekmanteía,'prophecy')
• uranomancy/ouranomancy: by the sky (Greekouranos,'firmament' +manteía,'prophecy')
• uromancy/urimancy: byurine (Greekouron,'urine' +manteía,'prophecy')
• urticariaomancy: by itches (Neo-Latinurticāria, 'hives' + Greekmanteía,'prophecy')

• videomancy: byfilms (Englishvideo + Greekmanteía,'prophecy')

• water witching → seedowsing
• wishbone → seefurcula

• xenomancy: by strangers (Greekxenos,'stranger' +manteía,'prophecy')
• xylomancy: by the shape or texture of wood, or the appearance of burning wood (Greekxulon,'wood' +manteía,'prophecy')^[25]