celestial signs
Stars as portents
Celestial signs are phenomena in the sky interpreted as omens or messages—comets, eclipses, unusual star arrangements, or other astronomical events read as divine communication or prophecy: Ancient peoples saw celestial signs as warnings from the gods.
The term also refers to the twelve divisions of the zodiac used in astrology: What's your celestial sign?
- cometIcy orbiting body
- lunar phasesMoon's cyclical appearance changes
- eclipseCelestial body blocks another
- natal chartStar positions at birth
- astrologyDivination by celestial positions
star lore · reading the stars · portents · prophecy · omens · fixed stars · augury · horoscope · transits · Mercury retrograde · written in the stars · planetary alignment · ephemeris · meteor shower · constellation · aurora borealis · moon · night sky
- End Timesapocalypse, Armageddon, rapture, end times, tribulation
- sky lorestar lore, sun worship, sky gods, solar deities, zodiac
- visionsvisions, apparition, dream, dreams, apparitions
- Roman divinationaugury, auspices, omens, augurs, auspex
- astrologyastrology, zodiac, horoscope, horoscopes, birth chart
- Chinese DynastiesMing Dynasty, Qing Dynasty, Tang Dynasty, Mandate of Heaven, imperial rule
celestial signspalm reading
Divination via hand lines
tea leaf reading · rune stones · geomancy · dream interpretation · gut feelings