divination
Supernatural future-seeking
Divination is the practice of seeking knowledge of the future or hidden things through supernatural means.
Methods include reading tarot cards, casting runes, examining entrails, interpreting dreams, or consulting oracles.
The word covers both the general practice and specific acts: She studied various forms of divination; His divination predicted a harsh winter.
Whether treated as genuine insight or mere superstition depends on the believer.
Divination card set
- scryingVisionary surface-gazing
- runesOld Germanic script
- astrologyDivination by celestial positions
- palmistryReading hands for fortunes
numerology · geomancy · augury · necromancy · pendulum · tea-leaves · séance · oracle
Foretelling of future events
- revelationSurprising disclosed truth
- scriptureSacred religious writings
- oracleAuthoritative wisdom source
- visionAbility to see
apocalypse · augury · theophany · sibylline · fatwa
Authoritative wisdom source
- seerOne who envisions futures
- sibylAncient female prophet
- soothsayerOne who predicts futures
- psychicOne claiming supernatural perception
medium · shaman · augur · prophet · prophetess · fortune-teller · clairvoyant · witch
Extrasensory perception ability
- telepathyDirect mental communication
- precognitionParanormal future awareness
- premonitionAdvance sense of future events
- intuitionInstinctive immediate understanding
ESP · extrasensory · psychometry · trance · vision · foresight
Sign of future calamity
- omenProphetic indicator
- harbingerOne who foreshadows
- presageIndicate beforehand
- auspiceProphetic token or portent
sign · forewarning · prognostication · prophecy · entrails · eclipse · comet · birthmark
tarot
Divination card set
palmistry · numerology · geomancy · augury · necromancy · pendulum · tea-leaves · séance · oracle · bibliomancy
prophecy
Foretelling of future events
- revelationSurprising disclosed truth
- scriptureSacred religious writings
- oracleAuthoritative wisdom source
vision · apocalypse · augury · theophany · sibylline · fatwa
oracle
Authoritative wisdom source
- seerOne who envisions futures
- sibylAncient female prophet
- soothsayerOne who predicts futures
psychic · medium · shaman · augur · prophet · prophetess · fortune-teller · clairvoyant · witch · channeler
clairvoyance
Extrasensory perception ability
- telepathyDirect mental communication
- precognitionParanormal future awareness
- premonitionAdvance sense of future events
intuition · ESP · extrasensory · psychometry · trance · vision · foresight
portent
Sign of future calamity
auspice · sign · forewarning · prognostication · prophecy · entrails · eclipse · comet · birthmark · ravens
mythology
Body of traditional tales
- animismSpirits inhabit all things
- superstitionBaseless belief in omens
- talismanMagical protective charm
amulet · shrine · totemism · dreamtime · Stonehenge · Beltane · Samhain · Shinto · feng-shui · Delphi
lottery
Randomized prize distribution
- magicwizard, wand, sorcerer, witchcraft, mage
- Magic & Fantasyenchantment, sorcery, alchemy, grimoires, necromancy
- occultwitchcraft, sorcery, necromancy, black magic, tarot
- Biblical Supernaturalsorcery, witchcraft, magic, demons, exorcism
- fantasy abilitiesspell casting, shapeshifting, mind reading, teleportation, time travel
- oraclesoracle, sibyl, prophetess, seer, Delphi
divinationscience
Systematic study through observation
scientific method · empiricism · data analysis · experimentation · logical deduction
divinationagnosticism
Doubt about divine existence
skeptical inquiry · empirical verification · proof · demonstration · ignorance
divinationhistory
Record of past events
historiography · documentation · hindsight · retrospection · record-keeping
- divination practicesMethods for foretelling outcomes
- divination toolsObjects for seeking hidden knowledge