divinations
Oracular pronouncements revealed
Divinations are acts or methods of seeking knowledge of the future or the unknown through supernatural means.
The term covers practices from ancient oracle reading to modern tarot cards: Her divinations proved remarkably accurate.
It can also refer to the insights themselves—prophetic revelations or inspired guesses about what lies ahead.
Stiff paper rectangles
- crystalsSolids with ordered structure
- runesOld Germanic script
- pendulumSuspended swinging weight
- tea cupHandled drinking vessel
bones · shells · coins · mirror · bowl · candles · incense · stones
Divination card set
- astrologyDivination by celestial positions
- palmistryReading hands for fortunes
- scryingVisionary surface-gazing
- runesOld Germanic script
I Ching · numerology · tea leaves · crystal gazing · geomancy · augury · bibliomancy · pendulum
Foretelling of future events
- oracleAuthoritative wisdom source
- revelationSurprising disclosed truth
- visionAbility to see
- intuitionInstinctive immediate understanding
channeling · mediumship · clairvoyance · precognition · second sight · ESP · psychic reading · ancestors
cards
Stiff paper rectangles
tea cup · bones · shells · coins · mirror · bowl · candles · incense · stones · sticks
tarot
Divination card set
- astrologyDivination by celestial positions
- palmistryReading hands for fortunes
- scryingVisionary surface-gazing
runes · I Ching · numerology · tea leaves · crystal gazing · geomancy · augury · bibliomancy · pendulum · dowsing
prophecy
Foretelling of future events
- oracleAuthoritative wisdom source
- revelationSurprising disclosed truth
- visionAbility to see
intuition · channeling · mediumship · clairvoyance · precognition · second sight · ESP · psychic reading · ancestors · guidance
fortune teller
One who predicts futures
psychic · medium · soothsayer · augur · shaman · astrologer · palmist · reader · mystic · sage
- premonitionspremonitions, forebodings, presentiments, forewarnings, omens
- occultwitchcraft, sorcery, necromancy, black magic, tarot
- prophecyprophecy, prophet, seer, prophets, prophetess
divinationsmeasurements
Quantified sizes or amounts
calculations · data analysis · experiments · quantitative research
divinationshistorical records
Preserved accounts of the past
documentations · chronicles · annals · retrospectives · postmortems
- divination practicesMethods for foretelling outcomes
- divination toolsObjects for seeking hidden knowledge