divine sign
Heaven-sent signal
A divine sign is an event or occurrence interpreted as communication from God or the gods—a message delivered through nature, coincidence, or extraordinary phenomena rather than words.
Thunder, an eclipse, a bird's flight path, or an unexpected encounter might be read as divine signs by those seeking guidance: She took the rainbow as a divine sign to proceed.
The concept spans religious traditions, from biblical portents to Roman augury to modern believers watching for confirmation of their prayers.
- omenProphetic indicator
- portentSign of future calamity
- writing on the wallObvious omen of trouble
- miracleSupernatural occurrence beyond explanation
- act of GodUnforeseeable natural catastrophe
prophecy · revelation · vision · apparition · angel · burning bush · pillar of fire · thunder · eclipse · star of Bethlehem · dove · rainbow · stigmata · voice · speaking in tongues · dream · oracle · sacred
- enlightenmentVoltaire, Rousseau, Locke, Kant, Montesquieu
divine signcoincidence
Unplanned matching of events
random occurrence · random chance · accident · fluke · happenstance
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