A list of things used in divination, pulled from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methods_of_divination
by a baby's crawling | |
by a basin of water | |
by a divining rod | |
by a letter in a written language | |
by aerial visions | |
by altars | |
by animal behavior | |
by animal excrement | |
by animal horoscope | |
by animal shoulder blades | |
by ant behavior | |
by apt occasion | |
by arrows | |
by atmospheric conditions | |
by auras | |
by axes | |
by bamboo | |
by barley | |
by barley cakes | |
by beans | |
by beetle tracks | |
by biorhythms | |
by bird formations | |
by bird migration | |
by birth dates | |
by black magic | |
by blemishes | |
by blood | |
by blowing | |
by bodily fluids | |
by boiling a donkey's head | |
by bones | |
by bones or dice | |
by books or lines | |
by bouncing pearls | |
by bovine or caprid shoulder blades | |
by brushed cloth | |
by bumps on the skin | |
by burning | |
by burning coals | |
by burning laurel wreaths | |
by burning sage or figs | |
by burning straw with an iron | |
by burning writing onto bark | |
by buttocks | |
by candles | |
by cards | |
by casting | |
by cats | |
by celestial bodies | |
by chance encounters with animals | |
by chance events or overheard words | |
by cheese | |
by clouds | |
by coins | |
by colors | |
by comet tails | |
by computer oracles | |
by constellations | |
by convulsions | |
by cracks formed by heat on a turtle's plastron | |
by crystal ball | |
by cups | |
by demons | |
by dice | |
by dizziness | |
by dogs | |
by dominoes | |
by dragons | |
by drawing sixteen lines in sand | |
by dreaming | |
by dreams | |
by dripping blood | |
by dripping wax in water | |
by dust | |
by earth | |
by eggs | |
by excrement | |
by experiment/experience | |
by eye color | |
by eyes | |
by faces | |
by false means, such as Peter Answers | |
by fashion | |
by feelings of fear | |
by Feng Shui | |
by fields of light | |
by fig leaves | |
by films | |
by finger rings | |
by finger· and toenails | |
by fire | |
by fish behavior | |
by flame | |
by flour | |
by flowers | |
by flowers' feelings | |
by folding paper, especially paper money | |
by foolishness | |
by footprints | |
by fortune cookies | |
by fountains | |
by fractals | |
by frogs | |
by fruit | |
by galvanism | |
by gazing | |
by gems or stones | |
by geography and geological formations | |
by Greek guros, spiral, circle, and therefore vertebra | |
by guttural sounds | |
by hands | |
by hanging sieves | |
by horse behavior | |
by human sacrifice | |
by ice | |
by icons | |
by idols | |
by incense | |
by initials | |
by insects | |
by itches | |
by keys | |
by large cities | |
by large objects | |
by Latin nōmen, name | |
by Latin pēs | |
by Latin spatula, splint | |
by laughter | |
by leaves | |
by letters in a name | |
by lightning | |
by lightning and electricity | |
by lips | |
by liver | |
by logarithms | |
by looking over one's shoulder | |
by lots or ballots | |
by magic | |
by Mahjong tiles | |
by mathematics | |
by means of finger movements | |
by melting wax | |
by meteors | |
by minerals | |
by mirrors | |
by moles | |
by molten metal | |
by mountains | |
by navels | |
by needles | |
by numbers | |
by numbers and letters | |
by nursing | |
by observing patterns produced by chewing gum, gum wax, or products produced by the L. styraciflua tree | |
by observing shapes molten lead makes when poured in water | |
by observing the patterns produced by a collection of human hair | |
by Ogham letters | |
by oil | |
by oil ink stains | |
by old shoes | |
by omens | |
by one's own shoulders | |
by one's own soul, presage | |
by onion sprouts | |
by ouija board | |
by palms | |
by pebbles | |
by pendulums | |
by phrenological notations | |
by physical appearance | |
by pig bladders | |
by placenta | |
by playing a four·handed variant of the game | |
by poetry | |
by rainwater | |
by random shouts and cries heard in crowds, at night, etc. | |
by randomly opening a dictionary | |
by reflective objects | |
by rice gruel | |
by ridges on the breastbone | |
by rodent behavior | |
by rods, pendulums, or other cylindrical tools | |
by rods, sticks, or wands | |
by rooster behavior | |
by rooster divination | |
by rooster sacrifice | |
by rose petals | |
by sacred relics | |
by saints | |
by salt | |
by sand | |
by second glance or double take | |
by secrets | |
by seeds in bird excrement | |
by shade | |
by shadows | |
by shapes in smoke | |
by sharp objects | |
by shells | |
by sitting in a drawn circle or on a shield | |
by skulls | |
by sleep | |
by sleeping | |
by small objects | |
by smoke | |
by smoke or ash from incense | |
by snakes behavior | |
by soot | |
by sounds | |
by speaking to the dead, by corpses | |
by spider or crab behavior | |
by spiders | |
by spindles | |
by spirits | |
by spots on the skin | |
by statues | |
by strangers | |
by striking gongs or copper bowls | |
by studying handwriting | |
by studying sacrifices' entrails | |
by summoning damned souls | |
by swirling water in a cup | |
by swords or knives | |
by tarot | |
by tea leaves or coffee grounds | |
by technology | |
by teeth | |
by the appearance of plants | |
by the ashes of a specifically sacrificial or ritual fire | |
by the Bible | |
by the casting of lots, or sortes | |
by the configuration of one's brain | |
by the face | |
by the four elements | |
by the Hebrew alphabet | |
by the howling of dogs | |
by the human form | |
by the I Ching or the accompanying I Ching manual | |
by the Iliad and the Odyssey or the Aeneid | |
by the Kabbalah | |
by the lines of the forehead | |
by the moon | |
by the ravings of lunatics | |
by the remains of sacrificed animals | |
by the shape or texture of wood, or the appearance of burning wood | |
by the sky | |
by the soles of one's feet | |
by the sun | |
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 | |
by things accidentally seen or heard | |
by things found on the road | |
by things on paper | |
by those supposed to be possessed by a divine spirit | |
by throwing stones on the floor, practised at Taoist temples | |
by thunder | |
by thunder and lightning | |
by tree bark ashes, by sacrificial or ritual fire ashes, or human sacrificial victim ashes | |
by trees, especially oaks, yews, or mistletoe | |
by umbilical cords | |
by urine | |
by Vergil's Aeneid | |
by walking | |
by water | |
by water current | |
by water vessels exposed to air | |
by weights | |
by wheel ruts | |
by wheels | |
by wild hogs | |
by wind | |
by wine | |
by wine in a brass bowl | |
by words | |
by writing individual letters |
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