Witchcraft divination is a practice that holds significant importance in various witchcraft traditions. Divination is the act of gaining insight or knowledge about a situation or the future through supernatural means. In witchcraft, divination is considered a tool for communication with the spiritual realm, allowing witches to tap into higher powers and receive guidance, advice, or predictions. It is believed to provide a link between the practitioner and the unseen forces that govern the universe. The significance of witchcraft divination lies in its ability to offer insight into the unknown, providing answers to questions and unveiling hidden truths. It can be used to gain clarity in times of confusion or uncertainty, helping witches navigate through life's challenges.
It can be used to gain clarity in times of confusion or uncertainty, helping witches navigate through life's challenges. Divination can also serve as a form of self-reflection and introspection, allowing individuals to gain a deeper understanding of themselves and their personal journeys. By seeking guidance from the spiritual realm, witches can identify areas of growth and work on developing their magical abilities.
All types of divination
· Apantomancy: A form of divination in which a chance meeting with an animal is interpreted by the seer based on their experiences and current situation.
· Arithmancy: A form of divination based on assigning numerical value to a word or phrase, by means of a simplified version of ancient Greek isopsephy or Hebrew/Aramaic gematria, as adapted to the Latin alphabet. When arithmancy is applied to a person's name, it is a form of onomancy.
· Astrology: While astrology isn't solely a divination tool, some witches find it incredibly useful for divining the future or making decisions that could have a large impact on their plans. Astrology is divination using the movement of the planets and stars. Of all the methods and forms of fortune-telling, Astrology is the most famous and probably the most widely practiced. If you want to master Astrology, the first thing to learn is the meanings of the planets. Once you have done this, you learn about the signs of the zodiac and then the houses. Finally, you can eat up more advanced stuff like aspects, squares, etc.
· Augury: Augury is the practice from ancient Roman religion of interpreting omens from the observed behavior of birds. There are several methods of Augury. One form of Augury involves birds in flight. Diviners would watch the way birds were flying and interpret their movements, interactions, speed, etc. Another type of Augury consists of interpreting the actions of birds on the ground. A diviner would ask a question, throw some corn, and interpret the way the bird eats.
· Automatic writing: Automatic writing is a a process of channeling information from beyond the conscious mind, in which you can learn to tap into a higher level of inspiration that stems from beyond your conscious mind. The activity requires disconnecting from the conscious mind to allow the pen to be guided by the subconscious, the intuition, or an outside intelligence. Automatic writing is a great way to begin your practice of contacting your angels or spirit guides if you're uncomfortable with other ways of contact.
· Belomancy (Arrow divination): Deciphering the will of the Gods and spirits in relation to the movements of arrows.
· Bibliomancy: Bibliomancy is divination using books. To practice Bibliomancy, all that you must do is ask for guidance, open a book, and read whichever page or paragraph you feel drawn to; this is your message. Typically, you would use a religious or spiritual book such as The Bible or, even, The Egyptian Book of the Dead. However, don't overcomplicate Bibliomancy: any book will do just fine.
· Bone reading (Osteomancy): Throwing bones, also called osteomancy, is an ancient form of divination. Throwing bones means to cast a collection of bones, seashells, stones and other items onto a hard surface and then read messages and patterns that emerge. Each piece of the collection means something different and depending on how it lands will give the reader insight.
· Brontomancy: Brontomancy is the practice of divination by means of the assessment of the characteristics of the sound of thunder. Interpretation depend upon intensity, direction, lenght and distance from the obsever.
· Capnomancy: Capnomancy (otherwise known as libanomancy) is a method of divination using smoke. This is done by looking at the movements of the smoke after a fire has been made.
· Casting: Casting involves throwing charms and interpreting how they land in relation to each other and/or reading how they fall on a divination board. Technically, Osteomancy can be called Casting, but Casting cannot be called Osteomancy unless bone is used.
· Cartomancy: Cartomancy is fortune-telling or divination using a deck of cards.
· Ceromancy: Ceromancy is divination using the shapes formed from the melted wax of a candle and is essentially a type of candle divination. The easiest way to practice Ceromancy is to solidify the wax with water.
· Chirognomy: Chirognomy is a form of hand divination. Chirognomy is the practice of reading someone's personality based on their hand shape, fingers, etc. As there are many readers who prefer to practice a more holistic approach to reading, Chirognomy is currently the most common form of Palmistry, and it's more focused on reading the shape of the hands and fingers rather than the lines.
· Chiromancy: Chiromancy is another form of palm divination. Chiromancy is the art of reading the lines in order to divine the future. Fortune tellers read the palm lines in order to give predictions about the future.
· Clairaudience: Some people can hear things outside of what is considered a normal range of hearing. These people are sometimes channels or mediums who can hear voices from the spirit world.
· Clairovoyance: Clairvoyance means "clear seeing," and those with this gift are said to have a sixth sense and can see energy. Often considered extrasensory perception, clairvoyance allows a person to see things outside of the typical physical perceptive range. Clairvoyance may come in the form of seeing auras, frequent daydreaming, and, surprisingly, a fantastic sense of direction.
· Cledonism: Divination based on things you hear, often by chance. Not be confused with so-called 'clear hearing' or clairaudience. If you're clairaudient, you have the ability to hear spirit using your psychic senses. By contrast, a cledonomancer will hear things in real life, such as words spoken by people, something on TV, or a significant song will come on the radio during a crisis.
· Conchomancy: Conchomancy is fortune-telling using seashells. Placing a seashell on your ear and analyzing the sound counts as Conchomancy. You can also use seashells in Casting divination.
· Crystal Ball Reading: Crystal ball reading, or scrying, is a method of fortune-telling that uses crystal balls. Crystal balls come in all shapes and sizes and can be made from crystals, such as quartz or glass.
· Dactylomancy: Dactylomancy is a Greek term which translates as 'finger divination.' Traditionally, Dactylomancy is practiced using a ring. However, technically, any form of divination which uses the finger could count as Dactylomancy, but most people know Dactylomancy as the type of divination which uses rings. To practice Dactylomancy, first, you need to tie a ring to a piece of string. You then will think of your question then lift the string so that the ring is suspended in the air. Finally, you will interpret the sway of the ring as being a yes, no, or maybe.
· Dice Divination: Dice divination is a method of divination that uses dice. You can use regular dice or special fortune-telling dice created for the purpose.
· Dobutsu Uranai: Dobutsu Uranai is a modern type of fortune-telling horoscope that originated in Japan. There are 12 signs in Dobutsu Uranai and – like in other types of Astrology – you are assigned your sign based on your date of birth. Also, like other systems in Astrology, your sign is said to tell you a lot about your personality.
· Domino Divination: Domino Divination is similar to Dice Divination, but the system involves using regular dominos. Two domino tiles are pulled, and the numbers of each are interpreted.
· Dowsing: Divination by the use of a pendulum, forked stick or metal rod. Great for yes or no questions. Can be used with your own designed charts for answers and is a very flexible tool.
· Etteilla Tarot: The Etteilla system is also hard to master with regular Tarot cards, and there are cards in this system that are not in regular Tarot. In some respects, the Etteilla Tarot is like regular Tarot. Etteilla has four suits; Wands, Cups, Swords, and Coins, each with ten pips, a Page, Knight, Queen, and King. Etteilla also comes with twenty-two Majors with some familiar faces (Justice, Temperance). However, that's where the similarities end. Etteilla cards are always read with reversals, which have their own unique meanings. There are 156 interpretations to learn in Etteilla compared to the seventy-eight of modern Tarot.
· Favomancy: Favomancy is a type of divination that interprets the way beans or, sometimes, peas, fall.
· Geomancy: Geomancy is a class of divination methods that involves interpreting markings on the ground. Astrological Geomancy combines astrology and inner consiousness, wherein a set of random dots are correlated to a type of astrological chart.
· Graphology: Graphology is the use of handwriting analysis to find larger meanings, such as the mental or emotional state of the writer. Graphology can also be used to determine certain personality characteristics about the person whose handwriting is analyzed.
· Gypsy Fortune-Telling Cards: Gypsy Fortune-Telling Cards are a subset of Cartomancy. The cards in a Gypsy Fortune-Telling deck may or may not depict several things: Items from everyday life, Feelings and Events.
· Haruspicy: Diving the will of the Gods based on the livers of sacrificed the livers of sacrificed goats, sheep and chicken.
· Ifa Divination: Ifá is a method of divination and religious system which originated in Western Africa. Ifá divination is a component of several ATRs and is practiced by priests and priestesses.
· Iching: The Iching is the most well-known Chinese form of divination in the West. The method involves throwing coins multiple times, taking note of how they land, and interpreting the pattern created based on the Book of Changes.
· Jiaobeu/Poe: Poe is a form of divination which is popular in Taiwan, particularly in Taoist temples. The system involves asking a question and then throwing two 'moon blocks' on the ground. The position which the blocks land will give you your answer, which will typically be a simple yes or no.
· Kau Cim: Kau Cim is a type of fortune-telling that originated in China and is popular in Buddhist and Taoist temples. Known as Chi Chi Sticks in the Western world, the method involves asking a question, drawing a Kau Cim stick from a tube, and interpreting the meaning concerning the issue.
· Kipper Cards: Kipper is a 36 card divination which originated in Germany. Although it is currently most popular in German-speaking communities, in recent years, it has begun to be picked up by English speaking diviners.
· Lenormand: Lenormand is a thirty-six card reading system that uses Lenormand cards. Like several other forms of Cartomancy, Lenormand began as a card game (Game of Hope) and developed into a kind of divination.
· Libanomancy: Libanomancy is divination using incense smoke.
· Lithomancy: Lithomancy is the correct term for divination using stones. Although the term can apply to any rocks, in modern prophecy, it is usually reserved for divination using crystal tumbled stones such as amethyst and tiger's eye.
· Mahjong: Mahjong is a card game that is popular in China. As with playing cards, dominoes and dice, Mahjong cards can be employed for divination.
· Mi Kayu Ura: Mi Kayu Ura is a Japanese fortune-telling method that uses rice or beans and is traditionally performed fifteen days after the new moon.
· Mirror Scrying: Mirror Scrying, especially using black obsidian mirrors, is mainly associated with Mesoamerican culture. Before mirrors, scryers used bowls of water to divine the future, but the use of water never went out of fashion.
· Moleosophy: Moleosophy is a system of divination that assigns special significance to moles. The shape or body part which a mole appears is interpreted as symbolizing good fortune or bad luck in that area.
· Necromancy: Necromancy is a method of divination that uses the spirits of the dead. Because there is usually some ritual component involved, Necromancy is also classed as a type of magic or witchcraft.
· Nephomancy: Nephomancy is a method of divination that involves seeing shapes in clouds and then interpreting those shapes as being signs which are of spiritual significance.
· Nggam: A fortune-telling method which reads the movements of crabs and spiders.
· Numerology: Numerology is a method of divination using numbers. It is similar to astrology in that your life path number and horoscope tell you information about your present and future based on your birth.
· O-Mikuju: O-Mikuji is a Japanese method of divination that involves randomly selecting a scroll of paper that has a pre-written prophecy on it.
· Ogham: Ogham is a type of divination which claims ancient British origin (although historians discredit this) and which uses sticks to predict the future or get advice. Each rod in Ogham is engraved with a letter from the Ogham alphabet (which, unlike the alphabet, actually is of ancient in origin).
· Oneiromancy: Dream interpretation is possibly one of the most ancient methods of divination. The practice of oneiromancy – dream interpretation – helps the practitioner predict the future based on their dreams or the dreams of others. Experts suggest keeping a dream journal at your bedside so you can record your dreams immediately upon waking up. Then, finding the meaning behind your dream is as easy as a quick Google search.
· Oracle Cards: Oracle cards are a form of Cartomancy. While most other types of card divination are used for fortune-telling, Oracle cards tend to focus mostly on giving advice.
· Palmistry: Divination based on the study of the lines and symbols on hands. Palmistry can be separated into two main branches; Chirognomy and Chiromancy.
· Phrenology: Phrenology was once classed as science and involved reading someone's health, character, and temperament based on measurements taken of their skull.
· Plastromancy: Plastromancy is a type of divination which involves burning the shell of a turtle and interpreting the burn makes or cracks made as a result of being exposed to the heat.
· Playing Cards: An ordinary pack of playing cards can be used for fortune-telling. Many card readers read with playing cards before they move onto other methods of Cartomancy. There is a lot of information out there about reading with playing cards, but it is not a simple system to master.
· Pyromancy: Pyromancy is divination using fire. Technically, candle divination, Xylomancy, and any divination involving burning come under Pyromancy.
· Rhabdomancy: Rhabdomancy is divination using rods or sticks. Belomancy and dowsing rods come under the subdivision of Rhabdomancy.
· Runes: Rune divination is a prevalent method of divination that uses runes to predict the future or get advice. Use of stones and ceramic squares inscribed with the mggickal alphabet of Germanic, Scandinavian or Norse symbols. Excellent for dream analysis, spells, talismans and general divination.
· Scapulimancy: Scapulimancy is a type of Osteomancy (bone divination) that uses shoulder blade bones (scapulae). In ancient times, the shoulders of sacrificed animals were examined, and messages from the Gods/spirits were deciphered from any shapes or markings found.
· Tarot: Tarot divination is a form of Cartomancy (card divination) that uses special Tarot cards. Tarot cards are similar to playing cards in that they have four suits (Wands, Cups, Swords, and Coins) plus Court Cards (Kings, Queens, Knights, and Pages). Unlike playing cards, Tarot cards have 22 extra cards (Major Arcana). The most popular unillustrated deck is the Tarot de Marseilles, and the most popular illustrated deck is The Rider Waite Smith Tarot.
· Tasseomancy: Tasseomancy, also known as Tea Leaf Reading, is one of the best-known types of fortune-telling. Tealeaf reading involves interpreting the shapes of loose tea leaves as they appear in a cup.
· Teraphim: Teraphim were small idols used in divination, which were popular enough to be mentioned several times in the Bible, but their function has been lost to time. It is possible they were either selected as a form of lots, consulted in mediumship, or both. Probably the closest you can get to Teraphim nowadays is fetishism.
· Xylomancy: Xylomancy is a type of divination which involves burning wood.
· Mi Kayu Ura: Mi Kayu Ura is a Japanese fortune-telling method that uses rice or beans and is traditionally performed fifteen days after the new moon.
Another important aspect of witchcraft divination is its role in spellcasting. By divining the future or using various divination tools like tarot cards, crystal balls, or runes, witches can assess the potential outcomes of their spells and make informed decisions about their magical practices. Furthermore, divination holds a significant role in witchcraft rituals and ceremonies. It can be used to determine the auspicious timing for spellcasting, consecration of magical tools, or initiation into various witchcraft traditions. Divination can also be employed to communicate with ancestral spirits or connect with deities and spirit guides. Overall, witchcraft divination holds great significance in the practice of witchcraft. It offers a way for witches to gain insight, communicate with higher powers, and navigate their magical journey. It serves as a powerful tool for personal growth, spellcasting, and connecting with the spiritual realm..
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