Well, perhaps you should consider one of the following means of fortune-telling. These are just my personal favorites/most unusual means of prophesizing, because you’ve likely already tried the more common ones. By no means is this list comprehensive; check out this website: http://phrontistery.info/divine.html for a more complete list of all the things one can use to become the best darn oracle, seer, or prophet you can be.
(Assume that each definition is preceded by the words, “Divination by…”)
Acultomancy – Needles
Ailuromancy – Watching a cat’s movements
Alectormancy – Sacrificing a rooster
Alectryomancy – Watching a rooster gather corn kernels
Alveromancy – Sound
Ambulomancy – Taking a walk
Amniomancy – Examining afterbirth
Anthracomancy – Burning coals
Anthropomancy – Examining human entrails
Armomancy – Examining one’s shoulders
Batraquomancy – Frogs
Belomancy – Arrows
Bibliomancy – Opening a book at random
Brontomancy – Thunder
Capnomancy – Smoke
Catoptromancy – Examining a mirror placed underwater
Cephalomancy – Boiling an ass’s head
Ceraunoscopy – Lightning
Ceroscopy – Wax drippings
Chronomancy – Time
Cleidomancy – Keys
Cromnyomancy – Onions
Dactyliomancy – A finger
Dririmancy – Observing dripping blood
Floromancy – Belief that flowers have feelings
Gastromancy – Sounds from the belly
Geloscopy – Laughter
Gyromancy – Falling from dizziness
Kaphalonomancy – Baking an ass’s head (not to be confused with boiling an ass's head)
Logarithmancy – Algorithms
Odentomancy – Teeth
Oinomancy – Wine
Ololygmancy – Howling of dogs
Oomancy – Eggs
Pedomancy – Soles of the feet
Retromancy – Looking over one’s shoulder
Scatomancy – Excrement
Scyphomancy – A cup
Stolisomancy – Observing how one dresses oneself
Tiromancy – Cheese
Urimancy – Urine
Xenomancy – Strangers
Xylomancy – Wood
And so many more!!!
Oh boy. I learned things I wish I didn't. LOL.
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