Divinatory Disciplines (Disciplines)

Western astrology is the system of astrology most popular in Western countries.

Chinese astrology is based on traditional Chinese astronomy and the Chinese calendar.

The I Ching or Yijing (Chinese: 易經 Mandarin pronunciation:[î tɕíŋ] ), usually translated as the Book of Changes or Classic of Changes, is an ancient Chinese divination text that is among the oldest of the Chinese classics.

It is often associated with astrology and other divinatory arts.

Tarot (, first known as trionfi and later as tarocchi or tarocks) is a set of playing cards used in Tarot card games and fortune-telling or divination.

Geomancy, a compound of Greek roots denoting "earth divination", was originally used to mean methods of divination that interpret geographic features, markings on the ground, or the patterns formed by soil, rocks, or sand.

Cartomancy is fortune-telling or divination using a deck of cards.

Hindu astrology, also called Indian astrology, jyotisha (Sanskrit: ज्योतिष, romanized: jyotiṣa; from jyót 'light, heavenly body') and, more recently, Vedic astrology, is the traditional Hindu system of astrology.

Palmistry is the pseudoscientific practice of fortune-telling through the study of the palm.

Scrying, also referred to as "seeing" or "peeping", is a practice rooted in divination and fortune-telling.

Oneiromancy (from Greek όνειροϛ (oneiros) 'dream' and μαντεία (manteia) 'prophecy') is a form of divination based upon dreams, and also uses dreams to predict the future.

Dowsing is a type of divination employed in attempts to locate many types of objects and materials without the use of technical equipment or a scientific apparatus.

Tasseography (also known as tasseomancy, tassology, or tasseology) is a divination or fortune-telling method that interprets patterns in tea leaves, coffee grounds, or wine sediments.

Cleromancy is a form of divination, involving sortition (casting of lots), in which an outcome is determined by means that normally would be considered random, such as the rolling of dice (astragalomancy), but that are sometimes believed to reveal the will of a deity.

Bibliomancy is the use of books in divination.

It is one of the two most widely practised systems of Chinese natal astrology, alongside the Four Pillars of Destiny (八字, BaZi).

According to Ifá teaching, the divinatory system is overseen by an orisha called Orunmila, who is believed to have given it to humanity.

Astrology is a range of divinatory practices, recognized as pseudoscientific since the 18th century, that propose that information about human affairs and terrestrial events may be discerned by studying the apparent positions of celestial objects.

Divination is the attempt to gain insight into a question or situation by way of a magic ritual or practice.

Augury was the Roman religious practice of observing the behavior of birds to receive omens.