The hopelessness of our weather forecasters knows no bounds. Given that we have recently passed the Ides of March, my mind automatically turned to chicken's entrails. I reckon we'd be much better off using divination. But what form of divination? I quite fancy predicting an overcast day with sunny intervals later by the use of cheese or liver.
Well, here's a list to choose from:
* Aeromancy (divination by atmospheric conditions)
* Alectryomancy (divination by rooster)
* Aleuromancy (divination by flour, including fortune cookies)
* Alomancy (divination by salt)
* Alphitomancy (divination by barley)
* Anemoscopy (divination by wind)
* Anthropomancy (divination by human sacrifice)
* Apantomancy (divination by seeing animals)
* Astragalomancy (divination by dice)
* Astrology (divination by celestial bodies)
* Austromancy (divination by wind and clouds)
* Axiomancy (divination by axes)
* Belomancy (divination by arrows)
* Bibliomancy (divination by books, especially the Bible)
* Botanomancy (divination by burning plants)
* Capnomancy (divination by smoke)
* Cartomancy (divination by cards)
* Captopromancy (divination by mirrors)
* Causimomancy (divination by burning)
* Cephalomancy (divination by skulls)
* Ceraunoscopy (divination by thunder and lightning)
* Ceromancy (Ceroscopy; divination by placing melted wax into cold water)
* Chaomancy (divination by aerial visions)
* Cheiromancy (or Palmistry; divination by palms) where the markings of the hand are interpreted as signs.
* Chirognomy (divination by hands)
* Clairaudience (divination by psychic hearing)
* Cleromancy (divination by casting lots)
* Clidomancy (or Cleidomancy; divination by keys)
* Cometomancy (divination by comet tails)
* Coscinomancy (divination by hanging sieves)
* Critomancy (divination by barley cakes)
* Cromniomancy (divination by onion sprouts)
* Crystallomancy (divination by crystals or other reflecting objects)
* Cybermancy (divination via computer oracles)
* Cyclomancy (divination by wheels)
* Daphnomancy (divination by burning laurel wreaths)
* Demonomancy (divination by demons)
* Empyromancy (divination by burning)
* Extispicy (divination from the exta of sacrificed animals)
* Geomancy (divination by earth)
* Geloscopy (divination by laughter)
* Graphology (divination by handwriting)
* Gyromancy (divination by dizziness)
* Hepatoscopy (also haruspication; divination by liver)
* Hippomancy (divination by horses)
* Hydromancy (divination by water)
* I Ching divination (ancient Chinese divination)
* Icthyomancy (divination by fish)
* Lampadomancy (divination by light)
* Lecanomancy (divination by a basin of water)
* Libanomancy (divination by incense)
* Lithomancy (divination by precious stones)
* Margaritomancy (divination by bouncing pearls)
* Metagnomy (divination by visions)
* Meteormancy (divination by meteors)
* Metoposcopy (divination by foreheads)
* Moleosophy (divination by blemishes)
* Myomancy (divination by rodent behavior)
* Myrmomancy (divination by ant behavior)
* Nephomancy (divination by clouds)
* Numerology (divination by numbers)
* Oculomancy (divination by eyes)
* Oinomancy (divination by wine)
* Omphalomancy (divination by umbilical chords)
* Oneiromancy (divination by dreams)
* Onomancy (divination by names)
* Onychomancy (divination by fingernails)
* Oomantia (or Ooscopy, Ovomancy; divination by eggs)
* Ophiomancy (divination by snakes)
* Orniscopy (or Ornithomancy; divination by birds of flight)
* Ouija (divination by use of Ouija boards)
* Palmistry (divination by palm inspection)
* Pegomancy (divination by spring water)
* Phrenology (divination by the shape of one's head)
* Phyllorhodomancy (divination by rose petals)
* Plastromancy (divination by cracks formed by heat on a turtle's plastron)
* Pyromancy (or Pyroscopy; divination by fire)
* Rhabdomancy (divination by rod or stick)
* Rhapsodomancy (divination by poetry)
* Scatomancy (divination by droppings, usually animal)
* Scapulimancy (divination by bovine or caprid scapulae)
* Sciomancy (divination by spirits)
* Sideromancy (divination by burning of straw)
* Spodomancy (divination by ash)
* Stichomancy (divination by books)
* Stolisomancy (divination by clothing)
* Tarot (divination by specially designed cards)
* Tasseography (divination by tea leaves)
* Tephramancy (divination by bark ashes)
* Tiromancy (divination by cheese)
* Xylomancy (divination by burning wood)
Let me know how you go on.
