“Auguries” [by Sharon Mesmer]

Need answers to life's persistent questions?  Then why not try . . .

Ailuromancy — divination by the behavior of cats
Alectryomancy — divination by chicken
Amnimancy — divination by the membraneous sac of a newborn
Bibliomancy/Rhapsodomancy — divination by turning to a random page in a book
Cledonomancy — divination by chance remarks or events
Copromancy — divination by feces
Crominomancy — divination by the curved patterns inside an onion
Daphnomancy — divination by the crackle of burning laurel leaves
Entomancy — divination by insects
Fractomancy — divination by fractal patterns
Gyromancy — divination by whirling
Haruspexopy — divination by examination of entrails of sheep, swine, oxen
Hippomancy — divination by inspection of horses' hooves
Lunomancy — divination by moonlight on a face dusted with silver
Metoposcopy — divination by reading lines on the forehead
Myomancy — divination by the movements of mice
Nephlomancy — divination by cloud "pictures"
Omphalomancy — divination by belly button
Ophiomancy — divination by the movements of snakes
Stolisomancy — divination by reading people's clothing/style
Tyromancy — divination by coagulation patterns of spoiled cheese
Xenomancy — divination by meetings with strangers
(My favorite: flarfomancy — divination by Google search

from the archive; first posted November 24, 2008