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The ability to gain insight into a question or situation using an occultic, standardized process or ritual. Sub-power of Magic and Extrasensory Perception. Magical version of Clairvoyance.

Also Called[]

  • Divination Commands
  • Foretelling/Soothsaying
  • Fortune Telling
  • Mystic Foresight
  • Omen Reading
  • The Mantic Arts

Capabilities[]

User can employ divination (from Latin divinare 'to foresee, foretell, predict, prophesy, etc.') , a method of reading the future, the present and the past and/or provide help to a problem at hand by using an occultic, standardized process or ritual. Divination can communicate with the supernatural (i.e., gods, demons, spirits, nymphs) or read certain patterns. As such this enables the user to learn secrets long forgotten, interpret dreams, predict the future, to find hidden things or foil deceptive plots Divination also deals with the uncovering of mysteries, fortune-telling, and the perceiving of places and people at a distance. In ancient times Diviners were often found in the company of leaders and the military, as their power allow them to glean information about enemies and discover the presence of spies, assassins, or plots against them.

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See also: Methods of divination.

  • Acultomancy - form of divination in which the user uses needles for divination.
  • Agalmatomancy - form of divination by the means of statues or teraphim for divination.
  • Aichmomancy - form of divination by using sharp objects for divination.
  • Angelomancy - form of divination by using angels or angelic objects.
  • Astromancy - form of divination in which the user interprets the future through the movement of celestial bodies in certain houses which is believed to affect the future.
    • Heliomancy‎‎ - form of divination by using the sun.
    • Selenomancy - a form of divination by using the moon.
  • Augury - form of divination in which the user gains insight by interpreting birds' flight paths, songs, etc.
  • Auramancy - form of divination by using auras.
  • Bibliomancy - form of divination using books in divination or for advice. The method of employing sacred books (especially specific words and verses) for 'magical medicine', for removing negative entities, or for divination is widespread in many religions of the world.
  • Capnomancy - form of divination in which the user uses smoke for divination.
  • Catoptromancy - form of divination in which the user uses mirrors for divination.
  • Cartomancy - form of divination in which the user uses cards for divination.
  • Cleromancy - form of divination by using "lots", such as bones, stones, sticks and dice.
  • Computational Divination - "form" of divination in which the user computes the information, without occult or supernatural means.
  • Demonomancy - form of divination in which the user uses demons or demonic items.
  • Elementomancy - form of divination in which the user uses the elements for divination.
    • Aeromancy - form of divination in which the user interprets and reads the future through atmospheric conditions (i.e., cloud formations, wind currents, comets, thunder and lightning). It was said to be one of the seven "forbidden arts" along with geomancy, hydromancy, pyromancy, palmistry, necromancy and scapulimancy (the divination of the bones).
      • Typhomancy - form of divination in which the user uses smoke for divination.
    • Geomancy - form of divination using earth.
      • Abacomancy - form of divination in which the user uses the patterns in dust, dirt, silt and sand for divination.
      • Crystallomancy - form of divination in which the user uses crystals for divination.
    • Hydromancy - form of divination using water.
    • Pyromancy - form of divination using fire.
  • Hagiomancy - form of divination by using saints and saint objects.
  • Necromancy - form of divination by speaking to the dead using corpses as a conduit.
  • Numeromancy - form of divination in which the user uses the numbers for divination.
  • Oneiromancy - form of divination in which the user uses the dreams for divination.
  • Organimancy - form of divination in which the user uses organic materials for divination.
    • Anthropomancy - form of divination by using human flesh, blood, organs and bones.
      • Hematomancy - form of divination by using blood.
      • Osteomancy - form of divination by using bones. Necromancy can also be included in this.
      • Hieromancyform of divination by using entrails of animals.
    • Chloromancy - form of divination by using plant life and vegetation.
      • Tasseomancy - form of divination in which the user uses tea leaves for divination.
    • Trofimancy - form of divination in which the user uses food for divination.
    • Palmistry - a form of divination in which the user reads an individual's palm to see their past, present and future.
  • Scrying - reading the future or obtain spiritual visions through translucent or luminescent objects. Sub-methods include crystallomancy/crystal gazing and pyromancy/fire reading.

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See Also: Whatevermancy.

Anime/Manga/Manhwa[]

  • Fortuneteller Baba (Dragon Ball)
  • Cana Alberona (Fairy Tail)
  • Basil Hawkins (One Piece)
  • Joseph Joestar (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure); via Hermit Purple
  • Sardinian Fortune Teller (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part V: Vento Aureo/Golden Wind)
  • Rei Hino/Sailor Mars (Sailor Moon); Pyromancy
  • Tamamura Tamao (Shaman King)
  • Asakura Yohmei (Shaman King)
  • Keitaro Urashima (Love Hina)
  • Kafū Chino (Gochūmon ha Usagi desuka?); Tasseomancy via Cappuccino's coffee grounds
  • Tippy (Gochūmon ha Usagi desuka?); Tasseomancy via coffee grounds
  • Iyo (Big Order)
  • Sunny (Toaru Majutsu no Index)
  • Rain (Toaru Majutsu no Index)
  • Bologna Succubus (Toaru Majutsu no Index)
  • Aiura Mikoto (The Disastrous Life of Saiki K.)
  • Marmolims (Sonic X)

Comics/Cartoons[]

  • Madame Xanadu (DC Comics)
  • John Constantine (DC Comics)
  • Doctor Fate (DC Comics)
  • Traci Thirteen (DC Comics)
  • Klarion Bleak (DC Comics)
  • Doctor Strange (Marvel Comics)
  • Gambit (Marvel Comics)
  • Maleficent (Disney's Sleeping Beauty)
  • Inanna (The Wicked + The Divine)
  • Cassandra Igarashi/Urdr (The Wicked + The Divine)
  • Soothsayer (Kung Fu Panda 2)
  • Madame Leizel (Di-Gata Defenders); via The Eye
  • Lumina (Barbie Fairytopia: Magic of the Rainbow)

Folklore/Mythology[]

  • Levites (Abrahamic Mythology)
  • Sibyls (Classical Mythology)
  • Oracles (Classical Mythology)
  • Astrologers (Medieval Occultism)

Literature[]

  • Seers (Harry Potter/Fantastic Beasts)
    • Gellert Grindelwald
    • Cassandra Trelawney
    • Sybill Trelawney
  • Rachel Elizabeth Dare (Percy Jackson and the Olympians)
  • Warlocks, wizard, witches and witch-chameleons (Shadow Falls)
  • Jacquetta of Luxembourg (The White Queen)
  • Elizabeth Woodville ( The White Queen)  

Live Television/Movies[]

  • Devi (Aliados)
  • Cordelia Foxx (American Horror Story: Coven)
  • Zoe Benson (American Horror Story: Coven)
  • Coco St. Pierre Vanderbilt (American Horror Story)
  • Drusilla (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
  • Gypsies (Charmed)
  • Seers (Charmed)
  • Oracles (Charmed)
  • Carrionites (Doctor Who)
  • Tia Dalma/Calypso (Pirates of the Caribbean)
  • Miranda Reed (Spellbinder)
  • Banshees (Teen Wolf)
    • Lydia Martin
    • Meredith Walker
    • Lorraine Martin
  • Evil (Time Bandits)
  • Witches (The Vampire Diaries/The Originals)

Video Games[]

  • Akinator (Akinator)
  • Fortune Teller (The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past)
  • Fanadi (The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess)
  • Sparrot (The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword)
  • Benedetta Gaetani/The Wink (Marvel Nemesis: Rise of the Imperfects)
  • Merlina (Sonic the Hedgehog)
  • Kamek (Super Mario)
  • Merlon (Super Mario)
  • Madame Clairvoya (Luigi's Mansion)
  • Rose (Street Fighter)
  • Dantalion (Valkyrie Crusade)
  • Chihaya Mifune (Persona 5)

Web Comics/Series[]

Known Objects[]

  • Urim and Thummim (Biblical Occultism)
  • The Book Shadows (Charmed 2018)
  • Rasputin's Reliquary (Don Bluth’s Anastasia 1997)

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