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crystal gazing
staring into a crystal ball to arouse visions of future or distant events
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divination, foretelling, fortune telling, soothsaying
the art or gift of prophecy (or the pretense of prophecy) by supernatural means
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arithmancy
divination by means of numbers
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dowse, dowsing, rhabdomancy
searching for underground water or minerals by using a dowsing rod
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geomancy
divination by means of signs connected with the earth (as points taken at random or the arrangement of particles thrown down at random or from the configuration of a region and its relation to another)
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hydromancy
divination by water (as by patterns seen in the ebb and flow of the tides)
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lithomancy
divination by means of stones or stone talismans
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necromancy
conjuring up the dead, especially for prophesying
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oneiromancy
divination through the interpretation of dreams
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onomancy
divination by the letters of a name
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chirology, chiromancy, palm reading, palmistry
telling fortunes by lines on the palm of the hand
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pyromancy
divination by fire or flames