#divination

• Acromancy — An ancient form of divination based on the observation and interpretation of the shapes and evolution of air, mist, or atmospheric vapors; the art of predicting the future through specific aeromantic phenomena. In its ritualistic essence, this practice involved the mystical isolation of the seer in an open space, where the patterns left by early air currents or condensed vapors were decoded as subtle messages from the divinity.
• Found — 1. Discovered, found, or known following a search, investigation, or chance event. 2. Located, situated, or positioned within a specific geographic, administrative, or emotional context. 3. As a neuter noun (in folklore), a traditional magical practice of divination or predicting the future.
• Folk divination — A popular articulated regional variant of 'aflatul', used in Romanian villages to designate a divination ritual, magical custom, or traditional practice of predicting the future. Performed during sacred nights, it was used by young girls to discover their future husband.
• Haruspex — A priest or soothsayer from Etruscan and later Roman antiquity, specialized in the art of divination by examining the internal organs (especially the liver) of ritually sacrificed animals. In a structural and cultural sense, the haruspex interpreted signs considered divine to predict the future or to decipher the will of the gods before major political or military events, his activity being governed by a complex sacred doctrine called the 'Etruscan discipline'.
• Astragaloscopy — An ancient divinatory practice (astragalomancy) that consisted of predicting the future or interpreting the will of the gods by throwing and examining the position of animal ankle bones (astragali), used as primitive dice. This structural method of divination was highly widespread in Ancient Greece, the Roman Empire, and Asia Minor, being verified by numerous artifacts discovered in archaeological sites and sanctuaries.
• Astrology — A pseudoscience, doctrine, or ancient belief system claiming that a causal relationship or symbolic correspondence exists between the positions and movements of celestial bodies and human destinies, personalities, or life events. Although historically intertwined with astronomy, in the modern era it is completely demarcated from science, functioning as a divinatory practice based on the interpretation of zodiac signs and natal charts.
• Augur — An official priest in Ancient Rome tasked with interpreting the will of the gods and predicting the future based on the flight and songs of birds or celestial events. In a modern figurative sense, it describes a person who makes predictions, or a sign from which future events are deduced.