Types Of Divination That Arenโt Tarot:
Iโm tired of tarot cards and tarot readers everywhereโฆitโs awesome but thereโs just too many of yaโll. I just want my friends list to be more diverse. If I am gonna be honest, tarot isnโt most of your forte. Most of you just arenโt good at it. And further, you set yourself up for failure doing the job that 1000 other blitches are already doing and excelling at! But the good news is there are other options!
TYPES OF DIVINATION THAT ARENโT TAROT:
โ๐ทTasseomancy: Divination from tea leaves, coffee grounds, or wine sediment. Put that drinking or herb habit to good use!
๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฏ๏ธ Scrying: Divination using a crystal ball (gastromancy), mirror/black mirror (catoptromancy), bowl of water (hydromancy) or other reflective surface. Can also use a flame or ashes from a spell (cineromancy/ceneromancy). Go get some full moon water and Git it.
๐ Stichomancy/Bibliomancy/Rhapsodomancy: Divination from sacred and spiritual texts. Yes, we have sacred and spiritual books that arenโt the Bible. Yes much of our oral tradition has been written down. No excuses.
โ๐พChiromancy: Palmistry, divination through the study of the hand. There are hands all around you! You have two! Grab and go, fam, grab and go!
๐ฌ๏ธCapnomancy/Libanomancy: Divination through reading smoke. COME ON where my potheads at this isnโt hard. Where my cigar smokers, pipe smokers, roll a bleezy and letโs get to it!
๐๐พPendulum Reading: Energy reading using an object or your body as the pendulum.
โ ๏ธ Osteomancy: Divination with bones, shells, and other parts of nature.
๐ฟ๐Lithomancy: Divination with stones that have symbols drawn on them (runes, a popular British Isles practice but Iโm down if you want to drawn indigenous symbols from your culture)
๐ฐI Ching Divination: Utilizes coins and yarrow stalks. You should probably only bust out Chinese coins with holes if you are in some way Chinese FYI. But why not use coins from your hometown? We all have coins laying in the sofa cushions! We all have native twigs in the grass outside!
๐๏ธ๐ Spirit Boards: Divination with a talking boardโthe most commonly called a Ouija board. Used since Ancient times (China, Africa, Greece) and for much more than talking to demons. Like please just stop obsessing with the devil lmao.
โ๏ธDowsing Rod: A spiritual stick used for fortelling and finding. Iโve seen a million crystal โwandsโ being sold by blitches, go get one and do this thing!
โ๏ธ๐จ๏ธNephomancy: Divination of the clouds. They are beautiful. Best of allโฆthey are free and you donโt have to store them. My husband just reminded me that an episode of Avatar: The Last Airbender was based on a woman who read the clouds โ
๐โจSortilege: Also called casting lots, ancient form of divination that is quite mysterious and open for interpretation. Found in the Bible 70+ times (most notably to throw Jonah to the whale) it involves taking a group of relevant objects and casting them for the truth. The objects can range from items to paper with words or symbols written on them. Typically all items are placed in a bag and you draw them out one at a time.
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๐ฆ๏ธHeliomancy/Solaromancy : Divination of the rays and movement of the sun. We can all see the sun, really this one sounds easy. Why is none of you with Rah on your name jumped on this?
๐๐๐ Selenomancy: Step 1, go outside and look at the moon. Step 2, ______. Step 3, profit. But for real yaโll love the moon, go read her!
๐จ๐พ๐ฉ๐ฟPhysiognomy: Divination through facial reading. You seen faces before! Read them!
๐ช๐ดNarcomancy: Divination while sleeping /dreaming.
๐ฟ๐Phylomancy: Divination of leaves. Your divination pics will never look the same twice! Plus this is another free one!
๐ฃ๏ธSymbolomancy: Divination of things found on the road. Iโd follow an IG of someone who did THAT in a meaningful way!
I hope this list inspires you to just jump in and try something new. Stop waiting for a teacher and just PRACTICE. The same way you all are doing with tarot. Feel bold and like you can practice something elseโฆhell make up your own pieces and ways. Blaze a goddamn trail.
A Blitch Who Wants Some Options Damnit
