• Omens and omen texts. "The most primitive, clumsy, but enduring method...is the simple recording of sequences of unusual or important events." (1976:236) Chinese history offers scrupulously documented occurrences of strange births, the tracking of natural phenomena, and other data. Chinese governmental planning relied on this method of forecasting for long-range strategy. It is not unreasonable to assume that modern scientific inquiry began with this kind of divination; Joseph Needham's work considered this very idea.

• Sortilege (cleromancy). This consists of the casting of lots, or sortes, whether with sticks, stones, bones, beans, coins, or some other item. Modern playing cards and board games developed from this type of divination.

• Augury. Divination that ranks a set of given possibilities. It can be qualitative (such as shapes, proximities, etc.): for example, dowsing (a form of rhabdomancy) developed from this type of divination. The Romans in classical times used Etruscan methods of augury such as hepatoscopy (actually a form of extispicy). Haruspices examined the livers of sacrificed animals. Note that augury is normally considered to specifically refer to divination by studying the flight patterns of birds.

• Spontaneous. An unconstrained form of divination, free from any particular medium, and actually a generalization of all types of divination. The answer comes from whatever object the diviner happens to see or hear. Some religions use a form of bibliomancy: they ask a question, riffle the pages of their holy book, and take as their answer the first passage their eyes light upon. Other forms of spontaneous divination include reading auras and New Age methods of Feng Shui such as "intuitive" and Fuzion
• abacomancy (ăb′·ə·kə·măn·sē): by dust (Hebrew ’ābāq, dust + Greek manteia, prophecy)
• acultomancy (ə·kŭlt′·ə·măn·sē; also acutomancy): by needles (from acutomancy below, influenced by Latin acūleus, needle)
• acutomancy (ə·kū′·tə·măn·sē) → see acultomancy above (Latin acus [acut-], needle + Greek manteia, prophecy)
• adromancy (ăd′·rə·măn·sē) → see alomancy below (from idromancy below, influenced by alomancy)
• adryomancy→ see hydromancy below (metathesis of hydromancy)
• aeromancy (ār′·ə·măn·sē): by atmospheric conditions (Greek āēr, air + manteia, prophecy)
• agalmatomancy (ə·gôl′·mə·tə·măn·sē): by statues (Greek agalma [agalmat-], statue + manteia, prophecy)
• aichmomancy (īk'mə·măn·sē): by sharp objects (Greek aikhmē, spearhead + manteia, prophecy)
• ailuromancy/aeluromancy → see under theriomancy below
• alectormancy/alectromancy (ə·lĕk′·tər·măn·sē): by rooster sacrifice (Greek alektor, rooster + manteia, prophecy)
• alectryomancy/alectoromancy → see under theriomancy below
• aleuromancy¹ (ə·lūr′·ə·măn·sē): by flour; see also under chartomancy below (Greek aleuron, meal + manteia, prophecy)
• alomancy/Halomancy (ăl′·ə·măn·sē; also adromancy): by salt (Greek hals, salt + manteia, prophecy)
• alphitomancy (ăl·fī′·tə·măn·sē): by barley (Greek alphis [alphit-], barley + manteia, prophecy)
• alveromancy (ăl·vēr′·ə·măn·sē): by sounds
• amathomancy (ə·măth′·ə·măn·sē): by sand (Greek amathos, sandy soil + manteia, prophecy)
• ambulomancy (ăm′·byə·lə·măn·sē): by walking (Latin ambulāre, to walk + Greek manteia, prophecy)
• amniomancy (ăm′·nē·ə·măn·sē): by placenta (Greek amniōn, amnion + manteia, prophecy)
• anemoscopy/anemomancy (ă′·nə·mŏs′·kə·pē): by wind (Greek anemos, wind + -skopiā, observation)
• anthomancy (ăn′·thə·măn·sē): by flowers (Greek anthos, flower + manteia, prophecy)
• anthropomancy (ăn·thrŏp′·ə·măn·sē): by human sacrifice (Greek anthrōpos, human being + manteia, prophecy)
• anthroposcopy (ăn′·thrə·pŏs′·kə·pē): by physical appearance (Greek anthrōpos, human being + -skopiā, observation)
• anthracomancy (ăn·thrăk′·ə·măn·sē): by burning coals (Greek anthrax [anthrak-], charcoal + manteia, prophecy)
• apantomancy (ə·pănt′·ə·măn·sē): by chance encounters with animals (Greek apantein, to encounter + manteia, prophecy)
• arachnomancy (ə·răk′·nə·măn·sē): by spiders (Greek arakhnē, spider + manteia, prophecy)
• archeomancy/archaeomancy (âr′·kē·ə·măn·sē): by sacred relics (Greek arkhaios, ancient + manteia, prophecy)
• arithmancy/arithmomancy/arithmosophy (ăr′·ĭth·măn·sē, ə·rĭth′·mən·sē^[1]): by numbers (Greek arithmos, number + manteia, prophecy)
• ariolation (ăr′·ē·ə·lā′·shən): by alters (Latin ariolus, hariolus, prophet)
• armomancy (âr′·mə·măn·sē): by one's own shoulders (Latin armus, shoulder + Greek manteia, prophecy)
• aruspicina: study of entrails ^[2]
• aspidomancy (ăs′·pɪ·də·măn·sē): by sitting in a drawn circle (Greek aspis [aspid-], shield + manteia, prophecy)
• astragalomancy/astragalamancy → see under cleromancy below
• astragyromancy → see under cleromancy below (from astragalomancy above, perhaps influenced by Greek guros, spiral, circle, and therefore vertebra)
• astrapomancy (ə·străp′·ə·măn·sē): by lightning (Greek astrapē, lightning flash + manteia, prophecy)
• astrology/astromancy/astroscopy (ə·strŏl′·ə·jē): by celestial bodies (Greek astron, star + -logiā, study)
• augury (ô′·gyə·rē) → see under theriomancy below
• auramancy (ôr′·ə·măn·sē): by auras (Greek aurā, breath + manteia, prophecy)
• auspicy/auspication → see under theriomancy below (Latin avis, bird + specere, to look at)
• austromancy → see under theriomancy below (ô′·strə·măn·sē): by wind (Latin auster, south wind + Greek manteia, prophecy)
• avimancy → see orniscopy below (Latin avis, bird + Greek manteia, prophecy)
• axiomancy/axinomancy (ăks′·ē·ə·măn·sē): by axes (Latin axis, axis + manteia, prophecy)

B

• batraquomancy/batrachomancy (bə·trăk′·ə·măn·sē): by frogs (Greek batrakhos, frog + manteia, prophecy)
• belomancy/bolomancy (bĕl′·ə·măn·sē): by arrows (from bolomancy below, influenced by Greek belemnon, javelin, or belonē, needle)
• bibliomancy → see chartomancy below
• biorhythmic divination: by biorhythms
• bletonism/bletonomancy (blĕt′·ən·ĭz·m): by water current (named for Monsieur Bleton, a French bletonist)
• bolomancy (bŏl′·ə·măn·sē) → see belomancy above (Greek bolē, arrow + manteia, prophecy)
• botanomancy (bə·tăn′·ə·măn·sē): by burning sage or figs (Greek botanē, flora + manteia, prophecy)
• brizomancy → see oneiromancy below (Greek brizein, to be sleepy + manteia, prophecy)
• brontomancy/Brontoscopy (brŏn′·tə·măn·sē): by thunder (Greek brontē, thunder + manteia, prophecy)
• bumpology (bŭm·pŏl′·ə·jē): by bumps on the skin (English bump + Greek -logiā, study)

C

• cabala → see kabbalah below
• canomancy (kăn′·ə·măn·sē, kā′·nə·măn·sē): by dogs (Latin canis, dog + Greek manteia, prophecy)
• capnomancy (kăp′·nə·măn·sē): by smoke (Greek kapnos, smoke + manteia, prophecy)
• carromancy (kăr′·ə·măn·sē): by melting wax (Greek karrō, of wax + manteia, prophecy)
• cartopedy → see under somatomancy below (Latin carta, papyrus paper + pēs [pēd-], foot)
• cartomancy → see under chartomancy below
• catoptromancy/captromancy → see under scrying below
• cattabomancy/cattobomancy: by wine in a brass bowl (Greek kottabos, cottabus + manteia, prophecy)
• causimancy/causimomancy (kô′·zə·măn·sē): by burning (Greek kaiein [kaus-], to burn + manteia, prophecy)
• cineromancy/ceneromancy (sɪ·nĕr′·ə·măn·sē): by ashes (Latin cinis [ciner-], ashes + Greek manteia, prophecy)
• cephalomancy → see under somatomancy below
• cephaleonomancy/cephalonomancy (sĕf′·ə·lē·ŏn′·ə·măn·sē): by boiling a donkey's head (Greek kephalaion, head [with meaning influenced by Greek onos, donkey] + manteia, prophecy)
• ceraunoscopy (sĕr′·ə·nŏs′·kə·pē): by thunder and lightning (Greek keraunos, thunderbolt + -skopiā, observation)
• ceromancy/ceroscopy (sēr′·ə·măn·sē): by dripping wax in water (Greek kēros, wax + manteia, prophecy)
• chalcomancy: by striking gongs or copper bowls (Greek khalkos, copper + manteia, prophecy)
• chaomancy (kā′·ə·măn·sē): by aerial visions (Greek khaos, primordial space + manteia, prophecy)
• chartomancy (kârt′·ə·măn·sē): by things on paper (Greek khartēs, papyrus paper + manteia, prophecy)
  • cartomancy (kârt′·ə·măn·sē): by cards (Latin carta, papyrus paper + Greek manteia, prophecy)
    • taromancy/tarotmancy (tăr′·ə·măn·sē): by tarot (English tarot + Greek manteia, prophecy)
  • stichomancy (stĭk′·ə·măn·sē): by books or lines (Greek stikhos, line of verse + manteia, prophecy)
    • aleuromancy² (ə·lūr′·ə·măn·sē): by fortune cookies (of the same origin as aleuromancy¹ above)
    • bibliomancy (bĭb′·lē·ə·măn·sē): by the Bible (Greek biblion, book + manteia, prophecy)
    • I Ching divination: by the I Ching or the accompanying I Ching manual
    • stoicheomancy/stoichomancy: by the Iliad and the Odyssey or the Aeneid (Greek stoikheion, element + manteia, prophecy; to the Greeks, Homer's writings were held in similar esteem to the Christian Bible or the Muslim Quran, as were Virgil's writings to the Romans, making them the basic — or elementary — reading material in each culture)
• cheiromancy/chiromancy→ see under somatomancy below
• cheirognomy/chirognomy → see under somatomancy below
• chien tung → see kau cim below
• choriomancy: by pig bladders (Greek khorion, placenta + mantiea, prophecy)
• chresmomancy: by the ravings of lunatics (Greek khrēsmos, oracular utterance, chresm + manteia, prophecy)
• chronomancy (krŏn′·ə·măn·sē): by apt occasion (Greek khronos, time + manteia, prophecy)
• clamancy: by random shouts and cries heard in crowds, at night, etc. (Latin clāmāre, to cry out + Greek manteia, prophecy)
• cledonism/cledonomancy (klĕd′·n·ĭz·m): by chance events or overheard words (Greek klēdon, rumor)
• cleidomancy/clidomancy (klī′·də·măn·sē): by keys (Greek kleis [kleid-], key + manteia, prophecy)
• cleromancy (klĕr′·ə·măn·sē): by casting (Greek klēros, lot + manteia, prophecy)
  • astragalomancy/astragalamancy (ə·străg′·ə·lə·măn·sē; also cubomancy): by dice (Greek astragalos, vertebra + manteia, prophecy)
  • domino divination: by dominoes
  • favomancy (făv′·ə·măn·sē): by beans (Latin faba, bean + Greek manteia, prophecy)
  • Ogham casting: by Ogham letters
  • runecasting/Runic divination: by runes
• cometomancy (kə·mĕt′·ə·măn·sē): by comet tails (Greek komētēs, comet + manteia, prophecy)
• colormancy/coloromancy: by colors (English color + Greek manteia, prophecy)
• conchomancy (kŏng′·kə·măn·sē): by shells (Greek konkhē, mussel + manteia, prophecy)
• cosquinomancy/coscinomancy (kə·skĭn′·ə·măn·sē): by hanging sieves (Greek koskinōn, sieve + manteia, prophecy)
• craniognomy (krā′·nē·ŏg′·nə·mē, krā′·nē·ŏn′·ə·mē) → see under somatomancy below (Greek krānion, skull + -gnōmoniā, interpretation)
• the crawling baby: by a baby's crawling
• crithomancy/critomancy (krĭth′·ə·măn·sē): by barley cakes (Greek krithē, barley + manteia, prophecy)
• cromnyomancy/cromniomancy (krŏm′·nē·ə·măn·sē): by onion sprouts (alteration of Greek krommuon, onion + manteia, prophecy)
• cryptomancy: by omens (Greek kruptos, hidden + manteia, prophecy)
• crystal ball gazing → see under scrying below
• crystal gazing → see under scrying below
• crystallomancy (krĭs′·tə·lə·măn·sē) → see under scrying below (Greek krustallos, crystal + manteia, prophecy)
• cubomancy (kū′·bə·măn·sē) → see under cleromancy above (Greek kubos, cube + manteia, prophecy)
• cyathomancy: by cups (Greek kuathos, cup + manteia, prophecy)
• cybermancy (sī′·bər·măn·sē): by computer oracles (English cyber(netics) + Greek manteia, prophecy)
• cyclicomancy: by swirling water in a cup (Greek kuklikos, cyclical, circular + manteia, prophecy)
• cyclomancy (sĭk′·lə·măn·sē, sī′·klə·măn·sē): by wheels (Greek kuklos, circle + manteia, prophecy)

 D

• dactyliomancy (dăk·tĭl'ē·ə·măn·sē): by finger rings (Greek daktulios, finger ring + manteia, prophecy)
• dactylomancy (dăk·tĭl'ə·măn·sē): by means of finger movements (Greek daktulos, finger + manteia, prophecy)
• daphnomancy (dăf'nə·măn·sē): by burning laurel wreaths (Greek daphnē, laurel + manteia, prophecy)
• demonomancy (də·mŏn'ə·măn·sē): by demons (Greek daimōn, divine power + manteia, prophecy)
• dendromancy: by trees, especially oaks, yews, or mistletoe (Greek dendron, tree + manteia, prophecy)
• deuteroscopy (doo'tə·rə·măn·sē): by second glance or double take (Greek deuteros, secondary + -skopiā, observation)
• dictiomancy (dĭk'shə·măn·sē): by randomly opening a dictionary (English dictio(nary) + Greek manteia, prophecy)
• divining → see dowsing below
• djubed → see under scrying below
• dōbutsu uranai: by animal horoscope (Japanese dōbutsu, animal + uranai, prognostication)
• domino divination → see under cleromancy above
• dowsing (also divining, water witching): by a divining rod (of unknown origin)
• dracomancy: by dragons (Greek drakōn, dragon + manteia, prophecy)
• dream questions: by dreaming
• dririmancy/driromancy (drēr'ə·măn·sē): by dripping blood (alteration of drimimancy, influenced by Middle English drir, blood)
• drimimancy/drymimancy (drĭm'ə·măn·sē): by bodily fluids (Greek drimus, pungent + manteia, prophecy)

 E

• eleomancy/elaeomancy: by oil (Greek elaion, olive oil + manteia, prophecy)
• emonomancy → see demonomancy above^{[citation needed]}
• empyromancy (ĕm'pī·rə·măn·sē): by burning (Greek empurios, fiery + manteia, prophecy)
• enochian chess: by playing a four·handed variant of the game
• enoptromancy (ĕn·ŏp'trə·măn·sē) → see under scrying below (Greek enoptron, looking glass + manteia, prophecy)
• enthusiasm: speeches by those supposed to be possessed by a divine spirit ^[3]
• entomomancy/entomancy: by insects (Greek entomon, insect + manteia, prophecy)
• eromancy (ĕr'ə·măn·sē): by water vessels exposed to air (Greek āēr, air + manteia, prophecy)
• extispicy/extispication (ĕk·stĭs'pə·sē): by the remains of sacrificed animals (Latin exta, entrails + specere, to look at)

 F

• favomancy → see under cleromancy above
• felidomancy → see under theriomancy below (Latin fēlēs [fēlid-], cat + Greek manteia, prophecy)
• feng shui → see under geomancy below
• floriography/floromancy (flôr'ē·ŏg'rə·fē): by flowers' feelings (Latin flōs [flōr-], flower + Greek -graphiā, representation)
• fractomancy (frăk'tə·măn·sē): by fractals (English fract(al) + Greek manteia, prophecy)
• fructomancy/fructimancy: by fruit (Latin frūctus, fruit + Greek manteia, prophecy)

G

• galvanoscopy (găl'və·nŏs'kə·pē): by galvanism (English galvan(ism) + Greek -skopiā, observation)
• gastromancy¹ → see under scrying below
• gastromancy² (găs'trə·măn·sē): by guttural sounds (Greek gastēr, belly + manteia, prophecy)
• geomancy (jē'ə·măn·sē): by earth (Greek gē, earth + manteia, prophecy)
  • feng Shui divination: by Feng Shui
• geloscopy (jə·lŏs'kə·pē): by laughter (Greek gelōs, laughter + -skopiā, observation)
• gematria: by the Hebrew alphabet (Greek gē, earth + -metriā, measurement)
• genethlialogy: by birth dates (Greek genethlios, birthday + -logiā, study)
• grammomancy (grăm'ə·măn·sē): by writing individual letters (Greek gramma, letter + manteia, prophecy)
• graphology (gră·fŏl'ə·jē; also graptomancy): by studying handwriting (Greek graphē, writing + -logiā, study)
• graptomancy (grăp'tə·măn·sē) → see graphology above (Greek graptos, written + manteia, prophecy)
• gyromancy (jī'rə·măn·sē): by dizziness (Greek gūros, spiral + manteia, prophecy)

 H

• hagiomancy: by saints (Greek hagios, holy + manteia, prophecy)
• halomancy (hăl'ə·măn·sē) → see alomancy above.
• hakata: by bones or dice
• haruspicy/haruspication (hə·rŭs'pə·sē) → see hepatoscopy below (Latin haru-, entrails + specere, to look at)
• hematomancy/haematomancy (hĕm'ə·tə·măn·sē, hē'mə·tə·măn·sē): by blood (Greek haima [haimat-], blood + manteia, prophecy)
• hepatoscopy/hepatomancy (hĕp'ə·tə·măn·sē; also haruspicy, haruspication): by liver (Greek hēpar [hēpat-], liver + -skopiā, observation)
• hieromancy/hieroscopy (hī'rə·măn·sē, hī'ə·rə·măn·sē): by studying sacrifices' entrails (Greek hieros, holy + manteia, prophecy)
• hippomancy → see under theriomancy below.
• horoscopy (hə·rŏs'kə·pē): aspect of the Stars at nativity ^[4] (Greek hōrā, season + -skopiā, observation)
• hydatomancy: by rainwater (Greek hudatis, raindrop + manteia, prophecy)
• hydromancy/hydroscopy → see under scrying below
• hyomancy: by wild hogs (Greek hūs, swine + manteia, prophecy)
• hypnomancy (hĭp'nə·măn·sē): by sleep (Greek hupnos, sleep + manteia, prophecy)

 I

• I Ching divination → see under chartomancy above.
• ichnomancy (ĭk'nə·măn·sē): by footprints (Greek ikhnos, track + manteia, prophecy)
• ichthyomancy → see under theriomancy below
• iconomancy (ī·kŏn'ə·măn·sē): by icons (Greek eikōn, image + manteia, prophecy)
• idolomancy (ī·dŏl'ə·măn·sē): by idols (Greek eidōlon, phantom + manteia, prophecy)
• idromancy → see alomancy above (Greek idrōs, sweat + manteia, prophecy)
• ifá: by palm nuts
• iridology: by eye color (Greek īris [īrid-], iris + -logiā, study)
• isopsephy: by numbers and letters (Greek īsos, equal + psephos, pebble)

 K

• kabbalah/qabalah/cabala: by the Kabbalah (Hebrew qabbālâ, tradition)
• kau cim: by bamboo
• kephalonomancy (kə·făl'ə·nə·măn·sē) → see cephaleonomancy above
• keraunomancy (kə·rôn'ə·măn·sē) → see ceraunoscopy above
• knissomancy (nĭs'ə·măn·sē): by incense (Greek knisa [kniss-], vapor + manteia, prophecy)
• kypomancy → see under phyllomancy below (akin to Greek kupellon, goblet + manteia, prophecy)

L

• labiomancy (lā'bē·ə·măn·sē): by lips (Latin labium, lip + Greek manteia, prophecy)
• lampadomancy (lăm'pə·də·măn·sē): by flame (Greek lampas [lampad-], light + manteia, prophecy)
• lecanomancy/lecanoscopy (lə·kăn'ə·măn·sē): by a basin of water (Greek lekanē, basin + manteia, prophecy)
• letnomancy: by secrets (English let no (one see) + Greek manteia, prophecy)
• libanomancy (lī·băn'ə·măn·sē): by smoke from incense (Greek libanos, frankincense + manteia, prophecy)
• literomancy (lĭ'tər·ə·măn·sē): by a letter in a written language (Latin lītera, letter + Greek manteia, prophecy)
• lithomancy (lĭth'ə·măn·sē): by precious stones (Greek lithos, stone + manteia, prophecy)
• logarithmancy (lŏ'gə·rĭth'mən·sē, lô'gə·rĭth'mən·sē): by logarithms (English logarith(m) + Greek manteia, prophecy)
• logomancy (lŏ'gə·măn·sē, lô'gə·măn·sē): by words (Greek logos, word + manteia, prophecy)
• lots: divination through chance, or the drawing or tossing of lots^[5]
• lunamancy → see selenomancy below (Latin lūna, moon + Greek manteia, prophecy)
• lychnomancy: by candles (Greek lukhnos, lamp + manteia, prophecy)

 M

• macharomancy: by swords or knives (Greek makhaira, dirk + manteia, prophecy)
• macromancy (măk'rə·măn·sē): by large objects (Greek makros, large + manteia, prophecy)
• maculomancy (măk'yə·lə·măn·sē): by spots on the skin (Latin macula, spot + manteia, prophecy)
• mahjong divination: by Mahjong tiles
• margaritomancy (mâr'gə·rĭt'ə·măn·sē): by bouncing pearls (Greek margarītēs, pearl + manteia, prophecy)
• mathemancy (măth'ə·măn·sē): by mathematics (English mathe(matics) + Greek manteia, prophecy)
• mazomancy (măz'ə·măn·sē): by nursing (Greek mazos, breast + manteia, prophecy)
• meconomancy (mĭ·kō'nə·măn·sē): by sleeping (Greek mēkōn, poppy [i.e., an opiate] + manteia, prophecy)
• megapolisomancy: by large cities (English megalopolis + Greek manteia, prophecy)
• meilomancy: by moles
• metagnomy (mĕ·tăg'nə·mē, mĕ·tăn'ə·mē): by magic (Greek meta-, beside + -gnōmoniā, interpretation)
• meteormancy (mē'tē·ər·măn·sē, mē'tē·ôr·măn·sē): by meteors (English meteor + Greek manteia, prophecy)
• meteoromancy (mē'tē·ôr'ə·măn·sē, mē'tē·ŏr'ə·măn·sē): by thunder and lightning (Greek meteōron, heavenly phenomenon + manteia, prophecy)
• metoposcopy/metopomancy (mĕt'ə·pŏs'kə·pē): by the lines of the forehead^[6] (Greek metōpon, forehead + -skopiā, observation)
• micromancy (mī'krə·măn·sē): by small objects (Greek mikros, small + manteia, prophecy)
• moleosophy (mōl·ŏs'ə·fē, mō'lē·ŏs'ə·fē): by blemishes (English mole + Greek sophiā, knowledge)
• molybdomancy (mə·lĭb'də·măn·sē): by molten metal (Greek molubdos, lead + manteia, prophecy)
• moromancy (môr'ə·măn·sē, mō'rə·măn·sē): by foolishness (Greek mōros, dull + manteia, prophecy)
• myomancy → see under theriomancy below
• myrmomancy → see under theriomancy below

 N

• narcomancy (nâr'kə·măn·sē): by sleep (Greek narkē, numbness + manteia, prophecy)
• natimancy → see under somatomancy below (Latin natis, buttock + Greek manteia, prophecy)
• necromancy¹ (nĕk'rə·măn·sē, nēk'rə·măn·sē): by speaking to the dead, by corpses^[7] (Greek nekros, corpse + manteia, prophecy)
• necyomancy (nēs'ē·ə·măn·sē): by summoning Satan (Greek nekuiā, invocation + manteia, prophecy)
• nephomancy (nĕf'ə·măn·sē): by clouds (Greek nephos, cloud + manteia, prophecy)
• nigromancy (nī'grə·măn·sē): by black magic (Latin niger, black + Greek manteia, prophecy)
• nomancy (nŏm'ən·sē, nō'mən·sē) → see onomancy below (variant of onomancy, influenced by Latin nōmen, name)
• notarikon/netrikon: by initials (Latin notāricus, in shorthand)
• nggàm → see under theriomancy below
• numerology (noo'mə·rŏl'ə·jē, nū'mə·rŏl'ə·jē): by numbers (Latin numerus, number + Greek manteia, prophecy)
• numismatomancy: by coins (Greek nomisma [nomismat-], coin + manteia, prophecy)

 O

• oculomancy (ŏk'yə·lə·măn·sē): by eyes (Latin oculus, eye + Greek manteia, prophecy)
• odontomancy (ō·dŏn'tə·măn·sē): by teeth (Greek odous [odont-], tooth + manteia, prophecy)
• oenomancy/oinomancy (ē'nə·măn·sē): by wine (Greek oinos, wine + manteia, prophecy)
• ololygmancy (ō·lŏl'əg·măn·sē): by the howling of dogs (Greek ololuzō [ololug-], howl + manteia, prophecy)
• omoplatoscopy → see scapulimancy below (Greek ōmoplatē, shoulder blade + -skopiā, observation)
• omphalomancy (ŏm'fə·lə·măn·sē): by navels (Greek omphalos, navel + manteia, prophecy)
• oneiromancy/oneiroscopy (ō·nī'rə·măn·sē): by dreams (Greek oneiros, dream + manteia, prophecy)
• onimancy (ŏ'nə·măn·sē) → see onychomancy below
• onomancy/onomomancy/nomancy (ŏn'ə·măn·sē): by letters in a name (Greek onoma, name + manteia, prophecy)
• onomomancy (ō·nŏm'ə·măn·sē, ə·nō'mə·măn·sē) → see onomancy above
• onychomancy/onymancy/onimancy (ə·nĭk'ə·măn·sē): by finger· and toenails (Greek onux [onukh-], nail + manteia, prophecy)
• onymancy (ŏ'nə·măn·sē) → see onychomancy above
• oomancy/ooscopy (ō'ə·măn·sē; also ovomancy): by eggs (Greek ōion, egg + manteia, prophecy)
• ophidiomancy/ophiomancy → see theriomancy below
• opthalmomancy → see oculomancy above (Greek ophthalmos, eye + manteia, prophecy)
• organoscopy → see phrenology below (Greek organon, organ + -skopiā, observation)
• orniscopy/ornithomancy → see theriomancy below
• oromancy: by mountains (Greek oros, mountain + manteia, prophecy)
• oryctomancy: by minerals (Greek oruktos, dug + manteia, prophecy)
• ossomancy → see osteomancy below (Latin os [oss-], bone + Greek manteia, prophecy)
• osteomancy: by bones (Greek osteon, bone + manteia, prophecy)
• Ouija/Ouije: by ouija board (French oui, yes + German ja, yes)
• ouranomancy → see uranomancy below.
• ovomancy → see oomancy above (Latin ōvum, egg + manteia, prophecy)

 P

• pallomancy: by pendulums (Greek pallein, to sway + manteia, prophecy)
• palmistry/palm reading → see under somatomancy below (Latin palma, palm)
• papyromancy: by folding paper, especially paper money (Greek papūros, papyrus paper + manteia, prophecy)
• pedomancy → see under somatomancy below (from podomancy, influenced by Latin pēs [pēd-], foot)
• pegomancy: by fountains (Greek pēgē, spring + manteia, prophecy)
• pessomancy: by pebbles (Greek pessos, oval pebble + manteia, prophecy)
• pecthimancy/petchimancy: by brushed cloth (possibly akin to Greek pekein, to card wool, or pēktē, netting + manteia, prophecy)
• phobomancy: by feelings of fear (Greek phobos, fear + manteia, prophecy)
• photomancy: by fields of light (Greek phōs [phōt-], light + manteia, prophecy)
• phrenology (also organoscopy): by the configuration of one's brain (Greek phrēn, mind + -logiā, study)
• phyllomancy: by leaves (Greek phullon, leaf + manteia, prophecy)
  • sycomancy: by fig leaves (Greek sūkon, fig + manteia, prophecy)
  • tasseography/tasseomancy (also kypomancy): by tea leaves or coffee grounds (French tasse, cup + Greek -graphiā, representation)
• phyllorhodomancy: by rose petals (Greek phullon, leaf + rhodon, rose + manteia, prophecy)
• physiognomy/physiognomancy: by faces (Greek phusis, nature + -gnōmoniā, interpretation)
• phytognomy: by the appearance of plants (Greek phuton, plant + -gnōmoniā, interpretation)
• plastromancy: by cracks formed by heat on a turtle's plastron (English plastron + manteia, prophecy)
• pneumancy: by blowing (Greek pneuma, breath + manteia, prophecy)
• podomancy/pedomancy → see under somatomancy below
• portenta (also, ostenta): study of natural phenomena^[8]
• psephomancy: by lots or ballots (Greek psephos, pebble + manteia, prophecy)
• pseudomancy: by false means, such as Peter Answers (Greek pseudēs, false + manteia, prophecy)
• psychognomy: by phrenological notations (Greek psūkhē, soul + -gnōmoniā, observation)
• psychomancy → see necromancy¹ above (Greek psūkhē, soul + manteia, prophecy)
• pyromancy/pyroscopy: by fire (Greek pūr, fire + manteia, prophecy)

 Q

• qabalah → see kabbalah above

 R

• radiesthesia: by rods, pendulums, or other cylindrical tools (Latin radius, spoke + Greek -aisthēsiā, sensing)
• retromancy: by looking over one's shoulder (Latin retrō, behind + Greek manteia, prophecy)
• rhabdomancy/rabdomancy: by rods, sticks, or wands (Greek rhabdos, rod + manteia, prophecy)
• rhapsodomancy: by poetry (Greek rhapsōidiā, verse + manteia, prophecy)
• roadomancy: by constellations (apparently from Old English rodor, firmament + Greek manteia, prophecy)
• rumpology → see under somatomancy below
• runecasting → see under cleromancy above

 S

• scapulimancy/scapulomancy (also spatulamancy, omoplatoscopy): by bovine or caprid shoulder blades (Latin scapula, shoulder blade + Greek manteia, prophecy)
• scarpomancy: by old shoes (Italian scarpa, shoe + Greek manteia, prophecy)
• scatomancy: by excrement (Greek skōr [skat-], excrement + manteia, prophecy)
• schematomancy → see under somatomancy below
• sciomancy¹ (also shadowmancy): by shadows (Greek skiā, shadow + manteia, prophecy)
• sciomancy²: by spirits (of the same origin as sciomancy¹)
• scrying: by gazing (shortened from descrying)
  • crystal gazing: by reflective objects
    • catoptromancy/captromancy (also enoptromancy, djubed): by mirrors (Greek katoptron, mirror + manteia, prophecy)
    • gastromancy¹ (also crystallomancy, spheromancy, crystal ball gazing): by crystal ball (Greek gastēr, belly [i.e., round object] + manteia, prophecy)
    • hydromancy (also ydromancy): by water (Greek hudōr, water + manteia, prophecy)
• selenomancy: by the moon (Greek selēnē, moon + manteia, prophecy)
• shadowmancy → see sciomancy¹ above (English shadow + Greek manteia, prophecy)
• sideromancy: by burning straw with an iron (Greek sidēros, iron + manteia, prophecy)
• sikidy: by drawing sixteen lines in sand (perhaps a Malagasy transliteration of English sixteen)
• skatharomancy: by beetle tracks (Greek skatharōn, spot + manteia, prophecy)
• slinneanachd/slinnanacht: by animal shoulder blades (Scottish Gaelic slinnean, shoulder blade)
• solaromancy: by the sun (Latin sōl [sōlār-], sun + Greek manteia, prophecy)
• somatomancy: by the human form (Greek sōma [sōmat-], body + manteia, prophecy)
  • cephalomancy (also craniognomy): by skulls (Greek kephalē, head + manteia, prophecy)
  • cheiromancy/chiromancy (kī'rə·măn·sē; also palmistry, palm reading): by palms^[9] (Greek kheir, hand + manteia, prophecy)
  • cheirognomy/chirognomy (kī·rŏg'nə·mē, kī·rŏn'ə·mē): by hands (Greek kheir, hand + -gnōmoniā, interpretation)
  • podomancy/pedomancy (also cartopedy): by the soles of one's feet (Greek pous [pod-], foot + manteia, prophecy)
  • rumpology (also natimancy): by buttocks (English rump + Greek -logiā, study)
  • schematomancy: by the face (Greek skhēma [skhēmat-], figure + manteia, prophecy)
• sortilege: by the casting of lots, or sortes
  • sortes virgilianae: by Vergil's Aeneid
• spasmatomancy: by convulsions (alteration of *spasmodomancy, from Greek spasmos [spasmōd-], spasm + manteia, prophecy)
• spatilomancy: by animal excrement (Greek spatilē, excrement + manteia, prophecy)
• spatulamancy → see scapulimancy above (from scapulimancy, influenced by Latin spatula, splint)
• spheromancy → see under scrying above (Greek sphaira, sphere + manteia, prophecy)
• sphondulomancy: by spindles (Greek sphondulos, spindle + manteia, prophecy)
• splanchnomancy → see anthropomancy above (Greek splankhna, innards + manteia, prophecy)
• "spider divination": widespread in Cameroon, called nggam, actually using spiders or crabs. [See]http://era.anthropology.ac.uk/Divination
• spodomancy: by soot (Greek spodos, wood ashes + manteia, prophecy)
• stareomancy: by the four elements (Greek stais [stair-], dough + manteia, prophecy)
• stercomancy: by seeds in bird excrement (Latin stercus, excrement + Greek manteia, prophecy)
• sternomancy: by ridges on the breastbone (Greek sternon, breastbone + manteia, prophecy)
• stichomancy → see chartomancy above
• stigonomancy: by burning writing onto bark (Greek stizein [stigōn-], to brand + manteia, prophecy)
• stoicheomancy/stoichomancy → see under chartomancy above
• stolisomancy: by fashion (Greek stolis, garment + manteia, prophecy)
• sycomancy → see phyllomancy above
• symbolomancy: by things found on the road (Greek sumbolon, sign + manteia, prophecy)

 T

• taromancy → see under chartomancy above
• tasseography/tasseomancy → see under phyllomancy above
• technomancy: by technology (English techno(logy) + Greek manteia, prophecy)
• technical analysis: by patterns in the chart of a financial instrument
• temurah: by anagrams
• tephramancy/tephromancy (also tuphromancy): by cremation ashes (Greek tephrā, ash + manteia, prophecy)
• theomancy: foretelling events, prophecy^[10] (Greek theos, god + manteia, prophecy)
• theriomancy: (also zoomancy): by animal behavior (Greek thēr, wild animal + manteia, prophecy)
   
  • ailuromancy/aeluromancy (ī·loor'ə·măn·sē; also felidomancy): by cats (Greek ailouros, cat + manteia, prophecy)
  • alectryomancy/alectoromancy: by rooster behavior (Greek alektruōn, cockerel + manteia, prophecy)
  • augury: by bird formations^[11] (Latin augur, diviner)
  • hippomancy: by horse behavior (Greek hippos, horse + manteia, prophecy)
  • ichthyomancy: by fish behavior (Greek ikhthūs, fish + manteia, prophecy)
  • myomancy: by rodent behavior (Greek mūs, mouse + manteia, prophecy)
  • myrmomancy: by ant behavior (Greek murmēx, ant + manteia, prophecy)
  • nggàm: by spider or crab behavior (Mambila nggàm, divination)
  • ophidiomancy/ophiomancy: by snakes behavior (Greek ophis [ophid-], snake + manteia, prophecy)
  • orniscopy/ornithomancy (also auspicy/auspication, avimancy): by bird migration (Greek ornīs [ornīth-], bird + -skopiā, observation)
• thumomancy: by one's own soul, presage^[12] (Greek thūmos, soul + manteia, prophecy)
• topomancy: by geography and geological formations (Greek topos, place + manteia, prophecy)
• transataumancy: by things accidentally seen or heard
• trochomancy: by wheel ruts (Greek trokhos, wheel + manteia, prophecy)
• tuphromancy → see tephramancy above (from tephramancy, influenced by Greek tuphos, smoke)
• turifumy: by shapes in smoke (Latin tūs [tūr-], incense + fūmus, vapor)
• typomancy¹: by typographical errors (English typo + Greek manteia, prophecy)
• typomancy²: by curds (from tyromancy, influenced by Greek tupōma, something which has been molded)
• tyromancy/tiromancy: by cheese (Greek tūros, cheese + manteia, prophecy)

U

• umbilicomancy: by umbilical cords (English umbilic(al cord) + Greek manteia, prophecy)
• umbromancy: by shade (Latin umbra, shadow + Greek manteia, prophecy)
• uranomancy/ouranomancy: by the sky (Greek ouranos, firmament + manteia, prophecy)
• uromancy/urimancy: by urine (Greek ouron, urine + manteia, prophecy)
• urticariaomancy: by itches (New Latin urticāria, hives + Greek manteia, prophecy)

 V

• videomancy: by films (English video + Greek manteia, prophecy)

 W

• water witching → see dowsing above

 X

• xenomancy: by strangers (Greek xenos, stranger + manteia, prophecy)
• xylomancy: by burning wood (Greek xulon, wood + manteia, prophecy)

 Y

• ydromancy → see under scrying above

 Z

• zoomancy → see theriomancy above (Greek zōion, being + manteia, prophecy)
• zygomancy: by weights (Greek zugon, yoke, balance + manteia, prophecy)
Neo-druidism or neo-druidry (referred to simply as Druidry by some adherents) is a form of modern spirituality or religion that generally promotes harmony and worship of nature, and respect for all beings, including the environment. It is considered to be a Neopagan faith by some adherents, along with such religions as Wicca and Germanic neopaganism. By other modern druids it is considered to be a philosophical movement that includes religious tolerance, allowing its followers to be adherents of other religions, or to be atheists.

Originally inspired by 17th, 18th and 19th century Romantic movements, modern Druidism was based upon theories about the Iron Age Celtic druids which are no longer considered to be historically accurate. Modern Druidism has no demonstrable historical link to the ancient Celts or their culture.^[1] In the first half of the twentieth century, modern druids developed fraternal organizations based on Freemasonry that employed the romantic figure of the British Druids and Bards as symbols of indigenous British spirituality. Some of these groups were purely fraternal and cultural, creating traditions from the national imagination of Britain. Others merged with contemporary movements such as the physical culture movement and naturism. Since the 1980s some modern druid groups have adopted similar methodologies to those of Celtic Reconstructionist Paganism, in an effort to create a more historically accurate practice. However, there is still controversy over how much resemblance modern druidism may or may not have to Iron Age or earlier druidism.^[2]

There are roughly 24,000 neo-druids in the United States.^{[3]see more go to wikipeda}

In Chinese philosophy, the concept of yin yang ([yin - simplified Chinese: 阴; traditional Chinese: 陰; pinyin: yīn] [yang - simplified Chinese: 阳; traditional Chinese: 陽; pinyin: yáng] eum-yang in Korean; Referred to in the west as yin and yang) is used to describe how seemingly disjunct or opposing forces are interconnected and interdependent in the natural world, giving rise to each other in turn. The concept lies at the heart of many branches of classical Chinese science and philosophy, as well as being a primary guideline of traditional Chinese medicine,^[1] and a central principle of different forms of Chinese martial arts and exercise, such as baguazhang, taijiquan, and qigong. Many natural dualities - e.g. dark and light, female and male, low and high - are cast in Chinese thought as yin yang.

Yin and yang are complementary opposites within a greater whole. Everything has both yin and yang aspects, which constantly interact, never existing in absolute stasis. Compare wuji. Yin and yang is symbolized by various forms of the Taijitu.

Karma (Sanskrit: कर्म kárma (help·info), kárman- "act, action, performance"^[1]; Pali: kamma) is the concept of "action" or "deed" in Indian religions understood as that which causes the entire cycle of cause and effect (i.e., the cycle called saṃsāra) originating in ancient India and treated in Hindu, Jain, Sikh and Buddhist philosophies.

Medicine wheels, or sacred hoops, were constructed by laying stones in a particular pattern on the ground. Most medicine wheels follow the basic pattern of having a center of stone(s), and surrounding that is an outer ring of stones with "spokes", or lines of rocks radiating from the center. Some ancient types of sacred architecture were built by laying stones on the surface of the ground in particular patterns common to aboriginal peoples. Originally, and still today, medicine wheels are stone structures constructed by certain indigenous peoples of North America for various astronomical, ritual, healing, and teaching purposes. Medicine wheels are still 'opened' or inaugurated in Native American spirituality where they are more often referred to as "sacred hoops", which is the favoured English rendering by some. There are various native words to describe the ancient forms and types of rock alignments. One teaching involves the description of the four directions. More recently, syncretic, hybridized uses of medicine wheels, magic circles, and mandala sacred technology are employed in New Age, Wiccan, Pagan and other spiritual discourse throughout the World. The rite of the sacred hoop and medicine wheel differed and differs amongst indigenous traditions, as it now does between non-indigenous peoples, and between traditional and modernist variations. The essential nature of the rite common to these divergent traditions deserves further anthropological exploration as does an exegesis of their valence.

White

Always burn at least one white candle to symbolize and reinforce the contact with pure spirit. Elemental spirits, Angels, Gods of wisdom, divination and prophecy. Purification and cleaning on all levels, contact with higher self and spiritual helpers, aura-healing, truth seeking, consecration, spiritual enlightenment, protection against negativity, breaking curses, exorcism, meditation, divination, inpiration, and clairvoyance. White can be a replacement for any other color.



Yellow

Elemental air. Deities for trade, travel, knowledge and magick. Vitality, change, progress, contact, communication, and trade. Confidence, joy, cheerfulness, learning, knowledge, mental clarity, concentration, speaking and writing and visualization.



Gold

Sun-deities, solar energies, and masculine energy. Abundant self confidence, creativity, perfection, financial richess, success in investments, luxury, worldly power, magickal power, overcoming bad habits and addictions.



Orange

Deities of good luck and good fortune. Charm, kindness, encouragement, stimulation, optimism, success, abundance, prosperity, feast and celebration, achieving business goals, investments, success in legal matters.


Copper or Bronze

Love-goddesses, love and passion, positive relationships in love, friendship in business, career promotions, successful negotiations.



Red

Elemental fire, deities of love, passion, sexuality and war. Courage, will-power, determination, speed, assertivity, aggression, masculinity, independence, physical strength, sports, competition, conflicts, health, sexual attraction and potency, love and passion, fertility.



Magenta

Magnetism, the ability to attract or speed up results. Life purpose, life path.



Pink

Love-goddesses, softness and tenderness, romance, caring, nurturing, youth, peace, friendship, femininity, emotional love, emotional healing.



Green

Elemental earth and elemental water. Nature and fertility deities, Mother goddesses. Nature, fertility, growth, rejuvenation, recovery, healing, harvest and abundance, prosperity, harmony, balance, peace, hope, home, plants and animals.



Turquoise

Changes, intellectual and intuitive insights, inventions and originality, renewal, brotherhood, humananity.



Blue

Elemental water and elemental air. Deities of the sea and sky, truth and wisdom. Peace and tranquility, calmness, truth, wisdom, justice, counsel, guidance, understanding and patience, loyalty and honor, sincerity, devotion, healing, femininity, prophetic dreams, protection during sleep, astral projection.



Violet

Elemental spirits, angels, and Gods of divination and prophecy. Psychic abilities, divination, counter-acting negativity and black magick, reversing curses, psychic healing, psychic power, inspiration, meditation, spirituality, spiritual power, astral projection, third eye.



Brown

Elemental earth, stability, grounding, conservation, protection of household, family and pets, healing animals, finding lost objects, buildings, material increase, to make relationships solid, to increase decisiveness and concentration, to attract help in financial crisis.



Gray

Neutralizing negative influences, putting a halt to action.



Silver

Moon-goddesses, female energy, cycles, rebirth, reincarnation, healing of hormonal imbalances, emotional stability, remove or neutralize negativity, intuition, dreams, psychic abilities and psychic workings.



Black

Elemental earth, deities of the Underworld. Repel and banish evil and negativity, protection, breaking free from bad habits and addictions, deep meditation, opens up deep unconscious levels.

COLOUR PROPERTIES OF GEMSTONES. Amalthea.

Colour is a vibrational form of energy & has an effect on you. Your gemstones

absorb & reflect this colour energy in the surrounding area & it affects your

aura as well as anyone near you.

RED: This is a physical, sexual colour which aid physical endurance, is

stimulating to the senses & promotes will power, reduces shyness & aids

healing. Used in Love , Sex Rites & Fire Magic.

PINK: Is a nurturing, self rescue colour which soothes & calms. These stones

are usually used in love attracting spells & when you are feeling depressed.

ORANGE: The colour of motivation, goal seeking, a soothing energy raiser,

helps co-ordination in ritual & brings balance. Good for all spell work.

YELLOW: The colour of the Element Air is used for communication, stimulation

of thought patterns, banishes guilt & old fears, reduces confusion & will aid

you in remembering your lines in ritual.

GREEN: Balances, de-stresses, heals, supports, the magical colour of Wicca &

the Faeries.

BLUE: Blue stones aid mental & emotional control, calms, gives self

assertiveness & intellectual astuteness & creativeness.

VIOLET: Violet Stones bring sensitivity, spirituality, Cosmic love &

understanding a wonder vibration within circle.

BROWN: All brown stones are used when healing the Earth & animals. Brings

self protection & inner security. Stabilises emotions during rites especially

the Death rites.

BLACK: These stones are used in Protective & Banishing Rites, used to protect

over sensitive personalities & to ward off negativity on all levels. Wearing

these stones will keep invading or intruding energies out of your space, be

it at work or while you go about your daily life.

BLESSED BE.

Some examples are:

 

Moon	Moonstone, White Quartz, White pebble, stone with silvery  markings.
Sun	Sunstone, Citrine, Topaz, Amber, Tigers eye, any stone with golden markings or flecks.
Mars	Bloodstone, Ruby, Garnet, Flint or any red coloured stone.
Mercury	Agate,  Mica, Any variegated stone, streaked or spotted,
Jupiter	Amethyst, Lepidolite, Suglite.
Venus	Emerald, Jade, Peridot,  Any green stone.
Saturn	Coal, Apache Tear, Jet,  Any black stone.
Magic stone	Any unusual stone,  Fossil stone or a stone marked with a star.
Luck Stone	Cross stone, Holey stone, Opal, or any stone that feels lucky to you.
Life Stone	Petrified wood, Agate, Carnelian or any red or flesh coloured stone or a pebble with an ankh marked all round the stone or on its various sides if it is square in shape.
Home Stone	Moss agates, Sapphire, or any stone that is square or reminds one of home.
News Stone	Multi- coloured stone or pebble, its streaks or spots of colours are used to show if the news is good or bad.
Love Stone	Rose Quartz, Botswana Agate or any pink stone or a stone that is roughly in a heart shape.

• AGATE-strength,courage,love,healing,protection./AMAZONITE-taking a chance to be successful in a project.
• AMBER-luck,healing,strength,protection./AMETHYST-dreams,psychic abilities,healing.
• AQUAMARINE-psychic abilities,divination,purification.
• BLOODSTONE-victory,wealth,power,legal matters,business.
• CARENELIAN-protection,eloquence,courage.
• CAT'S EYE-wealth,success,friendship,money.
• CHRYSOPRASE-luck,success,friendship,money.
• CITRINE-protection,psychic awarness.
• CORAL-healing,wisdom,peace.
• CROSS STONE,FAERY CROSS,OR STAUROLITE-luck,money,elemental magick.
• CRYSTAL,QUARTZ-divination,psychic abilities,power.
• DIAMOND-fainting spirituality,protection,reconciliation.
• EMERALD-money,psychic talents,protection,exorcism.
• GARNET-protection,strength,healing.
• GEODES-astral travel.
• HOLY STONES-protection,divination.
• JADE-love,healing,long life,wisdom,prosperity.
• JET-protection,good luck,divination,magick.
• LAPIS LAZULI-spiritual growth,courage,protection.
• MALACHITE-power,business success,prosperity.
• MOONSTONE-divination,developing psychic talents.
• OBSIDIAN-grounding,divination.
• ONYX-protection,defense.
• PERIODOT-health,prosperity,sleep.
• RUBY-wealth,power,protection.
• SARD-thought to be more effective in women's magick.protection,courage,easing childbirth.
• SUNSTONE-energy,protection,success.
• TIGER'S EYE-money,protection,good luck,divination.
• TOPAZ-money,love,healing,protection.
• TOURMALINE-money,business success,friendship,courage,astral travel.
• TURQUOISE-good luck,friendship,prosperity,love.
• ZIRCON-sexual energy,love,peace.

Robes, their Colour and Magical Uses

White, used for purity, for neophyte degree, meditation, esbats and the festivals of Imbolc and Litha. weddings ,cerimonal

Yellow, used for divination and mental power, Ostara and colour meditation.

                            Purple, used for spiritual awareness and colour meditation.(shaman)

Green, used for herbal magic and ecological work, healing, Beltain and colour meditation. crone

Brown, rituals to heal animals or attune to the earth, earth healing and magic using standing stones or gemstones. elder

                              Orange, protective rites, Samhain, and Lughnadsadh, fire magic, and colour meditation

Herb Magick

• AFRICAN VIOLET: spirituality,protection.
• ALFALFA: prosperity,anti-hunger,money.
• ALOE: protection,luck.
• APPLE: love,healing,garden magick,immortality.
• APRICOT: love
• BASIL: love,exorcism,wealth,flying (in airplanes),protection,strength.
• BAY: protection,psychic powers,healing,purification,strength.
• BEAN: protection,exorcism,wart charming,reconciliations,potency,love.
• BLACKBERRY: healing,money,protection.
• BLUEBERRY: protection.
• BRAZIL NUT: love.
• CABBAGE: luck.
• CACTUS: protection,chastity.
• CARAWAY: protection,lust,health,anti-theft,mental powers.
• CARNATION: protection,strength,healing.
• CAROB: protection,health.
• CARROT: fertility,lust.
• CASHEW: money,communication.
• CATNIP: cat magick,love,beauty,happiness.
• CEDAR: healing,purification,money,protection,stopping sexual harassment.
• CELERY: mental powers,lust,psychic powers.
• CHAMOMILE: money,sleep,love,purification.
• CHERRY: love,divination,victory.
• CHESNUT: love.
• CINNAMON: spirituality,success,healing,power,psychic powers,protection,love.
• CLOVE: protection,exorcism,love,money.
• COCONUT: water,purification,protection,chastity.
• COLORED PENCILS: color magick.
• CORIANDER: love,health,healing.
• CORN: protection,luck,divination,money.
• COTTON BALLS: luck,healing,protection,rain,fishing magick,communication.
• COMPACT MIRROR: banish negativity.
• CRAYONS: color magick.
• CUCUMBER: chastity,healing,fertility.
• CUMIN: anti-theft.
• CURRY: protection.
• DILL: protection,money,lust,love.
• EGGS: healing,removing negativity,fertility.
• ENDIVE: lust,love.
• EUCALYPTUS: healing,protection.
• FENNEL: protection,healing,purification.
• FENUGREEK: money.
• FERN: rain-making,protection,luck,riches,external youth,health,exorcism.
• FIG: divination,fertility,love.
• GARLIC: protection,healing,exorcism,lust,anti-theft; relief from nightmares.
• GINGER: love,money,success,power.
• GINSENG: love,wishes,healing,beauty,protection,lust.
• GOURD: protecition.
• GRAIN: protection.
• GRAPE: fertility,garden magick,mental powers,money.
• HOLLY: protection,anti-lightening,luck,dream magick.
• HORSERADDISH: purification,exorcism.
• LAVENDER: love,protection,sleep,chastity,longevity,purification,happiness,peace.
• LEEK: love,protection,exorcism.
• LEMON: longevity,purification,love,friendship.
• LETTUCE: chastity,protection,divinations of love,sleep.
• LICORICE: lust,love,fidelity.
• LIME: healing,love,protection.
• MAPLE: love,longevity,money.
• MARIGOLD: protection, friendship, dreams.
• MARSHMALLOWS: healing,friendship.
• MARJORAM: proteciton,love,happiness,health,money.
• MAYONNAISE: prosperity,cleansing.
• MINT: money,lust,healing,travel,exorcism,protection.
• MISTLETOE: protection,love,hunting,fertility,health,exorcism of negativity.
• MOTHBALLS: stop sexual harrasment.
• MUSTARD: fertility,protection,mental powers.
• NUTMEG: luck,money,health,fidelity,relief,from nightmares.
• NUTS(MIXED): fertility,prosperity,love,luck,communication.
• OATS: money.
• OLIVE: healing,peace,fertility,potency,protection.
• ONION: protection,exorcism,healing,money,prophetic dreams.
• ORANGE: love,divination,luck,money.
• PALM,DATE: fertility,potency.
• PAPAYA: love,protection.
• PARSLEY: lust,protection,purification.
• PEA: money,love.
• PEACH: love,exorcism of negativity,longevity,fertility,wishes.
• PEAR: love.
• PECAN: money,employment.
• PEPPER: protection,exorcism of negativity.
• PEPPERMINT: purification,sleep,love,healing,psychic powers.
• PERSIMMON: healing,luck.
• PIMENTO: love.
• PINEAPPLE: luck,money,chastity.
• PISTACHIO: breaking love spells.
• PLUM: love,proteciton.
• POMEGRANATE: divination,luck,wishes,wealth,fertility.
• POPCORN: wishes,luck,prosperity.
• POTATO: image magick,healing,seperation.
• PRETZELS: success,protection (note:pretzels must be whole,and designed with a knot.Straight pretzels will not work.
• RADISH: protection.
• RASPBERRY: protection,love.
• RHUBARB: protection,fidelity.
• RICE: protection,rain,money,fertility.
• ROSE: love,psychic powers,healing,love divination,luck,protection.
• ROSEMARY: protection,love,lust,mental powers,exorcism,purification,healing,sleep,youth.
• RYE: love,fidelity.
• SARSAPARILLA: love,money.
• SASSAFRAS: health,money.
• SAVORY,SUMMER: mental powers.
• SAFETY PINS: protection.
• SESAME: money,lust.
• SHOESTRINGS: cord and knot spells.
• SPEARMINT: healing,love,mental powers.
• STRAWBERRY: love,luck.
• SUGAR: love,lust,sympathy.
• SUNFLOWER: fertility,wishes,health,wisdom.
• TEA: riches,courage,strength,health.
• THYME: health,healing,sleep,psychic powers,love,purification,courage.
• TOBACCO: healing,purification.
• TOMATO: prosperity,protection,love.
• TUNA: prosperity,abundance.
• TURNIP: protection,ending relationships.
• VANILLA: love,lust,mental powers.
• WALNUT: health,mental powers,infertility,wishes.
• WHEAT: fertility,money.
• WINTERGREEN: protection,healing.
• WITCH HAZEL: protection,chastity.

Charlene Norton

Full Moon Names and Their Meanings
Full Moon names date back to Native Americans, of what is now the northern and eastern United States. The tribes kept track of the seasons by giving distinctive names to each recurring full Moon. Their names were applied to the entire month in which each occurred. There was some variation in the Moon names, but in general, the same ones were current throughout the Algonquin tribes from New England to Lake Superior. European settlers followed that custom and created some of their own names. Since the lunar month is only 29 days long on the average, the full Moon dates shift from year to year. Here is the Farmers Almanac’s list of the full Moon names.

• Full Wolf Moon – January Amid the cold and deep snows of midwinter, the wolf packs howled hungrily outside Indian villages. Thus, the name for January’s full Moon. Sometimes it was also referred to as the Old Moon, or the Moon After Yule. Some called it the Full Snow Moon, but most tribes applied that name to the next Moon.

• Full Snow Moon – February Since the heaviest snow usually falls during this month, native tribes of the north and east most often called February’s full Moon the Full Snow Moon. Some tribes also referred to this Moon as the Full Hunger Moon, since harsh weather conditions in their areas made hunting very difficult.

• Full Worm Moon – March As the temperature begins to warm and the ground begins to thaw, earthworm casts appear, heralding the return of the robins. The more northern tribes knew this Moon as the Full Crow Moon, when the cawing of crows signaled the end of winter; or the Full Crust Moon, because the snow cover becomes crusted from thawing by day and freezing at night. The Full Sap Moon, marking the time of tapping maple trees, is another variation. To the settlers, it was also known as the Lenten Moon, and was considered to be the last full Moon of winter.

• Full Pink Moon – April This name came from the herb moss pink, or wild ground phlox, which is one of the earliest widespread flowers of the spring. Other names for this month’s celestial body include the Full Sprouting Grass Moon, the Egg Moon, and among coastal tribes the Full Fish Moon, because this was the time that the shad swam upstream to spawn.

• Full Flower Moon – May In most areas, flowers are abundant everywhere during this time. Thus, the name of this Moon. Other names include the Full Corn Planting Moon, or the Milk Moon.

• Full Strawberry Moon – June This name was universal to every Algonquin tribe. However, in Europe they called it the Rose Moon. Also because the relatively short season for harvesting strawberries comes each year during the month of June . . . so the full Moon that occurs during that month was christened for the strawberry!

• The Full Buck Moon – July July is normally the month when the new antlers of buck deer push out of their foreheads in coatings of velvety fur. It was also often called the Full Thunder Moon, for the reason that thunderstorms are most frequent during this time. Another name for this month’s Moon was the Full Hay Moon.

• Full Sturgeon Moon – August The fishing tribes are given credit for the naming of this Moon, since sturgeon, a large fish of the Great Lakes and other major bodies of water, were most readily caught during this month. A few tribes knew it as the Full Red Moon because, as the Moon rises, it appears reddish through any sultry haze. It was also called the Green Corn Moon or Grain Moon.

• Full Corn Moon – September This full moon’s name is attributed to Native Americans because it marked when corn was supposed to be harvested. Most often, the September full moon is actually the Harvest Moon.

• Full Harvest Moon – October This is the full Moon that occurs closest to the autumn equinox. In two years out of three, the Harvest Moon comes in September, but in some years it occurs in October. At the peak of harvest, farmers can work late into the night by the light of this Moon. Usually the full Moon rises an average of 50 minutes later each night, but for the few nights around the Harvest Moon, the Moon seems to rise at nearly the same time each night: just 25 to 30 minutes later across the U.S., and only 10 to 20 minutes later for much of Canada and Europe. Corn, pumpkins, squash, beans, and wild rice the chief Indian staples are now ready for gathering.

• Full Beaver Moon – November This was the time to set beaver traps before the swamps froze, to ensure a supply of warm winter furs. Another interpretation suggests that the name Full Beaver Moon comes from the fact that the beavers are now actively preparing for winter. It is sometimes also referred to as the Frosty Moon.

• The Full Cold Moon; or the Full Long Nights Moon – December During this month the winter cold fastens its grip, and nights are at their longest and darkest. It is also sometimes called the Moon before Yule. The term Long Night Moon is a doubly appropriate name because the midwinter night is indeed long, and because the Moon is above the horizon for a long time. The midwinter full Moon has a high trajectory across the sky because it is opposite a low Sun.

via: the 2011 Farmers' Almanac

 

 

Charlene Norton

flower moon :Definition:
Once April's rains and winds have subsided, the sun begins to warm up the earth and we're able to get the gardens planted. Typically, May is the month we begin to sow our crops. Get out in the garden under a Flower Moon and put your hands into the soil. Spring is a time of fertility, and May is a fiery month indeed -- full of lust and passion! It's sometimes called the month of the Hare Moon -- and we all know what hares are busy doing in the spring.

Correspondences:

Colors: Red, orange, yellow
Gemstones: Ruby, garnet, amber, Apache tear
Trees: Hawthorn, rowan
Gods: Kali, Priapus, Cernunnos, Flora
Herbs: Cinnamon, members of the mint family
Element: Fire

This is a good time to work on magic related to careers and jobs. Thinking about switching to a new position, or perhaps trying a new field altogether? Want to take a class or get your degree? Take the seeds you've planted last month, and allow them to bloom and grow in your favor. Do some fire divination this month to help
Patti Wigington
Paganism / Wicca Guide

Sign			Constellation[16] [17]
	tropical zodiac (2009, UTC)	sidereal zodiac (Jyotisha) (2009, UTC)[18]		IAU constellation boundaries (2009)	Solar stay	Brightest star
Aries	20 March – 19 April	14 April – 14 May	Aries	18 April – 14 May	25.5 days	Alpha Arietis
Taurus	19 April – 20 May	14 May – 13 June	Taurus	14 May – 21 June	38.2 days	Aldebaran
Gemini	20 May – 21 June	13 June – 14 July	Gemini	21 June – 20 July	29.3 days	Pollux
Cancer	21 June – 22 July	14 July – 13 August	Cancer	20 July – 10 August	21.1 days	Beta Cancri
Leo	22 July – 23 August	13 August – 13 September	Leo	10 August – 16 September	36.9 days	Regulus
Virgo	23 August – 22 September	13 September – 13 October	Virgo	16 September – 31 October	44.5 days	Spica
Libra	22 September – 23 October	13 October – 12 November	Libra	31 October – 21 November	21.1 days	Beta Librae
Scorpio	23 October – 22 November	13 November – 13 December	Scorpius	21 November – 29 November	8.4 days	Antares
n/a	n/a	n/a	Ophiuchus	29 November – 18 December	18.4 days	Alpha Ophiuchi
Sagittarius	22 November – 21 December	13 December – 12 January	Sagittarius	18 December – 20 January	33.6 days	Epsilon Sagittarii
Capricorn	21 December – 20 January	12 January – 12 February	Capricornus	20 January – 17 February	27.4 days	Delta Capricorni
Aquarius	20 January – 18 February	12 February – 14 March	Aquarius	17 February – 13 March	23.9 days	Beta Aquarii
Pisces	18 February – 20 March Capricorn: Jan. 20 - Feb. 16 Aquarius: Feb. 16 - March 11 Pisces: March 11- April 18 Aries: April 18 - May 13 Taurus: May 13 - June 21 Gemini: June 21 - July 20 Cancer: July 20 - Aug. 10 Leo: Aug. 10 - Sept. 16 Virgo: Sept. 16 - Oct. 30 Libra: Oct. 30 - Nov. 23 Scorpio: Nov. 23 - Nov. 29 Ophiuchus: Nov. 29 - Dec. 17 Sagittarius: Dec. 17 - Jan. 20  are the new signs as of 2011(if you were born before than go with the old signs)	14 March – 14 April	Pisces	13 March – 19 April	37.7 days	Eta Piscium