as in augury
the art or practice of foretelling future events by interpreting omens
if her powers of divination are so great, why doesn't she know what the stock market will do?
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Recent Examples of divination
But even as the Surrealists were experimenting with ritual and divination in the face of horror, the Nazis also embraced occultism, with its secret and hierarchical rituals of power.
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Celia Bell
july 22, Literary Hub, 22 July 2025
Additional methods include asking reliable spiritual masters for their divination, consulting oracles, and interpreting visions received by senior lamas during meditation at sacred lakes.
—Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 3 July 2025
They’re thought to be a divination guide that offers rare insights into ancient Chinese philosophy and religion.
—Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 May 2025
Today, many modern practitioners turn to cannabis to enhance practices like yoga, journaling, and of course—divination.
—Matt Rozo, Mercury News, 20 May 2025
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The rule of thumb is that if a party sees a mass exodus of its members in Congress, that’s a bad augury.—
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Dream books offered augury, poetry, and purpose—a kind of secular scripture for the numbers game.—
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This month’s astrology asks for receipts and reciprocity, because chemistry alone isn’t enough to sustain something meaningful.—
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Vedic astrology, too, attributes personalities to planets and speaks of the connection between the macrocosm and the microcosm.—
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Different geomancy masters may interpret the data differently, but there is usually a consensus on what the year means for each zodiac animal based on the positions of the stars.—
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Some refer to it as Chinese geomancy; others pass it off as early Taoist ideology.—
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“Divination.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/divination. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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