by thunder and lightning (Greek , thunderbolt + , observation) ceromancy/ceroscopy : by dripping wax in water (Greek , wax + , prophecy) chalcomancy: by striking gongs or copper bowls (Greek , copper + , prophecy) chaomancy : by aerial visions (Greek , primordial space + , prophecy) chartomancy : by things on paper (Greek , papyrus paper + , prophecy) cartomancy : by cards (Latin , papyrus paper + Greek , prophecy) taromancy/tarotmancy : by tarot (English tarot + Greek , prophecy) Parrot astrology: by parrots picking cards stichomancy : by books or lines (Greek , line of verse + , prophecy) aleuromancy² : by fortune cookies (of the same origin as ¹) bibliomancy : by the Bible (Greek , book + , 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 , element + , 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 cheirognomy/chirognomy → see → see choriomancy : by pig bladders (Greek , placenta + mantiea, prophecy) chresmomancy : by the ravings of lunatics (Greek , oracular utterance, chresm + , prophecy) chronomancy : by apt occasion (Greek , time + , prophecy) cineromancy/ceneromancy → see (Latin [], ashes + Greek , prophecy) clamancy (see also Fāl-gūsh): by random shouts and cries heard in crowds, at night, etc. (Latin , to cry out + Greek , prophecy) cledonism/cledonomancy : by chance events or overheard words (Greek , rumor) cleidomancy/clidomancy : by keys (Greek [], key + , prophecy) cleromancy : by casting (Greek , lot + , prophecy) astragalomancy/astragalamancy (also cubomancy): by dice (Greek , vertebra + , prophecy) domino divination: by dominoes favomancy : by beans (Latin , bean + Greek , prophecy) Ogham casting: by Ogham letters runecasting/runic divination cometomancy : by comet tails (Greek , comet + , prophecy) colormancy/coloromancy: by colors (English color + Greek , prophecy) conchomancy : by shells (Greek , mussel + , prophecy) cosquinomancy/coscinomancy : by hanging sieves (Greek , sieve + , prophecy) cottabomancy/cottobomancy : by wine in a brass bowl (Greek , cottabus + , prophecy) craniognomy or → see (Greek , skull + , interpretation) the