organoscopy): by the configuration of one's brain (Greek , mind + , study) phyllomancy: by leaves (Greek , leaf + , prophecy) sycomancy: by fig leaves (Greek , fig + , prophecy) tasseography/tasseomancy (also kypomancy): by tea leaves or coffee grounds (French , cup + Greek , representation) phyllorhodomancy: by rose petals (Greek , leaf + , rose + , prophecy) physiognomy/physiognomancy: by faces (Greek , nature + , interpretation) phytognomy: by the appearance of plants (Greek , plant + , interpretation) plastromancy: by cracks formed by heat on a turtle's plastron (English plastron + , prophecy) pilimancy: by observing the patterns produced by a collection of human hair plumbomancy: by observing shapes molten lead makes when poured in water (Latin , lead + Greek , prophecy) pneumancy: by blowing (Greek , breath + , prophecy) podomancy/pedomancy → see poe divination: by throwing stones on the floor, practised at Taoist temples (also ): study of natural phenomena psephomancy: by lots or ballots (Greek , pebble + , prophecy) pseudomancy: by false means, such as Peter Answers (Greek , false + , prophecy) psychognomy: by phrenological notations (Greek , soul + , observation) psychomancy → see ¹ (Greek , soul + , prophecy) ptarmoscopy/ptarmoscopie: from ancient Greek the interpretation of sneezes pyromancy/pyroscopy: by fire (Greek , fire + , prophecy) Q → see R radiesthesia: by rods, pendulums, or other cylindrical tools (Latin , spoke + Greek , sensing) retromancy: by looking over one's shoulder (Latin , behind + Greek , prophecy) rhabdomancy/rabdomancy: by rods, sticks, or wands (Greek , rod + , prophecy) rhapsodomancy: by poetry (Greek , verse + , prophecy) roadomancy: by constellations (apparently from Old English , firmament + Greek , prophecy) rumpology → see runecasting → see S scapulimancy/scapulomancy (also spatulamancy, omoplatoscopy): by bovine or caprid shoulder blades (Latin , shoulder blade + Greek , prophecy) scarpomancy: by old shoes (Italian , shoe + Greek , prophecy) scatomancy: by excrement (Greek [], excrement + , prophecy) schematomancy → see sciomancy¹ (also shadowmancy): by shadows (Greek , shadow + , 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 , mirror + , prophecy) gastromancy¹ (also crystallomancy, spheromancy, crystal ball gazing): by crystal ball (Greek , belly [i.e., round object] + , prophecy) hydromancy (also ydromancy): by water