Divination is the attempt of ascertaining information by interpretation of omens or an alleged supernatural agency. If a distinction is to be made with fortune-telling, divination has a formal or ritual and often social character, usually in a religious context; while fortune-telling is a more everyday practice for personal purposes.

Common forms of divination include:

Astrology by celestial bodies

Bibliomancy by book, frequently but not always a religious text

Botanomancy by herbs, Tea Leaf reading

Cartomanc by cards, e.g., playing cards, tarot cards, and non-tarot oracle cards

Cheiromancy by the reading of the hand or Palmistry

Crystallomancy/Scrying by crystals or other reflecting objects,

Geomancy by earth, includes Feng Shui divination

Graphology (by handwriting)

Numerology by numbers

Oneiromancy by dreams

Onomancy by names

Ouija board divination

Phrenology by the shape of one's head

Pyromancy, or pyroscopy by fire

Runecasting / Runic divination by Runes

Taromancy by specially designed cards: Tarot