oneiromancy

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Recent Examples of oneiromancy The more obvious ones include oneiromancy, as in divination by dreams; arithmancy, which uses numbers for predictive purposes; chiromancy, for reading the future through palm lines; and ceromancy, which bases its predictions on wax poured into water. Andrew Cockburn, Harper’s Magazine , 6 Jan. 2023
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Noun
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    Suzanne Cope, People.com, 28 Apr. 2025
  • Without testable, falsifiable results, astrology remains anecdotal, not research.
    Mark Weinstein, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • 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.
    CNN.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 8 Feb. 2024
  • Some refer to it as Chinese geomancy; others pass it off as early Taoist ideology.
    Rachel Silva, ELLE Decor, 8 Mar. 2023
Noun
  • As belief in traditional religions decreases and the rise of spirituality and skepticism in traditional institutions continues, this form of divination—looking to cards for answers for future, present, or past events—is on the rise.
    Michaela Trimble, Vogue, 21 Apr. 2025
  • The team found evidence of four different plants that are associated with ancient Maya medicine and divination rituals.
    Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 26 Dec. 2024

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