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slinky_jo
11-03-2002, 18:57
ASIDE FROM TAROT AND ASTROLOGY, what OTHER main form of divination do you practise? For fun , you could post a reply listing ALL your fave methods!
my second choice would be mirrors, the thought of lighting a candle, asking a question and seeing the answer would be great of course i know its not that easy but the thought of it is interesting.
truthsayer
11-03-2002, 21:15
i'm very interested in shamanism but also like other forms of divination like the runes, iching, astrology, graphology, dreams, and oracle decks. i just love divination. it's been a lifelong passion.
Malachite
12-03-2002, 03:49
Oh, the choices....I guess i have to put runes, despite the fact that they're my FAVOURITE oracle....(but don't tell anyone)...
I also like 'other stones', talking to my guide...
I'd never thought about mirrors before...I guess it works in the same way as a sphere, or a bowl of water...
Might give that a go...!
Logiatrix
12-03-2002, 16:51
outside of tarot cards, i also read with d. virtue's "angels" and "fairies" oracle cards--i have combined the two decks.
when i read for myself, and i don't want to fool me, i use the i-ching. it's hard to fudge with "the sage"! it'll even tell you to "get over it", whether you wanna hear it or not (usually not, in my case).
i also use a pendulum on occasion, for the practice of intuition; and the soul cards 1&2, for meditation.
tatiana's oracle is also fun, for simple, light-hearted questions, kinda like the "magic 8 ball" in dark blue velvet.
The pendulum for yes/no answers that I need to know in a hurry.
Jeanette
12-03-2002, 17:53
Since I'm still learning with the Tarot (and I think I'll always be a novice) I'm just going to vote that I would like to learn palmistry, but probably will just give it a passing glance, no serious study (but you never know, I have a few books on it!)......
I'm also still a tarot novice but am learning the I Ching so that would be my second favourite method :)
mooncat2
13-03-2002, 01:53
Apart from tarot & astrology I add numerology. Put the three together and it adds enormous depth to a reading.
Apart from Tarot, I use the runes and the Celtic Ogham. I also use the Druid Animal Oracle, and the Faeries' Oracle.
Unfortunately I do not know astrology very well.
Why was astrology not listed? Oh well. Perhaps it's not a true divination oracle?
Runes would then be my next tool......although not very adept with them I am......
i've added astrology to the list.
in light,
the moderator chick
I sometimes use a deck of playing cards, but those are still cards....
Kaz
1. Shamanism for healing.
2. Crystal pendulum for finding things.
3. Starlight divination.
4. Mugwort under my pillow for remembering dreams.
None of the above work without help from the spirits.
zorya
I like to preface a Tarot reading with a palm reading.
It helps me to get a feeling for the person's history and it seems to helps the querent to relax.
I enjoy this method because I can better understand why the Tarot reading flows as it sometimes does.
Touching seems to heighten my perception. Holding the hand seems to work the opposite for me. Sometimes I think I can feel my energy being pulled.
Blessings, Moose
Tarot Hermit
20-03-2002, 14:23
Originally posted by mooncat2
Apart from tarot & astrology I add numerology. Put the three together and it adds enormous depth to a reading.
I really agree with this. I only know astrology as it applies to the tarot (well to be honest a tad bit more than that), but numerology is one of my favorite subjests and there is such a wealth of information in names and birthdates. Comparison charts can be done the same as with astrology. It can also give great insight into how you client is going to receive your message and the best way to approach a person.
Tarot Hermit
Kilted Kat
01-12-2006, 18:24
I ran across this doing a search & thought it was interesting.
I do seashell readings.
Dave's Angel
02-12-2006, 05:52
I've ticked the meditation / astral travel type thing although I don't strictly speaking use it for divination. I may do other stuff and pick up divinatory info along the way.
The last time this happened was last Thursday night (23rd). I'd been concerned about Alexander Litvinenko, the Russian ex-KGB man mysteriously poisoned and had done a couple of healing sessions. Given the sterling work into the murky business in Russia he was doing, I was determined not to let him be silenced without a fight.
For the first 20 minutes or so I had this niggling sense in the back of my mind, a little voice saying "Sarah.... be honest with yourself. He's going to die isn't he?" which I told to go away because stuff like that is no use when you're on the job! It gave way to a lovely sense of peaceful euphoria, which I likewise tried to tell to go away because it was distracting and perhaps just my imagination running riot. It was a sense of being somewhere very lit-up, and not just being in the middle of a load of light, but moving forwards, going through or further into this light, and I ended the session optimistic for him.
The following morning, it was all over the papers that he'd died. Twenty minutes *before* I began work. So with hindsight what I was seeing was genuine, but the light wasn't healing, it was his "release" and death..... :-(
levannah60
07-12-2006, 05:39
water divination
Major Tom
07-12-2006, 07:09
from http://www.serenapowers.com/unusual.html
Omphalomancy(Also known as Omphilomancy)
This form of divination takes two forms. One is based on the interpretation of the belly button. Its size and shape reveals the personality and fate of an individual. However as far as it would correlate to body reading, I would say that a deep "inny" would correlate to an introverted personality, and an "outy" to more of an extroverted personality.
According to Dr Gerhard Reibmann, a Berlin psychologist and author of the privately published book "Centered: Understanding Yourself through your Navel", he recommends that to tell how long you'll live, go to a private, well-lit area and carefully inspect your own navel. Then, compare what you've observed with the list of six navel types and their associated characteristics.
1) The Horizontal Navel. This belly button is oblong in shape and spreads sideways across the tummy. People with horizontal navels are complex and highly emotional. This can take a toll on their health. Average life expectancy: 68 years.
2) The Vertical Navel. Also oblong, this belly button stands on end, running up and down along the tummy. It indicates a person who is self-confident, generous, and emotionally stable. Average life expectancy: 75 years.
3) The Outty. A belly button that protrudes outward indicates an optimistic person who approaches life with enthusiasm. Average life expectancy: 72 years.
4) The Concave Navel. This belly button is bowl-shaped or inward. It belongs to a person who is gentle, loving, cautious, sensitive, and prone to worry. People with concave navels are delicate. Average life expectancy: 65 years.
5) The Off-Center Navel. An off-center belly button indicates a fun-loving, unusual individual who experiences wide emotional swings. Average life expectancy: 70 years.
6) The Round Navel. This belly button is evenly shaped and circular. It indicates a modest, even-tempered person with a quiet, retiring personality. Average life expectancy: 81 years.
According to Chinese lore, the best belly button is a concave one, rather than a protruding one, and the deeper the belly button the more children you will have. In these days of reliable contraception, the prediction relates more to the ability to have many children, rather than the inevitability.
Dreaming of your own belly button is traditionally associated with starting up a new venture with possible long-term benefits, and dreaming of someone else's navel denotes a new love affair.
According to Indian Tantric lore, the belly button is also used to diagnose health problems. Following this system, the navel is where energy is received and processed coming in from the universe.
The belly button represents fertility and it is also a reminder of the connection between the generations, in other words it connects you to your past and future. It is also seen being the "centre" of human beings.
Dancing Bear
09-12-2006, 16:53
I put palmistry as for many years it was my main way of divining,Tarot have taken over....gazing into the palm will more often than not give me what i am looking for, if the cards do not touch on the subject i am looking for.........
I agree with the Numerology! I am studying Numerology at the moment and it is extremely interesting and the depth it can give you is fantastic..
But all of the choices in the poll! I use runes, Other Oracles, pendulum, Intuition, and also confer with my guides.. depends on the reading and what i need to know.
belly-button-ology! I love it!
let me also speak up for graphology, or graphoanalysis, if you prefer. It's not so much a method of divination, as an evidence-based insight into a person's character. Handwriting analysis can be a very quick way of knowing what sort of person you're dealing with, or of knowing what sort of positive and negative qualities they may have. It's one of my favorite pursuits.
Mi-Shell
11-12-2006, 15:08
My FIRST way of divining = finding out any none "obvious" information I realy need or am supposed to get is reaching out with my left hand --- touching the object -- or person or finding lost objects or whatever.
Then an inner picture and a feeling with colour/ sense comes in....
I however use this only when I really need it, not for trivial stuff, as it is one of my shamanic Powers and lets me find illnesses and other problems hidden away in people in need....
Another way is drum divination --- a specific way my Urianshai people use - very similar to what Sami People do....as another pathway into a light trance as opposed to full Theta extasis.
Using Crystals or a crystal ball for that works too...
( my hubby just added sarcasticly that i might as well use an old potatoe and it would work ) mean guy -that ... but true; stones work like that... and the pattern snowflakes make on a windshield.... Do NOT DRIVE while trying that!!
Tarot and Oracle Cards are - honestly a distant third or even further down pathway. (Sorry)
It is like -- first I see the cards, (or whatever potatoe or rusty nail I grab on to) then they become "translucend" then I can see the querant through them then the immages fade and the querrant - especialy in distance readings is "there" and "open"
What i love about cards is that they are something I can loooooock at when I come "Back" .. and they are still here!!!!! and beautyfull !!!!!and all the myth in them!!!!!
And there are all You People out there that use them too!!!!!
Mi-Shell
6 Haunted Days
13-12-2006, 18:08
My first form of divination since I was a small child was listening to the wind, especially in the trees. To this day, I get a "knowing" what the leaves, tree, the very wind is saying. Hard to explain.
jackdaw*
15-12-2006, 15:19
I've tried a few oracle decks, although I class them with Tarot as I often use the two together in a reading.
Just bought my first set of runes and am learning about them, which is really pretty interesting. So that's what I voted for.
CLAIRVOYANCE (incl psychometry, spirit guides, etc)
I receive alot of third eye visions with or without tarot. Actually I'd probably put this first over tarot. : o
SunChariot
03-02-2007, 03:39
That was hard to answer. I guess I would say Oracle cards are my second favourite (after Tarot), then meditation (but the meditations are done on the Tarot/Oracle card images so in a sense that is the same thing). Then Runes.
But I love them all and would never want to give any of them up,
Bar
SunChariot
03-02-2007, 03:40
My first form of divination since I was a small child was listening to the wind, especially in the trees. To this day, I get a "knowing" what the leaves, tree, the very wind is saying. Hard to explain.
That's beautiful! I wish I could do that.
Bar
Little Hare
03-02-2007, 04:01
Clairvoyance- at times the tarot can act as a trigger for me in this field
Fudugazi
03-02-2007, 04:53
I-Ching, the oldest and most sophisticated divination method still practiced. It's actually my favourite BEFORE tarot - as divination. You didn't allow for it in your poll. I-Ching is so popular that I am amazed you didn't include it.
Next I like the Sabian Symbols, which can be drawn randomly for divination. They are a wonderful method!
Nor did you allow for the following: bones and shell divination, spider divination (as practiced in West Africa), and a number of other methods, which are actually far more current than cards throughout the world. You need at least a category for "other (please give details)".
I am a great fan of shamanic journeying, though I don't often use it for divination - although sometimes I will divine things during a journey, without planning to.
I love scrying too, and fire gazing and water gazing - the natural world can give you so many messages!
sharpchick
03-02-2007, 09:08
I chose other oracle decks, although I consider cards to be one category.
I also use my pendulum, runes, and I don't refuse to accept insight from meditation, scrying and messages received through the best method of divination - my inner voice.
I am still a beginner in tarot reading . I have started learning about meditation techniques just a while ago . So I pick meditation/guided visualisation as my second preferred method of divination :) But I'd be very interested to know more about the other forms of divination .
Apocalipstick
04-02-2007, 01:31
Intuition. Actually, I think it's more like observations that are processed too quickly to be consciously registered.
Bibliomancy. Herodotus works great with this for me. Get a book, focus on a question, close eyes, hold the book open and point: presto answer.
The I-Ching. Kind of surprising this isn't up there.
Fudugazi
04-02-2007, 02:25
Intuition. Actually, I think it's more like observations that are processed too quickly to be consciously registered.That's what intuition is ;)
I voted for oracle decks but I started with yarrow stick I-Ching, then runes, then Tarot and card based oracles - but Tarot has stuck with me the longest. Tarot also brought me to this forum, and now I am in the process of investigating all the other aspects of metaphysics. I am currently learning about Ogham alphabets (there seems to be an intriguing "universal constant" in that all the alphabets I have seen so far have 20 to 25 characters in them) and Sabian Symbols which has now led me into checking out astrology...
there is so much exciting and interesting stuff to learn! :thumbsup:
valeria
Imagemaker
04-02-2007, 09:57
Definitely the I-Ching! I didn't vote since that wasn't a choice.
Apocalipstick
04-02-2007, 15:41
That's what intuition is ;)
Heh. But if I spell it out, it sounds less mysterious.
Does anyone know the name of the divination method where the first word you hear (after having made an offering traditionally; to Hermes, in antiquity) says something about the future?
I want to say logomancy, but I think I just made that up.