HAND SCALE / Lots, texts, names & numbers

Cleromancy / casting lots.

An umbrella family of readings in which lots, tokens or randomized outcomes are assigned meanings.

LEXICON / LANGUAGE & MEANING

Names in context.

Cleromancy: Cleromancia
Divination through lots or randomized tokens.
Casting lots: Echar suertes
Selecting or casting defined tokens to obtain an outcome.
Sortilege: Sortilegio por suertes
A historical term for divination by lots.

PROVENANCE & INTERPRETATION

Casting lots can serve games, selection or divination. A divinatory reading arises from a stated interpretive framework, not from randomness alone.

FIELD NOTE / METHOD

Define the tokens, possible outcomes and meanings before casting.
Record the complete outcome and any repeated attempts.
Keep the randomization procedure and the later interpretation in the same field note.

POTPOURRI / PHOTO GUIDE

Photograph the full cast before moving any token.
Include the token legend, order and any direction or boundary used in the reading.

POTPOURRI / PERSONAL INTERPRETATION

A photograph, drawing or dated record can be sent privately for a personal reading. Include the procedure and the question.