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A lexicon.
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Names, synonyms and definitions across traditions. Search in English or Spanish, then follow a term to its practice and context.

156 lexical entries

A

Earth

Alectryomancy ↗

Alectriomancia

Historical divination involving a cock or other fowl, including selected feeding or movement patterns.

Hand scale

Arithmancy ↗

Aritmomancia

Divination or symbolic interpretation through numbers and calculations.

Hand scale

Astragalomancy ↗

Astragalomancia

Divination by casting knucklebones or astragalus-shaped lots.

Hand scale

Astragalus / astragaloi ↗

Astrágalo / astrágalos

The ankle bone, or a shaped object modeled on it, used in ancient games and some lot practices.

Solar system

Astrocartography ↗

Astrocartografía

Astrological maps showing selected chart relationships across geographic locations.

Earth

Augury ↗

Augurio

Interpretation of signs or omens; in Roman contexts it is associated with formal auspices.

Human scale

Automatic music ↗

Música automática

A label for spontaneous music-making intended to reduce advance planning or conscious editing.

Hand scale

Automatic painting & drawing ↗

Pintura y dibujo automáticos

Automatic painting and drawing explore marks, gestures and emerging forms without planning the whole image in advance. Surrealist automatism supplies one documented context for this creative approach.

Hand scale

Automatic writing ↗

Escritura automática

Automatic writing explores a flow of words with reduced deliberate editing. Surrealist automatism provides a documented artistic context; spiritual interpretations can be recorded with their own stated framework.

Solar system

Ayanamsa ↗

Ayanamsa

The angular offset used by a specified convention to relate tropical and sidereal zodiac positions.

B

Solar system

Babylonian astrology ↗

Astrología babilónica

Mesopotamian traditions of celestial omens and later horoscopic practice.

Solar system

BaZi / Four Pillars ↗

BaZi / Cuatro Pilares

A Chinese calendrical system organizing birth information into four pillars.

Hand scale

Belomancy ↗

Belomancia

Historical divination involving arrows or arrow lots.

Hand scale

Bibliomancy ↗

Bibliomancia

Divinatory selection or consultation of a book.

Human scale

Breath observation ↗

Observación de la respiración

Natural breath awareness offers an observational entry point within named yogic and Buddhist teaching contexts. The sources below describe their own practices; they are not treated as interchangeable systems.

Earth

Brontoscopy ↗

Brontoscopia

A related term for interpreting thunder, often through a calendrical omen system.

C

Hand scale

Candle gazing ↗

Contemplación de la vela

Candle gazing uses a flame as a visual focus. Trataka offers one named yogic context; symbolic readings of flame movement should be attributed to their own sources rather than treated as the same practice.

Matter

Capnomancy ↗

Capnomancia

Divination by the appearance, movement or ascent of smoke.

Hand scale

Cards ↗

Cartas / cartomancia

Compare Spanish decks of 40 or 48 cards, a standard 52-card American deck, and the 78-card Tarot de Marseille. Record the deck and spread before interpretation. The Marseille catalog keeps Justice at VIII and Strength at XI; the app uses schematic Kamala faces.

Hand scale

Cartomancy ↗

Cartomancia

An umbrella term for divination using cards.

Hand scale

Casting lots ↗

Echar suertes

Selecting or casting defined tokens to obtain an outcome.

Hand scale

Catoptromancy ↗

Catoptromancia

A divinatory reading using a mirror or reflected images.

Matter

Ceromancy ↗

Ceromancia

Divination through shapes or configurations of wax.

Human scale

Clairaudience ↗

Clariaudiencia

An experience interpreted as hearing information beyond an identified ordinary auditory source.

Human scale

Clairsentience ↗

Clarisentiencia

A feeling or bodily impression interpreted as intuitive information; usage varies by practitioner.

Human scale

Clairvoyance ↗

Clarividencia

Clairvoyance is the name given to experiences interpreted as perceiving distant or hidden objects, places or information without ordinary sensory access. This field note gives first-person accounts a place to be recorded, while keeping an impression and its independent verification distinct.

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Cledonomancy ↗

Cledonomancia

An alternative English spelling of kledonomancy.

Hand scale

Cleromancy ↗

Cleromancia

Divination through lots or randomized tokens.

Earth

Cloud reading ↗

Lectura de nubes

Observation and interpretation of clouds, with meteorological and symbolic meanings stated separately.

Hand scale

Coins ↗

Monedas

Coin tossing connects simple outcomes with the study of chance. The experiment in this article uses digital randomness from the shared sampler, with the actual source shown after every draw.

Human scale

Contemplative observation ↗

Observación contemplativa

This field note begins with a period of attentive observation. The Christian pathway draws on Laudato si’ as one named source for contemplation of nature; other traditions retain their own context.

Hand scale

Crystal gazing ↗

Observación del cristal

Crystal gazing, also called crystallomancy, uses a crystal or polished sphere as a focus for symbolic observation. Historical objects such as John Dee's crystal provide a material point of reference for the practice.

Matter

Crystallization ↗

Cristalización

Follow the axes that appear as a liquid crystallizes. The north-aligned microscope provides a reference for studying visible growth alongside the image-forming tradition associated with Rudolf Steiner and Ehrenfried Pfeiffer.

D

Hand scale

Dark mirror ↗

Espejo oscuro

A dark reflective surface used as a gazing object in some scrying practices.

Solar system

Daśā ↗

Daśā

An astrological period system used for timing in Jyotish.

Hand scale

Dice ↗

Dados

Dice make discrete outcomes easy to count. Patterns in a small sample need not imply a hidden cause.

Hand scale

Diloggún ↗

Diloggún

A cowrie-shell oracle in Lucumí orisha traditions, with its own protocols and interpretation.

Human scale

Dream incubation ↗

Incubación de sueños

Intentionally introducing a question or theme before sleep and observing the subsequent dream report.

Human scale

Dream interpretation ↗

Interpretación de sueños

Assigning or exploring meanings in a dream through a stated framework.

Human scale

Dream yoga ↗

Yoga del sueño

Contemplative training involving dreaming and awareness in Tibetan Buddhist or Bön teaching contexts.

Solar system

Dreamspell ↗

Dreamspell

A modern calendar system, presented separately from historical Maya counts.

E

Solar system

Electional astrology ↗

Astrología electiva

Astrological selection of a proposed time for an intended activity.

Earth

Entropy streams ↗

Flujos de entropía

Camera and sensor variation can be studied as signals. The experiment below samples one observatory camera, conditions its JPEG bytes with system randomness and shows the source used. A changing signal alone does not establish a calibrated entropy rate.

Matter

Extispicy ↗

Extispicina

Historical divination through examination of internal organs.

G

Hand scale

Gematria ↗

Gematría

Interpretation involving the numerical values of letters, particularly within Hebrew textual traditions.

Hand scale

Geomancy ↗

Geomancia

A name for several traditions; here it primarily refers to divination through generated dot figures.

Hand scale

Geomantic figure ↗

Figura geomántica

A figure of single and double marks whose construction and meaning follow a stated geomantic system.

Human scale

Graphology ↗

Grafología

Interpretation of handwriting features as signs of personal characteristics within a stated system.

Human scale

Guided imagery ↗

Visualización guiada

An imaginative exercise shaped by spoken, written or self-directed prompts.

H

Solar system

Haab’ ↗

Haab’

The 365-day Maya calendar.

Human scale

Handreading / palmistry ↗

Quiromancia / lectura de manos

Handreading, palmistry or chiromancy interprets the lines and forms of the hand through a named symbolic system. Historical manuals and diagrams offer sources for comparing those vocabularies.

Human scale

Handwriting description ↗

Descripción de escritura manuscrita

Recording visible features such as spacing, slant, pressure marks and line form.

Matter

Haruspicy ↗

Aruspicina

A related term for the interpretive work of a haruspex, especially in Etruscan and Roman contexts.

Solar system

Hellenistic astrology ↗

Astrología helenística

Astrological traditions developed in the Hellenistic Mediterranean and their later study.

Matter

Hepatoscopy ↗

Hepatoscopia

Historical divination specifically through the liver.

Earth

Hippomancy ↗

Hipomancia

Divination or omen reading involving horses and their behavior.

Solar system

Horary astrology ↗

Astrología horaria

Astrological interpretation of a chart cast for the moment associated with a question.

Solar system

Horoscope ↗

Horóscopo

Study astrological frameworks as cultural and symbolic systems, with their assumptions stated. They are not established scientific predictive methods.

Solar system

House system ↗

Sistema de casas

A convention for dividing a chart into astrological houses.

Matter

Hydromancy ↗

Hidromancia

A reading of water or phenomena observed in it, interpreted within a divinatory framework.

Human scale

Hypnagogia ↗

Hipnagogia

The transition from waking into sleep.

Human scale

Hypnagogic imagery ↗

Imágenes hipnagógicas

Visual or other sensory experiences reported around sleep onset.

I

Hand scale

I Ching / Yijing ↗

I Ching / Yijing

Study hexagrams through a named edition and translation of the Book of Changes. A consultation record includes the method, line sequence, text and subsequent reading.

Earth

Ichthyomancy ↗

Ictiomancia

Divinatory readings involving fish, with the procedure specified by its source.

Hand scale

Ifá ↗

Ifá

A Yoruba divinatory tradition using signs and an extensive odù literary corpus interpreted by trained practitioners.

Hand scale

ʿIlm al-raml ↗

Ciencia de la arena

An Arabic name for the geomantic tradition literally associated with sand.

Human scale

Improvisation ↗

Improvisación

Creating or developing a performance as it occurs, within or beyond stated musical rules.

Matter

Inkblot reading ↗

Lectura de manchas de tinta

Personal or symbolic interpretation of a shape made by ink.

Hand scale

Isopsephy ↗

Isopsefía

Greek letter-number calculation and comparison, including words or phrases with equal totals.

J

Solar system

Jyotish / Vedic astrology ↗

Jyotish / astrología védica

A name for Indian astrological traditions with distinct calculations, texts and schools.

K

Human scale

Kinesthesia / body awareness ↗

Kinestesia / conciencia corporal

Kinesthesia is the sense of movement of one's own body parts, within the wider field of proprioception. Here it provides a way to observe gesture, bodily attention and the hand movements involved in writing or holding a pendulum.

Human scale

Kinesthetic journal ↗

Diario kinestésico

A record centered on the felt experience of movement and position.

Hand scale

Kledonomancy ↗

Cledonomancia

Divinatory interpretation of an incidental utterance or overheard words.

L

Human scale

Labyrinth ↗

Laberinto de recorrido

A designed winding path; many contemplative examples have one route toward a center.

Human scale

Labyrinth walking ↗

Recorrido de laberintos

Walking a designed route as a contemplative or symbolic practice.

Hand scale

Lecanomancy ↗

Lecanomancia

Divination with a basin and its contents, often water or oil on water.

Hand scale

Lecanoscopy ↗

Lecanoscopia

A related term for observing or reading a basin’s contents.

Hand scale

Lenormand ↗

Lenormand

A family of oracle decks and reading systems, especially the 36-card Petit Lenormand.

Hand scale

Lithomancy ↗

Litomancia

Divination involving stones or gems.

Solar system

Long Count ↗

Cuenta Larga

A Mesoamerican system for recording elapsed days from a calendrical starting point.

Human scale

Lucid dreaming ↗

Sueños lúcidos

A lucid dream is a dream in which the dreamer becomes aware of dreaming. Some episodes include deliberate actions or changes in the dream scene, but awareness and control are different features. Laboratory research has documented lucid dreaming during verified REM sleep. Dream imagery remains distinct from verification of information outside the dream.

M

Solar system

Mayan planetary horoscope ↗

Horóscopo planetario maya

The planetary horoscope described by AstroApp using synodic ages and twenty trecenas; identify its method separately from calendrical conversions.

Human scale

Metoposcopy ↗

Metoposcopia

Historical readings of forehead lines and markings.

Hand scale

Mirror gazing ↗

Observación de espejos

Sustained visual attention to a reflective surface; the aim may be contemplative or symbolic.

Matter

Molybdomancy / cast-metal readings ↗

Molibdomancia

Molybdomancy reads forms produced by cast metal as symbolic images. Finnish New Year customs offer one documented context for interpreting shapes and shadows. Record the actual material: historical casting alloys may contain lead, even when described as tin.

Human scale

Movement journal ↗

Diario de movimiento

A dated record of gestures, positions, movement sequences or bodily sensations.

Solar system

Muhūrta ↗

Muhūrta

The selection of an intended time through Indian electional astrology.

Solar system

Mundane astrology ↗

Astrología mundana

Astrological interpretation concerning collective affairs, places or public events.

N

Human scale

Naam & attentive listening ↗

Naam / escucha atenta

Naam remembrance, scriptural reflection and kirtan are approached through their Sikh sources. This page provides a way to document a text or a public performance while retaining its context.

Solar system

Nakshatra ↗

Nakshatra

A lunar mansion used within Indian astrological systems.

Solar system

Natal astrology ↗

Astrología natal

Astrological interpretation of a chart for a birth.

Hand scale

Nomancy ↗

Nomancia

A historical alternative name for onomancy.

Hand scale

Numerology ↗

Numerología

Symbolic interpretation of numbers through a stated set of correspondences.

O

Hand scale

Odù ↗

Odù

Named signs or divisions of the Ifá corpus; related terminology occurs in distinct traditions with its own context.

Human scale

Oneiromancy ↗

Oniromancia

Divinatory or symbolic interpretation of dreams.

Hand scale

Onomancy ↗

Onomancia

Divinatory or symbolic interpretation of a name.

Matter

Oracle bone ↗

Hueso oracular

A bone or shell object used in a documented oracle procedure, sometimes bearing inscriptions.

Earth

Ornithomancy ↗

Ornitomancia

Divinatory interpretation of birds, their behavior, calls or flight.

P

Matter

Pareidolia ↗

Pareidolia

Perceiving a familiar pattern or image in an ambiguous stimulus.

Human scale

Pathworking ↗

Recorrido simbólico guiado

An esoteric form of imaginative journey following a named symbolic route or framework.

Hand scale

Pendulum ↗

Péndulo

A pendulum offers a repeatable way to explore oscillation. Symbolic uses belong to a separate interpretive context.

Human scale

Physiognomy ↗

Fisiognomía

Historical interpretation of outward features as supposed signs of character or fate.

Solar system

Planetary hours ↗

Horas planetarias

Astrological divisions of day and night assigned to a recurring sequence of planetary rulers.

Solar system

Planetary return ↗

Retorno planetario

An astrological chart for a planet returning to a specified reference position.

Solar system

Planets ↗

Planetas

Planetary observation concerns positions, visibility and movement. The original SolarSimulator is available on the homepage and in its full workspace, with date and speed controls; the visual layout uses adjusted display distances.

Matter

Plastromancy ↗

Plastromancia

Divinatory interpretation of the plastron, the underside of a turtle shell.

Human scale

Precognition ↗

Precognición

A reported impression or image interpreted as information about an event that has not yet occurred.

Human scale

Presentiment ↗

Presentimiento

An anticipatory feeling interpreted as relating to a later event, often without a specific scene or prediction.

Solar system

Progression ↗

Progresión

An astrological timing technique deriving symbolic positions through a stated time correspondence.

Human scale

Psychometrics ↗

Psicometría psicológica

The measurement of psychological characteristics; a separate meaning of a similar word.

Human scale

Psychometry ↗

Psicometría de objetos

Reported impressions about an object’s history or associations, attributed by practitioners to contact with the object.

Matter

Pyromancy ↗

Piromancia

Divinatory interpretation of fire or flame behavior.

R

Hand scale

Radiesthesia / dowsing ↗

Radiestesia

Radiesthesia includes practices using a hand-held pendulum, rods or related instruments to seek a response or locate a hidden target. The US Geological Survey documents water dowsing and its evidential limitations. A moving instrument alone does not establish detection of water or an external force.

Solar system

Rāśi / D1 ↗

Carta rāśi

The principal sign-based chart used in Jyotish.

Human scale

Remote viewing ↗

Visión remota

Recording impressions of a target withheld from the participant, then comparing the complete record with the target.

Human scale

Retrocognition ↗

Retrocognición

A reported experience interpreted as knowledge of an earlier event through means beyond ordinary recollection or inference.

Human scale

Ritual sound & rhythm ↗

Sonido y ritmo ritual

The shamanic pathway starts with a documented Evenki drum beater and ritual objects. Sound, objects and their meanings are studied through the specific community and source being described.

Hand scale

Rod methods ↗

Métodos con varillas

Procedures using rods as indicators; the setup and interpretive rule should be specified.

Hand scale

Runes ↗

Runas

The app offers the 16-sign Younger Futhark and the 24-sign Elder Futhark. The latter is historically older. Both are Germanic writing systems. Finnish (suomi), a Finno-Ugric language, supplies modern glosses here alongside conventional names and Latin transliteration; it is not presented as an ancient Finnish alphabet.

S

Matter

Sand reading ↗

Lectura de arena

Interpretation of sand patterns or marks, with the particular method stated.

Matter

Scapulimancy ↗

Escapulimancia

Divinatory interpretation of a shoulder blade, with a specified historical method.

Hand scale

Sibilla ↗

Sibilla

A name used for several illustrated oracle-card traditions; identify the particular edition.

Solar system

Sidereal zodiac ↗

Zodíaco sideral

A zodiac using a specified stellar reference and its chosen ayanamsa convention.

Hand scale

Sortilege ↗

Sortilegio por suertes

A historical term for divination by lots.

Hand scale

Stichomancy ↗

Esticomancia

Selection of a line or verse as an oracle or symbolic prompt.

Hand scale

Stone casting ↗

Lanzamiento de piedras

Arranging or casting a defined set of stones and interpreting the resulting positions.

Solar system

Synastry ↗

Sinastría

An astrological comparison between two charts.

T

Hand scale

Tarot ↗

Tarot

A card family with trumps and suited cards, used for games and in distinct divinatory traditions.

Hand scale

Tasseography ↗

Tasseografía

Interpretation of residue patterns in a cup or related vessel.

Hand scale

Tea & coffee grounds ↗

Lectura de posos de té y café

Residue patterns can be approached as visual observations and culturally situated symbolic readings.

Hand scale

Tea-leaf reading ↗

Lectura de hojas de té

A tasseographic practice using leaves left in a cup.

Human scale

Telepathy ↗

Telepatía

A claimed transfer of thoughts or impressions between minds without an ordinary sensory explanation.

Solar system

The Sun ↗

Sol

Track daylight, seasonal change and solar imagery through indirect observations and documented data. The homepage includes the latest published NASA SDO AIA 171 sequence, with observation times in the imagery.

Solar system

Tonalpohualli ↗

Tonalpohualli

The 260-day ritual count in Nahua calendrical traditions.

Earth

Tracking / tracks & signs ↗

Rastreo / huellas y señales

Tracking follows footprints, trails and other signs of animal activity. This pathway connects close field observation with the observatory's attention to wildlife and its surroundings.

Solar system

Traditional / classical astrology ↗

Astrología tradicional / clásica

Labels used for historical astrological schools; name the period, authors and rules followed in a particular reading.

Solar system

Transit ↗

Tránsito

A planetary position considered for a selected time, often compared with a reference chart.

Solar system

Tropical zodiac ↗

Zodíaco tropical

A zodiac referenced to the equinoxes through twelve equal divisions.

Solar system

Tzolk’in ↗

Tzolk’in

The 260-day sacred count in Maya calendrical traditions.

V

Solar system

Varga ↗

Carta divisional

A zodiac division used to construct a divisional chart in Jyotish.

W

Matter

Wax reading ↗

Lectura de cera

A broader description for interpreting wax remnants or cooled forms.

Earth

Weather ↗

Meteorología

Weather observation begins with conditions at a specific place and time. The homepage now includes an animated Windy forecast map centered on Andorra and the Pyrenees; its model and selected time remain visible in the source.

Y

Human scale

Yoga nidra ↗

Yoga nidra

A term used in Indian yogic traditions for practices of conscious rest or yogic sleep; specific methods depend on the lineage.

Z

Solar system

Zi Wei Dou Shu ↗

Zi Wei Dou Shu

A Chinese astrological chart system with its own stars, palaces and interpretive rules.