Follow wildlife tracks, the local environment and the streams produced by instruments. Source, location, sampling interval and units make observations easier to compare.
Entropy streams ↗
Watching variation unfold.
09 / EarthWeather ↗
The atmosphere, observed.
23 / EarthTracking / tracks & signs ↗
Read the traces of a living landscape.
Capnomancy ↗
The symbolic interpretation of smoke, its direction, density or changing forms.
Matter / Reflective surfaces, fire & formsSand readings / psammomancy ↗
Symbolic interpretation of patterns in sand, scattered grains or marks made on a granular surface.
Human scale / Body, gesture & creative attentionLabyrinth walking ↗
Following a designed path as a contemplative or reflective movement practice.
Earth / Landscape, weather & animal signsAugury / ornithomancy ↗
Historical and symbolic readings of signs, including birds’ calls, movements or flight.
Earth / Landscape, weather & animal signsAlectryomancy, hippomancy & ichthyomancy ↗
Historical names for readings involving fowl, horses and fish respectively.
Earth / Landscape, weather & animal signsNephomancy ↗
Symbolic interpretation of cloud shapes or changing cloud formations.
Earth / Landscape, weather & animal signsBrontomancy ↗
Historical interpretation of thunder as an omen, often in relation to its time or direction.
Matter / Landscape, weather & animal signsScapulimancy & plastromancy ↗
Historical oracle readings of shoulder blades and turtle plastrons, often involving cracks and inscriptions.
Solar system / Branches of arts already presentAstrocartography & planetary hours ↗
Astrological mapping and timing systems that use different geographic and calendrical conventions.