Observe material structure and the conditions under which it changes. The scale refers to the object being observed, rather than the size of the equipment.
Crystallization ↗
Matter finding a form.
26 / MatterMolybdomancy / cast-metal readings ↗
A solidified form and its shadow.
Catoptromancy / mirror gazing ↗
Contemplating or interpreting images seen in a reflective surface, including a dark mirror.
Matter / Reflective surfaces, fire & formsHydromancy ↗
Symbolic or divinatory interpretation of water, its surface, reflections or movement.
Hand scale / Reflective surfaces, fire & formsLecanomancy ↗
A reading made with a basin, commonly involving water and sometimes floating substances such as oil.
Matter / Reflective surfaces, fire & formsPyromancy ↗
Symbolic interpretation of fire, including the appearance or movement of a flame.
Matter / Reflective surfaces, fire & formsCapnomancy ↗
The symbolic interpretation of smoke, its direction, density or changing forms.
Matter / Reflective surfaces, fire & formsCeromancy ↗
Symbolic interpretation of wax shapes, including cooled forms and candle remnants.
Hand scale / Reflective surfaces, fire & formsLithomancy ↗
Readings made with stones or gems through selection, arrangement, casting or reflected light.
Matter / Reflective surfaces, fire & formsSand readings / psammomancy ↗
Symbolic interpretation of patterns in sand, scattered grains or marks made on a granular surface.
Matter / Reflective surfaces, fire & formsInkblot & incidental-image readings ↗
Symbolic responses to incidental marks, stains or ambiguous images, recorded as personal interpretations.
Hand scale / Lots, texts, names & numbersGeomancy ↗
A family of divinatory systems using generated figures, often formed from odd and even groups of marks.
Matter / Landscape, weather & animal signsScapulimancy & plastromancy ↗
Historical oracle readings of shoulder blades and turtle plastrons, often involving cracks and inscriptions.
Matter / Landscape, weather & animal signsExtispicy / hepatoscopy ↗
Historical readings of internal organs, with hepatoscopy specifically concerning the liver.
Hand scale / Branches of arts already presentTasseography variants ↗
Related cup-reading practices interpreting patterns of tea leaves, coffee grounds or other specified sediment.