Divination

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Cards, tea leaves, coffee, clouds, candlelight, flowers. There are dozens of ways to embrace the art of divination, a practice used to seek guidance from the divine and part of a witch’s toolkit for centuries. It is a beautiful practice that can help you see beyond what is immediately in front of you. It can show you hidden dangers and gifts, provide new ideas and shut down old ones. Divination is a way to seek the advice of the powers that be while also showing hidden dangers and truths.

If you have pulled Divination, you are being asked to explore your ability to receive guidance from the Earth and the divine. Now it’s time to go deeper into your practice, and you must learn to trust in your own ability to feel your way into messages as well as your ability to interpret them.

This card also means there is a need to take more time to reflect. It can be easy to get lost in the day to day without taking time to process everything you’ve been through. Something as simple as pulling a single card every day either in the morning or evening can help you make sense of the events around you. It can help you to see things that you overlooked or consider something that you would never have otherwise.

Divination in reverse is asking you to put down the divination tools for a moment. Asking the same question over and over again can lead to confusion and a misinterpretation of the messages. If you pull a card and do not like the message, try to find a way to sit with it and accept it without judgment. Drawing a card again and again until you get the answer you seek isn’t divination. Learn to understand what is presented to you and how it fits into your life.

Writing or drawing messages received from the spirit realm while in an altered state of consciousness.

The use of animal bones (typically chicken but others are fine too), nuts, shells, seeds and even beads to receive spiritual messages.

Gazing upon the flame of a candle to see shapes, symbols, pictures, scenes or figures.

Deciphering messages by the colors, people, structures and symbols found with dreams, either by traditional dreaming or lucid dreaming. Dreaming is often considered the oldest form of divination in the world.

This can be done in several different forms, including but not limited to drawing a flower that resonates with you and divining the characteristics, noting the day of the week in which you saw a flower and counting the number of petals on a flower.

One of the oldest forms of divination in the world that uses the name and birthdate of an individual to determine a set of numbers that hold meaning to a person’s characteristics, ways to succeed in life and how a person learns, among other things.

Reviewing the shapes, lines and fingers of the hands to determine a person’s chances of health, wealth and love throughout life. Palmistry is mentioned several times in the Bible, making it one of the oldest forms of divination.

Thought to be the invention of the Nordic god Odin, runes are stones with carved symbols that are used to answer both simple and elaborate questions. Runes can be read in a similar way to tarot by arranging them into spreads.

Using a shiny surface such as a mirror, polished gemstones or even water to see receive visions.