Divination

Divination is the set of practices that seek guidance or insight by interpreting signs: tarot cards, runes, the pendulum, the stars, numbers or the surface of a water mirror. Almost every culture has developed some form of it, from the Greek oracles to the Chinese I Ching. In contemporary practice it is understood less as predicting a fixed future and more as a tool for reflection: a symbolic language that helps to frame a question, see the options and listen to one's own intuition. Its value depends on the honesty of the question and the ethics of the reader.