divination, foretelling, soothsaying, fortune telling

the art or gift of prophecy (or the pretense of prophecy) by supernatural means

• dowse, dowsing, rhabdomancy — searching for underground water or minerals by using a dowsing rod
• geomancy — divination by means of signs connected with the earth (as points taken at random or the arrangement of particles thrown down at random or from the configuration of a region and its relation to another)
• hydromancy — divination by water (as by patterns seen in the ebb and flow of the tides)
• lithomancy — divination by means of stones or stone talismans
• necromancy — conjuring up the dead, especially for prophesying
• onomancy — divination by the letters of a name
• palmistry, palm reading, chiromancy, chirology — telling fortunes by lines on the palm of the hand
• pyromancy — divination by fire or flames

• prophecy, prognostication, vaticination — knowledge of the future (usually said to be obtained from a divine source)