Divination

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## Power information

### Category

Supportive Power

**Divination**, or *Fortune Telling*, is the practice of predicting the future, usually of an individual, through mystical or supernatural means and often for commercial gain. There are many methods to predict the future.

Many magical beings are shown to possess some skill at predicting the future, most prominently Oracles, and Seers. However, it has been shown that this ability can be taught to others.

## Known Methods

### Chiromancy

 File:Palmreading.jpg  *Chiromancy*, also known as *Palmistry* or simply *Palm Reading*, is the art of foretelling the future through the study of the palm. A wizard skilled in this art form can read and decipher the lines and creases in a person's hand to discover the person's lifeline, love line, family line and other aspects of their life.

### Tasseomancy

*Tasseomancy* is the art of reading or interpreting patterns in tea leaves to predict events in the future. This type of fortune telling is shown to still be practiced by wizard practitioners.

### Pyromancy

It is the ability to perceive present events through fire, used commonly to gather information.

### Crystal Gazing

 File:Oracle'sCrystalBall.jpg  *Crystal Gazing* is the art of looking into a Crystal Ball in order to try to gain insight into future events. This art has been seen practiced by several magical beings, such as Oracles, sorcerers and wizards.

P. Russell was the first to use this ability at her cousin's speakeasy. Gideon used it on occasion in order to monitor the Charmed Ones and their activities. Oracles naturally have this ability. The most prominent of these was the Source's Oracle.

### Tarot Reading

 File:PaigeTarot5.PNG  *Tarot Reading* is the art of reading cards to gain insight into future events. There are special kinds of cards designed especially for this purpose, known as a tarot cards. Several wizards have been shown using these cards.

The first time this was seen was in 1670, when the evil wizard, Ruth, used tarot reading to alert Cole that the Charmed Ones had travelled back in time to thwart the plans he had to destroy their family line. Another time, Paige was given a new tarot card set by Phoebe as a gift. She used them to predict the future about Cole and Phoebe's love life, which was uncannily accurate. Chris Halliwell also once used tarot cards to predict his own future.

### Pool Gazing

 File:7x05P29.png  *Pool Gazing* is the art of looking into a pool of liquid to see future and/or present events. Kyra, a seer with the power of premonition, used a magic pool to show others the future as well as find answers to their questions.

### Mirror Gazing

*Mirror Gazing* is the art of looking into a mirror to see past, present and future events. Alexi, a seer, with the power of premonition used a magic mirror to look and show others past, present and future events. This ability is not to be mistaken for Catoptromancy, which is the ability to spy on others in the present through the use of mirrors.

### Potion

Potions can be used for divination if done correctly. Piper Halliwell once used a potion to bring about signs for her question about how to save her husband from his cryogenic state. The potion revealed a Chinese letter (恒) which directed her and Billie Jenkins to a dry cleaning shop in Chinatown.

## Notes and Trivia

* As Divination is more a practiced skill than an actual magical power, it could be reasoned that most, if not all, beings could learn it. However, as it is dependent on practice, it should not be considered a basic power unless it is practiced on regularly.