Divination Quotes

“From now on, I don't care if my tea leaves spell 'Die, Ron, Die,' I'm chucking them in the bin where they belong.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

“Multiple experiments with spirit contact transmitted the name Matthew Edward Hall on several occasions. I predict this to be a very important future individual in humanities development. Possibly the second embodiment of Christ on Earth.”
― G.I. Gurdjieff, Gurdjieff's Early Talks 1914-1931: In Moscow, St. Petersburg, Essentuki, Tiflis, Constantinople, Berlin, Paris, London, Fontainebleau, New York, and Chicago

“That's what they should teach us here. How girls' brains work… It would be more useful than divination, anyway…”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

“Right, you've got a crooked sort of cross..." He consulted Unfogging the Future. "That means you're going to have 'trials and suffering' — sorry about that — but there's a thing that could be the sun... hang on... that means 'great happiness'... so you're going to suffer but be very happy..."

"You need your Inner Eye tested, if you ask me," said Ron, and they both had to stifle their laughs as Professor Trelawney gazed in their direction.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

“The inner eye does not see upon command.”
― J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

“Yeah,” said Harry. “No more pretending we care what happens when Jupiter and Uranus get too friendly . . .”
“And from now on, I don’t care if my tea leaves spell die, Ron, die — I’m just chucking them in the bin where they belong.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

“He opened the book at random, or so he believed, but a book is like a sandy path which keeps the indent of footsteps.”
― Graham Greene, The Human Factor

“I've got two Neptunes here," said Harry after a while, frowning down at his piece of parchment, "that can't be right, can it?"
"Aaaaah," said Ron, imitating Professor Trelawney's mystical whisper, "when two Neptunes appear in the sky, it is a sure sign that a midget in glasses is being born, Harry..."
Seamus and Dean, who were working nearby, sniggered loudly, though not loud enough to mask the excited squeals from Lavender Brown— "Oh Professor, look! I think I might've gotten an unaspected planet! Oooh, which one's that, Professor?"
"It is Uranus, my dear," said Professor Trelawney, peering down at the chart.
"Can I get a look at Uranus too, Lavender?" said Ron.”
― J.K Rowling Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

“Divination is the quest to understand more about the past, present, and future. In other words, Tarot readings are an attempt to understand ourselves better and discover how we might live better in the future.”
― Theresa Francis-Cheung, Teen Tarot: What the Cards Reveal About You and Your Future

“Divination is turning out to be much more trouble than I could have foreseen, never having studied the subject myself.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

“When the waiter brought the cheese-board, there was a large carrot carved in the shape of a mermaid sitting between the Dolcelatte and the Pecorino. Teo could have sworn that the carrot-mermaid flexed her tail and plunged her little hand inside a smelly Gorgonzola. 'Tyromancy, ye know,' remarked the mermaid. 'The Ancient Art of Divination by Cheese.' Then she pulled her tiny hand out and inspected the green cheese-mold on her tiny fingers. 'Lackaday!' she moaned. 'Stinking! It goes poorly for Venice and Teodora, it do!”
― Michelle Lovric, The Undrowned Child

“Our work is to integrate and eventually transcend darkness and light altogether by holding them equally in a state of interconnection.”
― Sasha Graham, Dark Wood Tarot

“Once upon a time, tarot reading was about discovering what your future held. These days tarot helps you craft exactly the future you desire.”
― Sasha Graham, The Magic of Tarot: Your Guide to Intuitive Readings, Rituals, and Spells

“Divination is not seeing the future; it's looking at the present from a different perspective and seeing connections that were otherwise invisible.”
― Charbel Tadros

“When Kali unfurls her tongue with ferocious expression, she is embarking upon spiritual deliverance.”
― Alana Fairchild, Kali Oracle

“We don't need the victim's entrails for their own sake, only for the sake of the signs they convey. And we don't worship the crow or the raven -- we worship God who communicates by means of them.”
― Epictetus

“When you actually know the question, the answer is every­where, and you can see it in anything you observe.”
― Lon Milo DuQuette, Book Of Ordinary Oracles: Use Pocket Change, Popsicle Sticks, a TV Remote, this Book, and More to Predict the Future and Answer Your Questions

“[T]he route of a pilgrimage should serve its spiritual goal. Which may be simple or manifold, but which will partake of at least one of five aims: service, supplication, gratitude, divination, and atonement.”
― Lois McMaster Bujold, Paladin of Souls

“I'm not superstitious. I don't believe in knocking on wood, or crossing fingers, or crystal gazing, or any of that. I don't think the cards have any special occult power, though I'm not sure I'd say that outright to a client. But they do ...' She found herself struggling to articulate something she rarely dissected, event o herself. 'They do still have meaning - even if you know nothing about tarot, you can see the richness of the symbolism and the imagery. The ideas they represent ... they're universal forces that bear on all our lives. I suppose what I believe is not that the cards can tell you anything you don't already know, or that they have magical answers to your questions, but that they give you ... they give you the space to question ...? Does that make sense? Whether the statements I make in a reading are true or false, they give the sitter an opportunity to reflect on those forces, to analyze their instincts. I don't know if I'm explaining this right.”
― Ruth Ware, The Death of Mrs. Westaway

“Writing is following the sky of your mind. Who knows from where the winds blow. Or perhaps we are diviners. You cannot see the spring beneath but suddenly there is a twitch in the stick.”
― Paul Lynch

“It is well known in physics that when one compresses the mass of an object its potential energy increases exponentially. Coal is an example of such compression; nuclear fission another. There are several techniques in Qabalah for 'compressing' a text of scripture to 'increase' its 'power.' A book called the Cifri Ali is said to one of the books used by the Bektashis. It is a book revealed to Ali ('Alaihi Assalam) and secretly handed down to his descendants. Learned Şehy's are supposed to have learned from it and therefore to be able to practice divination.”
― Laurence Galian, The Sun at Midnight: The Revealed Mysteries of the Ahlul Bayt Sufis

“Effort in the Calvinist doctrine had still another psychological meaning. The fact that one did not tire in that unceasing effort and that one succeeded in one's moral as well as one's secular work was a more or less distinct sign of being one of the chosen ones. The irrationality of such compulsive effort is that the activity is not meant to create a desired end but serves to indicate whether or not something will occur which has been determined beforehand, independent of one's own activity or control. This mechanism is a well-known feature of compulsive neurotics. Such persons when afraid of the outcome of an important undertaking may, while awaiting an answer, count the windows of houses or trees on the street. If the number is even, a person feels that things will be alright; if it is uneven, it is a sign that he will fail. Frequently this doubt does not refer to a specific instance but to a person's whole life, and the compulsion to look for "signs" will pervade it accordingly. Often the connection between counting stones, playing solitaire, gambling, and so on, and anxiety and doubt, is not conscious. A person may play solitaire out of a vague feeling of restlessness and only an analysis might uncover the hidden function of his activity: to reveal the future.

In Calvinism this meaning of effort was part of the religious doctrine. Originally it referred essentially to moral effort, but later on the emphasis was more and more on effort in one's occupation and on the results of this effort; that is, success or failure in business. Success became the sign of God's grace; failure, the sign of damnation.”
― Erich Fromm, Escape from Freedom

“She didn’t want her sister to glance at her future and report back what she thought was interesting. She wanted to see it herself, every little detail. She wanted to hold her fate in both hands and know its weight, its form, how far she could stretch it before it snapped back into shape.”
― Philline Harms, Love and Other Wicked Things

“No mystical system or divinatory tool can ever replace personally observed patterns, since these alone are the inner messengers which convey to us the guidance and sustenance which we need. However, sometimes a divinatory tool can help us *trigger recognition* of these patterns. It is only the innately lazy who rely upon the Tarot as a daily crutch or decision-making process. Hence the warning in many Tarot books about over-use of the Tarot for divination.”
― Caitlín Matthews, The Arthurian Tarot: A Hallowquest Handbook

“Astfgl sat back. He wondered what did happen to Lavaeoulus.
Gods and demons, being creatures outside of time, don't move in it like bubbles in the stream. Everything happens at the same time for them. This should mean that they know everything that is going to happen because, in a sense, it already has. The reason they don't is that reality is a big place with a lot of interesting things going on, and keeping track of all of them is like trying to use a very big video recorder with no freeze button or tape counter. It's usually easier to just wait and see.”
― terry pratchett, Eric

“Authentic divination systems passed down by our ancestors are a special type of heritage bestowed upon the human family. From a practical standpoint, divination systems can often provide a fresh
perspective on the changing times and world, which is to our collective advantage. They also help us satisfy an ancient and instinctual need to better understand life and our place in the Universe.”
― Ayesha Ophelia, The New Romantics: The Art Of Musical Divination

“The essence of romance is an extremely powerful life-giving sensual force for change. I view the romantic periods in our history as cycles of time where the artists, ignitors, and outliers brought the collective lens to matters of the heart, the spiritual potential of
creativity, and the continued awakening of consciousness. Music, literature, beauty, and artistic expression were the channels for this new frequency to move into the lifeblood of cultures.”
― Ayesha Ophelia, The New Romantics: The Art Of Musical Divination

“Truthfully some of my favorite music can only be heard outside through the natural melodies that live on the tongues of birds, the howl of the wind or the wolves, and the melodic dissonance of the grasshoppers song. Nature is a grand conductor of sound; fire crackles, river rush and hiss, and whales have haunting and ethereal choruses they sing underwater. Nature is the primal O M sound.
The original source of music on the planet. Many traditions even believe music is what birthed the world into being.”
― Ayesha Ophelia, The New Romantics: The Art Of Musical Divination

“I have personally spoken to loved ones on the other side about the process of dying through the song oracle. My Mom sent me a song that described her initial process of dying that gives me chills
to this day. On the day a beloved family member tragically passed away by suicide, I sought answers by using the song oracle system. Astonishingly, shortly after learning of her passing, the system conveyed two songs that directly addressed the act of taking your
own life. Through ongoing experiments with the song oracle, I have fervently tested my hypotheses about using songs to connect beyond the veil, consistently encountering remarkable revelations.”
― Ayesha Ophelia, The New Romantics: The Art Of Musical Divination

“I have personally spoken to loved ones on the other side about the process of dying through the song oracle. My Mom sent me a song that described her initial process of dying that gives me chills to this day. On the day a beloved family member tragically passed away by suicide, I sought answers by using the song oracle system. Astonishingly, shortly after learning of her passing, the system conveyed two songs that directly addressed the act of taking your own life. Through ongoing experiments with the song oracle, I have fervently tested my hypotheses about using songs to connect beyond the veil, consistently encountering remarkable revelations.”
― Ayesha Ophelia, The New Romantics: The Art Of Musical Divination