The art of foreseeing the future - and an often tricky skill to hone. There are many forms of divination, and each have their advantages - but as with most things in life, you'll find a method that suits you, and that yields the most accurate results, and you'll generally stick with it. Personally, I prefer the tarot - although I occasionally use runes, and I've also created my own method of divination (more on this later).

Anyway, regardless of method, divination in itself depends on many variables. You might ask a question repeatedly, using various mediums, and see nothing. It might just be that you can't see the wood for the trees, or that you're simply asking the wrong question. The important thing to remember about divination is that whatever external forces might affect the cards drawn, the runes pulled, or the way your tealeaves come to rest - the actual answer you find is subject to interpretation.

One person might interpret a particular tarot reading in one way, and another person might have a completely different perspective. Things like tarot decks and runes tend to have 'set' meanings - symbols which have become fixed and traditional over the years. Nothing wrong with that, as one still has to interpret the way in which the card or rune interacts with the others around it. Divination through, for instance, tealeaves (tasseomancy) is subject to far more interpretation and intuition on the part of the person giving the reading. If a group of ten people looked at the same cloud, what are the odds that they'll all see the same shapes within it? Again, it's about perspective and intuition.

Intuition is the heart of divination as far as I'm concerned: but then, I believe that divination as an art is merely a way of channelling our own innate ability to sense what is to come. We need a catalyst - and the various methods of divination perform that function marvellously.