Ailuromancy
divination through observing cats’ movements. Since the population of feral cats has grown numerously, there hunting instincts have caused havoc on bird populations.
Cellophane fish
A transparent thin sheet cut into the shape of a fish, it is placed on the palm to predict one’s future. The irony of cellophane plastic being harmful to the environment yet shaped like a fish, an animal most often harmed by plastic-based pollution
Cybermancy
Random web-browsing to receive divinatory guidance will attract information phishing and
viruses.
Horoscopes, one of the most well know method of divination in the west. Information within Horoscopes can lead to negative assumptions about someone’s character, much like biased news sources.
Botanomancy
This method involves burning tree leaves and limbs while examining the way it burns to determine the future. This practice can be compared to the increase of wild fires in the western hemisphere due to global warming, the earths way of warning the potential future.
divination through the reading of tea leaves can be compared to rising sea levels affecting farmers and their crops.
Eyes on the prize, not on the present
“Eyes on the prize, not on the present” looks at methods of divination, and explores the negative outcomes that arise when seeking solutions to fleeting fulfillment outweigh social concerns.
