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Divination is the practice of interpreting phenomena as supernatural indications of fate: foretelling, soothsaying, predicting.
Divination proper assumes the influence of some supernatural force or fate; scientific predictions are made from an essentially mechanical, impersonal world-view and rely on empirical "laws" of nature.
One of the most popular methods of divination worldwide today is astrology, which is practiced in many ways according to different traditions.
Divination is a universal cultural phenomenon which anthropologists have observed as being present in many religions and cultures in all ages up to the present day.
Strictly speaking, divination assumes the influence of some supernatural force or fate, whereas scientific predictions are made from an essentially mechanical, impersonal world-view and rely on empirical laws of nature.
By far one of the most popular methods of divination is Astrology, typically categorized as Vedic Astrology (Jyotish), Western Astrology, and Chinese Astrology, though besides these main three branches many other cultures also have or have had their own forms of Astrology in the past.
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