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

“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

“Having the goddess of foretelling as his patron was much like having a Valdari mercenary as a cousin—less useful than most people assumed.”
― Elisabeth Wheatley, Tears of the Wolf

“You are doing divination when you ask me a question. Divination is NOT getting an answer mechanically from 'Napoleon's Dream Book'. It is a method of rendering the mind lucid, 'opened unto the Higher'.”
― Aleister Crowley

“See the fish? That means good fortune, especially on the rim. Blessings are swimming your way.”
Vanessa smiled.
“Dip your finger in the grounds, then suck them off your finger to seal your fate,” Kendra told her.
Vanessa did, and Kendra looked inside Jimena’s cup.
“Birds.” Kendra laughed. “Of course, there would be lots of birds for Jimena, because she receives omens. You see the future clearly, but sometimes you don’t believe in the power you have.”
Jimena leaned forward. “I see the birds. Pájaros flying all over the cup.”
Next Kendra glanced at Catty, then studied the brown zigzag design inside her cup. “A road.” She sighed. “Travel, of course, and specifically time traveling. The road moves back and forth over the bottom of the cup, which represents the past, and up to the top, which stands for the future. Catty will be taking innumerable trips.”
― Lynne Ewing, Possession

“The stigma is everywhere, even in our own tarot communities. How often have you come across books or social media posts asserting that tarot isn’t about predicting the future and cautioning against anyone who claims otherwise? They often argue that tarot is solely a tool for introspection and guidance. I beg to differ; it encompasses all of these facets. As someone who has worked as a professional psychic, medium, and tarot reader for many years, I’ve used tarot to guide both myself and many others in understanding potential future events and making informed decisions. I’ve also led many workshops teaching others how to harness their psychic abilities in tarot readings. The real caution should be against readings that present a predetermined future without choices. An adept tarot reader skillfully blends various techniques to offer readings that foster introspection, enhance self-awareness, and provide insights into potential future outcomes that are the most likely.”
― Mat Auryn, The Psychic Art of Tarot: Opening Your Inner Eye for More Insightful Readings

“Thus, fortune-telling essentially means you’re telling the chances of future events. It’s about anticipating potential outcomes based on the present energy flow rather than making fixed prophecies that can’t be changed.”
― Mat Auryn, The Psychic Art of Tarot: Opening Your Inner Eye for More Insightful Readings

“The lower self connects us with our animalistic nature. As physical beings, we experience sensations and emotions within our bodies. This inner dimension of ourselves enables direct interaction with it through our senses and emotions. The middle self, in contrast, represents our intellectual side. It processes patterns and information, as well as formulates thoughts and words.”
― Mat Auryn, The Psychic Art of Tarot: Opening Your Inner Eye for More Insightful Readings

“Then there is the higher self, the most abstract of the three. This aspect of ourselves surpasses both time and space’s limitations that bind our earthly incarnations. The higher self embodies our pure divine essence that remains unaltered throughout our lifetimes. This is the closest to the concept of “spirit” or “soul” in the mind of the average person.”
― Mat Auryn, The Psychic Art of Tarot: Opening Your Inner Eye for More Insightful Readings

“unconscious processing of sensory details in our environment, leading to a specific insight. In contrast, psychic abilities involve utilizing the clair senses, which operate independently of tangible environmental information.”
― Mat Auryn, The Psychic Art of Tarot: Opening Your Inner Eye for More Insightful Readings

“Consider intuition as the middle self interpreting messages from the lower self, which processes physical environmental information, while psychic abilities involve the middle self receiving wisdom and insight totally unrelated to information in one’s environment from the higher self through the clair senses.”
― Mat Auryn, The Psychic Art of Tarot: Opening Your Inner Eye for More Insightful Readings

“Exploring advanced tarot concepts helps us explore the cards’ deeper mysteries. This journey deepens our grasp of how tarot’s symbols relate to psychic truths and plunges us into a world of timeless wisdom and hidden meanings.”
― Mat Auryn, The Psychic Art of Tarot: Opening Your Inner Eye for More Insightful Readings

“Tarot has been a golden filament for me, intricately threading all the various aspects of my life together. It has served as a trusty conduit for a lifetime of intuitive self-care, and it has afforded me a mode of psychic connection to the collective unconscious and far beyond.”
― Rachel True, The Psychic Art of Tarot: Opening Your Inner Eye for More Insightful Readings

“I purchased many books, including those by Mary K. Greer, Starhawk, and Rachel Pollack. I consider these women, whom I’ve never met, to be my teachers. I kept copious grimoires—notebooks where I charted the tarot suit patterns like they were stars in the night sky. I hand drew the cards and got to know some of the many sides of myself through the story of the major arcana.”
― Rachel True, The Psychic Art of Tarot: Opening Your Inner Eye for More Insightful Readings

“Under the tutelage of a teacher like Mat, tarot for exploring and harnessing your inner depths for intuitive and psychic insights can be smoothly incorporated into an existing practice. Tarot has a knack for offering incisive insights fairly quickly with regular practice. Mat’s approach invites us to navigate through the cards to the spaces where our most potent inner wisdom is hidden, waiting to be unlocked.”
― Rachel True, The Psychic Art of Tarot: Opening Your Inner Eye for More Insightful Readings