Divination

Divination (占い) is the process of acquiring insight into questions or situations (such as the foretelling of future events or remote and unseen circumstances), through the use of magic and the occult.

In both real life and the Toaru series, there are many different methods of divination.

Etymology
Divination is derived from the Latin divinare, meaning "to foresee, to be inspired by a god" (related to divinus, divine).

Many terms used to describe variations of divination, which are derived from Ancient Greek compounds, include the suffix μαντεία (manteía), meaning "prophecy or divination." Examples include necromancy (divining from the dead), (divining from cards) and  (divining from books).

Principles
There are many different methods of divination, across a variety of cultures and magical systems.

Astrology is one well-known means of divination, with variations found in different cultures across the world.

Another well-known method is through the of tarot cards, with meanings derived from the arrangements which the cards appear in.

is a method which is used with grimoires and other books. A variation of this method, found in China, is.

Other methods include Necromancy (though in more recent times, this particular term also tends to cover manipulation of the dead other than for divination), Kokkuri and Enochian chess.

Daihasei Festival Arc (Index)
Tsuchimikado Motoharu made use of an Omyoudou-based Divination Circle in order to track down Oriana Thomson during the events of the Daihaseisai.

Toaru Majutsu to Kagaku no Ensemble
Taking umbrage at Kamijou Touma's attitude towards fortune telling, Sozty Exica proceeded to read his fortune using Navagraha Astrology.

Aleister Crowley Arc
During the recreation of Aleister Crowley's past, shown to Kamijou Touma in the Windowless Building, the events surrounding Allan Bennett's prophecy concerning Lilith Crowley's fate, derived from tarot-based divination, are shown.

Coronzon Arc
During the events surrounding the Crowley's Hazard invasion of the United Kingdom and the emergence of the recreated Golden Dawn, the method of bibliomancy with grimoires was mentioned, with regards to Aleister Crowley's use of it with the Book of the Law.