11/30/2009

Divination

divination
[ˌdɪvɪˈneɪʃən]
n
the art, practice, or gift of discerning or discovering future events or unknown things, as though by supernatural powers
a prophecy
a presentiment or guess

People cared about when they going to die and what will happen to them after they die. There are many ways of divination. The divination records from Anyang indicate shows the Late Shang kings believed that cracking bony parts of dead animals was a useful. They are not all superstition. (Flad, R. 2008, p.427) Some of them are basic on natural science. Such as horoscope, it uses the position and movement of celestial bodies, people’s birthplace and birth time to forecast people’s temperament and destiny.

Maps of starlike image



There is no assured evidence can prove this is true but some people believe the astronomical phenomenon still can affect people until now.

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