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In [[Ars Magica Fifth Edition]], '''Divination and Augury''' is a Major [[Supernatural Virtue]] that gives a character a magical ability to interpret mystical signs to gain information.  It does not actually grant the ability to foretell the future -- that would violate the [[Limit of Time]] -- but it does allow the user to estimate likely outcomes of current situations.  As [[The Mysteries Revised Edition]] puts it, "... [D]ivination is inherently interpretive in nature and not predictive ..."

Divination and Augury is taught by several [[Mystery Cult|Mystery Cults]].

==  Hermetic Divination ==
Divination and Augury as written is only usable by [[magus | magi]], and hence is also called '''Hermetic Diviniation'''.  The rules for Divination and Augury, like the rules for most other Supernatural Virtues, are based on a special [[Ability]] rather than on the Arts.  Therefore it would be easy to make a [[House Rule]] that Divination and Augury is available to non-magus characters, such as [[hedge wizard|hedge wizards]].

==  Earlier Editions ==
In Third and Fourth Editions, there was a Supernatural Virtue called '''Divination''' that did the same thing, but its rules were less detailed.  It was dropped from the core rule book in Fifth Edition but given expanded treatment in [[TMRE]].

==  References ==

* Divination and Augury, [[TMRE]] pages 58-63
* Divination, [[ArM4]] page 45

==  Related Topics ==

* [[Intellego]]
* [[TMRE]]
* ''Gematria'' is a divination skill based on Judaic Mysticism.  It is briefly covered in [[Realms of Power: the Divine]], as well as in the free supplement [[Mythic Judaism (supplement)|Mythic Judaism]].
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