selenomancy

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noun

Divination by the appearance and phases of the moon. Similar to lunomancy.

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Meanings

nounselenomancy (uncountable)
  1. uncountableDivination by the appearance and phases of the moon. Similar to lunomancy.

    For millennia we have tried to fathom it: via selenography and selenomancy, poetry and algebra, robots and rockets.

    2019, Leah Hager Cohen, Strangers and Cousins, page 240
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    He is openly incredulous about the gem glossopetra, shaped like a human tongue and supposed to fall from the sky during an eclipse of the moon and to be invaluable in selenomancy.

    1923, Lynn Thorndike, A History of Magic and Experimental Science, page 98

Origin

From seleno- + -mancy.

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