felidomancy

felidomancy
Divination by interpreting the appearance and behaviour of cats.

FELIDOMANCY: Divination involving the behavior or actions of a cat, ranging from changes in weather to unexpected visitors, or other occurrences. Dating from the Middle Ages, many of these have survived as popular superstitions.


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