The divination by the interpretation of omens or portents (as inspection of the flight of birds or the entrails of sacrificed animals) or of chance phenomena (as the fall of lots) Aura - The field of Spiritual energy around the body The size, shape, and color(s) of the aura can tell many things about the persons Spiritual state ~ WitchSchool com
An augury is a sign of what will happen in the future. The auguries of death are fast gathering round his head. = omen. auguries a sign of what will happen in the future
Roman augurs, whose constitutional function was not to foretell the future but to discover whether or not the godsapproved of a proposed course of action, especially political or military Two types of divinatory sign, or omen, wererecognized: the most important was that deliberately watched for, such as lightning, thunder, flights and cries of birds, or thepecking behaviour of sacred chickens; of less moment was that which occurred casually, such as the unexpected appearanceof animals sacred to the gods--the bear (Artemis), wolf (Apollo), eagle (Zeus), serpent (Asclepius), and owl (Minerva), forinstance--or such other mundane signs as the accidental spilling of salt, sneezing, stumbling, or the creaking of furniture