The practice of foretelling the future by interpreting a randomly chosen passage from a book, especially the Bible.
书册占卜（任意翻出《圣经》或其他书籍中的一段以作占卜）
Example sentencesExamples
Dream initiated bibliomancy always gives me strange results.
The book can aid in the process of bibliomancy by randomly selecting one word from a random passage taken from one or more of the available texts.
I'm sure that there are also detailed instructions on invoking powerful incantations, reading the I Ching, analyzing birds entrails, bibliomancy, and consulting the bumps on one's head.
‘Well, since my ability hasn't been working recently, I'm using the ancient method of divination called bibliomancy,’ she replied.
Of course, one needn't be limited to just tarot in this sense; the I-Ching, runes, bibliomancy, cut-ups, etc. could be used in the same manner.
Definition of bibliomancy in US English:
bibliomancy
nounˈbiblēəˌmansē
Foretelling the future by interpreting a randomly chosen passage from a book, especially the Bible.
书册占卜（任意翻出《圣经》或其他书籍中的一段以作占卜）
Example sentencesExamples
‘Well, since my ability hasn't been working recently, I'm using the ancient method of divination called bibliomancy,’ she replied.
I'm sure that there are also detailed instructions on invoking powerful incantations, reading the I Ching, analyzing birds entrails, bibliomancy, and consulting the bumps on one's head.
Of course, one needn't be limited to just tarot in this sense; the I-Ching, runes, bibliomancy, cut-ups, etc. could be used in the same manner.
The book can aid in the process of bibliomancy by randomly selecting one word from a random passage taken from one or more of the available texts.
Dream initiated bibliomancy always gives me strange results.