From Hypnotism: Its Facts, Theories and Related Phenomena by Carl Sextus (1893).

The oracle's utterances as ambiguous as one of his "safeguards."  From Punch, 1910.

We couldn't find more information about these (divinatory?) cards by Jeanette Fleming.  The bottom card, "An Unearthly Hour," speaks to us.  From Northeastern Illinois University's 1982 yearbook.

This curious set of cards appears in Puck magazine, 1878.  The symbols (left to right, top to bottom):

The deck also includes a Gentleman card, but it wasn't printed.  The explanation: "We don't give his portrait, 'cause he had red hair and it might hurt the paper."

Here's a video about using this deck for a divination.

Anxiety about the future, from Dark Shadows episodes 1093 and 1092.  "There's no point in knowing the future.  It's just gonna happen anyway."  "I don't wanna find out what's going to happen, ever!"

Many of us have been there, slumped in an armchair, the Ouija board on our lap upside down, our fingers tracing meaningless patterns over its surface ... our heads inclined at an odd angle, our eyes vacant, singing a little tune."  From Effigies by William K.

From The Duluth Evening Herald, 1909.

From The Aberree, 1961.

From Longwood's 1921 yearbook.

We like that line, "She had started with tarot cards, but one was missing."  Perhaps she spread the deck face-up and, like a card sharp, instantly divined which card was conspicuous by its absence.  From Effigies by William K. Wells.

From Timescope, Teacher's Guidebook by Alec Allinson, 1974.

From State Teachers College (Memphis)'s 1936 yearbook.

From Motion Picture Classic, 1916.

From Hypnotism: Its Facts, Theories and Related Phenomena by Carl Sextus (1893).

From Raphael's Witch!!! by Jonathan Blewitt, 1831.

From The Picture Show Annual, 1929.

You've heard of a crystal ball, but some pronounce it "crystal bowl."  From Ohio State University's 1947 yearbook.

Contrary to the popular ideal, prophecy usually doesn't involve a wizard's hat or hooded cloak.  From Presbyterian College's 1916 yearbook.

Gaze in a mirror on Christmas eve at midnight so as to predict the events of the coming year.  From The Gates of the Future Thrown Open by Carlotta de Barsy, 1899.