Ceromancy is a form of divination where heated wax is used to tell fortunes. ==Method== Traditionally, the ritual uses a brass bowl. Water is added to the bowl and a candle is then lit. The melted wax is poured into the bowl and the resulting shapes are interpreted by the reader. Some practitioners also use the shape of the wax as it drips down th...
divination by means of wax drippings
• (n.) Divination by dropping melted wax in water.
Cer'o·man`cy noun [ Greek 
ceramancy, ceromancy; carromancy Divination by dropping melted wax into water and observing (interpreting) the figures made there. During the Middle Ages, wax would be melted in a brass container and poured into another vessel containing cold water.