1857 advertisement offering naeviology as a service

Naeviology is a method of divination which looks at the moles, scars, or other bodily marks on a person as a means of telling their future.[1][2][3] It peaked in popularity between the 1700 and 1800s.[4] Several scientific papers have tried to automate the process of mole reading. [5][6]

In India this practice is called moleology or moleosophy.[7] There is a related process called Chinese facial mole reading which links mole locations primarily on the face with personality traits or future life events; there are smartphone applications which claim to foretell the future using the phone's camera to survey moles. [8]

References

  1. ^ "Dreams and moles. With their interpretation and signification : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive". Internet Archive. 2016-10-23. Retrieved 2019-06-06.
  2. ^ "The new and complete fortune teller: : Ibraham Ali Mahomed Hafez, pseud. [from old catalog]". Internet Archive. 2016-10-23. pp. 90–97. Retrieved 2019-06-06.
  3. ^ "The Mystic Oracle; or, The Complete Fortune Teller and Dream Book No. 21 of The People's Handbook Series on Mullen Books". Mullen Books. Retrieved 2019-06-06.
  4. ^ "Fortune-Telling with Moles in the Georgian Era". Geri Walton. 2016-09-05. Retrieved 2019-06-06.
  5. ^ Gogoi, Usha Rani; Bhowmik, Mrinal Kanti; Saha, Priya; Bhattacharjee, Debotosh; De, Barin Kumar (2015-01-01). "Facial Mole Detection: An Approach towards Face Identification". Procedia Computer Science. 46: 1546–1553. doi:10.1016/j.procs.2015.02.080. ISSN 1877-0509.
  6. ^ Hsieh, Chen-Chiung; Lai, Jun-An (2015). "Face Mole Detection, Classification and Application". Journal of Computers. International Academy Publishing (IAP). 10 (1): 12–23. doi:10.17706/jcp.10.1.12-23. ISSN 1796-203X.
  7. ^ Srivastava, Shruti. "These 5 moles can tell if your wife/husband would be faithful or not!". SpeakingTree. Retrieved 6 June 2019.
  8. ^ "MoleReading app". iTunes Store. Retrieved 6 June 2019.
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