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. It peaked in popularity between the 1700 and 1800s. Several scientific papers have tried to automate the process of mole reading.
In India this practice is called moleology or moleosophy. 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.
References
- "Dreams and moles. With their interpretation and signification : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive". Internet Archive. 2016-10-23. Retrieved 2019-06-06.
- "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.
- "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.
- "Fortune-Telling with Moles in the Georgian Era". Geri Walton. 2016-09-05. Retrieved 2019-06-06.
- 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.
- Hsieh, Chen-Chiung; Lai, Jun-An (2015). "Face Mole Detection, Classification and Application". Journal of Computers. 10 (1). International Academy Publishing (IAP): 12–23. doi:10.17706/jcp.10.1.12-23. ISSN 1796-203X.
- Srivastava, Shruti. "These 5 moles can tell if your wife/husband would be faithful or not!". SpeakingTree. Retrieved 6 June 2019.
- "MoleReading app". iTunes Store. Retrieved 6 June 2019.
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