Augury

pl. Auguries

1. The art or practice of foretelling events by observing the actions of birds, etc.; divination.
2. An omen; prediction; prognostication; indication of the future; presage.

   From their flight strange auguries she drew.

   He resigned himself . . . with a docility that gave little augury of his future greatness.

3. A rite, ceremony, or observation of an augur.