prognostication

Noun

• knowledge of the future (usually said to be obtained from a divine source)

• a statement made about the future

• a sign of something about to happen
  • he looked for an omen before going into battle
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  prophecy , vaticination , prediction , foretelling , forecasting , omen , portent , presage , prognostic , prodigy