augury

noun3

1. •
   An omen or prediction; a foreboding; a prophecy.

   • In Wordsworth's first preludings there is but a dim foreboding of the creator of an era. From Southey's early poems, a safer augury might have been drawn. — 1850
2. •
   An event that is experienced as indicating important things to come.

   • Evidently he did not mean to be a mere figurehead, but to carry on the old tradition of Wilsthorpe's; and that was considered to be a good thing in itself and an augury for future prosperity. — 1928
3. •
   A divination based on the appearance and behaviour of animals.