It's... complicated. Augurs have a vocation; we're chosen by the gods, but we must study as well. In the schola we're taught to interpret the Chrasmologic Writings, the signs in sacrifices, and are introduced to other forms of divination-- though hepatomancy is the only one commonly employed.
However... when the gods choose to speak, plainly, they may choose to speak to anyone. Although, of course, only those men who have not known women, those women who have not known me, can see the gods' faces.
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Date: 2009-03-08 01:13 am (UTC)However... when the gods choose to speak, plainly, they may choose to speak to anyone. Although, of course, only those men who have not known women, those women who have not known me, can see the gods' faces.