Omens

General

The Seanchan believe that their lives are governed by omens, which tell them of the weave of the Pattern. Omens do not change according to location. (WH, Ch. 14)

Meanings

An owl calling at dawn

A death (WH, Ch. 14).

A white winged albatross following a ship

Victory (WH, Ch. 14). - Tuon notes that although the wings on the bird following The Victory of Kidron were black tipped, the omen must mean the same.

Rain without clouds

An unexpected visitor (WH, Ch. 14).

A broken nail

Bad luck (WH, Ch. 14).

Three porpoises sounding once before disappearing

Stay on your chosen course (WH, Ch. 14).

A bird getting trapped indoors

An ill omen (KoD, Ch. 8).

A torn spiderweb with a spider still in it

Death of someone close to you within a month (KoD, Ch. 8).

Flight of birds circling more than once

Storm coming (KoD, Ch. 8).

Length of time it takes for ants to rejoin their line after being seperated

Number of days of fair weather ahead (KoD, Ch. 8).

Putting a hat on a table

Bad luck (KoD, Ch. 11).

A bird circling three times above someone's head

Tuon sees this and interprets it as omen to stay close to Mat (KoD, Ch. 26).

An owl hooting twice

Some will die soon (KoD, Ch. 27)

A black dove

Bad news/death. Tuon sees a black dove when she hears of Turan's situation in Arad Doman and believes it means he will not return alive (TGS, Ch. 19).

A hawk and three Towers

A difficult decision. Tuon sees a pattern like three towers in the sky and a hawk passing between them and takes it as an omen (TGS, Ch. 19).

An owl hooting at night that does not fly away when someone looks at it

The next days would be ones of important decisions and great care should be taken. The proper response was to wear jewelry with powerful symbolism (ToM, Ch. 47

A hawk with a white head

An omen of great power (ToM, Ch. 47).

Quotes

"How did these people live, not knowing the omens? Had they no desire to understand the visions of fate the Pattern was giving them? (Tuon, The Gathering Storm, Chapter 19).