Exoforaminomancy: the forgotten art of reading the cosmos through the anus.
There exists an ancestral practice, now virtually disappeared in the West, which holds that the anus functions as a cosmic map of a person’s connection to the universe. It is called exoforaminomancy, and it is gaining interest among those seeking deeper alternatives to practices such as palmistry or iridology.
This discipline has its roots in Amazonian cultures, certain African traditions, and Eastern tantric currents. For these societies, the perianal region was not considered impure, but rather a direct gateway to the root chakra (Muladhara), the energy center associated with grounding and connection to the Earth. According to its practitioners, factors such as electromagnetic fields, planetary transits, collective emotions, and telluric lines become visibly imprinted in this area of the body.
Exoforaminomancers claim to interpret details such as the shape and symmetry of anal folds, moles, spots, wrinkles, muscle tone, and changes that occur after intense events (eclipses, solar storms, or personal grief).
For example, a sudden vertical wrinkle in the left fold is associated with what they call “loss of grounding”: job dismissals, forced relocations, or deep emotional breakups. In contrast, rounder and smoother folds are said to indicate that abundance and stability are approaching.
Its proponents explain that this practice was sidelined in the West for centuries due to strong sexual and energetic repression. While ancestral cultures also viewed the anus as a valve for releasing stagnant energies, modern society chose to ignore this area of the body altogether.
Today, exoforaminomancy is being discreetly revived in private retreats, tantra trainings, and circles focused on energy-based therapies, always under strict standards of consent and hygiene.
Exoforaminomancy proposes a holistic view of the human body, in which no areas are forbidden or impure. For its followers, the entire organism can become a channel of information between the self and the cosmos.
