Has anyone found a way to use symbols and patterns in the natural world in a practical use in relation to chaos magic?

For example: listening to someone talk and you pick up on what they’re really saying beneath their words? Or you notice that certain events in your life seem connected in ways that go beyond coincidence? Found meaning in wording or imagery that crosses your path daily, and then followed that meaning into a state of gnosis? Or to positive events - a cause and effect use of the symbolism.