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Here I gather all my articles on (mostly European) Geomancy.

Geomancy has been an ongoing interest of mine. It is an ancient divination system that is being rediscovered after a couple of centuries spent in obscurity. It exists in various flavors, the most commonly recognized in the West being the one practiced by Medieval and early Modern magi. It derives in its main lines from Arabic Geomancy, and is only distantly related to African practices that use similar figures.

Of course, at the time when Geomancy was introduced to the West, Astrology was all the rage, which means that European Geomancy has a marked astrological bent. In most of its variations, Geomancers obtain a response by generating a random number of points which are then organized according to a fixed series of rules. Note that geomancy has nothing to do with Feng Shui and related practices (Flying Stars, Qi Men Dun Jia, Ba Gua Sectors, etc.)

Translations of Old Books
Peter of Abano’s Geomancy Handbook

General
A step by step Deconstruction of a Geomantic Reading
Obtaining the Four Mothers
From the Four Mothers to the Geomantic Shield
Anatomy of a Geomantic Figure
Meanings of the Houses

The Figures
Via
Populus
Fortuna Major
Fortuna Minor
Puer
Albus
Puella
Rubeus
Acquisitio
Amissio
Laetitia
Tristitia
Conjunctio
Carcer
Caput Draconis
Cauda Draconis