Explore the core principles and philosophy behind the project.
The term geomancy derives from Late Ancient Greek γεωμαντεία (geōmanteía), literally meaning ‘foresight by earth’ or ‘earth divination’, and is composed of γῆ (gē, ‘earth’, as in Gaia) and μαντεία (manteía, ‘divination’ or ‘prophecy’, from mantis ‘seer’).
“This science was very little known, even among the most learned, due to the difficulty it has in itself, the lack of experience one had in it, the lack of curiosity one brought to it, and because men are so inclined to laziness that they do not wish to take the trouble to practice it.”
Gabriel Dupréau, preface to The Geomancy of Lord Christofe de Cattan (Paris, 1558)
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Figures
Populus
Populus
Rubeus
Rubeus
Puella
Puella
Fortuna Major
Fortuna Major
Albus
Albus
Via
Via
Carcer
Carcer
Puer
Puer
Cauda Draconis
Cauda Draconis
Lætitia
Lætitia
Acquisitio
Acquisitio
Tristitia
Tristitia
Conjunctio
Conjunctio
Amissio
Amissio
Caput Draconis
Caput Draconis
Fortuna Minor
Fortuna Minor
“Geomancy itself is the most accurate of divinations, which divines by points of the earth, or any other surfaces, or by a fall, or any other power inscribed, and first reduces them to celestial figures, namely to those sixteen which we above named, making judgment after an astrological manner, by the properties and observations thereof.”
Henry Cornelius Agrippa, Three Books of Occult Philosophy, translated by James Freake (London, 1651)
Basics
North Node
North Node
Rules
Benefaction
Benefaction
Besiegement
Besiegement
Combustion and Subradiation
Combustion and Subradiation
Divisions of the Zodiac Signs
Divisions of the Zodiac Signs
Paternity
Paternity
Perfection
Perfection
Reception