GEOMANCY FOR DIVINERS

Techniques for becoming a better reader

Bibliography and History
(Post)Modern WMT Renaissance
John Michael Greer, The Art &
Practice of Geomancy;
Earth Divination, Earth Magic;
Geomancers Handbook
Christopher Warnock & John
Michael Greer, The Picatrix
Stephen Skinner, Oracle of
Geomancy;
Terrestrial Astrology
The Western Magical Blogging
Tradition, by diverse hands
Golden Dawn, Crowley, & Feng
Shui/Vaastu
Israel Regardie, The Golden Dawn;
Practical Guide to Geomancy
Chic & Tabatha Cicero, Golden
Dawn Journal, Book 1
Early Modern Terrestrial
Astrology
Agrippa (pseudo.), Fourth Book of
Occult Philosophy
Pietro dAbano, Modo Judicandi
Questiones
Christopher Cattan, The Geomancy
of Master Cattan
Marsillio Ficino, Three Books on Life
Robert Fludd, De Geomantia
Islamic folk magic & commerce
Picatrix, Terrestrial Astrology
African Roots Ifa & Sikidy
Terrestrial Astrology
How it works
Preparation - Meditation/Automatism
Generate 16 random digits
Divide into Mother Figures
Derive Daughter Figures
Calculate Niece Figures
Read the Chart
Create actionable interpretations
Meditation v. Automatism
Accident v. Pre-existing condition
DO NOT focus on the question!
The Diviners Worldview:
Where do these answers come from?
Meditation: clarity of vision
Spiritualism: being an open vessel
Animism: various spiritual technologies
Randomness!
Irrelevance of Tools/Tool Fetishism
Meditation: dice, coins, cards
Spiritualism: tapping out dots, automatism
(writing/drawing)
Animism: the world answers itself in various ways
Binary precision: even or odd?
16 possible Figures
65536 possible unique charts in 256 combinations
with 8 possible "summaries (Judges)
Anatomy of the Figures
Active/Passive :: Projecting/Receptive
Binary: on/off,1/0, 0-15
Grimoiric: Head (Fire), Neck (Air), Body (Water),
Feet (Earth)
Tetragrammaton: Fire, Water, Air, Earth
Various elemental systems
Energy states & material properties
Standard Model force interactions (E, Ns, Nw, G)
Traditional Chinese Medicine model: Metal, Wood,
Fire, Water
Latin catalogue of imagery {handouts A&B}
Building the Chart
Generate 4 Mother Figures from data
Line-by-line: Daughter Figures
Add by pairs: Niece Figures
12 Figures, in 4 groups of 3
Decision: Shield or Wheel Chart?
Simple Shield
Nuanced/Complex Wheel
Most flexible Shield, then map onto Wheel
Shield Chart
Add pairs of Nieces together to produce
Witnesses
Add Witnesses to create Judge
Only 8 possible Judge figures, all with even number
of points
4 Triplicities
Reading the Triplicities
The Way of Points (active & passive)
Festina Lente
Shield Chart Example
Astrological Wheel Chart
Figures go where? (ASC, clockwise for demo)
Horary (v. Natal) Astrology
1st House: the person asking (the querent)
Cauda Draconis as asking after the fact
Rubeus as possible (self-)deception
Whats being asked = chart house (quesited)
Other information from the Chart
Astrological Wheel Chart
Modes of Perfection: Yes, but
Occupation matching figures (+5)
Conjunction in the next house (+4)
Mutation BOTH pass to neighboring houses (+4)
Translation same figure in both next house
Favorable Aspect (+/- 3)
Sinister v. Dexter
Company related figures in paired houses (-1)
Company Simple same figure
Company Demi-Simple figures of same Planet
Company Compound opposite figures
Company Capitular same top-line
Modes of Imperfection: No, and
Impedition nothing at all. (-5)
Absolutely, positively NO.
Go back to Shield Chart and examine Way of Points
No Way? Fundamental error in reasoning behind
question
Unfavorable Aspects (-/+ 3)
Company (+1)
Additional Methods
Cardines: 1st, 4th, 7th, 10th Houses
East, North, West, South
Beginning 1
st
Middle 10
th
End 7
th
After 4
th

Combination of Figures
Use when using Company for Perfection
The Reconciler = Judge + 1
st

Aspects to Significators
ALL aspects to the significators
Read as influential factors
Projection of Points
Add the single points in Figures in houses
Divide by 12 to find house that holds Index (hidden factors of question)
Part of Fortune
Add the total number of points in all the Figures
Divide by 12 and find house which acts as ally
Advanced Interpretive Methods
3rd Party Questions
Asking for other peoples benefit
Indirect actions
Complex relationships (that fathers brothers nephews
cousins former roommate thing)
Multiple Significators & Special Questions
Daily/Monthly/Seasonal/Yearly Charts
Life Readings
Finding Directions, Locations, Lost Objects
Timing (compare point totals to 96)
Medical Readings
1st the Patient
7th the Physician/Practitioner
6th the Illness
10th Medication & treatment plan
12th Secret downfall (i.e. Could I die from this?)
4th Final outcome of the illness
Mobile = Acute/short-term, Stable = Chronic, long-term
Caput = (sudden) improvement, Cauda = (sudden) decline
Figure in 6th passing to another house = where in the body
Seriousness = score of Perfections
Psychosomatic/Mental
Carcer, Tristitia, Puer, Rubeus, Conjunctio, Albus in 1st
square or opposition to figure in 6th in Chart implies psychosomatic nature
Will a specific treatment help? = perfection between 6th & 7th
Agriculture & Farming
1st Querent/Farmer
4th The land/soil/mineral & water assets on land
5th Perennial & biennial crops
6th Small animals (and pets)
10th The Weather (with 5th)
11th Annual crops
12th Large animals (& wild animals)
Weather symbolism by element
2nd and Total of Points payment for crops/work
Buying & Selling Stuff
1st Buyer (always Buyer, not Querent)
7th Seller (always Seller)
2nd Movable, personal property
3rd Cars & personal vehicles
4th Land & Real Estate
10th The sale itself (price, contract, PO)
Part of Fortune overall happiness with transaction
Total of Points final sale price/reasonable
Auctions 5th House (as speculation)
Lost Objects & People
Simpler:
House = Description of object
Figure = Location of object
More in-depth:
Perfected House = direction relative to Querent
Mobility = relative distance from Querent
Missing persons
Missing: House by relationship to Querent
Unknown: Name by letters in 7th, 10th, 1st, 4th House
Parity check: figure of Quesited as physical description
Legal Issues
1st Querent
2nd Propertys origin (stolen, to be recovered)
4th Propertys current location
5th Children (i.e. custody issues)
7th Person taking the Property
10th Courts & Law Enforcement
12th Incarceration/penalties/fines