2. Bibliography and History
● (Post)Modern WMT Renaissance ● Early Modern “Terrestrial Astrology”
● John Michael Greer, The Art & Practice ● Agrippa (pseudo.), Fourth Book of Occult
of Geomancy; Philosophy
Earth Divination, Earth Magic; ● Pietro d’Abano, Modo Judicandi
Geomancer’s Handbook Questiones…
● Christopher Warnock & John Michael ● Christopher Cattan, The Geomancy of
Greer, The Picatrix Master Cattan
● Stephen Skinner, Oracle of Geomancy; ● Marsillio Ficino, Three Books on Life
Terrestrial Astrology ● Robert Fludd, De Geomantia
● The “Western Magical Blogging ● Islamic folk magic & commerce
Tradition,” by diverse hands ● Picatrix, Terrestrial Astrology
● Golden Dawn, Crowley, & Feng Shui ● African Roots – Ifa & Sikidy
● Israel Regardie, The Golden Dawn; ● Terrestrial Astrology
Practical Guide to Geomancy
● Chic & Tabatha Cicero, Golden Dawn
Journal, Book 1
3. How it works
1. Preparation - Meditation/Automatism
2. Generate 16 “random” digits
3. Divide into “Mother” Figures
4. Derive “Daughter” Figures
5. Calculate “Niece” Figures
6. Read the Chart
7. Create actionable interpretations
4. Meditation v. Automatism
● Accident v. Pre-existing condition
● DO NOT focus on the question!
● The Diviner’s Worldview:
“Where do these answers come from?”
● Meditation: clarity of vision
● Spiritualism: being an open vessel
● Animism: various spiritual technologies
5. 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)
6. 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 Medical: Metal, Wood, Fire, Water
● Latin catalogue of imagery {handouts A&B}
7. Building the Chart
1. Generate 4 “Mother” Figures from data
2. Line-by-line: “Daughter” Figures
3. Add by pairs: “Niece” Figures
4. 12 Figures, in 4 groups of 3
5. Decision: Shield or Wheel Chart?
● “Simple” – Shield
● Nuanced/Complex – Wheel
● Most flexible – Shield, then map onto Wheel
8. 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
10. 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
● What’s being asked = chart house (quesited)
● Other information from the Chart
12. 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
13. 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)
14. Additional Methods
● Cardines: 1st, 4th, 7th, 10th Houses
● East, North, West, South
● Beginning 1st – Middle 10th – End 7th – After 4th
● Combination of Figures
● Use when using Company for Perfection
● “The Reconciler” = Judge + 1st
● 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
15. Advanced Interpretive Methods
● 3rd Party Questions
● Asking for other people’s benefit
● Indirect actions
● Complex relationships (that “father’s brother’s nephew’s
cousin’s 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)
16. 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
17. Agriculture & Farming
● 1st– Querent/Farmer
● 4th – The land/soil/mineral & water assets
● 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
18. 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 or competition)
19. 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
20. Legal Issues
● 1st – Querent
● 2nd – Property’s origin (stolen, to be recovered)
● 4th – Property’s current location
● 5th – Children (i.e. custody issues)
● 6th - Querent's Counsel
● 7th – Person taking the Property
● 10th – Courts & Law Enforcement
● 12th – Incarceration/penalties/fines
