Geomancy

The Sixteen Geomantic Symbols

Puer (Boy)-Keyword: Strife. Other divinatory associations: rashness, impetuousness, violence, energy, destructiveness, act-first-think-later. Mars, Aries, fire, the head. Image: a sword, or a male figure with exaggerated testicles.
Amissio-Keyword: Loss. Other divinatory associations: unfavorable, if gain is desired. This often represents things which lie outside one’s grasp. It is a favorable sign for love, or in situations where loss is desired. Venus, Taurus, Earth. Image: a bag held upside-down, with the contents spilling out.
Albus (White)-Keyword: Peace. Other divinatory associations: wisdom, purity; a favorable figure, but weak. Good for beginnings and profit. Image: a goblet, set upright. Mercury, Gemini, Air.
Populus (People)-Keyword: Stability. Other divinatory associations: a multitude, a gathering, or an assembly of people. This is a neutral figure; it is favorable with favorable figures, and unfavorable with unfavorable ones. Image: a crowd. The Moon, Cancer, water.
Fortuna Major (Greater Fortune)-Keyword: Power. Other divinatory associations: great good fortune, especially in beginnings. A figure of power and success, favorable in any conflict or contest. Image: a valley, through which a river flows. The Sun, Leo, Fire.
Conjunctio (Conjunction)-Keyword: Interaction: Other divinatory associations: a combination of forces, for either good or ill; a recovery of things lost. This is another neutral figure; it is favorable with favorable figures, unfavorable with unfavorable ones. Image: a crossroads. Mercury, Virgo, Earth.
Puella (Girl)-Keyword: Harmony. Other divinatory associations: happiness, a favorable figure in response to most questions, but it is fickle; the happiness and harmony it portends could be here-today-gone-tomorrow. Image: a female figure, with exaggerated breasts. Venus, Libra, Air.
Rubeus (Red)-Keyword: Passion. Other divinatory meanings: fierceness, violence and vice. Good in all that is evil, and evil in all that is good. Image: a goblet turned upside-down. Mars, Scorpio, Water.
Acquisitio-Keyword: Gain. Success, profit, those things which are within one’s grasp. Favorable in all material matters. Image: a bag held mouth-upward, as if to take something in. Jupiter, Sagittarius, Fire.
Carcer (Prison)-Keyword: Isolation. Other divinatory meanings: solidity, restriction, delay, binding, imprisonment. Generally unfavorable, but favorable for questions regarding stability and security. Image: an enclosure. Saturn, Capricorn, Earth.
Tristitia (Sorrow)-Keyword: Sorrow. Other divinatory meanings: suffering, illness, pain. An unfavorable symbol in all questions except for those dealing with buildings and the earth. Image: a stake driven downward. Saturn, Aquarius, Air.
Laetitia (Joy)-Keyword: Joy. Other divinatory meanings: happiness and health. Favorable in almost all questions. Image: a tower. Jupiter, Pisces, Water.
Cauda Draconis (Tail of the Dragon)-Keyword: Ending. Other divinatory meanings: an unfavorable figure for most questions, but favorable if the question is about desired endings or losses. This figure brings good with evil, and evil with good. Image: a doorway with footprints leading away from it. South Node of the Moon, Fire.
Caput Draconis (Head of the Dragon)-Keyword: Beginning. Other divinatory meanings: favorable for beginnings and profit. Otherwise, favorable with favorable figures and unfavorable with unfavorable ones. Image: a doorway with footprints leading toward it. The North Node of the Moon, Earth.
Fortuna Minor (Lesser Fortune)-Keyword: Swiftness. Other divinatory meanings: a favorable figure for anything that needs to be done quickly. A figure of change and instability. Image: a mountain with a staff atop it. Sun, Leo, Air.
Via (Way)-Keyword: Change. Other divinatory meanings: alteration between good and ill-fortune. Favorable for journeys, but unfavorable for most other questions. Image: a road. Moon, Cancer, Water.

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