Mars zmars
Scorpio zscorp
Hismael
Jupiter zjup
Sagittarius zsag
Zazel
Saturn zsat
Capricorn zcap
Zazel
Saturn zsat
Aquarius zaqua
Hismael
Jupiter zjup
Pisces zpisc
Zazel and Bartzabel
Saturn and Mars zsat zmars
Cauda Draconis zxu
Hismael and
Kedemel
Jupiter and Venus zjup zven
Caput Draconis zxuu
Sorath
Sol zsun
Leo zleo
Chashmodai
Luna zmoon
Cancer zcanc
Note by Regardie: When attributing the above geomantic figures to the Tree of Life, the two Saturnian figures represent the Three Supernals. The planetary figures are placed on the appropriate Sephiroth, while Caput and Cauda Draconis signify Malkuth.
Element
Geomantic Figure
Name and Meaning of Figure
Fire
PUER (a boy, yellow, beardless.)
Earth
AMISSIO (loss, comprehended without.)
Air
ALBUS (white, fair.)
Water
POPULUS (people, congregation.)
Fire
FORTUNA MAJOR (greater fortune and aid; safeguard, entering.)
Earth
CONJUNCTIO (assembly, conjunction.)
Air
PUELLA (a girl, beautiful.)
Water
RUBEUS (red, reddish.)
Fire
ACQUISITIO (obtaining, comprehended within.)
Earth
CARCER (a prison; bound.)
Air
TRISTITIA (sadness, dammed, cross.)
Water
LAETITIA (joy, laughing, healthy, bearded.)
Fire
CAUDA DRACONIS (the lower threshold, going out.)
Earth
CAPUT DRACONIS (heart, upper threshold; entering.)
Air
FORTUNA MINOR (lesser fortune; and aid; safeguard going out.)
Water
VIA (way, journey.)
If the question be of the nature of Saturn, such as agriculture, sorrow, death, etc., the sigil of Zazel should be placed in the pentagram. If of Jupiter, concerning good fortune, feasting, church preferment, etc., the sigil of Hismael. If of Mars, war, fighting, victory, etc., the sigil of Bartzabel. If of the sun, power, magistracy, success, etc., the sigil of Sorath. If of Venus, love, music, pleasure, etc., the sigil of Kedemel. If of Mercury, such as science, learning, knavery, etc., the sigil of Taphthartharath. If of travelling, fishing, etc., under Luna, then the sigil of Chasmodai. In the diagram appended the sigil of Hismael is employed.
During the marking down of the points, the attention should be fixed upon the sigil within the pentagram, and the mind should carefully consider the question proposed.1 The hand should not be moved from the paper until the sixteen lines of points are complete. A pencil is therefore preferable to a pen for this purpose—unless, of course, a very reliable fountain pen is employed. It is practically more convenient to draw or rule four lines across the paper beforehand to mark off the space for such four lines composing a geomantic figure as shown on page 658. The first four geomantic figures formed directly from the sixteen lines of points are called the Four Mothers. It is from them that the remaining figures necessary to complete the geomantic scheme of direction are derived.
These should now be placed in a row from right to left, for the greater convenience of the necessary calculations—though much practice may render this unnecessary. The first figure will be attributed to the south, the second to the east, the third to the north, and the fourth to the west.
The Four Mothers
4th
West
3rd
North
2nd
East
1st
South
o o
o o
o
o
o
o o
o o
o
o o
o
o
o o
o o
o
o o
o o
Rubeus
Fortuna Major
Amissio
Fortuna Minor
From these Four Mothers, four resulting figures called the Four Daughters are now to be derived, thus: The uppermost points of the First Mother will be the uppermost points of the First Daughter. The corresponding, that is the first line of, points of the Second Mother will be the second points of the First Daughter. The same line of points of the Third Mother will constitute the third points of the First Daughter. The same point of the Fourth Mother will be the fourth point of the First Daughter. The same rule applies to all the figures. The second line of points of the four Mother figures will comprise the Second Daughter. The third line of points of the Four Mothers will comprise the Third Daughter, and the fourth line of points of the Four Mothers will comprise the Fourth Daughter.
Mothers
4th
3rd
2nd
1st
First Daughter, 4 uppermost points
o o
o o
o
o
Second Daughter, 4 next points
o
o o
o o
o
Third Daughter, 4 next points
o o
o
o
o o
Fourth Daughter, 4 last points
o o
o
o o
o o
Rubeus
Fortuna Major
Amisssio
Fortuna Minor
Applying the above rule throughout, the following will represent the Four Daughters:
4th
3rd
2nd
1st
o o
o o
o
o
o o
o
o o
o
o
o
o o
o o
o o
o o
o
o o
Albus
Conjunctio
Carcer
Fortuna Minor
These, again for the convenience of the beginner, are now to be placed on the left hand of the Four Mothers in a single line from right to left.
Four Daughters
Four Mothers
8th
7th
6th
5th
4th
3rd
2nd
1st
o o
o o
o
o
o o
o o
o
o
o o
o
o o
o
o
o o
o o
o
o
o
o o
o o
o o
o
o
o o
o o
o o
o
o o
o o
o
o o
o o
Albus
Conjunctio
Carcer
Fortuna
Minor
Rubeus
Fortuna
Major
Amissio
Fortuna
Major
From these eight figures, four others are now to be calculated which may be called the Four Resultants, or the Four Nephews. These will be the ninth, tenth, eleventh, and twelfth figures of the whole scheme. The ninth figure is formed from the points
of the first and second figures compared together; the tenth from the third and fourth figures; the eleventh from the fifth and sixth figures, the twelfth from the seventh and eighth figures. The rule is to compare or add together the points of the corresponding lines. If, for instance, the first line of the First Mother consists of one point, and the first line of the Second Mother also consists of one point, these two are added together, and since they are an even number two points are marked down for the first line of the Resultant. If the added points are odd, only one point is marked for the resulting figure. The ninth figure is thus formed:
2nd Figure
1st Figure
o
o
Uppermost
points added equals 2:
o o
o o
o
Second
points added equals 3:
o
o
o o
Third
points added equals 3:
o
o o
o o
Lowest
points added equals 4:
o o
Conjunctio
The other Resultants are calculated in precisely the same way:
Four Daughters
Four Mothers
8th
7th
6th
5th
4th
3rd
2nd
1st
o o
o o
o
o
o o
o o
o
o
o o
o
o o
o
o
o o
o o
o
o
o
o o
o o
o o
o
o
o o
o o
o o
o
o o
o o
o
o o
o o
Albus
Conjunctio
Carcer
Fortuna
Minor
Rubeus
Fortuna
Major
Amissio
Fortuna
Major
In this way are yielded the four Resultants:
12th
11th
10th
9th
o o
o o
o o
o o
o
o
o
o
o o
o o
o
o
o o
o
o
o o
Rubeus
Acquisitio
Caput Draconis
Conjunctio
And thus the twelve principal figures of the geomantic scheme of divination are completed. These again correspond to the twelve astrological houses of heaven, with which they will later on be compared.
Chapter Three
For the greater assistance of the diviner in forming a judgment upon the general condition of the scheme of twelve figures thus far obtained, it is usual to deduce from them three other subsidiary figures. These three are of less importance than the twelve previous figures, and are not to be considered at all in the light of component figures of the scheme, but only as aids to the general judgment. These other figures are known as the Right Witness, Left Witness, and the Judge.
The two witnesses are without significance in the divination, except as they are the roots from which the figure known as the Judge is derived. The Right Witness is formed from the ninth and tenth figures by comparing the points in the manner before shown in the formation of the Resultants. That is, the corresponding lines of points in the two figures are compared together, and the addition, whether odd or even, comprises the points of the Witness. The Left Witness represents the combination in a similar manner of the eleventh and twelfth figures. The Judge again is formed in precisely the same way from the Two Witnesses, and is therefore a synthesis of the whole figure. If he be good, the figure is good and the judgment will be favourable; and vice versa. From the nature of the formation of the fifteenth figure, the Judge, it should always consist of an even number of points, and never of odd. That is, in adding together the four lines of points comprising the Judge, the result should be an even number. For if the Judge were a figure of odd points, it would show that a mistake had been made somewhere in the calculations.
The Reconciler is a sixteenth figure sometimes used for aiding the judgment by combining the Judge with the figure in the particular house signifying the thing demanded. Thus, in the preceding scheme, the Judge formed is Populus, and the second figure being Amissio, their combination also yields Amissio.
In order to discover where the Part of Fortune will fall, add together all the points of the first twelve figures. Divide that number by twelve and place the Part of Fortune with the figure answering to the remainder. If there is no remainder it will fall on the twelfth figure. The Part of Fortune is a symbol of ready money, money in cash belonging to the querent, and is of the greatest importance in all questions of money.
Chapter Four
The following is the signification of the twelve houses of heaven, in brief:
First house (Ascendant):
Life, health, querent, etc.
Second house:
Money, property, personal worth.
Third house:
Broth ers, sisters, news, short journeys, etc.
Fourth house:
Father, landed property, inheritance. The grave, the end of the matter.
Fifth house:
Children, pleasure, feasts, speculation.
Sixth house:
Servants, sickness, uncles and aunts, small animals.
Seventh house:
Love, marriage, husband or wife. Partnerships and associations, public enemies, lawsuits.
Eighth house:
Deaths, wills, legacies; pain, anxiety. Estate of deceased.
Ninth house:
Long journeys, voyages. Science, religion, art, visions, and divinations.
Tenth house:
Mother. Rank and honour, trade or profession, authority, employment, and worldly position generally.
Eleventh house:
Friends, hopes, and wishes.
Twelfth house:
Sorrows, fears, punishments, enemies in secret, institutions, unseen dangers, restriction.
The twelve figures of the geomantic scheme as previously calculated are to be thus attributed to a map of the twelve houses of heaven, and are placed therein.
The first figure goes with the tenth house.
The second figure goes with the first house.
The third figure goes with the fourth house.
The fourth figure goes with the seventh house.
The fifth figure goes with the eleventh house.
The sixth figure goes with the second house.
The seventh figure goes with the fifth house.
The eighth figure goes with the eighth house.
The ninth figure goes with the twelfth house.
The tenth figure goes with the third house.
The eleventh figure goes with the sixth house.
The twelfth figure goes with the ninth house.
Thus the figures derived by the calculations provided in the example given previously would occupy a Geomantic map as follows:
Geomantic Reading
Chapter Five
Herein follows a set of general tables of the sixteen figures in the twelve houses for the better convenience of forming a general judgment of the scheme.2 Under the head of each figure separately is given its general effect in whatever house of the map of the heavens it may be located.
Thus, by taking the house signifying the end or result of the matter, the fourth house, etc.,
and by noting what figures fall therein, the student may find by these tables the general effect in that position.
Acquisitio
Generally good for profit and gain.
Ascendant
Happy, success in all things.
Second house
Very prosperous.
Third house
Favour and riches.
Fourth house
Good fortune and success.
Fifth house
Good success.
Sixth house
Good—especially if it agree with the Fifth.
Seventh house
Reasonably good.
Eighth house
Rather good, but not very. The sick shall die.
Ninth house
Good in all demands.
Tenth house
Good in suits. Very prosperous.
Eleventh house
Good in all.
Twelfth house
Evil, pain, and loss.
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