Geomancy - The Geomantic Figures
The geomantic tableau has sixteen possible figures. Each figure has a name and a set of attributes. Each figure is good or bad to some degree. Each has attributed associations. Downward pointing figures are said to be entering and stable. Upward pointing figures are said to be exiting and movable. Figures that point in both directions can be either.
Fortuna Major |
Fortuna Minor |
Via |
Populus |
The Greater Fortune |
The Lesser Fortune |
Way |
People |
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Goodness: Very good. |
Goodness: Moderately bad. |
Goodness: Good. |
Goodness: Good. |
Aquisitio |
Laetitia |
Puella |
Amissio |
Gain |
Joy |
Girl |
Loss |
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Goodness: Good. |
Goodness: Good. |
Goodness: Good. |
Goodness: Very bad. |
Conjunctio |
Albus |
Puer |
Rubeus |
Conjunction |
White |
Boy |
Red |
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Goodness: Moderately good. |
Goodness: Very good. |
Goodness: Very bad. |
Goodness: Very bad. |
Carcer |
Tristitia |
Caput Draconis |
Cauda Draconis |
Prison |
Sorrow |
Dragon's Head |
Dragon's Tail |
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Goodness: Moderately bad. |
Goodness: Very bad. |
Goodness: Very good. |
Goodness: Very bad. |