Geomancy is to know and understand...all things uncertain, Present, Past, and To Come,
And upon them to give counsel and take counsel in the examining of the figure...
And upon them to give counsel and take counsel in the examining of the figure...
Astrological geomancy is an ancient method of divination. The word geomancy means earth divination and is believed to have come from the use of sand to generate the geomantic figures, the basis of prediction in geomancy. This also accounts for its Arabic name, ilm al-raml, literally the science or wisdom of the sand.
Contemporary practitioners of the traditional Western art of geomancy have taken to referring to it as divinatory or astrological geomancy to differentiate it from these more modern uses of the term. Astrological geomancy is a particularly appropriate term as much of the divinatory methodology used in geomancy comes from traditional astrology.
The origins of geomancy are shrouded in mystery, but the first manuscripts describing the practice appear in the 9th century AD in the advanced Islamic civilization of the Middle East. From there it spread to Europe in the 11th and 12th centuries as part of the reception of many arts and sciences, including the occult arts of astrology, alchemy and magic by the rapidly civilizing West.
Known in Arabic as ilm al-raml, literally the science or wisdom of the sand, geomancy became quite popular as a divinatory technique because of its ease of learning and use.
Geomancy is a mother of Astrology. Modern Astrology still relies on Geomancy. Astrology houses actually came from Geomancy. Most Astrological symbols also belong to Geomancy. Geomancy is a very old knowledge, much older than the Astrology.
According to legend, Geomancy belongs to the Prophet Daniel. Some Geomancy principals are laid out in a Book that Prophet Daniel was using for his predictions. Then Geomancy went to Iran.
In India, there are still many books on Geomancy that eventually came from Iran.One Geomancy book that belongs to our family is significantly different from the others. The symbols displayed as icons of the Geomancy book I never came across in any other Geomancy book. The icons are strange and very mysterious. Later Geomancy traveled to Europe, China, and to all over the world. Geomancy is a difficult knowledge.
How Geomancy works
Geomancy is based on two main principals.Casting and making of lines. They can be drawn on a sheet of paper or simply on sand and calculated in a special way. In both above cases one gets an answer to his question. Now, Geomancy teaches us a very easy way how to learn draw those lines. However, prediction is always a big challenge. Many Geomancy experts went wrong in their predictions. One thing is sure, that the Geomancy is a way to find truth. What makes us believe that Geomancy is true? It may seem difficult to answer this question. Instead, it is very easy. Only a true science can survive such a long period of time. Geomancy does.
Why predicting is so difficult in Geomancy?
There should be some explanation for it too. There is an answer for that: ancient people were very wise. They used to always hide all clues from those who were eager to understand their knowledge. That is how Geomancy is made. Casting that may seem easy is in reality the most difficult part in Geomancy. Ancient people were using one very unique technique called Time knowledge. Its modern name is Time Astrology. In Time Astrology every weekday belongs to a star and every hour of the daytime belongs to a star too. Finally, the hour is divided into 15 different small periods of time that also belong to a star. Eventually we are getting a window of three to five minutes. Casting is done within this window to get a correct answer in Geomancy. For example, you start drawing lines when the minute star was Mars. But when you finished it, the minute star was Sun and as a result you got a wrong answer.
I always calculate time first and only then draw the lines. So during the past 17 years of my Geomancy experience I could always get a correct answer using Geomancy principals. Information technologies and wide computer usage has resolved many technical problems and it enabled drawing and calculating lines in a fraction of second. I hope you too will be able to get correct answers to your important questions using Geomancy.
Once the geomantic figures are generated they are placed in the geomantic shield and in the 12 astrological houses. The figures are placed in the houses by putting the 1st Mother in the 1st house, 2nd Mother in the 2nd house and so on.
The houses are derived from traditional astrology. Their basic meaning is as follows:
According to legend, Geomancy belongs to the Prophet Daniel. Some Geomancy principals are laid out in a Book that Prophet Daniel was using for his predictions. Then Geomancy went to Iran.
In India, there are still many books on Geomancy that eventually came from Iran.One Geomancy book that belongs to our family is significantly different from the others. The symbols displayed as icons of the Geomancy book I never came across in any other Geomancy book. The icons are strange and very mysterious. Later Geomancy traveled to Europe, China, and to all over the world. Geomancy is a difficult knowledge.
How Geomancy works
Geomancy is based on two main principals.Casting and making of lines. They can be drawn on a sheet of paper or simply on sand and calculated in a special way. In both above cases one gets an answer to his question. Now, Geomancy teaches us a very easy way how to learn draw those lines. However, prediction is always a big challenge. Many Geomancy experts went wrong in their predictions. One thing is sure, that the Geomancy is a way to find truth. What makes us believe that Geomancy is true? It may seem difficult to answer this question. Instead, it is very easy. Only a true science can survive such a long period of time. Geomancy does.
Why predicting is so difficult in Geomancy?
There should be some explanation for it too. There is an answer for that: ancient people were very wise. They used to always hide all clues from those who were eager to understand their knowledge. That is how Geomancy is made. Casting that may seem easy is in reality the most difficult part in Geomancy. Ancient people were using one very unique technique called Time knowledge. Its modern name is Time Astrology. In Time Astrology every weekday belongs to a star and every hour of the daytime belongs to a star too. Finally, the hour is divided into 15 different small periods of time that also belong to a star. Eventually we are getting a window of three to five minutes. Casting is done within this window to get a correct answer in Geomancy. For example, you start drawing lines when the minute star was Mars. But when you finished it, the minute star was Sun and as a result you got a wrong answer.
I always calculate time first and only then draw the lines. So during the past 17 years of my Geomancy experience I could always get a correct answer using Geomancy principals. Information technologies and wide computer usage has resolved many technical problems and it enabled drawing and calculating lines in a fraction of second. I hope you too will be able to get correct answers to your important questions using Geomancy.Once the geomantic figures are generated they are placed in the geomantic shield and in the 12 astrological houses. The figures are placed in the houses by putting the 1st Mother in the 1st house, 2nd Mother in the 2nd house and so on.
The houses are derived from traditional astrology. Their basic meaning is as follows:
- Querent (person asking the question)
- Money, moveable property
- Siblings, neighbors, short trips
- Father, home, real estate
- Children, pleasure, gambling
- Illness, servants, small animals
- Marriage, romance, partners, open enemies
- Death, inheritance
- Higher education, long trips, spirituality
- Career, government, reputation
- Friends
- Curses, secret enemies, imprisonment
The first thing to do is to formulate the question that you wish to answer by geomancy. The best type of question is one that can be answered yes or no, these questions will result in a more precise answer.
The vaguer and more abstract the question, the vaguer and more abstract the answer. The question needs to be one that you or the person asking the question, known as the querent, is personally involved with. The more serious the question, the more accurate the answer. Asking frivolous questions or questions like, "Will Madonna get divorced?" unless you are Madonna, will result in inaccurate predictions.
The vaguer and more abstract the question, the vaguer and more abstract the answer. The question needs to be one that you or the person asking the question, known as the querent, is personally involved with. The more serious the question, the more accurate the answer. Asking frivolous questions or questions like, "Will Madonna get divorced?" unless you are Madonna, will result in inaccurate predictions.