The Geomancy of Christopher Cattan: A Medieval Divination Manual is the definitive English edition of one of Europe’s most powerful yet long-neglected magical texts. Translated directly from the original 1550 French and carefully edited into modern English, this edition revives a masterpiece that shaped occult thought for generations. First published in France during the mid-sixteenth […]
Recently, someone pointed out something in geomancy that no one else seems to have noticed, not even the heavyweights like Christopher Cattan or Thomas Heydon. It turns out that, mathematically, some geomantic First Mothers cannot become certain Daughters. Which also means they can’t go on to occupy certain houses through movement. This is not a […]
In Christopher Cattan’s Geomancy book, he used the ideas of aspects to strengthen and flavour the power of Querent’s figure. He would look at the 9th and fifth house for a trine. The 10th and fourth house for squares and the third and 11th for a sextile. The seventh house is an opposition. The opposition […]
My series on the Arabic meanings of the Geomantic figures continues with Cauda and Caput Draconis. I already had a look at these two figures in this blog suggesting that the might have something more to do with material and spiritual views, but in this case I am looking at them in terms of their Arabic […]
My series on the Arabic meanings of the Geomantic figures continues with Puer and Puella In my book Stars and Stones, I listed the Medieval Arabic names but didn’t explain their meanings. I was more focused on highlighting the work of Christopher Cattan, a Medieval geomancer who was more interested in astrological and elemental attributions. As I […]
My series on the Arabic meanings of the Geomantic figures continues with Albus. In my book Stars and Stones, I listed the Medieval Arabic names but didn’t explain their meanings. I was more focused on highlighting the work of Christopher Cattan, a Medieval geomancer who was more interested in astrological and elemental attributions. As I pointed out […]
My reluctant series on the Arabic meanings of the Geomantic figures continues with Fortuna Major and Fortuna Minor, considered the most positive figures. In my work Stars and Stones, I listed the Medieval Arabic names but didn’t explain their meanings. I was more focused on highlighting the work of Christopher Cattan, a Medieval geomancer who […]
In modern geomancy, it is possible to have a conjunction where the Querent (or the quested) moves behind or in front of the quested. These have the same positive value and are seen as helping “perfect” the chart. However, Cattan was specific about his conjunctions. He said that either the Querent or Quested had to […]
Modern geomancy has two schools of thought about the identification of the Querant in a geomancy reading. The quested is whoever rolls the dice. Anyone else referred to in the question is obtained by rotating the chart. So if I ask a question about the Prime Minister then I have to rotate the chart to […]
The court The court is made up of the right and left witnesses and the judge. The ritual witness the person asking the question and positive feelings that have to lead up to asking the question. The left witness is the question and what they will feel about it in the future. The Judge is […]