geomancers

Soil pattern interpreters

Geomancers are practitioners of geomancy, a form of divination that interprets patterns in earth, soil, rocks, or sand.

Traditional geomancers cast handfuls of dirt or pebbles and read meaning in how they fall.

The term now extends to those who claim to read energy patterns in landscapes, particularly in feng shui traditions: The geomancer advised against building the house facing that direction.

practice

feng-shui

Chinese spatial arrangement principles

compassDevice showing cardinal directions
qiVital life energy
chiGreek letter or energy

auspicious · inauspicious · orientation · placement · alignment · grid · nodes · vortex · harmonizing · balancing

mystical

occult

Concealed from view

esotericAccessible to few
arcaneUnderstood by few
supernaturalBeyond natural explanation

shamanism · paganism · talismans · amulets · enchantment · sorcery · wizardry · conjuration · spirits · ancestral

divination

feng-shui

Chinese spatial arrangement principles

dowsingLocating hidden water underground
oracleAuthoritative wisdom source
prophecyForetelling of future events

omens · soothsaying · prognostication · foretelling · scrying · prediction · fortune-telling · presage · auspice · augury

earth

soil

Ground matter for planting

clayMoldable earth for ceramics
loamFertile soil mixture
mineralsInorganic natural solids

bedrock · sediment · geology · tectonics · seismic · strata · crust · telluric · underground · currents

Opposites

divination method

geomancersastrologers

Celestial fate interpreters

pyromancers · necromancers · augurs · crystal gazers · spirit mediums

epistemological approach

geomancersscientists

Systematic knowledge seekers

empiricists · geologists · geophysicists · skeptics · debunkers

Family

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