geomancy

Dirt-dot fortune-telling

Geomancy is divination by interpreting patterns in earth, sand, or soil—traditionally by casting handfuls of dirt and reading the resulting shapes.

The term now extends to the Chinese practice of feng shui, which assesses how physical surroundings affect the flow of energy.

More loosely, geomancy covers any spiritual interpretation of landscape or terrain: The geomancy of the site suggested building the temple on the hillside.

divination

feng shui

Chinese placement philosophy

ley linesAlleged mystical landscape alignments
dowsingLocating hidden water underground
auguryOmen interpretation practice

prognostication · omens · prophecy · scrying · seer · clairvoyance · soothsaying · oracle · I Ching · presage

practice

feng shui

Chinese placement philosophy

ley linesAlleged mystical landscape alignments
dowsingLocating hidden water underground
sand castingMetal shaping using granular molds

figures · charts · via · witnesses · judge · querent · casting · interpretation

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feng shui

Chinese placement philosophy

ley linesAlleged mystical landscape alignments
divinationForetelling through mystical means
dowsingLocating hidden water underground

vortex · power spot · qi flow · site selection · elemental spirits · sacred landscape

earth

ley lines

Alleged mystical landscape alignments

sacred sitesReligiously significant locations
terrainLand's physical features
topographyPhysical feature mapping

soil · bedrock · landscape · power spots · telluric · magnetic fields · standing stones · burial mounds · feng shui · qi flow

occult

esoteric

Accessible to few

arcaneUnderstood by few
hermeticImpenetrably closed off
ritualCeremonial set of actions

sigils · talismans · amulets · grimoire · occultism · ceremonial magic · astrology · elemental · spirits · invocation

geomancy

feng shui

feng shui

feng shui

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