Tradition 06 of 33
Divination and oracles
Tarot, cartomancy, numerology, palmistry, scrying, geomancy, runes, and other divinatory systems.
Membership means relevance, not endorsement.
- Books
- 4,542
- Earliest
- 100 CE
- to 2026
- Read free
- 37%
- 1,690 with public full text
- With covers
- 52%
How books qualify
- Query + metadata match3,082
- Metadata match175
- Query match1,278
- Source classification (retained through merging)7
Every placement records its evidence — the controlled subject queries that found the book at its sources and the bibliographic metadata retained through merging. Each book page shows its own. How the rationale system works.
Key subjects
- Divination768
- Divinity645
- Early works to 1800584
- Physiognomy574
- fortune-telling303
- Divine right of kings300
- History293
- Palmistry245
- Astrology183
- Tarot174
- India155
- Geomancy154
- Hindu astrology152
- Runes147
- Trinity127
- Numerology124
- Hindu astronomy120
- Controversial literature116
- Dowsing116
- Sermons116
- Magic110
- occultism94
- Art93
- Unitarianism92
Top languages
- English2,351 · 52%
- French523 · 12%
- Latin311 · 7%
- German290 · 6%
- Sanskrit159 · 4%
Notable authors
All authors- Johann Caspar Lavater47 in this tradition51 books
- Giambattista della Porta44 in this tradition89 books
- Marcus Tullius Cicero23 in this tradition30 books
- Catholic Church20 in this tradition28 books
- Johannes ab Indagine18 in this tradition19 books
- Aristotle17 in this tradition55 books
- Nigel Pennick13 in this tradition17 books
- Kaspar Peucer13 books
- Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh11 in this tradition71 books
- Cicero10 in this tradition13 books
- Michael Scot10 in this tradition12 books
- Alliette10 in this tradition11 books
4,542 books
Dumbstruck
Steven Connor
2000
Faces never lie
Asano, Hachirō
1964
Gendered fortunes
Zeynep K. Korkman
2023
Harry Potter Divination Crystal Ball
Donald Lemke
2021
Henry Gross and his dowsing rod
Kenneth Lewis Roberts
1951
How to judge character from the face
Jaques Penry
1952
I-ťing
R. L Wing
2003Chinese
Jesus, God and man
Raymond Edward Brown
1967
Kabbalah: A Very Short Introduction
Joseph Dan
2005
Kniha Thothova
Aleister Crowley
1994Czech
Magic and Divination in the Middle Ages: Texts and Techniques in the Islamic and Christian Worlds
Charles Burnett
1996
Mantikê
Sarah Iles Johnson, Peter T Struck, Sarah Iles Johnston
2005
Master your future the easy way with tarot cards
N.D.P. Corp
1994
Northern magic : rune mysteries & shamanism
Edred Thorsson
1998
Numerology
Sybil Leek
1969
Occult and scientific mentalities in the Renaissance
Brian Vickers
1984
Odhalte svou budoucnost
Jane Struthers
2002Czech
Palmistry
Edith Niles
1969
Passive Constitutions or 7 1/2 Times Bartleby
Branka Arsić
2007
Prophetic Divination
Martti Nissinen
2019
Prophets and Prophecy in the Ancient Near East
Martti Nissinen
2019
Předpovídání budoucnosti
William Adcock
2004Czech
Reviewing reality
W. E. A. van Beek, Philip M Peek
2013
Science confronts the paranormal
Kendrick Frazier
1986