Tradition 06 of 33
Divination and oracles
Tarot, cartomancy, numerology, palmistry, scrying, geomancy, runes, and other divinatory systems.
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- Books
- 1,796
- Earliest
- 100 CE
- to 2026
- Read free
- 36%
- 652 with public full text
- With covers
- 65%
How books qualify
- Query + metadata match1,572
- Metadata match155
- Query match64
- Source classification (retained through merging)5
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
- Divination501
- Hindu astrology146
- India146
- Tarot139
- Palmistry126
- Hindu astronomy120
- History114
- Numerology111
- Geomancy106
- Astrology95
- Social Sciences90
- Runes87
- Magic81
- Art80
- Arts and Humanities78
- fortune-telling77
- Literature73
- Philosophy70
- Wahrsagen60
- Archeology56
- Miscellanea52
- Early works to 180051
- Occultism50
- Physiognomy50
Top languages
- English787 · 44%
- German188 · 10%
- Sanskrit147 · 8%
- French136 · 8%
- Latin99 · 6%
Notable authors
All authors- Marcus Tullius Cicero21 in this tradition23 books
- Nigel Pennick13 in this tradition17 books
- Giambattista della Porta11 in this tradition41 books
- Ralph Blum10 in this tradition11 books
- Blacker-Wood Library of Zoology and Ornithology. Manuscript. Ivanow 13110 books
- Edred Thorsson10 books
- Nīlakaṇṭha8 books
- Rachel Pollack8 books
- Cassandra Eason7 in this tradition13 books
- 鏡, リュウジ7 in this tradition13 books
- Gaṇeśadaivajña7 in this tradition11 books
- Bento Serrano7 books
1,796 books
- Read free
Commentarivs de praecipvis generibvs divinationvm, in quo a prophetiis autoritate divina traditis et a physicis conjecturis, discernuntur artes et imposturae diabolicae, atque observationes natae ex superstitione et cum hac conjunctae. Et monstrantur fontes et causae physicarum praedictionum. Diabolicae vero ac superstitiosae confutatae damnantur. Recens editus & auctus accessione multiplici
1560Latin
The Mythic Tarot Workbook
Juliet Sharman-Burke
1988
Forgotten experts
A. Tunç Şen
2025
Illusion in Cultural Practice
Katharina Rein
2021
Divination
Ze Hong
2025
- Read free
Animals and Divination
Peter Struck, Peter T. Struck
2014
The tarot handbook
Angeles Arrien
1987
Runelore
Edred Thorsson
1987
- Read free
Texts in German on geomancy and prognostication
Nicolaus Breys, Albert Ehrman, Johan Fucht, Karl von Kesaer, Johannes Paulinus
1469German
Beginners Guide to Tarot
Juliet Sharman-Burke
2001
- Read free
English Translation of Synesius On Dreams, Iamblichus, Proclus & Porphyry (Ficino)
Synesius, Iamblichus, Proclus, Porphyry, Marsilio Ficino, Source Library, Google Gemini
2026
Nordic Runes
Paul Rhys Mountfort
2003
Northern Mysteries & Magick
Freya Aswynn
1998
The Everything Tarot Book: Discover Your Past, Present, and Future
Marie-Jeanne Abadie
1999
Linda Goodman's star signs
Linda Goodman
1987
Praktisch pendelboek
D. Jurriaanse
1986
- Read free
Speculum humanae salvationis
Francis Douce
1474Latin
The Art Of The Pendulum
Cassandra Eason
2005
- Read free
English Translation of Greek astrological and divinatory texts (Cambridge, Trinity College, MS R.15.36)
pseudo-Pythagoras Nicholas of Otranto, Source Library, Google Gemini
2026
Tarot Plain & Simple
Anthony Louis
1996
Principles of Astrological Geomancy
Franz Hartmann
1889
Taking Up The Runes
Diana L. Paxson
2005
Tarot as a way of life
Karen Hamaker-Zondag
1997
The Palmistry Workbook
Laeticia Valverde
2004