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
Era
Tawny Rachel
Hannah More
1800
The Book of knowledge, treating of the wisdom of the ancients ...
1801
The Book of knowledge, treating of the wisdom of the ancients ...
1809
The Book of knowledge, treating of the wisdom of the ancients ...
1806
The Divine right and irresistibility of kings and supreme magistrates
1645
The Divine right of kings asserted in general
1680
The English fortune-teller
1675
The Golden cabinet, or, The compleat fortune-teller
1745
The High Dutch fortune-teller
1700
The Ladies' and gentlemen's mirror of fortune
1858
The Late King James's letter to his privy-counsellors
1692
The Letter which was sent to the author of The doctrine of passive obedience and jure divino disproved, &c. answered and refuted ...
1689
The Whole prophecies of Scotland, England, France, Ireland, and Denmark
1718
The boke of knowledge
1556
The book of fate
1826
The book of fortune: being marvellous for the invention, pleasant to be read or heard, and in many things very profitable to be understood
1698
The compleat book of knowledge: treating of the wisdom of the antients
1698
The fortune teller
Hannah More
1807
The juvenile Lavater, or, A familiar explanation of the Passions of Le Brun
George Brewer, Johann Caspar Lavater, Charles Le Brun
1808
The life and labours of Adam Clarke
1834
The life and labours of Adam Clarke, LL. D.
1834
The register for the First Society of Adherents to Divine Revelation, at Orbiston in Lanarkshire, N.B.
1826
The true fortune-teller, or, Guide to knowledge
1686
[ Pamphlets and documents relating to the deposition of James II.
1643