Tradition 06 of 35
Divination and oracles
Tarot, cartomancy, numerology, palmistry, scrying, geomancy, runes, and other divinatory systems.
Membership means relevance, not endorsement.
- Books
- 4,589
- Earliest
- 100 CE
- to 2026
- Read free
- 38%
- 1,743 with public full text
- With covers
- 52%
How books qualify
- Query + metadata match3,107
- Metadata match195
- Query match1,279
- Source classification (retained through merging)8
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
- Divination772
- Divinity646
- Early works to 1800583
- Physiognomy574
- fortune-telling308
- Divine right of kings300
- History296
- Palmistry246
- Astrology183
- Tarot178
- Geomancy155
- India155
- Hindu astrology152
- Runes149
- Numerology129
- Trinity127
- Hindu astronomy120
- Controversial literature117
- Dowsing116
- Sermons116
- Magic110
- occultism97
- Art93
- Unitarianism92
Top languages
- English2,354 · 51%
- French523 · 11%
- Latin311 · 7%
- German292 · 6%
- Sanskrit159 · 3%
Notable authors
All authors- Johann Caspar Lavater47 in this tradition52 books
- Giambattista della Porta44 in this tradition90 books
- Marcus Tullius Cicero24 in this tradition37 books
- Catholic Church20 in this tradition50 books
- Johannes ab Indagine18 in this tradition19 books
- Aristotle17 in this tradition63 books
- Brother Elias15 books
- Nigel Pennick13 in this tradition18 books
- Kaspar Peucer13 books
- Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh11 in this tradition71 books
- Cicero10 in this tradition19 books
- Michael Scot10 in this tradition13 books
4,589 books
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