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
Read your future
Jane Struthers
2002
Reading faces
Leopold Bellak
1981
Reading the signs
Michael Lackner, Iwo Amelung, Joachim Kurtz
2018Chinese
Rebel Witch
Kelly-Ann Maddox
2021
Revealing hands
Richard Webster
1994
Rudiments of runelore
Stephen Pollington
1995
Rune Cards
Ralph Blum
1997
Rune Play
Ralph Blum
1985
Rune Power
Kenneth Meadows
1995
Rune dice divination
Donald Tyson
1997
Rune games
Marijane Osborn
1982ANG
Rune magic
Deon Dolphin
1982
Rune magic
Donald Tyson
1988
Rune mysteries
Nigel Jackson
1996
Rune stones
D. Jason Cooper
1990
Runes
David V. Barrett
1995
Runes
Hali Morag
2002
Runes
R. I Page
1987
Runes
Ralph Warren Victor Elliott
1959
Runes
Anders Andersson
1997
Runes
Michael P Barnes
2012
Runes for Beginners (Beginner's Guide)
Kristyna Arcarti
1995
Runes for Transformation
Kaedrich Olsen
2008
Runes for beginners
Alexandra Chauran
2016