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
Tea leaf reading
William W. Hewitt
1989
Teach Yourself Fortune Telling
Rachel Pollack
1986
Terrestrial astrology
Stephen Skinner
1980
Teutonic Magic
Kveldulf Gundarsson
1990
The Ancient Science of Geomancy
Nigel Pennick
1979
The Authentic Tarot
Thomas Saunders
2007
The Book Of Runes
Roni Jay
2003
The Book of Rune Cards
Ralph Blum
1989
The Book of Runes
Francis Melville
2003
The Complete Book of Dowsing
George Applegate
1997
The Complete Book of Numerology
David Phillips
2005
The Complete Fortune Teller
Marc Lemezma
2006
The Complete Guide to Dowsing
George Applegate
2002
The Complete Guide to Palmistry
Batia Shorek
1998
The Complete Illustrated Book of Divination and Prophecy
Walter B. Gibson, Litzka R. Gibson
1974
The Complete Illustrated Guide to Numerology (The Complete Illustrated Guide Series)
Sonia Ducie
1999
The Day You Were Born
Linda Joyce
1998
The Dowsing Rod Kit
Sig Lonegren
1995
The Everything Divining the Future Book
Jenni Kosarin
2003
The Face Reader
Patrician McCarthy
2007
The Feng Shui handbook
Derek Walters
1991
The Full Facts book of Cold Reading
Ian Rowland
2008
The Haindl rune oracle
Nigel Pennick
1998
The Happiness Hypothesis
Jonathan Haidt
2005