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
The everything numerology book
Ellae Elinwood
2002
The fortune-telling book
Raymond Buckland
2003
The fortune-telling handbook
Viv Foster
2006
The future now
Derek Parker
1988
The healing runes
Ralph Blum
1995
The hidden truth of your name
Nomenology Project
1999
The history of animals of Aristotle, and his treatise on physiognomy
Aristotle
1809
The history of playing cards
Edward Samuel Taylor
1865
The home book of fortune telling
Peggy Vickers
1977
The illustrated encyclopedia of divination
Stephen L. Karcher
1997
The illustrated guide to divination
Judy Hall
2000
The key to the tarot
Arthur Edward Waite
1982
The liturgy of the hours
Catholic Church
1959
The mammoth book of fortune telling
Celestine
1997
The modern numerology
John Robert King
1996
The naked face
Lailan Young
1993
The numbers of life
Kevin Quinn Avery
1977
The occult sciences in pre-modern Islamic cultures
Nader El-Bizri, Eva Orthmann
2018
The oracle of geomancy
Stephen Skinner
1986
The pattern of the past
Guy Underwood
1968
The pendulum kit
Sig Lonegren
1990
The power of birthdays, stars & numbers
Saffi Crawford
1998
The psychology of astro*carto*graphy
Jim Lewis, Kenneth Irving
1997
The runes
Michael Howard
1978