Geomancy is an ancient system of earth-based divination that generates meaning from symbols rooted in randomness and structure. Originating in Arabic traditions and evolving through medieval Europe, the method builds a Shield Chart made up of sixteen figures. Each figure reveals something about your question: your conflict, your direction, your collapse or breakthrough. Unlike tarot, which works through archetypes, geomancy builds its story out of raw data points born from chaos.
This free geomancy tool walks you through the classic method step by step. You don’t need tools, tokens, or a manual. The chart is generated digitally using the traditional pattern, preserving the ancient structure without cutting corners.
Step 1: Set Your Intention
Before casting your geomantic chart, pause. Get clear on your question. Geomancy responds best to defined focus. Are you asking about conflict? A decision? The truth of a situation? Centre yourself. Then proceed.
Step 2: Cast the Four Mothers
Click to cast. Four lines are randomly generated. These become your Four Mothers, the primary foundation of your Shield Chart. From these raw forces, all other geomantic figures will unfold. Think of them as the four corners of your issue.
Step 3: Watch the Chart Build Itself
From the Four Mothers, the chart forms automatically, using the traditional rules of combination:
- Four Daughters echo the Mothers and provide variation
- Four Nieces emerge from how the Daughters interact
- Two Witnesses define the moral or emotional tone
- The Judge delivers the final answer
- The Reconciler (optional in some traditions) offers the path to integrate or resolve
Every step has its own meaning. Every figure is a voice.
Step 4: Read and Interpret
On the results page, you’ll see your entire geomancy chart laid out. Each figure includes a label, its symbol, its traditional name, and its core meaning. Use this to read not just the answer, but the structure of the situation. Visit the full geomancy meanings guide to go deeper into each figure’s role, nature, and relationship to the others.
Click the shield image below when you are ready for your reading.
