Your Geomantic Reading

Geomancy channels the language of earth and sky, using 16 binary-dot figures instead of cards or runes. Each symbol carries a voice: momentum, loss, joy, challenge... Their interplay reveals a narrative about your question. Trust what arises, and remember: the chart is a mirror, not a decree.

 

 

How to Read Each Group

The Four Mothers

Your Four Mothers are the primal forces at the heart of your question. Read them as the raw ingredients in your situation, the energies that have already been set in motion.

The Four Mothers are used to derive the next set, which is used to derive the next set, continuing through the rest of the reading.

 

The Four Daughters

The Daughters echo and refine the Mothers. They show how those primal forces are expressing themselves in your life’s next layer of experience.

 

The Four Nieces

The Nieces reveal emerging patterns, often unconscious or hidden, that arise when Mothers and Daughters combine. Look here for surprises or undercurrents you might have overlooked.

 

The Two Witnesses

The Witnesses act as moral or ethical compass points. They illuminate what’s just or unjust, right or wrong, guiding you towards integrity in action.

 

Judge

The Judge synthesises the Witnesses into one decisive verdict. This figure clarifies the chart’s strongest message or outcome.

 

Reconciler

Finally, the Reconciler bridges any remaining tension, pointing towards how you can integrate opposing forces and move forward in wholeness.

 


 

Scroll down to see your full chart. Pause at each figure, reflect on its position, then continue. Let the shape of the shield chart guide your insight.

 

 

Mothers

First Mother: The Beginning

Caput Draconis (Dragon Head / New Beginnings)

Caput Draconis (Dragon Head / New Beginnings)
Caput Draconis is the charged moment of inception, a breakthrough after darkness. It’s the spark that ignites.

  • Emotion: Excitement, impulse, bold vision.
  • Mind: Fresh ideas, daring leaps.
  • Spirit: The threshold of the new cycle.

Spiritual Lesson: Embrace beginnings with a courageous heart.

Reflective Question: What new venture calls to my spirit?

Affirmation: ‘I step into the new with fire.’

Second Mother: Early Development

Albus (Whiteness / Clarity)

Albus (Whiteness / Clarity)
Albus brings mental clarity, purification: the white light of insight. It can dissolve confusion, but also blind you with too much pure logic.

  • Emotion: Calm detachment or icy indifference.
  • Mind: Brilliant ideas or sterilised over-analysis.
  • Spirit: The cleansing fire that melts old illusions.

Spiritual Lesson: Wisdom without compassion is a frozen blade.

Reflective Question: Where do I need clarity, and where do I need warmth?

Affirmation: ‘I see with clear and loving eyes.’

Third Mother: Later Development

Carcer (Prison / Restriction)

Carcer (Prison / Restriction)
Carcer confines and restricts. It can feel like a trap or a needed boundary, depending on perspective.

  • Emotion: Frustration, containment, safety in limits.
  • Mind: Discipline or stagnation.
  • Spirit: The necessary cocoon before a breakthrough.

Spiritual Lesson: Boundaries both protect and challenge.

Reflective Question: Which limits are my prison, and which are my sanctuary?

Affirmation: ‘I find freedom within sacred boundaries.’

Fourth Mother: Insight into Outcome

Tristitia (Sadness / Gravity)

Tristitia (Sadness / Gravity)
Tristitia is the weight of sorrow, the depth of introspection. It can be oppressive but also a crucible for true transformation.

  • Emotion: Melancholy that demands acknowledgement.
  • Mind: Serious reflection, potential depression.
  • Spirit: The dark womb where new visions gestate.

Spiritual Lesson: Pain is the teacher of compassion.

Reflective Question: How can I honour my grief without being consumed?

Affirmation: ‘I embrace sorrow as a sacred teacher.’

Daughters

First Daughter

Coniunctio (Conjunction / Union)

Coniunctio (Conjunction / Union)
Coniunctio is the meeting point of opposites: light/dark, conscious/unconscious. It heralds synthesis, partnerships, or inner alchemy.

  • Emotion: Magnetic attraction or collision.
  • Mind: Integration of ideas, creative fusion.
  • Spirit: The union that births new heavens.

Spiritual Lesson: True wholeness arises from embracing your shadows.

Reflective Question: What polarities within me must be reconciled?

Affirmation: ‘I unite what was torn.’

Second Daughter

Rubeus (The Red One / Chaos)

Rubeus (The Red One / Chaos)
Rubeus is the tumult of passion, jealousy, and raw instinct. Its fire can forge or burn you.

  • Emotion: Rage, lust, obsession.
  • Mind: Radical choice, reckless abandon.
  • Spirit: The wild flame that must be mastered.

Spiritual Lesson: Chaos is the forge of transformation.

Reflective Question: What inner fire demands discipline?

Affirmation: ‘I harness my flame with respect.’

Third Daughter

Puer (The Boy / Impulse)

Puer (The Boy / Impulse)
Puer is raw energy, youthful impulse, and potential aggression. It demands action, but beware of tyranny.

  • Emotion: Passion, impatience, restlessness.
  • Mind: Quick decisions, daring gambits.
  • Spirit: The warrior’s call to courage or folly.

Spiritual Lesson: Impulse without wisdom becomes violence.

Reflective Question: Where must I temper my fire with discernment?

Affirmation: ‘I act with both fire and reason.’

Fourth Daughter

Fortuna Minor (Lesser Fortune)

Fortuna Minor (Lesser Fortune)
Fortuna Minor offers small blessings, fleeting successes, or early signs of fortune: encouragement to keep going.

  • Emotion: Hope tempered with caution.
  • Mind: Short-lived victories, small advantages.
  • Spirit: Seeds of greater favours.

Spiritual Lesson: Small wins pave the path to great triumphs.

Reflective Question: What modest blessing am I overlooking?

Affirmation: ‘I honour every gift, however small.’

Nieces

First Niece

Coniunctio (Conjunction / Union)

Coniunctio (Conjunction / Union)
Coniunctio is the meeting point of opposites: light/dark, conscious/unconscious. It heralds synthesis, partnerships, or inner alchemy.

  • Emotion: Magnetic attraction or collision.
  • Mind: Integration of ideas, creative fusion.
  • Spirit: The union that births new heavens.

Spiritual Lesson: True wholeness arises from embracing your shadows.

Reflective Question: What polarities within me must be reconciled?

Affirmation: ‘I unite what was torn.’

Second Niece

Fortuna Minor (Lesser Fortune)

Fortuna Minor (Lesser Fortune)
Fortuna Minor offers small blessings, fleeting successes, or early signs of fortune: encouragement to keep going.

  • Emotion: Hope tempered with caution.
  • Mind: Short-lived victories, small advantages.
  • Spirit: Seeds of greater favours.

Spiritual Lesson: Small wins pave the path to great triumphs.

Reflective Question: What modest blessing am I overlooking?

Affirmation: ‘I honour every gift, however small.’

Third Niece

Cauda Draconis (Dragon Tail / Endings)

Cauda Draconis (Dragon Tail / Endings)
Cauda Draconis marks the close of a cycle, the necessary end before rebirth. It can be abrupt or graceful.

  • Emotion: Relief, regret, finality.
  • Mind: Necessary termination, decisive cuts.
  • Spirit: The dark passage into transformation.

Spiritual Lesson: Endings prepare the ground for renewal.

Reflective Question: What must I decisively close to be reborn?

Affirmation: ‘I honour endings as sacred rites.’

Fourth Niece

Caput Draconis (Dragon Head / New Beginnings)

Caput Draconis (Dragon Head / New Beginnings)
Caput Draconis is the charged moment of inception, a breakthrough after darkness. It’s the spark that ignites.

  • Emotion: Excitement, impulse, bold vision.
  • Mind: Fresh ideas, daring leaps.
  • Spirit: The threshold of the new cycle.

Spiritual Lesson: Embrace beginnings with a courageous heart.

Reflective Question: What new venture calls to my spirit?

Affirmation: ‘I step into the new with fire.’

Witnesses

Right Witness: Inner Influences

Laetitia (Joy / Lightness)

Laetitia (Joy / Lightness)
Laetitia is the burst of joy after the rain, the moment of triumph and celebration. It’s the levity that lightens your soul.

  • Emotion: Exuberance, relief, playful abandon.
  • Mind: Creative breakthroughs, optimism.
  • Spirit: The sun breaking through clouds.

Spiritual Lesson: True joy honours both dark and light.

Reflective Question: When did I last laugh with abandon?

Affirmation: ‘I bask in the light of joy.’

Left Witness: Outer Influences

Populus (The Multitude)

Populus (The Multitude)
Populus is the crowd, the host, and the reflective mirror of collective energies. Depending on your centre, it can bless or overwhelm.

  • Emotion: Empathy overload or deep belonging.
  • Mind: Ideas borrowed from others: innovation or plagiarism.
  • Spirit: Community as sanctuary or prison.

Spiritual Lesson: True individuality emerges in communion, not isolation.

Reflective Question: How do I honour my uniqueness within the crowd?

Affirmation: ‘I shine within the multitude.’

Judge

Outcome

Tristitia (Sadness / Gravity)

Tristitia (Sadness / Gravity)
Tristitia is the weight of sorrow, the depth of introspection. It can be oppressive but also a crucible for true transformation.

  • Emotion: Melancholy that demands acknowledgement.
  • Mind: Serious reflection, potential depression.
  • Spirit: The dark womb where new visions gestate.

Spiritual Lesson: Pain is the teacher of compassion.

Reflective Question: How can I honour my grief without being consumed?

Affirmation: ‘I embrace sorrow as a sacred teacher.’

Reconciler

Consequences

Laetitia (Joy / Lightness)

Laetitia (Joy / Lightness)
Laetitia is the burst of joy after the rain, the moment of triumph and celebration. It’s the levity that lightens your soul.

  • Emotion: Exuberance, relief, playful abandon.
  • Mind: Creative breakthroughs, optimism.
  • Spirit: The sun breaking through clouds.

Spiritual Lesson: True joy honours both dark and light.

Reflective Question: When did I last laugh with abandon?

Affirmation: ‘I bask in the light of joy.’

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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