Liber VII · Divination
Liber VII
Tarot, Astrology & Divination
The tarot, horoscopic astrology, the I Ching, geomancy and the runes.
Divination, the art of reading meaning in cards, stars, figures and signs, is among the most widespread of esoteric practices. This section covers the history of the tarot from Italian card game to occult instrument, the development of horoscopic astrology from Hellenistic Egypt to the present, the Chinese I Ching, geomantic divination, rune-casting and other methods, with entries on the individual cards, signs, planets and figures.
Chapters
- Introduction1 article
- I.Astrology2 articles
- II.Chinese Astrology2 articles
- III.Geomancy1 article
- IV.Horoscopes2 articles
- V.I Ching1 article
- VI.Major Arcana1 article
- VII.Mayan & Aztec Astrology2 articles
- VIII.Minor Arcana1 article
- IX.Numerology11 articles
- Abjad Numerology: Arabic Letter Numbers in Islamic Tradition
- Angel Numbers: 111, 1111 and the History of Repeating Numbers
- Biblical Numerology: Augustine, Bede and Christian Numbers
- Chaldean Numerology and Cheiro: Letter Values vs Pythagorean
- Expression, Soul Urge and Personality Numbers in Numerology
- L. Dow Balliett and the Birth of Modern Numerology (1900–1930)
- Life Path Number: How to Calculate It, with Meanings and Examples
- Master Numbers 11, 22 and 33 in Numerology: Meaning and Origins
- Numerology: A Complete Guide to Its History and Systems
- Personal Year Number: How to Calculate Years, Months and Days
- Pythagoras and Pythagorean Number Mysticism: The Real History
- X.Other Oracles2 articles
- XI.Runes1 article
- XII.Talking Boards & Spirit Communication3 articles
- XIII.Tarot History2 articles
- XIV.Vedic Astrology2 articles
- XV.Zodiac & Planets1 article
The primary texts
All 4- Chyromantie ac Physionomie Anastasis (Cocles, 1504)Bartolomeo della Rocca, called Cocles (1467–1504) · Bologna, 1504
- Scrying with the Seven Aerial Kings (Ghent MS 1021A)Anonymous · manuscript mid-16th century
- The Art of Drawing Spirits into CrystalsAttributed to Johannes Trithemius (pseudepigraphic); published by Francis Barrett · published 1801 (in Barrett’s The Magus); source text probably 17th–18th century
- Crystal-Gazing (Theodore Besterman)Theodore Besterman (1904–1976) · London, 1924
On the shelf
All 27 books
Christian AstrologyWilliam Lilly A Cultural History of TarotHelen Farley A Cultural History of TarotHelen Farley The Encyclopedia of TarotStuart R. Kaplan The Encyclopedia of TarotStuart R. Kaplan The Encyclopedia of Tarot, vol. 1Stuart R. Kaplan The Encyclopedia of Tarot, vol. 1Stuart R. Kaplan Fortune Telling and DivinationTarl Warwick Fortune Telling and DivinationTarl Warwick The Game of TarotMichael Dummett The Game of TarotMichael Dummett 
Hellenistic AstrologyChris Brennan 
A History of Horoscopic AstrologyJames Herschel Holden A History of the Occult Tarot, 1870–1970Ronald Decker A History of the Occult Tarot, 1870–1970Ronald Decker & Michael Dummett 
The I Ching or Book of ChangesRichard Wilhelm The Illusion of Conscious WillDaniel M. Wegner The Illusion of Conscious WillDaniel M. Wegner Le Monde primitif, vol. 8Antoine Court de Gébelin Le Monde primitif, vol. 8Antoine Court de Gébelin Mehmet Ali's Oriental Dream InterpretationTarl Warwick Mehmet Ali's Oriental Dream InterpretationTarl Warwick Ouija Classic BoardHasbro Ouija Classic BoardHasbro 
OuijaStoker Hunt Patience WorthCasper S. Yost Patience WorthCasper S. Yost 
The Pictorial Key to the TarotA. E. Waite Prophecy and PowerPatrick Curry Prophecy and PowerPatrick Curry The Qabalistic TarotRobert Wang The Qabalistic TarotRobert Wang Secrets of the Waite-Smith TarotMarcus Katz Secrets of the Waite-Smith TarotMarcus Katz & Tali Goodwin 
Seventy-Eight Degrees of WisdomRachel Pollack Stars of DestinyTarl Warwick Stars of DestinyTarl Warwick Tarot for Your SelfMary K. Greer Tarot for Your SelfMary K. Greer The TarotRobert M. Place The TarotRobert M. PlaceChronology
The full timeline- Core of the Zhouyi (I Ching) composedc. 9th century BCE
- First tarot (trionfi) decks in Italyc. 1440s
- Lilly's Christian Astrology1647
- Court de Gébelin's Egyptian tarot1781
- The Fox sisters and Spiritualism1848
- Kardec's Spirits' Book1857
- The Equinox and the Rider–Waite–Smith deck1909
- The Book of Thoth; Jung's Psychology and Alchemy1944
- Fraudulent Mediums Act repealed2008