geomancy
noun
geo·man·cy
ˈjē-ə-ˌman(t)-sē 
: divination by means of figures or lines or geographic features
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Different geomancy masters may interpret the data differently, but there is usually a consensus on what the year means for each zodiac animal based on the positions of the stars.
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Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 8 Feb. 2024
Some refer to it as Chinese geomancy; others pass it off as early Taoist ideology.
—Rachel Silva, ELLE Decor, 8 Mar. 2023
Different geomancy masters may interpret the data differently.
—Maggie Hiufu Wong, CNN, 21 Jan. 2023
In the European jewelry space, Hulchi Belluni from Antwerp, Belgium will present a wondrously varied line created by Martine Hul, whose ergonomically elegant fine and high jewelry designs are informed by her studies of Chinese geomancy and energy flows.
—Kyle Roderick, Forbes, 9 Jan. 2023
Al-Jawbari had studied more than three hundred books on the occult and natural sciences, including an apocryphal magic textbook called the Book of Illusions that was misattributed to Plato, and wrote his own, on the celestial bodies and geomancy, although none of these works has survived.
—Anna Della Subin, The New York Review of Books, 27 May 2021
Also known as Chinese geomancy, the principles of feng shui seek to harmonize a person with their environment—both in the home and the garden—using the eight cardinal directions as the framework.
—Heather Arndt Anderson, Sunset Magazine, 3 Mar. 2020
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Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 8 Feb. 2024
Some refer to it as Chinese geomancy; others pass it off as early Taoist ideology.
—Rachel Silva, ELLE Decor, 8 Mar. 2023
Different geomancy masters may interpret the data differently.
—Maggie Hiufu Wong, CNN, 21 Jan. 2023
In the European jewelry space, Hulchi Belluni from Antwerp, Belgium will present a wondrously varied line created by Martine Hul, whose ergonomically elegant fine and high jewelry designs are informed by her studies of Chinese geomancy and energy flows.
—Kyle Roderick, Forbes, 9 Jan. 2023
Al-Jawbari had studied more than three hundred books on the occult and natural sciences, including an apocryphal magic textbook called the Book of Illusions that was misattributed to Plato, and wrote his own, on the celestial bodies and geomancy, although none of these works has survived.
—Anna Della Subin, The New York Review of Books, 27 May 2021
Also known as Chinese geomancy, the principles of feng shui seek to harmonize a person with their environment—both in the home and the garden—using the eight cardinal directions as the framework.
—Heather Arndt Anderson, Sunset Magazine, 3 Mar. 2020
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“Geomancy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/geomancy. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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