The art of putting humans, their habitats and their activities into harmony with the visible and invisible world around us Living remnants of this once universal artform can still be seen at sites such as Stonehenge and Avebury, although the lack of geomantic understanding detracts from the full impact of their genius
A method of divination involving the sixteen Geomantic figures, which are composed of four rows of one or two dots each and given titles suggestive of their meanings
divination by means of signs connected with the earth (as points taken at random or the arrangement of particles thrown down at random or from the configuration of a region and its relation to another)
Known in Chinese as Fengshui is the belief that the location or siting of a place, dwelling or tomb has some effect on the luck or fortune that will be experienced by the inhabitants of the place or the descendants of the person buried in the tomb The fengshui is determined by specialists who make their predictions based on the qi of nature and the qi within the earth It is based on the Five Element and Yin/Yang theories of mutual production, control and balance Fengshui beliefs have influenced the development of Meihuaquan and are an area of study which should be examined
A kind of divination by means of figures or lines, formed by little dots or points, originally on the earth, and latterly on paper
geomancer
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ge·o·man·cer
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[ 'jE-&-"man(t)-sE ] (noun.) 14th century. Middle English geomancie, from Middle French, from Medieval Latin geomantia, from Late Greek geOmanteia, from Greek geO- + -manteia -mancy.