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article is about the African and European divination technique.
For the Chinese art of aesthetics, see Feng shui. For the
Chinese philosophical tradition, see Wu Xing. Geomancy tool
Geomantic instrument, Egypt or Syria, 1241–42 CE, by Muhammad
ibn Khutlukh al Mawsuli. When turning the dials, random designs
of dots would appear, which were then interpreted. British
Museum.  Geomancy (Greek: γεωμαντεία, "earth divination") is a
method of divination that interprets markings on the ground or
the patterns formed by tossed handfuls of soil, rocks, or sand.
The most prevalent form of divinatory geomancy involves
interpreting a series of 16 figures formed by a randomized
process that involves recursion followed by analyzing them,
often augmented with astrological interpretations.  Once
practiced by people from all social classes, it was one of