geomanticHouse

The twelve houses of a geomantic reading.

import houses from "magick-data/geomancy/houses";

12 rows, each named by its id, and 3 fields. As JSON: magick-data/json/geomancy/houses.json. All the tables

Rows

Fields
idmeaning.en
1The querent: their life, body, looks, complexion, temperament and present condition, and any question about themselves.
2Money and possessions: wealth and want, gain and loss, luck with goods, and goods lost by theft or carelessness.
3Brothers, sisters and other kin by blood; short journeys; how far people can be trusted.
4Father and forebears; inheritance and family property; land, houses, fields and hidden treasure; things missing through theft or neglect; and the end of the matter.
5Envoys and messengers; reports, rumour and news; honours; what follows after a death; pregnancy and unborn young.
6Illness and its cures; servants and household helpers; cattle and tame animals.
7Marriage and other unions, lawful or not; dealings with associates; quarrels and disputes; lawsuits and cases before a judge.
8Death, and what comes to anyone through a death: legacies, inheritances, a wife's dowry.
9Long journeys; faith and steadfastness; dreams; religion and sacred learning.
10Honour, rank and reputation; public office and authority.
11Friends; the wealth and favour of princes and patrons.
12Enemies; servants; imprisonment; misfortune, and any harm other than death and sickness (those belong to the 8th and 6th).

Fields

id · number
The house's number, from 1 to 12.
meaning · { en: string }
What the house governs in a geomantic reading, in our own words after Agrippa's list in the Fourth Book of Occult Philosophy (tr. Turner, 1655), with matters Crowley ties to a house in The Equinox I(2). The 5th and 7th follow Agrippa rather than modern astrology.
meaning.en · string
The text in English.