geomancy

[ jee-uh-man-see ]

/ ˈdʒi əˌmæn si /

divination by geographic features or by figures or lines.

Origin of geomancy

1325–75; Middle English < Old French geomancie≪ Late Greek geōmanteía. See geo-, -mancy

ge·o·man·cer, noun ge·o·man·tic, adjective

Herbalism, alchemy, geomancy, and other magic arts owe their origin to this fountain-head of primitive superstition.

The Japanese Spirit |Yoshisaburo Okakura
Alchemy, geomancy and spiritualism have dwelt and dwell under its shadow.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 16, Slice 2 |Various
Geomancy is a kind of foretelling things, by means of little dots first made on the ground and then on paper.

Peeps Into China |E. C. Phillips
But Speght is correct in the main point, viz., that Puella and Rubeus are 'the names of two figures in geomancy.'

Chaucer's Works, Volume 5 (of 7) -- Notes to the Canterbury Tales |Geoffrey Chaucer

Pertaining to geomancy, the art of divining future events by means of signs connected with the earth.

Palamon and Arcite |John Dryden

geomancy

/ (ˈdʒiːəʊˌmænsɪ) /

prophecy from the pattern made when a handful of earth is cast down or dots are drawn at random and connected with lines

geomancer, noun geomantic, adjective