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These first four figures of the geomantic tableau are called the "mothers" or matres and are drawn horizontally from right to left.

Ex : Using a dice

I take a single die from a pair of dice and cast it sixteen times to generate a set of sixteen rows. Next to each row I entered the total number of dots. Then next to each number I created a line of a geomantic figure, using two "o's" for even numbers and one "o" for odd numbers. I totaled the number of dots at the bottom for future reference to calculate an "index." Each set of four rows generates a "mother" figure consisting of a head, neck, body and feet.

 16 ROWS  NUMBER        GEOMANTIC FIGURE

          OF MARKS       

      *   1             Head:   o       Mother One:

     **   2             Neck:  o o

     **   2             Body:  o o      Laetitia   (M1)

   ****   4             Feet:  o o

      *   1                   o       Mother Two:

   ****   4                  o o

   ****   4                  o o      Laetitia    (M2)

     **   2                  o o

 ******   6                  o o      Mother Three:

      *   1                   o

  *****   5                   o       Conjunctio   (M3)

 ******   6                  o o

     **   2                  o o      Mother Four:

    ***   3                   o

    ***   3                   o       Conjunctio    (M4)

 ******   6                  o o                             

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 Total:  52