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The next four figures, sometimes called the "Nephews" or neptes are created by combining the Mother and Daughter figures in pairs. Two figures whose lines produce an even number of marks create two dots in the new figure, and an odd number of marks creates a single dot in the new figure.
Many geomancers, like Regardie in The Golden Dawn or Schwei and Pestka in The Complete Book of Astrological Geomancy use the "common" form of geomancy that was in vogue before Agrippa developed his system. In common geomancy, the 1st and 2nd Mothers create the 1st Niece, the 3rd and 4th Mothers create the 2nd Niece, the 1st and 2nd Daughters create the 3rd Niece and the 3rd and 4th Daughters create the 4th Niece.
In Agrippa's system: each nephew is formed by combining adjacent rows of particular mothers and daughters, the points of which are added at each of the four levels to give an odd or an even sum. One combines the 1st Mother and the 4th Daughter to form the 1st Niece, the 2nd Mother and the 1st Daughter to form the 2nd Niece; …..; the 4th Mother and the 3rd Daughter to form the 4th Niece.
Nephew 1 = Mother 1 + Daughter 4 Nephew 2 = Mother 2 + Daughter 1 Nephew 3 = Mother 3 + Daughter 2 Nephew 4 = Mother 4 + Daughter 3
Now let's calculate the nephews, Agrippa style:
MOTHERS: DAUGHTERS: NEPHEWS: M1 o + D4 o o = N1 o o o o o o o Laetitia o o o o o o o o o o o o M2 o + D1 o = N2 o o o o o o Rubeus o o o o o o o o o o o o M3 o o + D2 o o = N3 o o o o o o Acquisitio o o o o o o o o M4 o o + D3 o o = N4 o o o o o o Acquisitio o o o o o o o o
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