April, 1412-1416. Planetary figure of the Sun in his chariot, and zodiac figures of Aries and Taurus at the top. The Duc de Berry wearing a blue robe...
Oracle Bones , Shang dynasty . Segments of turtle plastrons and bones of oxen, polished, burned, with carved inscriptions. Artist Unknown.
Clay Cuneiform Tablet. 7th century BC. From Nineveh, Astrological Omens concerning Public Affairs. British MuseumArtist Unknown.
Your Fortune - Fortells a letter which contains a proposal, you will accept & good fortune will follow you', circa 1906. A Fortune Teller reading tea...
'Christmas Eve Fortune Telling', 19th century. Found in the collection of the State Museum of Religious History, St Petersburg.
Christmas Eve fortune telling, 1870s. Found in the collection of the State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow.
Fortune teller, Inari Temple, Kyoto, Japan, 1904. Inari is the Shinto god of fertility, rice, agriculture, foxes and industry. Temples to Inari...
Broadsheet with monthly horoscopes; a group of women surrounding one man and a crowd of people raising their arms, 1903. Artist José Guadalupe Posada.
Taoist Symbol in arrow shape, with trigrams of the I-Ching, Han Dynasty, 206 BC-220 . The PI and Tsung with trigrams from the Book of Changes. The...
The female form with astrological symbols, 1790. Illustration from Culpeper's Complete Physician and Complete Herbal, 1790. Artist Unknown.
Constellation of Aquarius, 1729. Plate 9 from Atlas Coelestis, by John Flamsteed , the first Astronomer Royal. Artist Unknown.
Edward vows that he will make peace', 1864. After rejecting offers for peace during the Hundred Years War a great thunderstorm was seen as a bad omen...
At Asakusa, the great temple of Tokyo, the fortune-telling business is brisk', c1900, . Two or three priests are busy all the time. From Mysterious...
Detail of larger photograph of Hungarian-born American magician, escape artist, and psychic debunker Harry Houdini as he wears a straitjacket and...
Man lowers a wooden box which contains Hungarian-born American magician, escape artist, and psychic debunker Harry Houdini into the East River as...
Hungarian-born American magician, escape artist, and psychic debunker Harry Houdini shows his handcuffs as he stands in a wooden box on a boat and...
Debates on Palmistry, 18th century. Around a table sit a group of men. A man holds out his palm to the man next to him and explains what can be read...
'September' , late 16th or early 17th century. Found in the collection of the State Art Museum, Tula, Russia.
The Annunciation to the Shepherds , 1450-1499. Found in the collection of the The Morgan Library & Museum, New York.
Tom and Jerry, catching Kate and Sue on the fly, having their fortunes told, 19th century. Kate and Sue having their fortunes read in the cards by an...
Saturn, Roman god of time, 1569. Saturn riding in his chariot drawn by dragons. He devoured all his children except Jupiter, Neptune and Pluto....
Phoebe and Hilaera, the daughters of Leucippus, being abducted by Castor and Pollux, ca. 1750-1800. Artist Anon.
The Fortune Teller on Casting the Coffee Grounds, from an Original Design at Vaux-hall Gardens, 1748-60. Artist Unknown.
Iconographic Drawing of Saturn , 12th century. The planet Saturn is illustrated as an old man with a bull?s head, dressed in a flowing robe. Artist...
'White Campion', 1877. White Campion, - herbaceous annual with psychic properties. From "Familiar Wild Flowers", figured and described by F. Edward...
Mars, Roman god of war, 1569. Mars riding in his chariot pulled by dogs . Mars was regarded as a male planet, hot and fiery. Those born under Mars...
Illustration depicting two young couples practising palmistry used as cover for an afternoon of flirtation. Illustrated by George du Maurier a...
Illustration depicting couple practising palmistry used as cover for an afternoon of flirtation. Illustrated by George du Maurier a Franco-British...
Illustration depicting an Occult scene by William Hogarth an English printmaker, painter, pictorial satirist, social critic, and editorial...
Woodcut depicting an Astrologer by Hans Holbein the Younger a German and Swiss artist and Printmaker of the Northern Renaissance style. Dated 16th...
Woodcut depicting an Astrologer by Hans Holbein the Younger a German and Swiss artist and Printmaker of the Northern Renaissance style. Dated 16th...
Woodcut depicting an Astrologer being visited by death by Hans Holbein the Younger a German and Swiss artist and Printmaker of the Northern...
Dog, One of Twelve Animals in the Japanese Zodiac, Netsuke, c19th century. Victoria and Albert Museum. London. Artist Unknown.
Chinese Bronze Cosmic Mirror, 2nd-3rd century. Taoist Symbolism; Centre shows 4 animals of Direction, then 12 Calendric animals of the Zodiac, then...
Chinese Bronze Cosmic Mirror, 2nd-3rd century. Taoist Symbolism; Centre shows 4 animals of Direction, then 12 Calendric animals of the Zodiac, then...
