More on Fortuna Major

[sdi]

Every text I've seen on geomancy describes Fortuna Major as the most positive of figures: success and good fortune with maybe some bumps along the way. In my experience, this is a pretty muted description of the figure! Every single time I've seen it, it's meant, "It will be hell. It'll be worth it, but it will be hell."

Diviners routinely caution against assuming the worst in a reading—drawing Death in a Tarot reading doesn't mean you're going to die—but Fortuna Major really is a very challenging figure and should be interpreted as such, I think.