32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 |
1 | 46 | 93 | 139 | 185 |
From these eight figures are obtained the Four Nephews. The First Nephew is obtained by adding together across the points
of the First and Second Mother and, according as to whether they are odd or even, forming a new line of one or two points.
Thus in the example:
The Second Nephew is now calculated in exactly the same way but from the Third and Fourth Mothers; the Third Nephew
in the same way from the First and Second Daughters; and the Fourth Nephew from the Third and Fourth Daughters. So in
the example we get:
The Mothers, Daughters and Nephews are the twelve principal figures used in any geomantic divination, but three
subsidiary figures - the Right Witness, the Left Witness and the Judge - are also employed by many occultists. The Right
Witness is derived from the First and Second Nephews in the same way as the Nephews are derived from the Mothers and
Daughters. Thus in the example we have:
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