Napoleon's Book of Fate

Napoleon's Book of Fate : In 1813 Napoleon was defeated at Leipzip. However he left behind him a "Cabinet of Curiosities" among which a Prussian officer discovered the following Oraculum. Originally this Oraculum had been discovered in one of the Royal tombs of Egypt during a French military expedition of 1801. The emperor ordered the manuscript to be translated by a famous German scholar and antiquarian. From that time onwards the Oraculum remained one of Napoleon's most treasures possessions. He consulted it on many occasions and it is said to have "formed a stimulus to his most speculative and most successful enterprises."

The tables provided here are are an exact translation of Napoleons copy.

How to consult the Oraculum

1). Make a series of marks like this * in four lines, try to do it without thinking about it, simply let the pen be the guide. Add as many *** 's as desired, for example when finished the end result should look something like:

************
*************
**************
***************

2). Now add up the number of marks made, for example:

************
*************
**************
***************

(12 marks)
(13 marks)
(14 marks)
(15 marks)

3). When the number of marks in any of the four lines exceeds 9 then only the surplus marks are taken into account, therefore:

************
*************
**************
***************

(12 marks becomes 3)
(13 marks becomes 4)
(14 marks becomes 5)
(15 marks becomes 6)

4). A symbol must now be obtained from the marks in order to do this a line containing an odd number is marked with a single star * and a line containing an even number is marked with two stars ** using the example above the symbol obtained from those marks is as follows:

************
*************
**************
***************

(12 marks = 3)
(13 marks = 4)
(14 marks = 5)
(15 marks = 6)

odd number
even number
odd number
even number

*
**
*
**

5). It is now possible to consult the Oraculum in order to do this a question must be decided upon. Once the question has been chosen from the table, match the corresponding symbol which was already obtained.

*
**
*
**

The Table of Questions with corresponding symbols

No.

QUESTIONS

ORACULUM

*
*
*
*

**
*
**
*

*
**
*
*

**
*
*
**

**
**
**
*

**
**
*
**

**
*
*
*

**
**
*
*

*
*
**
**

*
*
*
**

**
*
**
**

*
**
**
**

*
**
**
*

*
*
**
*

*
**
*
**

**
**
**
**

No.

Shall I obtain my wish?

Shall I have success in my undertakings?

Shall I gain or lose in my cause?

Shall I have to live in foreign parts?

Will the stranger return from abroad?

Shall I recover the property stolen?

Will my friend be true in his dealings?

Shall I have to travel?

Does the person love and regard me?

Will the marriage be prosperous?

What sort of wife or husband shall I have?

Will I have a son or daughter?

will the patient recover from his illness?

Will the prisoner be released?

Shall I be lucky or unlucky this day?

What does my dream signify?

6). Once the desired question has been chosen and the corresponding mark found; read the table across to click on a letter. For example if the question was question number 1 - Shall I obtain my wish? Move along the row to locate the symbol found earlier. In this example the corresponding letter is P for question 1. Now click on that letter and the corresponding page has all of the symbols placed horizontally. Now match up the original vertical symbol with the horizontal symbol on page P. This will give the answer to the question. The answer should read, "What you wish should be granted to you".

7). The following are days on which none of the questions should be worked:-

January	1	2	4	6	11	12	20
February					1	17	18
March						14	16
April					10	17	18
May						7	8
June							17
July						17	21
August						20	21
September						10	18
October							6
November						6	10
December					6	11	15

NB - It is not right to try a question twice on the same day.

Useful Links

Recommended Reading

Reader Comments

Recommend a Link