Symbolomancy requires study. That’s the key difference between Symbolomancy and the two previous sections. Simpleomancy’s and Chartomancy’s divining methods are comparatively-easy to learn and use. But Symbolomancy tools work best when the diviner has read up on the meanings of the various symbols from multiple sources. Most symbol-sets come with a booklet describing their meanings, and certainly the would-be diviner should read such booklets. It says what the creator considers the meaning of their deck or symbol-set to be, and often, what lay-outs they think will work best with their deck.
But I encourage any would-be diviner who wants to master Symbolomancy to read at least one additional source beyond the booklet. Ironically enough, such study can eventually lead to less reliance on a text, more reliance on your own intuition, and better readings. A good reader should have a whole mental repository of the chosen symbol-set’s meanings and a repertoire of spreads to use with it. A bibliography of suggested books on most of the tools covered in this section, along with a title or two on spreads or lay-outs, is in the link below. I don’t claim this to be a comprehensive or authoritative listing, but it should be enough get you started:
Most of these titles are available through Amazon, but you can also check with your local library, especially with the older titles, which may be out of print and hard to find. A few Symbolomancy tools don’t have any books on the subject that I have been able to find (the Wood Cards I devised, for example), but an Internet search may turn up a website or two which touches on it.
May your journey with Symbolomancy be a fruitful and enlightening one!
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