fortune teller
Reads your palm
A fortune teller is a person who claims to predict the future, typically for payment.
Methods include reading palms, tarot cards, crystal balls, or tea leaves.
The term carries a whiff of carnival sideshows and storefront psychics rather than serious spiritual practice: The fortune teller said I'd meet a dark stranger.
One claiming supernatural perception
- mediumMiddle size or state
- clairvoyantOne who perceives beyond senses
- soothsayerOne who predicts futures
- oracleAuthoritative wisdom source
diviner · astrologer · palmist · spiritualist · sibyl · seer · augur · prognosticator
Divination card set
- palm readingDivination via hand lines
- crystal ballFortune-teller's viewing sphere
- astrologyDivination by celestial positions
- divinationForetelling through mystical means
scrying · tea leaves · runes · numerology · pendulum · aura reading · cowrie shells · geomancy
Traveling amusement attraction
- fairgroundOutdoor amusement venue
- boardwalkPlanked waterfront pathway
- tentPortable fabric shelter
- parlorFormal room for visitors
booth · neon sign · crystal ball · velvet curtain · incense · candles
Foretelling of future events
- premonitionAdvance sense of future events
- foresightAbility to anticipate futures
- omenProphetic indicator
- portentSign of future calamity
augury · foretelling · presage · vision · revelation · forewarning · prognostication · harbinger
Concealed from view
- esotericAccessible to few
- supernaturalBeyond natural explanation
- etherealDelicate beyond earthly measure
- mysticalOf hidden spiritual significance
arcane · otherworldly · paranormal · spiritual · enigmatic · mysterious · uncanny · intuition
psychic
One claiming supernatural perception
- mediumMiddle size or state
- clairvoyantOne who perceives beyond senses
- soothsayerOne who predicts futures
oracle · diviner · astrologer · palmist · spiritualist · sibyl · seer · augur · prognosticator · necromancer
tarot
Divination card set
- palm readingDivination via hand lines
- crystal ballFortune-teller's viewing sphere
- astrologyDivination by celestial positions
divination · scrying · tea leaves · runes · numerology · pendulum · aura reading · cowrie shells · geomancy · bibliomancy
carnival
Traveling amusement attraction
- fairgroundOutdoor amusement venue
- boardwalkPlanked waterfront pathway
- tentPortable fabric shelter
parlor · booth · neon sign · crystal ball · velvet curtain · incense · candles
prophecy
Foretelling of future events
- premonitionAdvance sense of future events
- foresightAbility to anticipate futures
- omenProphetic indicator
portent · augury · foretelling · presage · vision · revelation · forewarning · prognostication · harbinger · sign
occult
Concealed from view
- esotericAccessible to few
- supernaturalBeyond natural explanation
- etherealDelicate beyond earthly measure
mystical · arcane · otherworldly · paranormal · spiritual · enigmatic · mysterious · uncanny · intuition · sixth sense
- carnivalparade, costume, float, ferris wheel, roller coaster
- Ren fairejousting, knights, mead, turkey legs, jesters
- Renaissance fairjousting, mead, turkey leg, jester, knights
- divinationdivination, tarot, tarot cards, tarot reading, tarot reader
- occultistswitches, wizards, sorcerers, sorceresses, warlocks
- psychicspsychic, psychics, clairvoyant, clairvoyants, medium
fortune tellerhistorian
Expert on past events
chronicler · archivist · genealogist · archaeologist · biographer
fortune tellerskeptic
One who doubts claims
debunker · scientist · empiricist · rationalist · statistician
fortune tellerfact-checker
One who confirms accuracy
auditor · journalist · verifier · forensic accountant · witness
tell, fortune, telling, teller, tells, retell, untold, foretell, retold