fortuneteller
Palm reader, perhaps
A fortuneteller is someone who claims to predict the future, typically for payment.
Fortunetellers use various methods—palm reading, tarot cards, crystal balls, astrology—to divine what lies ahead for their clients.
The term often carries skeptical connotations, suggesting charlatanry rather than genuine insight: The fortuneteller at the carnival said I'd meet a tall stranger.
One claiming supernatural perception
- clairvoyantOne who perceives beyond senses
- mediumMiddle size or state
- oracleAuthoritative wisdom source
- soothsayerOne who predicts futures
seer · sibyl · augur · prophetess · shaman · palmist · astrologer · channeler
Divination card set
- palmistryReading hands for fortunes
- astrologyDivination by celestial positions
- scryingVisionary surface-gazing
- runesOld Germanic script
numerology · augury · chiromancy · geomancy · pyromancy · oracle · dowsing · tealeaves
Forecast of coming events
- prognosticationForetelling future events
- revelationSurprising disclosed truth
- premonitionAdvance sense of future events
- forecastPrediction of future conditions
foresight · portent · presage · harbinger · omen · forewarning · vision · destiny
Perceived emanation surrounding someone
- chakrasBody's spiritual focal points
- occultConcealed from view
- esotericAccessible to few
- supernaturalBeyond natural explanation
enchantment · ritual · incantation · mystic · arcane · ethereal · otherworldly · extrasensory
Temporary enclosed compartment
- tentPortable fabric shelter
- fairgroundOutdoor amusement venue
- neonInert illuminating element
- signMark conveying information
boardwalk · turbaned · velvet · circus · sideshow · midway · pier · storefront
Faker claiming false expertise
- scamDishonest money-making scheme
- hoaxDeliberate deception for effect
- fakeNot the real thing
- shamFraudulent imitation
impostor · quack · trickster · grifter · deception · swindle · hustler · skeptic
Communicating with the dead
- channelingDirecting flow or energy
- tranceSemiconscious, unresponsive condition
- spiritualismCommunion with the deceased
- apparitionVisible supernatural manifestation
specter · ectoplasm · manifestation · materialization · haunting · planchette · knockings
psychic
One claiming supernatural perception
- clairvoyantOne who perceives beyond senses
- mediumMiddle size or state
- oracleAuthoritative wisdom source
soothsayer · seer · sibyl · augur · prophetess · shaman · palmist · astrologer · channeler · spiritualist
tarot
Divination card set
- palmistryReading hands for fortunes
- astrologyDivination by celestial positions
- scryingVisionary surface-gazing
runes · numerology · augury · chiromancy · geomancy · pyromancy · oracle · dowsing · tealeaves · pendulum
prediction
Forecast of coming events
- prognosticationForetelling future events
- revelationSurprising disclosed truth
- premonitionAdvance sense of future events
forecast · foresight · portent · presage · harbinger · omen · forewarning · vision · destiny · fate
aura
Perceived emanation surrounding someone
supernatural · enchantment · ritual · incantation · mystic · arcane · ethereal · otherworldly · extrasensory · precognition
booth
Temporary enclosed compartment
- tentPortable fabric shelter
- fairgroundOutdoor amusement venue
- neonInert illuminating element
sign · boardwalk · turbaned · velvet · circus · sideshow · midway · pier · storefront
charlatan
Faker claiming false expertise
sham · impostor · quack · trickster · grifter · deception · swindle · hustler · skeptic · debunked
mediumship
Communicating with the dead
- channelingDirecting flow or energy
- tranceSemiconscious, unresponsive condition
- spiritualismCommunion with the deceased
apparition · specter · ectoplasm · manifestation · materialization · haunting · planchette · knockings
- pseudoscientistshomeopath, phrenologist, crystal healer, numerologist, reflexologist
fortunetellerhistorian
Expert on past events
chronicler · archivist · biographer · archaeologist · genealogist
fortunetellerscientist
One who studies nature
skeptic · empiricist · rationalist · debunker · statistician