fortunetelling
Reading your fate
Fortunetelling is the practice of predicting someone's future, whether through tarot cards, palm reading, crystal balls, astrology, or claimed psychic ability.
The term covers everything from carnival sideshows to serious occult practice: She made a living doing fortunetelling at county fairs.
Also spelled fortune-telling.
Divination card set
- palmistryReading hands for fortunes
- astrologyDivination by celestial positions
- scryingVisionary surface-gazing
- numerologyMystical significance of digits
chiromancy · geomancy · runes · tea-leaves · horoscope · pendulum · bibliomancy · dowsing
One claiming supernatural perception
- mediumMiddle size or state
- clairvoyantOne who perceives beyond senses
- seerOne who envisions futures
- soothsayerOne who predicts futures
oracle · sibyl · diviner · augur · astrologer · channeler · shaman · pythia
Forecast of coming events
- prophecyForetelling of future events
- prognosticationForetelling future events
- foretellingAnnouncing future events
- presageIndicate beforehand
foreseeing · revelation · premonition · precognition · foresight · vision · portent · omen
Old Germanic script
- pendulumSuspended swinging weight
- tea-leavesDried brewing material
- palmHand's flat interior
- zodiacCelestial belt of signs
Predetermined course of events
- destinyPredetermined course of events
- futureTime still to come
- karmaSpiritual cause and effect
- luckChance affecting outcomes
chance · providence · predestination · free-will · intuition · gift · curse · blessing
Spirit communication ritual
- channelingDirecting flow or energy
- tranceSemiconscious, unresponsive condition
- apparitionVisible supernatural manifestation
- ectoplasmSupposed supernatural exudate
materialization · clairaudience · clairsentience · otherworld · veil · summoning · necromancy · possession
Prophetic indicator
- portentSign of future calamity
- harbingerOne who foreshadows
- auspiceProphetic token or portent
- presageIndicate beforehand
foreshadowing · forewarning · premonition · foreboding · sign · token · indicator · warning
tarot
Divination card set
- palmistryReading hands for fortunes
- astrologyDivination by celestial positions
- scryingVisionary surface-gazing
numerology · chiromancy · geomancy · runes · tea-leaves · horoscope · pendulum · bibliomancy · dowsing · lot-casting
psychic
One claiming supernatural perception
- mediumMiddle size or state
- clairvoyantOne who perceives beyond senses
- seerOne who envisions futures
soothsayer · oracle · sibyl · diviner · augur · astrologer · channeler · shaman · pythia · prophetess
prediction
Forecast of coming events
- prophecyForetelling of future events
- prognosticationForetelling future events
- foretellingAnnouncing future events
presage · foreseeing · revelation · premonition · precognition · foresight · vision · portent · omen · augury
runes
Old Germanic script
- pendulumSuspended swinging weight
- tea-leavesDried brewing material
- palmHand's flat interior
fate
Predetermined course of events
luck · chance · providence · predestination · free-will · intuition · gift · curse · blessing · skepticism
séance
Spirit communication ritual
- channelingDirecting flow or energy
- tranceSemiconscious, unresponsive condition
- apparitionVisible supernatural manifestation
ectoplasm · materialization · clairaudience · clairsentience · otherworld · veil · summoning · necromancy · possession · mediumship
omen
Prophetic indicator
presage · foreshadowing · forewarning · premonition · foreboding · sign · token · indicator · warning · herald
fortunetellingdata analysis
Systematic information interpretation
meteorology · econometrics · scientific method · fact-finding · investigative journalism
fortunetellingarchaeology
Study of physical remnants
historiography · post-mortem analysis · forensic investigation · historical research · historical analysis
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