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Mar 5, 2020 · Ancient Greeks worshiped a priestess called The Pythia who predicted future wars and answers to national problems. Nostradamus is said to have predicted events happening today way back in the 1500s. The success of Oprah Winfrey's career was predicted by psychic Jean Dixon.
Oct 26, 2016 · The possible futures predicted by fortune-telling happen just often enough to tantalize, preying on our deepest aspirations of catching a “big break.” Fortune-telling has served both to reify and subvert the logic of capitalist economics.
Apr 9, 2013 · Fortune-tellers failed to predict the September 11, 2001, attacks, the recent global economic collapse, the 2011 Japanese tsunami and nuclear meltdown, and countless other important world...
- Richard Bevan
- He started life as a shopkeeper. Before Nostradamus became the most famous soothsayer on the planet, his early life was mundane and conventional. He married in his early 20s and trained as a doctor before opening his own apothecary shop, the equivalent to today’s street pharmacy.
- His first prophecies stemmed from grief. It has been said that the tragic death of Nostradamus’ wife and children to a plague outbreak in France was the catalyst that set the future scryer on the path to foretelling events.
- His fame spread via the printing press. Les Propheties was to make Nostradamus a famous name throughout the world largely due to the then modern invention of the printing press.
- He gained the patronage of Catherine de’ Medici. Catherine de’ Medici, the Italian Queen of France between 1547 and 1559, was superstitious and looking out for people who could show her the future.
fortune-telling, the forecasting of future events or the delineation of character by methods not ordinarily considered to have a rational basis. Evidence indicates that forms of fortune-telling were practiced in ancient China, Egypt, Chaldea, and Babylonia as long ago as 4000 bce.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Western fortune tellers typically attempt predictions on matters such as future romantic, financial, and childbearing prospects. Many fortune tellers will also give "character readings". These may use numerology, graphology, palmistry (if the subject is present), and astrology.
Feb 24, 2018 · In Ancient Greek culture, fate, luck and fortune were familiar, everyday concepts. They were not just imposed by the gods, but were themselves divine forces, invisibly disrupting people’s lives....
