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2. Fortune-telling - Wikipedia

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   Many fortune tellers will also give "character readings". These may use numerology, graphology, palmistry (if the subject is present), and astrology. [citation needed] In contemporary Western culture, it appears that women consult fortune tellers more than men. [4] Some women have maintained long relationships with their personal readers.

3. Ziwei doushu - Wikipedia

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   Along with the Four Pillars of Destiny, ziwei doushu is one of the most renowned [1] fortune-telling methods used in this study. Much like western astrology , ziwei doushu claims to use the position of the cosmos at the time of one's birth to make determinations about personality, career and marriage prospects, and more.

4. Cartomancy - Wikipedia

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   Cartomancy using standard playing cards was the most popular form of providing fortune-telling card readings in the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries. The standard 52-card deck is often augmented with jokers or even with the blank card found in many packaged decks.

5. Chinese fortune telling - Wikipedia

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   Many fortune tellers, in fact, were also in other occupations, and they practiced fortune tellings either for a secondary occupation. For instance, fortune tellers who were identified in the records were usually educated men from higher social classes, and some of them were even scholar-officials who played significant roles in government. [36]

6. Kau chim - Wikipedia

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   In Hong Kong, by and large the most popular place for this fortune telling practice is the Wong Tai Sin Temple which draws thousands to millions of people each year. [ 2 ] In Thailand , kau chim is commonly known as seam si ( Thai : เซียมซี ; alternatively spelled siem si , siem see ).

7. Barnum effect - Wikipedia

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   Such techniques are used by fortune tellers, astrologers, and other practitioners to convince customers that they, the practitioners, are in fact endowed with a paranormal gift. [5] The effect is a specific example of the "acceptance phenomenon", which describes the general tendency of humans "to accept almost any bogus personality feedback". [6]