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2. Magic 8 Ball - Wikipedia

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   The Magic 8 Ball is a plastic sphere, made to look like an oversized eight ball, that is used for fortune-telling or seeking advice. It was invented in 1946 by Albert C. Carter and Abe Bookman and is manufactured by Mattel. [1] The user asks a yes–no question to the ball, then turns it over to reveal an answer that floats up into a window.

3. Paper fortune teller - Wikipedia

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   The person operating the fortune teller manipulates the device based on the choices made by the player, and finally one of the hidden messages is revealed. These messages may purport to answer questions (hence the name), or they may be activities that the player must perform. The same shape may also be used as pincers or as a salt cellar.

4. Kau chim - Wikipedia

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   The querent will have the option to ask for a fortune again until a successful answer can be made. Following a successful fortune, interpretation may be needed to comprehend the answer. Answers can be interpreted by a temple priest or volunteers or can be self-interpreted by the querent. [ 2 ]

5. 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.

6. Josephine and the Fortune-Teller - Wikipedia

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   Josephine and the Fortune-Teller is an 1837 history painting by the British artist David Wilkie. [1] It depicts a story about the young Joséphine de Beauharnais visiting a fortune teller on her native island of Martinique , who predicts her future in France as the wife of Emperor Napoleon .

7. Cold reading - Wikipedia

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   Cold reading is a set of techniques used by mentalists, psychics, fortune-tellers, and mediums. [1] Without prior knowledge, a practiced cold-reader can quickly obtain a great deal of information by analyzing the person's body language, age, clothing or fashion, hairstyle, gender, sexual orientation, religion, ethnicity, level of education, manner of speech, place of origin, etc. during a line ...