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2. Fortune-telling - Wikipedia

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   Fortune telling is easily dismissed by critics as magical thinking and superstition. [24] [25] [26] Skeptic Bergen Evans suggested that fortune telling is the result of a "naïve selection of something that have happened from a mass of things that haven't, the clever interpretation of ambiguities, or a brazen announcement of the inevitable."

3. 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.

4. Palmistry - Wikipedia

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   A fortune-teller conducting a palm reading, with lines and mounts marked out on the person's left palm Gold stamped front cover of The Psychonomy of the Hand. Palmistry is the pseudoscientific practice of fortune-telling through the study of the palm. [1]

5. Methods of divination - Wikipedia

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   aleuromancy² / ə ˈ lj ʊər oʊ m æ n s i /: by fortune cookies (of the same origin as aleuromancy ¹) bibliomancy / ˈ b ɪ b l i oʊ m æ n s i /: by the Bible (Greek biblion, ' book ' + manteía, ' prophecy ')

6. How to Tell Your Fortune Using Cheese, Onions, and Other ...

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   For centuries, people have turned to food to tell fortunes, divining their destiny in the craggy veins of blue cheese or the patterns of coffee grounds. Here, we scour the pantry for the foods you ...

7. Crystal ball - Wikipedia

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   A crystal ball is a crystal or glass ball commonly used in fortune-telling. It is generally associated with the performance of clairvoyance and scrying. Used since Antiquity, crystal balls have had a broad reputation with witchcraft, including modern times with charlatan acts and amusements at circus venues, festivals, etc.

8. Scrying - Wikipedia

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   Scrying, also referred to as "seeing" or "peeping," is a practice rooted in divination and fortune-telling.It involves gazing into a medium, hoping to receive significant messages or visions that could offer personal guidance, prophecy, revelation, or inspiration. [1]

9. O-mikuji - Wikipedia

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   In the event of the fortune being good, the bearer has two options: they can also tie it to the tree or wires so that the fortune has a greater effect or they can keep it for luck. Omikuji are available at many shrines and temples, and remain one of the traditional activities related to shrine or temple-going.