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Sign in to savethumb|Gypsy Fortune-Teller (1841) by Taras Shevchenko
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13 sectionsContents
- Methods
- Sociology
- Children's fortune-telling games
- As a business
- Clientele
- Typical clients
- Services
- Full-time careers
- Legality
- Critical analysis
- Notes
- References
- External links
thumb|Gypsy Fortune-Teller (1841) by Taras Shevchenko
Fortune-telling is the spiritual practice of predicting information about a person's life. The scope of fortune telling is in principle identical with the practice of divination. The difference is that divination is the term used for predictions considered part of a religious ritual, invoking deities or spirits, while the term fortune telling implies a less serious or formal setting, even one of popular culture, where belief in occult workings behind the prediction is less prominent than the concept of suggestion, spiritual or practical advisory or affirmation.