On honesty, charlatans and the business of telling fortunes 

There used to be a term among fortune tellers and mentalists for the moment when the performer started believing their own performance: shut-eye.

There is a way of reading tarot that can make almost any spread sound impressive.

Turn over a card, list six or seven keywords. Add a few astrological correspondences. Mention an element. Talk about the card’s “shadow side.” Move to the next card and do it again. By the time you are finished, you have offered the querent so many ideas that something is almost guaranteed to resonate.

Maybe it does.

there is more to fortune-telling than jus predicting the future with cards and the suggestive patterns of leaves at the bottoms of dainty tea cups. while the actual divination is the thing that most folks will say that they are after, in truth what people are actually going for is catharsis delivered along with a heavy dose of mood.

fascination with the concept of time and the ability to foresee future events has persisted throughout history. while stating the following sounds like i’m invalidating my fortune-teller hustle , the truth is all people possess the ability to see into the future, stemming from the brain's inability to process information as quickly as the speed of light.

when we think of fortune telling, it's natural to associate it with the supernatural or the mystical. there's a growing movement, however, that looks at fortune telling through a secular lens, focusing on the psychological and introspective aspects rather than relying on otherworldly explanations. I

last week, i attended the GAMA Expo at the perpetually cigarette smoke filled Peppermill Casino in Reno, Nevada. this week-long conference and trade show is put on every year by the Game Manufacturers Association, featuring informative seminars for those working in hobby game distribution (like myself) as well as the attendance of the elusive industry glitterati behind brands such “the army painter,” “modiphius” and “warhammer: 40k.”

i finally did it! for years, i have been saying that i would hunker down and make a website focused on my fortune-telling hustle.