[fawr-chuh
n-tel-ing] 
| 1. | the act or practice of predicting the future. |
| 2. | engaged in or used for fortunetelling. |
fortune-telling
the forecasting of future events or the delineation of character by methods not ordinarily considered to have a rational basis. Evidence indicates that forms of fortune-telling were practiced in ancient China, Egypt, Chaldea, and Babylonia as long ago as 4000 BC. Prophetic dreams and oracular utterances played an important part in ancient religion and medicine
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