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Clients have drifted away from Song Oh-soon's fortune-telling village on the edge of Seoul, preferring online AI-powered divination to the centuries-old prophesying tradition still practised there.

From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026

The Magic 8-ball, that fortune-telling toy that was so popular in the 1950s and 1960s, had as useful a range of replies as any forecaster with an advanced degree in economics.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 10, 2026

In Rye: Playing a boy named Josh in the movie “Big,” Tom Hanks consults Zoltar, a fortune-telling machine at Playland Amusement Park.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 16, 2026

For example, the Tarot deck, originally for competitive card games, later morphed into a tool for fortune-telling.

From National Geographic ● Nov. 3, 2023

It was then I noticed that Millie’s pencil box and paper flowers and Andrea’s fortune-telling cards were still under the tree and I began to feel sorry for myself all over again.

From "Homesick" by Jean Fritz


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