Imagine a universe where you can choose your future from a catalog. You flip through it and say, “I would like to experience this and I would like to have that product. I would like to have that person in my life”. All sound so cool and incredible but still it’s frictional. We are in constant phobia of what will happen next, we are in constant worry of one question what’s going to be our next move either in context of big doubt like future spouse, career, relations, place of residence, family to minute hesitation like will he get angry on me, will I clear the exam, will I get the ice-cream at this hour, will I get less jammed metro.
People search ways to get out of their misery or critical condition but still all in vain. When all doors close, superstition or speculation drives in by window.
You must have heard of those gypsy ladies, Dude! Not the jeep driving ladies.
Gypsy ladies, they were popular for two things one for kidnapping small kids, that’s how this rumour work in favour of mother to keep their child away from those weirdoes and second, the magical, occult and unexplored world of crystal ball, tarot card, spirit board and so on. We found iconoclastic and scientific groups on same side when it comes to authentication of rudimentary reasoning behind future prediction. There certain enigmas and conundrums that one finds difficult to gulp. It’s impossible for science to substantiate all incomprehensible things. But one thing is sure that as long as humankind has had a minute of uncertainty in their mind or absence of scientific reasoning, unconventional route will coexist. C’mon fellas, let’s dive into the crazy world of uncertainty and prediction.
All the party people, let’s get startedddddd…….!!!!
Here is the list of few words.
Augur
Meaning: Augur (verb): portend a good or bad outcome.
Auguring is what augurs did in ancient Rome. These were official diviners whose function it was, not to foretell the future, but to divine whether the gods approved of a proposed undertaking, such as a military move. They did so by various means, among them observing the behaviour of birds and examining the entrails of sacrificed animals. Nowadays, the foretell sense of the verb is often used with an adverb. Augur comes from Latin and is related to the Latin verb augēre, meaning “to increase.”After a year of hard work, Tina was exhilarated with the ample profit which appeared to be auguring a good start for his new start-up.
Harbinger
Meaning: A person or thing that announces or signals the approach of another.
Indian culture consists of multitude of credos; there are still people who associate crow as harbinger of visitors.
Clairvoyant
Meaning: A person who claims to have a supernatural ability to perceive events in the future or beyond normal sensory contact.
Finding no ways to settle down, the unresolved issues which were leading to premature divorce, couple took unconventional help from a clairvoyant seeking answer of whether their marriage had any future or not.
Portent
Meaning : A sign or warning that a momentous or calamitous event is likely to happen.
Everyone was on their toe as today’s visit from the auditors will be portent of things to come.
Prognosticate
Meaning: To forecast or predict (something future) from present indications or signs.
Shakespeare used the prophesy sense of prognosticate in the sonnet that begins
“Not from the stars do I my judgement pluck
From thine eyes my knowledge I derive,
And constant stars in them I read such art
…of thee this I prognosticate,
Thy end is truth’s and beauty’s doom and date.”
Everyone was in state of shock knowing the sudden death of Michel, whomsoever known him would never had prognosticated his demise as he was fitness freak.
Seers
Meaning: A person of supposed supernatural insight who sees visions of the future.
As a seer, Moana, from early childhood get extrasensory images of future. One night, she woke up suddenly and broke up in tears when he saw a brutal accident of her family.
Sibyl
Meaning: A woman in ancient times who was thought to utter the prophecies of a god.
Ancient writers refer to the existence of various women in such countries as Babylonia, Greece, Italy, and Egypt, through whom the gods regularly spoke. These sibyls were easy to confuse with the oracles, women who were likewise mouthpieces of the gods, at such sites as Apollo’s temple at Delphi. The most famous sibyl was the Sibyl of Cumae in Italy, a withered crone who lived in a cave. Her prophecies were collected into twelve books, three of which survived to be consulted by the Romans in times of national emergencies. She is one of the five sibyls memorably depicted by Michelangelo on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel.
In one scene of famous movie 300, the Ephors consult the Sibyl, who decrees that Sparta will not go to war during the Carneia. Hearing this Leonidas depart angrily.
Tasseography
Meaning: A divination or fortune-telling method that interprets patterns in tea leaves, coffee grounds, or wine sediments.
Susan, a skilled tasseographer was interpreting, the future through wet splodges in the cup while William watched her perplexedly.
Soothsayer
Meaning: A person who predicts the future by magical, intuitive, or more rational means.
The archaic adjective and noun sooth, “true, truth,” comes from the old English adjective and noun soth with the same meaning. The truth is not always soothing, but our verb soothe is related to soothsayer, the word for one who tells the truth, especially beforehand.
Walking down the street, Mira accidentally met with lunatic soothsayer who grabbed her hand and handover a voodoo, completely terrified she threw the doll aside and ran down the street.
Presage
Meaning: An omen or portent.
Tom roamed around the clinic corridor as he had nagging presage that the laboratory reports would have abnormal findings.
Foreboding
Meaning: A feeling that something bad will happen; fearful apprehension.
After 5 hour long surgery, doctor connected with the patient’s relative, his voice was dark and foreboding which made his mother clutched her hand tight for the impending news.
Prophecy
Meaning: Great technical skill and brilliance shown in a performance or activity a prediction of what will happen in the future.
Nostradamus enthusiasts often find correlation between his prophecies written in quatrains style, with numerous events of world such as French revolution, the rise of Adolf Hitler, and attack on world trade center.
Ominous
Meaning: Giving the worrying impression that something bad is going to happen, threateningly inauspicious.
Few minute before earthquake, all animals become restless and started running to escape some ominous advancement. Normally, observed in most of the natural calamities.
Cassandra
Meaning: One that predicts misfortune or disaster.
The story of Cassandra comes from Greek mythology and is both tragic and ironic; as such myths tend to be. Cassandra was the daughter of Priam, the king of Troy. She caught the eye of the god Apollo, who was accustomed to getting what he wanted. He was amazed and displeased when she refused his romantic advances, and he became vengeful. He cursed Cassandra with a gift of prophecy with an especially cruel twist: he guaranteed that while she would always be right, no one would ever believe her predictions. Cassandra foretold the fall of Troy and other disastrous happenings, though she was ignored. Now, the label Cassandra is typically reserved for those who claim to see impending doom.
Already more than one Cassandra on carelessness was given, but Christine still leaves her things unattended, which cost her loss of her valuables in train.
Divination
Meaning: The practice of seeking knowledge of the future or the unknown by supernatural means.
Ancient sages used to sit in concentration for many years without food and other supplies to control 5 chakras of body. The 3rd chakra was said to be divination door to foresee future picture.
Chapter 3: From Uncultured to Cultured People
Chapter 7: Lets Learn About Clever and Cheat
Chapter 8: Future Prediction and Foretelling
Chapter 9: Top Class People – Achievers
Chapter 12: Angels in Disguise
Chapter 13: The Official Guide for Condemn
Chapter 14: No Human Being is Same
Chapter 15: Degree of Flattering
Chapter 17: Lets Learn about foolish people
Chapter 19: Are you a Braveheart
Chapter 22: Learn About Bad Tempered People
Chapter 24: People Are the Craziest Animals!