Fortune-telling's the practice of predicting the future, usually of an individual, through mystical or supernatural means and often for commercial gain. It often conflates with the religious practice known as divination. European and Euro-American fortune telling In Europe, fortune-telling was a sin and hasn't been respected for the past several centuries. There've been religious proscriptions against it, as well as civil laws passed that forbid the practice. For these reasons, many mainstream… (More on Fortune-telling)