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Frazzled Investors Turn
to Psychics for Help

Investors flock to psychics for economic insight

New York Times New York Times Nov 22, 08 2:51 PM CST
(Newser) - Maybe they failed to predict today's economy, but psychics are certainly profiting from it, the New York Times reports. Frustrated with traditional financial advice, many investors are booking appointments with soothsayers, who say their business is on the upswing. “Your mortgage agents, your realtors, your bankers, you can’t go to these people anymore,” said one psychic. More »

More about:  economy • New York • markets • Astrology • psychic

 Politics, Stars Align 
 for Thai Fortunetellers 

Mr. Luck's upbeat, automated predictions on love, life big business in tumultuous times

Wall Street Journal Wall Street Journal Sep 15, 08 3:02 PM CDT
(Newser) - Fortunetelling, always a big part of Thai culture, is bigger business than ever now, the Wall Street Journal reports. As political unrest buffets the country, an automated telephone astrology service run by a seer known as Mr. Luck is flourishing. "Every time there's a crisis in Thailand, it's a glorious time for astrologers," Mr. Luck says. But some say he's corrupting an ancient tradition. More »

More about:  business • Thailand • Thai protesters • Astrology

glossies

Flirty, New Age Rielle Aimed to 'Save' Edwards

'I let her do my astrological chart': Newsweek columnist

Newsweek Newsweek Aug 10, 08 4:21 PM CDT
(Newser) - Flirting with John Edwards on a plane 2 years ago, Rielle Hunter looked like a schmoozy blonde trying—and failing—to tempt a presidential hopeful. But as Newsweek reporter Jonathan Darman got to know her, he realized she was documenting Edwards on video—and wanted to help him with New Age spiritualism. She called Edwards her latest project: If he only used his heart, not his head, she said, he could "change the world." More »

More about:  John Edwards • affair • Rielle Hunter • Astrology • New Age

Pre-Olympics Eclipse
May Give Chinese Jitters

A solar eclipse shortly before the Olympics won't bring doom, 'experts' say

AFP AFP Jul 29, 08 12:58 PM CDT
(Newser) - Eager to shake its reputation for being superstitious, China will be downplaying a total solar eclipse—once seen as a portent of disaster—Aug. 1, a week before the Beijing Olympics, AFP reports. Feng shui and astrology experts are predicting that the eclipse, visible in China but not Beijing, will bring market turbulence, and maybe small-scale political upheval, as well as  problems in the transport and communication networks, but no major disruption of  the Games. More »

More about:  China • 2008 Beijing Olympics • superstition • Astrology • solar eclipse • omen

Brits Used Astrologer Against Hitler

Declassified files
tell of  'star wars'
strategy in WWII

Guardian (UK) Guardian (UK) Mar 4, 08 9:10 AM CST
(Newser) - Some British strategists saw the outcome of World War II written in the stars, according to newly declassified documents that reveal the role of an astrologer in predicting Adolf Hilter's moves. An intelligence agency employed a colorful character who claimed to be able to use astrological readings to, as one supporter put it, tell "when his aspects are bad," the Guardian reports. More »

More about:  Germany • England • World War II • Adolf Hitler • espionage • MI5 • Astrology

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