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palmist

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as in astrologer

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Recent Examples of palmist As an artist, palmist, and generally spiritual woman, Wright had a few otherworldly experiences in the home herself. — Hadley Mendelsohn, House Beautiful, 31 Aug. 2022 Writer Michael Adno grew up in Sarasota, Florida, home to an unusually large bevy of palmists, mediums, and others able to connect with unseen spirits and energies. — Krista Stevens, Longreads, 10 July 2018 You will be asked to, but a palmist should never attempt to diagnose an illness or predict someone’s death. — Malia Wollan, New York Times, 21 July 2017 For a long time, this would have seemed as foolish as giving your money to a palmist. — Atul Gawande, The New Yorker, 23 Jan. 2017

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Meet your astrologer Steph Koyfman is a writer and astrologer best known for her work as Lady Cazimi.

— Steph Koyfman, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 Aug. 2026
Is Harp behind the scenes, pulling the strings, à la Joan Quigley, the astrologer in the Reagan White House?

— Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 22 Aug. 2026

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Part of the superhero origin story is that Chaerephon, a friend of Socrates’, goes to the oracle and asks who the wisest man is, and the oracle says Socrates.

— Agnes Callard, The New York Review of Books, 18 Aug. 2026
Immanuel Kant, who had taught and written there, remained the oracle of a previous generation, and his ideas still fertilized argument, creating an atmosphere dense with permissions and prohibitions.

— Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2026

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