Welcome to my blog!

My DA for BCM325 consists of three blog posts about various forms of fortune-telling and future prediction and their histories. I researched the way each of the practices have been utilised by people across time and why the fortune-telling industry has been successful for so long.

My first blog post was about astrology and horoscopes, the second was about psychics and palm readings, and the third was about the meanings of dreams and interpreting tarot cards. Click on the hyperlinks to view each blog post!

The idea for my DA changed after the project pitch. I initially planned to write about the portrayal of future prediction in movies, TV shows and books. However, I found a topic I was more interested in and decided to focus on more traditional forms of fortune-telling such as astrology, palm readings and other practices. The history behind these concepts is…