Karan Johar's a fortune-teller!

It's not enough for Karan Johar to be an actor, writer, TV host, filmmaker, and brand sponsor, Karan is proud to have the powers of a soothsayer:

Yeah, his friends tell us that everytime Karan sees a film he passes a verdict (disclosed only to his close friends, of course) on whether the film will be a hit, a flop, not-so-hot, or not-so-cool. And more often than not, his predictions are right on target.
Recently, after watching Apne , he declared the film a hit in his own critics’ circle. And as it turns out, the Dharam-Sunny-Bobby starrer is doing exceedingly well. Wonder if KJ does the same for his own movies too. Not that he’s seen too many flops really!
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Karan has the special Gemini gift of using communication that springs forth from his keen awareness of what's happening around him as a tool of prediction.
Let's see the shots he calls next...

A fortune teller predicted my lottery jackpot

Gee, fortunetellers are great! See the testimony for a prediction that came through:

A fortune teller predicted my lottery jackpot

A fortune teller predicted a "substantial" win for a couple who scooped more than £1.6 million in the National Lottery, the pair revealed today.
Janette Wright, 41, and husband Stephen, 48, from Bradford, won the £1,633,505 Lotto jackpot in the draw on Saturday.

Mrs Wright, a housing officer, said: "I had a tarot card reading about seven or eight years ago and the tarot reader told me one day I would win 'a substantial amount of money which will be shared'...

Read the entire article for more of the eulogy.

The BBC News (UK) has also reported this story:

Tarot reader predicted £1.6m win

Good fortune for tellers approved

SALISBURY — "The crystal ball and tarot cards may have showed the positive results for Nick Nicholas Tuesday after Wicomico County Attorney Ed Baker announced that there are no residency requirements for a fortune teller license that had initially barred him from starting a business in Hebron."

Nick had gotten the bump due to a 5 year residency requirement (he had only lived there a year). The attorney sought a waiver and the license is expected to go through.

Read the article for more

Luck Is Back in the Cards for Psychics, Tarot Card Readers, & Fortunetellers in Philadelphia

Just when you were bummed out that you might not be able to have a session with your friendly neighborhood fortuneteller, now you need not worry! They'll be back en masse!
delawareonline | The News Journal, Wilmington, Del. | Good fortune for Philly psychics: City backs off ban:

"PHILADELPHIA — Foreseeing a brighter future, psychics closed down by city licensing authorities under an obscure state law last week have been allowed to reopen again.

City Department of Licenses and Inspections inspectors slapped desist orders last week on at least 16 shops of psychics, astrologers and tarot card readers who charge money for their services. The agency had been alerted to a state law on the books more than 30 years that barred fortunetelling 'for gain or lucre.'"

How did the lucky card pop up? The City Department of Licenses and Inspections was reminded by an attorney that the statute they cited could be called upon to decide cases of fraud but could not be used to create regulations -- besides evidence would be needed to prove that someone was pretending to tell fortunes -- good luck coming up with that evidence. Fortunetellers are back in town.

"Vetus illud Catonis admodum scitum est, qui mirari se aiebat quod non rideret haruspex haruspicem cum vidisset." -- Cicero, De Divinatione, II, 51.
(Old Cato always wondered how two fortunetellers could look at each other without laughing)

Fortune tellers seek signs to predict French poll - Yahoo! News

See, fortunetellers have an important function. Statistics at times can become false to chance, so why not consult the tarot? Chances are that the election could be in the cards ;-)


Fortune tellers seek signs to predict French poll - Yahoo! News:

"PARIS (Reuters) - With France's presidential elections just days away, the nation's fortune tellers are urgently shuffling tarot cards and staring into crystal balls as they try to predict the result ahead of time.

Most opinion polls put right wing former interior minister Nicolas Sarkozy in the lead for Sunday's first round vote, ahead of Socialist Segolene Royal and centrist 'third man' Francois Bayrou.

But with up to 40 percent of the electorate still undecided, there remains plenty of room for alternative forecasting methods, even though these could prove as reliable as the polls which failed to predict the outcome of the 2002 election."