What it's like to be a fortune teller, deal with skeptics

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I've been a fortune teller since I was 4 years old. I've had plenty of skeptics — but for me, it's not about predicting the future.

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Jezmina Von Thiele, a fortune teller from Portsmouth, New Hampshire about her life as a fortune teller. It's been edited for length and clarity.

For centuries, Roma worked traditional jobs that they brought from India and the Middle East — such as fortune telling, metal working, performing, and animal training.This grew into a side business I maintained through college while I worked other jobs, including a job as an adjunct English professor.My grandmother taught me that fortune telling was something that I could always fall back on if needed.

My rate is $200 an hour in October because demand is high, travel is difficult with New England tourism, and the events are usually quite involved. I also accept tips.There are definitely scammers out there. Anyone who tells you that your wife left you because you're cursed, and you have to buy a magic crystal from them for $5,000 to get her back, for instance, is scamming you. Don't do that.

A lot of people are looking for spirituality, but feel disconnected from the religion or tradition they grew up in

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