The Oxford English dictionary defines soothsaying as ‘t he art of being able to foresee the future.’ A sooth tells the truth, and by deduction, a soothsayer is someone who tells the truth about a future event. Such practices have fascinating origins, despite a What is Soothsaying … and Who Are the Soothsayers? During the 14 th century, this term ‘soothsayer’ described anyone who spoke the truth, whether the people listening wanted to hear it or not. Nowadays, soothsayers foretell the future, primarily, although they have uncanny instincts that can help their friends, family members and clients solve difficult problems in the here-and-now. Prediction and prophecy center around the art of foretelling events. They are forms of divination that have
