“Show me a psychic, medium, palm reader, tarot reader or whatever, and I’ll show you either a nut job (in a few cases) or a liar and thief (in ALL the rest of the cases).”
I’m not sure whether you were being sarcastic, but any fool that pays money to a psychic, medium, palm reader, tarot reader or whatever is also a nut job.
For five bucks at a carny it can be very amusing. Some of these people put on a good show and the cleverness of the vague “futures” is amazing.
Where I grew up it was not uncommon to include a trip to a fortune teller as part of a date. It could be funny and the topic of discussion for a week or so.
I know a woman who does a “reading” as a fundraiser- all the $$ she gets goes to some charity, and her “fortunes” are hilarious and well worth the donation.
http://www.sff.net/people/e.friesner/Conquest/cheeblemancy.html
But to take such things seriously? That’s folly.