crystal gazer

noun

Definition of crystal gazernext
as in astrologer

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  1. astrologer
  2. oracle
  3. palmist
  4. mystic
Noun
  • Is Harp behind the scenes, pulling the strings, à la Joan Quigley, the astrologer in the Reagan White House?
    — Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 22 Aug. 2026
  • Nancy Reagan, fearful of losing her husband, did indeed consult an astrologer after Reagan was shot.
    — Tom Nichols, The Atlantic, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of astrologer
Noun
  • Immanuel Kant, who had taught and written there, remained the oracle of a previous generation, and his ideas still fertilized argument, creating an atmosphere dense with permissions and prohibitions.
    — Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2026
  • All of them are concerned with legacy, particularly among fathers and daughters (Shakespeare had two and lost his only son), and all of them touch a realm beyond the mundane — a place of gods and dreams, oracles and enchantment.
    — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of oracle
Noun
  • As an artist, palmist, and generally spiritual woman, Wright had a few otherworldly experiences in the home herself.
    — Hadley Mendelsohn, House Beautiful, 31 Aug. 2022
  • Writer Michael Adno grew up in Sarasota, Florida, home to an unusually large bevy of palmists, mediums, and others able to connect with unseen spirits and energies.
    — Krista Stevens, Longreads, 10 July 2018
Definition of palmist
Noun
  • Distancing myself from the mystic at that moment meant moving away from Madrid.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 July 2026
  • But Goodman’s story is far stranger, and more significant, than that of a dippy mystic or a metaphysical scam artist.
    — Rachel Syme, New Yorker, 1 June 2026
Definition of mystic
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