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rhabdomancer

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  1. astrologer
  2. oracle
Noun
  • Meet your astrologer Steph Koyfman is a writer and astrologer best known for her work as Lady Cazimi.
    — Steph Koyfman, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 Aug. 2026
  • 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
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  • Television crime dramas have done their part, too, often portraying the device as an oracle for uncovering the truth when conventional methods fail.
    — Brian O'Neill, The Conversation, 10 Sep. 2026
  • Part of the superhero origin story is that Chaerephon, a friend of Socrates’, goes to the oracle and asks who the wisest man is, and the oracle says Socrates.
    — Agnes Callard, The New York Review of Books, 18 Aug. 2026
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