Editing Fortune-telling (section)

===Typical clients===
In 1982, [[Danny Jorgensen]], a professor of Religious Studies at the [[University of South Florida]] offered a spiritual explanation for the popularity of fortune telling. He said that people visit psychics or fortune tellers to gain self-understanding,<ref>{{Harv|Jorgensen|Jorgensen|1982|p=381}}</ref> and knowledge which will lead to personal power or success in some aspect of life.<ref>{{Harv|Jorgensen|Jorgensen|1982|p=375}}</ref>

In 1995, Ken Feingold offered a different explanation for why people seek out fortune tellers:<ref name="Feingold 1995 399"/><blockquote>We desire to know other people's actions and to resolve our own conflicts regarding decisions to be made and our participation in social groups and economies. ... Divination seems to have emerged from our knowing the inevitability of death.  The idea is clear—we know that our time is limited and that we want things in our lives to happen in accord with our wishes. Realizing that our wishes have little power, we have sought technologies for gaining knowledge of the future... gain power over our own [lives].</blockquote>Ultimately, the reasons a person consults a [[divination|diviner]] or fortune teller depend on cultural and personal expectations.