The foretelling of the future is often seen as being cloaked in mystery and something which is almost taboo.
The GCN recently caught up with Elspark resident Alex the Fortune Teller, as he is known, to unravel a bit of the intrigue.
Born in Grahamstown, Alex moved to Cape Town when he was very young and grew up there.
In the 1970s he relocated to Hillbrow, in Johannesburg, where he did readings for people.
He then emigrated to the United Kingdom in 1984, and did readings and African divination (bone-throwing) there for a number of years, before returning to South Africa in 1987.
“While there I did readings for a lot of people in the modelling world,” he said.
When Alex returned he lived in the Kibler Park area and then moved to Elspark, last September.
“From a young age, about 14 or 15, I developed an interest in geomancy and I developed my skills from there,” he said.
Today Alex uses astrology, tarot, the planets, i’ching, numerology, runes, crystals, palmistry, divination, bibliomancia, scrying, cards, Chinese readings, sticks and planet transits to give people spiritual insight and guidance.
He has 30 years of experience and has featured on radio stations, television and in magazines, as well as having helped the police on a case. He has also done readings for a number of high profile people.
Towards the end of last year,Alex sat down and started studying the state of the country.
He picked up a number of interesting things for 2016, like a shortage of crops, strange weather patterns, problems at the mines and fires in public buildings.
“I kept picking up an earthquake in Mexico, as well as a number of deaths in the entertainment industry,” he said.
“Another thing that keeps appearing is a political assassination, but I do not have further information on this.
“I feel the country is moving into trouble – not necessarily warfare, but something big.
“I also see an industrial strike, tax problems, an increase in crime on the railways and fires in public buildings, among other things.”
Alex adores this work and said that, as a Gemini, he is drawn towards the puzzling and the mysterious.
“Even though I have been doing this for many years I am still learning as I go, learning doesn’t come to an end,” he said.
For more information, contact Alex on 072 286 4980.
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