When fortune tellers become therapists

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At a corner on the riverfront, close to the gate of the Royal Palace in Phnom Penh, there are more than 20 fortune tellers sitting in a row each sitting at a tiny table cluttered with various religious objects, and most notably, their fortune telling cards. The seers sit there from dusk to dawn, waiting for people who seek their guidance to sit down and have their fortunes told. Those who read the cards are certain that ancestors or a deity are providing them with direction for the person seeking the fortune teller’s advice.

 

An incense stick is placed in a box and prayers are made to ancestors to disclose specific advice to the seer to predict accurately their client’s future path, with reading fortunes starting by providing the words that come to them through the cards. Each fortune teller is an expert oracle with more than ten years of expertise. However, fortune telling has altered their perception such that they now regard themselves more as therapists for those seeking words to heal their minds and hearts, particularly in the case of the heart.

 

Penh Nary, a 30-year-old thin woman with circular eyes and straight hair with 10 years’ experience, said that she has become a therapist for all those who have relationship problems. The majority of her clients seek her advice regarding love-related disputes.

 

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