Fortuna

As science progresses, it is balanced by our solicitation of Fortuna, as expressed through the spiritual arts and games of chance. These two are often intertwined, as exemplified by the shared use of cards for coarse gabling and for serious horoscopy. Fortuna's revealations are often sought through such arts as Casting the Beads, or phrenology and palmistry. Darts and other games of chance can be equally revealing.

Among Cosmonauts Astrology is a favored art. Factors to be considered are when and were one was born, the stars in relation to that, and then all the places one has traveled, as this traveling changes one's relation to the stars.

Cerescopy, or "The Pouring," is also popular. The subject pours hot wax into cold water. The resulting shape is then interpreted by an expert in the art. The best waxes may be costly, having been imported from distant worlds. Ideally, the wax should be distilled from the body of a psychically gifted person or psionicly active creature. (That's right, there's a market for ESPer earwax.)

For this reason alone travelers would likely to keep a travel record, even if the IRS did not recommend it.


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