In the Age of Technology, Many Young People Worship Predictions

They ask for fortune telling on everything, from love, career to even asking an astrologer for help choosing car color, shirt color, phone color…

See the fortune teller every time… Angry at your husband

As a fan of divination, especially tarot cards – the type of printed articles with images embedded, every night, Ms. Man Ni (30 years old, lives in Tan Binh District, Ho Chi Minh City) on TikTok to see what Surf what she is doing today. Which cards, from which direction should be handled throughout the week.

First angry at her lover, she stayed up until midnight studying the Tarot to see if he should speak first, whether there was any sign that he should recover or… go their separate ways.

She shared, “Apart from familiar channels, I also surf channels that I accidentally come across. They say such random decoding clips are good.”

Although she knows those guiding words are “at the right time”, she believes that in times of confusion, fortune-telling helps her do something instead of thinking alone.

Meanwhile, office worker Nguyen Thanh Thao (25 years old, lives in District 7) also has a passion for prophecy, and has a “real teacher”.

Thao often invites her friends to come with her to see the way of work and love.

“Young women mainly look at those things. Every time I have a big fight with my husband, I suspect that my husband is cheating, I go to an acquaintance to see. I I even went to fortune-telling to see if there was a way to solve it,” Thao said, adding that fortune-telling is a basis of faith when she doesn’t know what to do every time she encounters difficulties in life. Where does he have to stop (?!).

However, Thao said that once she did not know “who made it” but she listened to the “teacher” so much that she decided to abstain from having sex with her husband for a month… Release the word according to the instructions. That’s when Thao realized that this made the dispute between the husband and wife more tense and estranged from each other.

Not only in real life, online fortune-telling works, many young people also have packages to see their fortune or have their own “gut” fortune-tellers. Any big or small thing is a reason for fortune telling.

In some social networking groups, the topic of fortune telling, asking for addresses to see fortune has also become familiar. Young people also discuss, “review” specific addresses, what information is there, how accurate it is.

Ms. Man Ni said she used to use an online fortune-telling package at the beginning of the year, asking the “teacher” to send personal information including year of birth, pictures, information about husband and wife or boyfriend. .. Discuss love and work, family religion, business matters, age-appropriate partners…

And Thanh Thao sometimes reads tarot online, running high-engagement ads from tarot pages.

With prices ranging from 150,000 – 300,000 VND within 15-30 minutes, both parties do not need to know each other, Thao just needs to give some personal information with a question, the other side texts “teacher” Spread and record the reply then send it via messenger chat application.

According to Le Thai Binh, director and researcher at Xen Viet Nursing Center, understanding the future is an innate human need. However, relying on these methods to make important life decisions can have unintended consequences.

This is particularly worrying when young people, who are easily swayed by misinformation, are not aware enough to examine and consider carefully.

Due to a family matter, a relative took Mr. Bui Khoa (27 years old, working in District 1) to tell fortunes when he went to his home in Long An. Looking at the lines on her left hand, the “teacher” said that she had many peaches while she was still single during the moon season.

Continue Reading “Teacher” said he would have three pieces of land, though he had no idea how he would get it with a low-paying office job like today.

And man ni admit that a lot of fortune telling costs money, every time it is 100,000 – 200,000 VND, which is 500,000 VND, not to mention wasting time and mind because of the information given by the fortune teller Not there. Sometimes he had to drive through the streets to find the astrologer’s house.

“Once, a fortune teller in District 12 even said that my boyfriend and I weren’t the right age, we didn’t live together, even my boyfriend could be sued. But I saw That we loved each other very much. Since then, I also reduce the frequency of going back to fortune-telling, focusing more on work and life”, Ms. Nihi said.

Don’t rely on divination to predict the future

According to expert Le Thai Binh, in a life full of pressure and ups and downs, many young people turn to divination in the hope of finding answers to unexplained questions in their souls. Others join in their search for deeper meaning and purpose in life.

This is often when they feel disoriented in life and need an outside perspective to help them see more clearly about themselves and their life goals.

“In addition, the desire to tell fortunes can also be motivated by trends in society or the influence of social networks. When seeing many other people participating in these activities, some people feel curious and want to try the experience. ,” Mr. Binh said.

Excessive use of divination and superstition can lead to people getting caught up in wrong decisions and making wrong decisions, losing money, unexpected results especially when the fortune teller is not honest and with no intention to make a profit.

Also, due to excessive superstition some people may lack confidence and strength to face difficulties in life. They rely on divination to “predict” the future rather than solve real problems. Needless to mention, the misuse of divination can lead to anxiety, stress and negative mental effects.

Mr. Binh shared that online platforms provide a lot of information about fortune telling and other spiritual matters. Therefore, youth need to be able to differentiate, responsibly, rationally seek information and carefully evaluate it before deciding to participate in any spiritual activities.

When parents believe in fortune telling

TTO- *Me and him love each other very much. But because our parents went to tell the future and tell the horoscope, they said that our age is not right. After that, our parents put a stop to our love and even said “my cheeks are high, that’s why I killed my husband”. Actually, my cheeks are not high, but because her parents believe in horoscopes and numerology. I’m very worried and don’t know what to do… (TA)