FATE IN THE MAKING
Book Details + Condition: Harper and Brothers Publishers (New York and London). First Edition, 1931. Hardcover. 355 pages. Illustrated. One of Cheiro's scarcer publications, FATE IN THE MAKING is an autobiography by one of the most famous fortune-tellers of the early 20th century. In his book, Cheiro reminisces about his celebrated experiences, and considers his more important and successful predictions. Chapters and his more famous predictions include:
- King Edward VII: His Fadic Numbers Give Date of Death
- King Leopold of Belgium Helps Me with an Irish Stew
- Interviews with the Czar: I Predict Death For Two
- Witnessing an Execution; Captured by Bandits
- I Am Received by His Holiness Pope Leo III
- Numerous Predictions and Their Outcomes
- Sir Edward Marshall Hall: A Curious Example of Clairvoyance
- W.T. Stead, His Tragic End; Mark Twain; Ella Wheeler Wilcox; Mary Leiter, Vicereine of India
- Salem and the Last Witches; A Chautauqua
- Mata Hari, The Famous Spy
- And more.
For more information on Cheiro, please see below. A scarce work in very good condition, with firm binding; light aging and wear to boards; interior is clean and free of markings.
William John Warner (also known as Count Louis Hamon according to some sources), popularly known as Cheiro (November 1, 1866 – October 8, 1936), was an Irish astrologer and colorful occult figure of the early 20th century. His sobriquet, Cheiro, derives from the word chiromancy, meaning palmistry. He was a self-described clairvoyant who learned palmistry, astrology, and Chaldean numerology in India during his stay there. He was celebrated for using these forms of divination to make personal predictions for famous clients and to foresee world events. Cheiro had a wide following of famous European and American clients during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He read palms and told the fortunes of famous celebrities like Mark Twain, W. T. Stead, Sarah Bernhardt, Mata Hari, Oscar Wilde, Grover Cleveland, Thomas Edison, the Prince of Wales, General Kitchener, William Ewart Gladstone, and Joseph Chamberlain. He documented his sittings with these clients by asking them to sign a guest book he kept for the purpose, in which he encouraged them to comment on their experiences.
