The art of psychic readings have entered the new millennium,
as they say, and a quick iTunes search will give you hundreds of numerology apps
and thousands of astrology apps. There’s no particular reason to single out the apps produced by Sally Faubion Concepts,
but to cover this junk in our Encyclopedia we needed an example and coincidence
gave Sally Faubion the honors. Bad karma, I suppose.
Faubion has already given us such
marvels of innovation as:
- Forecast Wheel, a prophetic roulette that rolls out fortunes that are as sophisticated and profound as an average fortune cookie, such as “your financial and social status will improve when you marry;”
- Meaning of House Numbers, which will apparently give you a house’s prime selling or purchasing price; and
- Cosmic Mates, which at $3.99 will teach you the “secrets of your personality and destiny” – it’s basically an electronic version of the paper fortunetellers you may or may not have made as a kid, no joke.
Other than that, she has apparently
written a book, Motivational Numerology
and How Numbers Affect Your Life, which appears to contain a delightful
combination of New Age religious fanaticism and corporate newspeak. At least
she sums herself up pretty well: “I call myself the Dr. Phil of numerology
because I’m so incredibly honest and forthright,” says Faubion.
Diagnosis: Ok, the Dr. Phil
comparison might indicate a certain awareness of the level of bullshit she
peddles, but we suspect that she is as hilariously and jaw-droppingly oblivious
as it demonstrates if taken at face value.
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