Soothsayer

n. a prophet, a prognasticator

[See Also: astrologer, astrologist, fortune teller, fortuneteller, illusionist, seer, visionary]

The loss of a life: unwelcome. Immoral? I don't know. Depends perhaps on where you are, and what sort of death. Hereabouts, where we sit among such piles of leftover protein we press into cakes for the pets, who usefully guard our empty chairs; here where we pay soothsayers and acrobats to help lose our weight; then yes, for a child to die from hunger is immoral. But this is just one place. I'm afraid I have seen a world.

--The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver