By Tim Binnall
A British psychic medium known for using asparagus, of all things, to predict the future has issued her forecast for 2022. Credited with having correctly predicted Brexit and Boris Johnson becoming the UK Prime Minister, Jemima Packington has become something of a celebrity in England thanks to the strange divination method that has earned her the nickname 'The Asparamancer.' According to the psychic, her technique involves throwing a bundle of asparagus into the air and then 'reading' the patterns that the vegetables make when they hit the ground. In what has now become an annual tradition, Packington recently performed the peculiar process prior to the start of the new year and, in turn, released her 2022 predictions.
Among the 20 'visions' for this year that Packington reportedly divined from the vegetables is that the Royal Family will experience "more sadness" by way of "scandals and worse," people will adapt to living with Covid as a part of our everyday lives and international tensions will continue to simmer, but there will be no outright conflict this coming year. While those predictions are a bit vague, the Asparamancer did offer some very specific prognostications, including that The Power Of The Dog will win the Oscar for Best Picture and that Benedict Cumberbatch will earn a Best Actor nomination. Packington also foresees Croatia winning the 2022 World Cup, but noted that the event will be fraught with controversy.
Looking back at Packington's predictions for 2021, the psychic seemingly correctly forecast the passing of Prince Philip as well as the birth of Prince Harry and Meghan's second child. However, she was off the mark with her prognostications that former President Donald Trump would be "disowned" by the GOP, that the cultural obsession with celebrities would come to an end, and that the enormous salaries of athletes would be a thing of the past. As always, time will tell whether or not any of the Asparamancer's predictions for the new year will come to pass, though one would probably be wise not to bet the proverbial asparagus farm on Croatia to win the World Cup.