Morwenna
I guess "fortuneteller" is the default noun for the general public. "Diviner" is more accurate (a practitioner of the arts of divination) but most people don't know it. I'm in the Society for Creative Anachronism and in our quest for old words we say "soothsayer," which I'm sure most modern-oriented folks equally don't know! 
I like "soothsayer" myself. But I don't mind "fortuneteller," though like the people who began answering this thread I often feel compelled to qualify it.
I like "soothsayer" myself. But I don't mind "fortuneteller," though like the people who began answering this thread I often feel compelled to qualify it.
