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Hula-Hope: Paniniwala, Karanasan, at Kapalaran ng mga

Nagpapahula sa Kamay ng mga Manghuhula

An Undergraduate Thesis Presented to the Faculty

Of the College of Arts and Sciences

Rizal Technological University

In Partial Fulfilment of the Requirements for the Degree of

Bachelor of Science in Psychology

By

Campanero, Angelica D.
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Chapter I

THE PROBLEM AND ITS BACKGROUND

INTRODUCTION

Regardless of how advanced technology and science are, people

are still attached to old traditions and beliefs influenced by mysticism,

superstitions, spiritualism, and religions. It is undeniable that these beliefs

have been deeply rooted in our culture and ways of lives.

Fortune-telling is popular in the Philippines because it was part of

our culture. Looking to think about future, by whatever implies conceivable

gives some sort of expectation on future or direction to persevere through

present hardships.

Fortune telling has manifest and latent functions in the Filipino

society. With regard to its manifest function, fortune telling helps people

lessen their sense of uncertainty of the future. Another manifest function is

that of self-understanding.

Based on a study of Live Science (2014), fortune-telling has been

practiced for millennia. Humans have always yearned to know what the

future has in store for us. Who doesn't want a glimpse — even if only for a

few moments — of the cosmic plan to see if our destiny lies in riches or

ruin?
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Different strategies for fortune advising give an approach to look

into future with some direction to turn away terrible or seek after great.

The individual leaving that long voyage sets himself up to endure the

experiences prone to meet with by arranging ahead of time. Forever's

voyage we are not furnished with any guide. Crystal gazers are the main

means. (Feifei Wang, 2013)

Fortune telling is personal and is somewhat intimate in a sense that

the client shares to the mystic some private details of his/her life with the

mystic willingly receives such inputs.

From this study, we will be gaining a lot of references and

knowledge, with a lot of efforts and time to make this study as good as

possible.

The researcher assure that, with the help of this study, people will be more

aware about the beliefs, fate, and experiences of the fortune-seeker.

OBJECTIVE OF THE STUDY

The researchers sought to find out if what are the motives of the

Fipilino people in seeking fortune-telling session, and how predicting

future events towards their life’s and beliefs still exist in today’s

generation. Particularly this research aims to answer the following

questions:
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1. To determine what factors motivate the respondents to seek

fortune-telling sessions.

2. To analyze how the given “fortune” or prediction affects their

everyday lives and beliefs.

3. To understand why fortune-telling is still patronized by Filipinos.

SCOPE AND DELIMITATION

This study focused on those people of what are their motivations in

seeking fortune-telling, how their fate and beliefs in fortune-telling affects

their everyday lives, how do they come up with the predictions to their

future and why is it still patronized by many Filipino people who

specifically having their fortune-telling session in Quiapo. A maximum of 5

participants will be interviewed. The researcher decided to conduct this

study in Quiapo because it is one of the well-known places when it comes

to fortune-telling and there where the area where the nagpapahula having

their fortune-telling session. There is a bigger chance for fortune-telling

sessions to be observe in the said area. With that, the researchers

believed that there is a huge number of fortune-tellers residing everywhere

in this place. The researcher will be focusing only at one city due to limited

time span for the study. The researcher chose the believer to fortune-

tellers of Quiapo not only because of the religious ironies of their place of
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practice but also to understand their motives in seeking fortune-telling

sessions. This paper shall examine the dynamics of the client-fortune

teller relationship, the views of the nagpapahula towards fortune-telling

and how they allow fortune-telling to exist with their religious faith and

setting. The research instruments to be use are unstructured interview and

documentation.

SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY

This study aims to help and provide the necessary and substantial

information about the practice of predicting future events towards beliefs,

fate and expereineces of Filipino people who are fortune-seeker.

The outcome and success of this research study will benefit the following:

For Believers of Fortune-telling this study will benefit the believers of

fortune-telling because it might give them information on how predictions

affects to your daily life and to know the procedures during the session of

fortune-telling.

For the community to give them some sort of information about fortune-

telling in predicting their future if ever they go to ask a fortune-teller to

predict their future life events and how do they able to apply it to their

everyday lives and beliefs.

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For Future Researchers this study will help the future researchers

acquire additional and valuable information which they may use as basis

for the future references for their research and studies related to this topic.

DEFINITION OF TERMS

Manghuhula – someone who engaged in fortune-telling. Person who

uses some special ways or powers to foretell life events.

Fortune-telling – way of telling and predicting someone’s past, present

and future life events. To predict and guess. An opinion formed without

really knowing.

Nagpapahula – they are the one go to a fortune-teller and want to know

their future by fortune-telling or predicting their future.

Tarot Cards – the cards used by the fortune-teller to predict something

from the client. These are deck cards consists of pictures, symbols, words

and numbers. Cards that can predict someone’s past, present and future

life events.

Hula – a guess to your future being interpreted by the fortune-teller.

Palmistry – other method or technique of the fortune-teller used in

predicting the future. Practice of reading a person’s character or future

from the lines on the palms.

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ORGANIZATION OF THE STUDY

This research is divided into five chapters. The first chapter

includes the introduction, statement of the problem, significance and

context, scope and delimitation, definition of terms and organization of the

study.

The second chapter discusses review of related literatures and

studies, which supported the study and helped determine the nature of the

research.

The third chapter deals with research methodology. The

researchers stated the type if research method they used and what they

did to gather information from the participants. The data collection and

research field were also part of the chapter.

The fourth chapter is the presentation of data. This is where some

of the transcripts of the interview were included and briefly explained.

The fifth chapter deals with analysis, reflection, conclusion, and

recommendation. This is the chapter where the results of the data

gathered where analyzed to make conclusions and recommendations for

future study.
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CHAPTER II

REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE

This chapter will discuss the related literature of the study and to

discuss the phenomena that is happening in the Philippines.

A portion of the contrary mental impacts of fortune advising to

individuals are: Individuals have impulses to do fortune telling again and

again, regularly meddling with regular daily existence; it emerges to the

sentiment of unwinding and apathy where individuals depend on

expectations as opposed to diligent work; it can emerge to despondency,

mental turmoil or side effects of uneasiness - pressure, unreasonable

stress, inconvenience dozing, fanatical musings and fatigue. (Fortune

Telling, 2012)

“From what I understand, despite their prophecies, most of these

fortune tellers of Quiapo urge their customers to follow their own path to

salvation. Likewise, as I got older, I've learned to simply fill my mind with

whatever I wanted to happen in my life. Consequently, some of those

nurtured thoughts are bound to become actual experiences, or as Kahlil

Gibran once quipped, "We choose our joys and sorrows long before we

experience.them." If anything, these fortune tellers of Quiapo remind me of

the truth behind the old adage that thoughts do, in fact, manifest

themselves”. (Zialcita, 2007)

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Nature of Fortune-telling

Later forms of fortune telling such as the use of Tarot Cards

followed in Greece, India, Italy, China and Egypt in around the 14th

Century. Tarot cards were first associated with Gypsies who used the

cards energies in order to process information about the seekers life. A

tarot reading revolves around the belief that the cards can be used to gain

insight into the current or future situations of the subject. Around the 19th

and 20th Century, modern adaptations of the cards became popular in

western culture, and is still far and away the most popular tool for

spiritualists today. Other predictive forms of fortune telling include

practices such as astrology, the ancient system based on the observation

of stars and planets and their correlation with events on earth. Astrology

has been developed over thousands of years by humans carefully

observing, recording and mapping the skies. Numerology (the association

between numbers and events) and crystal ball readings (where a reader

uses a crystal or glass ball to aid the clairvoyance) are also hugely popular

ways of looking into the future. When looking back over the history of

fortune telling, the most remarkable thing is how, despite centuries of

change and evolution, the demand for the art of the diviner has never

dwindled as humans still strive to find answers and a glimpse into the

future. (The History of Fortune Telling, 2012-2018)

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Claims have been made for tarot cards' having originated in China,

India, or Egypt, but their true origin remains obscure. Tarot cards

approximating their present form first appeared in Italy and France in the

late 14th century. At first it was probably used for playing games, though

Gypsies may have used it for fortune-telling. From the 18th century, the

cards began to take on esoteric associations, as certain European writers

connected them to diverse traditions of mysticism, divination, alchemy,

and ritual magic. Later in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, the

cards were discovered by a number of influential scholars of the occult.

These gentlemen were fascinated by the tarot and recognized that the

images on the cards were more powerful than a simple game would

suggest. They revealed (or created!) the "true" history of the tarot by

connecting the cards to Egyptian mysteries, Hermetic philosophy, the

Kabbalah, alchemy, and other mystical systems. These pursuits continued

into the early part of the twentieth century when the tarot was incorporated

into the practices of several secret societies, including the Order of the

Golden Dawn. The cards have retained these associations and are now

widely used for fortune-telling. (Jek04, 2009)

Predicting the future has fascinated mankind for years and has

been seen throughout history. Fortune telling is done under the belief that

the universe has a pattern which one can use as clues to determine
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fortunes and events about a person’s life. There are many different

techniques used in fortune telling which have dated back even before

recorded history with evidence showing as far back as 4000BC. Fortune

tellers can be found all over the world and different cultures have formed

their own practice. Predictive methods include astrology, numerology and

using objects such as tea leaves and tarot cards or character analysis

such as studying the lines on the palm of the hand. Fortune telling,

particularly prophetic dreams also played an important role in ancient

religion and medicine. When fortune tellers come from a religious stance

they are known as prophets. (Rose, 2018)

Telling someone's fortune is a practice that dates back centuries

and permeates cultures all around the world. Usually when we hear the

words "fortune teller" we think of a gypsy in a caravan, which is to some

degree a correct image; however, fortune tellers are not of just one ethnic

or cultural background. The practice of divination or fortune telling spans

countries, even continents, and has even stuck around in today's

mainstream media with horoscopes and more. (Fields, 2018)

The Psychology of Fortune-telling

Whatever forms the fortune-telling takes, the basic process is the

same: seeking meaning in random patterns and phenomenon. Some

essentially random event is observed in nature (animal sounds are

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created, dreams are recorded) or caused to happen (tea leaves are

stirred, cards are shuffled), and people closely examines the results trying

to make meaning or sense of them. The human brain is very good at

finding (or creating) meaning even when there is none, such as in random

patterns. That's why people see faces and other images in clouds,

Rorschach blots, and coffee stains. This phenomenon, called pareidolia, is

well known in psychology. (Radford, Fortune-Telling: Fact, Fiction &

Fantasy, 2013)

Our Personal Unconscious is part of the Collective Unconscious

and contains all our personal memories. The Collective Unconscious has

numerous different contents, and at its deepest level are the "Archetypes".

Archetypes are patterns of human behaviour that govern the behavior of

all human beings no matter what colour, race, or creed. For example,

even Stone Age Man buried their dead, even though there was no benefit

in terms of Survival. (Baulsom, 2016)

Fortune telling is a cognitive distortion in which you predict a negative

outcome without realistically considering the actual odds of that

outcome. It is linked to anxiety and depression, and is one of the most

common cognitive distortions that arise during the course of cognitive

restructuring. (COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY LOS ANGELES,

2015)
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According to the paper, Helen had been consulting fortune tellers

since she was 19. She started using such people for educational and

career advice as she claimed that she was poor at reaching important

decisions herself and thought the life choices she made would be wrong.

The authors noted that her first meeting with a clairvoyant gave her a

feeling of reassurance. In her mid-twenties, her visits escalated

significantly and ended up “losing control of her use of fortune telling." At

that time, she was visiting clairvoyants to get relationship advice (e.g.,

“Does he really love me?” and “How long will our relationship last?”).

(Mark D. Griffiths, 2016)

Social Perception towards Fortune-telling

People want to see their dreams in a cup of coffee and that's

why their minds distort their perception to let them see the things they

want. But things aren't always that positive, because people have fears

as well their minds will let them see some of their fears in the same cup.

In other words one of the main reasons people believe in fortune telling

is that their distorted perception helps them believe that fortune telling

works! After all if I saw the one I love in a cup of coffee then fortune

telling must be true. Whether you are checking your future in a cup of

coffee or some cards you will always find out something that relates to

you just because your mind was designed that way. (M.Farouk Radwan,

Why do people believe in fortune telling, 2017)

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Predicting the future becomes the cognitive distortion fortune

telling, when we assume that some event or events will end badly for us,

that we will fail at something or we will be in danger, more as

an assumption rather than an educated guess. Of course, some events do

have the potential for danger, and we need to be able to assess the risk in

those situations.

Knowing the future doesn’t attach you at the hip to any ideas, in

fact, I think it does exactly the opposite. It frees you from a lifetime of

unfruitful habits and pretending that the next day of your life is the one that

you are actually going to change. Imagine if you looked into the future and

saw that the lifestyle you chose was not conducive to your future

happiness. Now if you know that’s how your life pans out, unfruitful in any

slew of ways, you now have the insight to tweak your habits in the

present. (Singh, 2017)

Numerous individuals who have confidence in fortune-telling

don't understand that in the event that they are correct, they have

addressed one of the essential inquiries in logic, that of through and

through freedom versus determinism. The vast majority would like to

trust that they control their own behavior and settle on their own choices

throughout everyday life; except anybody's capacity to know the future

demonstrates them off-base. Either there is "a future" to know (or

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possibly witness information of) — and in this manner our future is

foreordained, or what's to come is mysterious and unverifiable.

Consistently, you can't control your very own predetermination if what's

to come is understandable. (Radford, Fortune-Telling: Fact, Fiction &

Fantasy, 2013)

“Why I am talking about fortune telling is written here. So according

to my study, fortune telling is a very old practice and as I mentioned earlier

that there are more than 30+ methods. Very common ones are reading

palms, consulting tarot cards, interpreting dreams or analyzing numerology

etc.” The above mentioned methods are to a certain level okay but there

are some methods that are insane. As such method is Gelomancy which

involves carefully listening to hysterical noises during the fortune telling

process to get the clue about the future. Another creepy method is

Felidomancy which involves observing cats. Probably this practice

generated hatred for black cats among some people who think that if a

black cat crosses the path then it is a sign of a bad omen. (Zerin, 2015)

The real point to comprehend is that since these individuals have

surrendered the faith in their own capacity to shape their prospects they've

lost a noteworthy guard component to ensure them against intolerable

sentiments of existential uneasiness. That nervousness must be tended to

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and lessened by one means or another if life is to be made endurable.

Since they don't have faith in their inner capacity to react successfully to

changing conditions their solitary plan of action is to trust that their

prospects are an unchangeable reality as of now, that the world is an

anticipated and deliberate place. (Schreiner, 2015)

Free Will vesus Determinism

Many people who believe in fortune-telling don't realize that if they

are right, they have answered one of the fundamental questions in

philosophy, that of free will vs. determinism. Most people would prefer to

believe that they control their own actions and make their own decisions in

life; but anyone's ability to know the future proves them wrong. Either

there is "a future" to know (or at least glimpse knowledge of) — and

therefore our future is predetermined, or the future is unknowable and

uncertain. Logically, you can't control your own destiny if the future is

knowable. One doesn't need to consult a psychic or fortune-teller to come

up with a possible, potential vision of something that might or might not

happen. Anyone can do that; if you want to know if something good or bad

could possibly happen to you — from meeting a tall dark stranger to being

killed in a plane crash to winning the lottery — the answer is always yes. If

you want to know whether these things will happen to you, the future — as

always — remains uncertain. (Radford, LiveScience, 2013)

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The act of fortune-telling implies that our lives are indeed ruled by

some sort of dreary determinism, while psychic reading, on the other

hand, is a spiritual or metaphysical exploration of our future as determined

by our free will. A genuine psychic reader does not make sweeping

statements like, “You will meet a handsome stranger and marry him... then

you will win the lottery… then you will be diagnosed with a dreaded

terminal disease… and finally you will die a tragic and untimely

death." Fortune-telling is typically very simplistic and rigidly focused only

on the future, rather than taking a holistic, multi-dimensional view of life

that includes the past, present and future. And often there is also a

complete disregard for the complex interaction of body, mind, soul, spirit

and the eternal laws of the Universe. Sure, we all sometimes wish the

winding road of life was really all that simple and straightforward, but from

your personal experiences you must know by now that this is not the case.

Looking back over your life, I am sure you can see how your choices and

decisions over the years, both good and bad, have pretty much brought

you to where you find yourself today. (Maarten, 2018)

Importance of Knowing Our Future

The past is our establishment, the bedrock that enables a steady

society to exist, it is here that we can see our Legends, the individuals

who have done incredible and respectable deeds and considerations. In

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our past we see our disappointments and our foes, our triumphs and our

thrashings. The past permits the general population of the present and the

future to learn without persevering. We can perceive how others adapted,

we can see that others survived tough occasions. The past gives us mettle

and it secures us. Not exclusively would we be able to see the penances

that have been made for us by those before however we can utilize that to

ensure ourselves now and later on. It is a blessing that our precursors

offered to us, an incredible blessing. (Bhondekar, 2017)

The investigation of history is imperative since it can reveal to us

how we advanced. It can reveal to us what decisons worked specifically

circumstances before and what didn't. This can be helpful when taking

choices today in comparative circumstances. We can likewise take

motivations from specific occasions to spur us. For instance, The Skirmish

of Thermopylae, The Clash of Longewala, The Skirmish of Saragarhi.

These occasions reveal to us how a couple of remained against many.

They can fill in as motivations for individuals who end up dwarfed by their

adversaries (be it anyplace). Additionally considering why Domains

crumbled may give us bits of knowledge into how to productively run our

nations. On the off chance that the Germans had taken exercises from

history, at that point amid World War 2, they wouldn't have battled in

Russia amid the winter, similar to Napoleon did. Along these lines, the

primary purpose for why we should contemplate History is to guarantee

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that we don't rehash indistinguishable errors from our progenitors when

History rehashes itself. (Mallick, 2015)

Further to the other sceptical responses: the fortune teller will

usually throw out a large number of 'Barnum statements' that sound

specific and personal, but which will apply to a large number or most

people (this technique is also used in horoscopes and astrology). These

statements will be tailored to the individual according to clues from their

age, sex, the way they dress, rings, etc. After the telling, confirmation bias

will come into play, and any events that are even vaguely similar to one of

those predicted, will be taken as confirmation of the prediction. Those

predictions that don't trigger any recognition will simply be forgotten - the

fortune teller will generally be remembered only for 'correct' predictions.

This, coupled with the malleability of memory and reinforcement with

repeated recall and telling the story, will often change the memory of a

prediction from being just familiar enough to recall, to a belief that it was a

detailed and specific prediction of what subsequently occurred. This isn't

just something that only happens to stupid or gullible people, everyone is

prone to these biases; being aware of them is the best way to avoid

fooling yourself. (Lorde, 2015)

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Synthesis

Fortune-telling or divination is defined as the art or act of foretelling

future events or revealing occult knowledge by means of augury or an

alleged supernatural agency. In spite of the existence of advanced

technology, however, people still cling to these “supernatural agencies” to

know if they will win the lotto or get a boyfriend. Having a degree in

Management or the like does not exclude one from being curious of their

future. Prior expectations can lead a person to process information in a

biased manner such that the expectations are confirmed. Despite its

prevalence in everyday judgments, people lack insight into expectancy

confirmation processes.

The experience of fortune telling is personal and is somewhat

intimate in a sense that the client shares to the mystic some private details

of his/her life with the mystic willingly receives such inputs. For a fortune-

telling to be deemed successful, certain factors on the part of the fortune-

teller and client must be achieved and maintained in the duration of the

session. Fortune-tellers depend on their personal skill to create meaning.

It is not the cards themselves that create meaning. The interpretation of

the fortune-teller creates meaning for the cards or lines of the hand and

the client’s mind-set and context creates meaning for the readings of the

fortune-teller.
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The fortune-telling session embodies the very essence of a typical

commercial transaction between a buyer and a seller. The reversal of

roles which is manifested by the transfer of the “alpha status” from the

customer to the proprietor is very apparent in a fortune-telling session

through the interaction of the mystic and the client, thereby making itself

worthy of being deemed as a “Business of the Future”. Fortune-telling also

brings forth a sense of control on the part of the client. In general, a

person who has good fortune is a person who has a very efficient luck that

would help him achieve his goals. A very efficient luck is defined as using

as few elements as possible to effectively achieve (through interactions) a

person's desires. (How does fortune-telling work?, 2014)

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CHAPTER III

RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

This chapter describes the applicability of qualitative

research methodology, articulates the phenomenological research

approach, the research questions, data gathering procedure, data analysis

and issues with the informants confidentiality. The researcher seeks to

discover, investigate and analyze on how fortune-telling affects the fate

and beliefs of nagpapahula by having the fortune-telling sessions in

Quiapo as well as the factors that influenced that persuade the

nagpapahula in believing the hula or fortune-telling.

Method

Qualitative research method in narrative research design was used

by the researcher in order to come up with the purposes of the study

which sought to determine motives in seeking fortune-telling the and the

fate and beliefs of the Nagpapahula, how does it affects to their everyday

life and why they still patronized fortune-telling. To gather the data

needed, researcher used the Naturalism approach. This method

systematically gathers, analyze, and represent people’s stories as told by

them. This study ascertains the Fate and Belief of the Nagpapahula of

selected people towards their everyday life.

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The researcher will be using in-depth interview to give a better

explanation regarding to the life experiences of the participants in this

study.

The researcher will be using in-depth interview because of its

flexibility in approach. It aims to ask questions to explain the reason

underlying a problem or practice in a target group. Thus, attaining the

information needed is the life experiences of the nagpapahula and also

their way of living as a fortune-telling believer. The researcher will be

using this to have a discussion with the participants.

Naturalism approach in Qualitative research presents the lives and

perspectives of those being studied as faithfully as possible and to present

the stories of these being studied in their own voices. The researcher will

go to the particular place where the participants are residing. The goal is

not just to know few concepts about the life experiences of the

participants, but as stated in the title of the study, researcher will

determine the fate and beliefs of the nagpapahula, and the ways of

volunteers in applying the hula which is being said by the fortune-teller.

And researcher believes that throughout the study they can gain more

knowledge while determining the study about the fate and beliefs of the

nagpapahula.
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Instruments

The tools used by the researchers for gathering some data about

the participants are voice recorder and video recorder to be convenient in

gathering the data. And also, we used pencil and paper to jot down some

important highlight of the interview and at the same time facilitating the

information gathered. The researcher used Unstructured or Non-directive

interview in their study in which questions are not prearranged. This non-

directive interview is considered to be an opposite of a structured interview

which offers a set amount of standardized questions. Researchers will still

provide some advance questions in relation to their study and the

following questions will now depend on the participant’s response. They

tend to be more informal and free flowing than a structured interview,

match like an everyday conversation. This nature of conversation allows

for spontaneity and for questions to develop during the interview, which

are based on the interviewees’ responses. One of the duties of the

researchers is to make each of their questions sensitively and not

overwhelming to the participants. The questions prepared by the

researcher will first validate by the selected professionals before

proceeding to the interview in Quiapo. The prepared questions may

probably be change depending on the validator’s suggestions. If

approved, the questions will serve as guide for the researchers in

conducting the depth interview.

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Data Collection

The data gathering will start after the participants permitted the

researchers to conduct an interview. The researcher will conduct the

interview and will record and jot down the conversation. The session will

use an audio recorder to be able to record the actual question and answer

conversation between the interviewer and interviewee that will help to

provide clearer information to the study.

The researcher will use the Sikolohiyang Pilipino which is the

Katutubong Pamamaraan ng Pananaliksik to be more effective in

conducting interview, interaction and to build a good connection between

the researchers and the participants.

Pagtatanung-tanong - was a Filipino word for asking questions. The

repetition of the word “tanong” is the seriousness of the researcher in their

study, they more likely interested in the chosen title they have.

Pakikipag-kwentuhan - is a way where the researcher and participants

exchange information through the guide questionnaire that researchers

made to avoid stereotyping and trouble between them. By using this

pakikipag-kwentuhan method, researchers will able to gain information

shared by the participants that are valuable to the study. Furthermore, this

method will help to gain a strong connection between the researchers and

the participants.
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Participants

Research participants is very important in conducting a research,

they have the biggest role to complete a certain study, because without

participants, study will become useless. They are the one who help the

researchers in conducting their study. Also, the researcher needs a

specific target or participants to be more effective in this study.

The researcher will use Purposive Sampling in choosing

participants. The participants will be those people who has a different life

experiences regarding to their fate and beliefs to a fortune-teller. A

maximum of 3 respondents will be interviewed; they will be located at

Quiapo nearly in Quiapo Church.

Research Field Experience

The researcher planned their visit in Quiapo where they’re going to

conduct their interview together in searching for the respondents to be part

of the said study. First, they make sure that they are free from school

hours so that it will not affects any of their school activities. The night

before their arrival, the researcher prepare the materials what to bring

needed for the study, and what actions or behavior they should make

once they go to the place.

Around 6:30 AM the researcher rode a public utility bus going to

Ortigas, and after an hour the researcher arrived on the bus stop of
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Ortigas and rode again a bus going to Quiapo. Since the researcher don’t

have the idea on how to get on the place of where to conduct the

interview, the researcher ask the driver of the bus to stop over on the

exact place of Quiapo.

When the researcher reaches their destination, they observed that

the Quiapo was so crowded by so many people who are attending the

mass in Quiapo church, many street vendors who are selling different

kinds of occult of the Nazareth, rosary and many more ritual products and

a public utility jeep. To gain some participants of the research, the

researcher looked for respondents that can help them to gather some

information about nagpapahula who are having their fortune-telling

session with the fortune-teller. The researchers did not stop to look for a

respondents who are willing and dedicated to participate in the study. It

was difficult to find the right people/volunteer for this study because some

of them doesn’t want to get involved in the study because they want

privacy regarding to their life in engaging to fortune-telling. But on behalf

of it there is still some respondents who cooperate with me in having this

study. Though the respondents don’t even know the researcher still they

share their experiences and ideas to help us with our study. They

welcome us with wholeheartedly and with a big smile on their faces.

The researcher decided to come back by the next day to conduct

again an interview to their respondents, since they do not have the

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permission to stay and to have a long hour of gathering an information

they agreed to arrive earlier than the last day for them to have more

information to be included in the study. The next day they come back to

the Quiapo at exactly 7o’clock in the morning and continue the interview

and gathering of information.

Above all the instances that might occur while conducting this

research, researchers had been very fortunate to find some participants

who will accept them, those volunteers who are participating in this study

and who share their life experiences willingly. As the researcher go along

with their studies, every volunteer they have interviewed, give them a new

learnings and experiences that they can used for future purposes.
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CHAPTER IV

PRESENTATION OF DATA

This chapter provides the presentation, analysis and interpretation

of data collated from the responses of the participants relevant to the

problem discussed in the preceding chapters.

The use of this method aimed to assist the researcher to come up

with appropriate and related themes, concepts, ideas, and figures. This

qualitative research data analysis involved three steps. Domains, core

ideas and Cross analysis of the data gathered. This paved the way for a

matched theme between the answers of the respondents. Domains (i.e

topics used to group or cluster data) were used to segment the interview

data. Core ideas (i.e summaries of the data that captured the essence of

what participants responded in fewer words and simpler statements but of

greater clarity) were used to abstract the interview data within the

domians. Finally, a cross analysis was used to construct common themes

across participants (i.e developing categories that describe the common

themes reflected in the core ideas within domains across cases).

Qualitative data analysis is an iterative and reflexive process that

begins as data are being collected rather than after data collection has

eased (Stake 1995). Next to field notes or interview transcripts, the

qualitative jots down ideas about the meaning of the text and how it might
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relate to other issues. This process of reading through the data and

interpreting them continues throughout the project.

To protect the identity and preserve the anonymity of the

participants, they were herein referred to us Participants A, B, C, D, and E.

Participant Age Gender Address Work

Sari-sari store

A 59 years old Female Cainta, Rizal Vendor

B 40 years old Female San Juan, Manila Sales Manager

C 38 years old Female Guadalupe Office Satff

D 52 years old Male Pasig City OFW

Ukay-ukay

E 32 years old Feamle Sta. Rita, Laguna Vendor

I. To determine what factors that motivate the respondents to

seek fortune-telling sessions.

Researcher: Maaari nyo po bang ihayag kung ano ang nag-udyok sa

inyo para magpahula?

Participant A: “Uhm… dati kasi nung nakatira pa kami sa Novaliches may

kapit-bahay kami na manghuhula, eh nakikita ko na madami nagpapahula

sa kanya kay Nay Rosing, sa bahay lang niya kasi yun sya naghuhula kaya
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nakikita ko madaming pumupunta sa kanya para nga magpahula.

Participant B: “Ano kasi sa family namin meron lang kaming isang fortune-

teller kumbaga may iisang manghuhula lang kaming pinupuntahan para

magpahula...

Participant C: “One time dati hinulaan ako, hindi vague yung answer kaya

medyo bumilib ako.... nalaman niya yung problem ko that time, about love...

given the chance, kaya gusto ko ulet itry, magask questions and stuff like

that to check kung magaling ba talaga siya...”

Participant D. “Ano lang kasi yun parang try try ko lang ba… kasi di

man talaga ako nun dati naniniwala sa hula-hula na yan…

Participant E: “eh kasi napilit ako ng kaworkmate ko tsaka ano din kasi

parang nacurious ako parang naaamazed ako kaya nagpahula na din

ako… dati kasi may kaklase ako na tarot card reader siya though hindi pa

daw siya ganun kagaling talaga sa pagbabasa ng baraha…”

Researcher: Ano ano ang iyong mga pinapahula?

Participant A: “Uhm... ano pinapahula ko kung ano ba magiging kapalaran

ko ganun sa mga darating na taon para mapaghandaan ko kumbaga ano

pinakaguide ko siya sa buhay ko ganun, magpapahula ako tungkol sa

career ko ganun, sa pamilya sa health ng family ko ganun.”

Participant B: “Kapag halimbawa ako ano may mga naiisip akong

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pwedeng itanong sa manghuhula kahit ano na talagang ano halimbawa…

ano magiging future ko sa work ko ganun kung kelan ba ako mapopromote

sa work ko.

Participant C: “tinatanong ko sa kanya kung may magiging maganda ba

akong future as time goes by and kung magkakaroon ba ako ng sarili kong

bahay, kung makakabili ba ako ng sarili kong kotse mga ganun tsaka kung

ano magiging future ko sa buhay ko.”

Participant D: “uhm… ano kung kelan din ba ako makakabalik ng ibang

bansa para makapagtrabaho dun, dati kasi akong nagtatrabaho sa Saudi

sa pabrika, tatlong taon din ako doon, tsaka ano… kung makakaanak na ba

kami ng misis ko ng lalake”

Participant E: “Ano… may time na yong pinapahula is kung kelan ko

matatagpuan yong lalaking para sakin hahaha… tagal ko na kasing single

eh mga 5 years na din tas yun, tsaka ano… kung ilan magiging anak ko

ganun, and kung kelan ko mabibigyan ng bahay pamilya ko kasi isa din yun

sa mga pangarap ko sa buhay na gusto kong matupad.”

Researcher: Bakit po kayo naniniwala sa hula?

Participant A: “Ano uhm… kasi siguro wala namang masama kung

susubukan ko diba? Tsaka ano lang kumbaga guide ko lang siya para nga

mapaghandaan ko yong future ko o kung ano ba pwede kong gawin para

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hindi mangyari yong bagay na yon na masama.”

Participant B: “Uhm… dati kasi talaga takot ako magpahula kasi ano baka

ganto ganyan may mangyayaring masama sakin ganun kaya natatakot ako,

pero ano… nung natry ko naman na parang keri lang… kasi as for me

ano… ano siya uhm… parang instrument lang na pwede kong gawing

guide, tsaka kasi hula lang siya diba pero naniniwala talaga ako kasi

marami na ring nahuhula sakin na nagkakatotoo talaga eh.”

Participant C: “Kasi ano… uhm… yong mga nahuhula din talaga sakin is

nagkakatotoo though yong iba hindi or hindi ko alam baka may tamang

panahon para doon pero mostly talaga is nagkakatotoo kaya naniniwala

talaga ko sa hula.”

Participant D: “Syempre kasi ako nasubukan ko na talaga magpahula

tapos lahat ng nahuhula sakin nagkakatotoo.”

Participant E: “May pagkakataon na minsan hindi nangyayari talaga yong

mga nahuhula sakin pero karamihan dun is nagyayari talaga kaya pabalik

balik ako sa quiapo para magpahula.”

Researcher: Ano ang iyong mga naging karanasan sa pagpapahula?

Participant A: “Ano… dati nga nung nasa Novaliches pa kami nakatira

nagpahula ako nun sa kapit-bahay namin sa manghuhula si Nay Rosita,

nahula niya sakin ano nun dalaga pa ako nun wala pa akong asawa, sabe
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sakin ni Nay Rosita nung hinulaan nya ako na ang mapapangasawa ko daw

ay construction worker, tapos magkakaroon daw ako ng apat na anak…

tatlong lalake tsaka isang babae daw tapos yong mga anak ko daw hindi

makakapagtapos… nung sinabe sakin yon natakot ako kasi syempre ayoko

na mangyari nga ‘yon sa mga anak kasi gusto ko na magkaroon sila ng

magandang buhay… ngayon na nasa 56 na taong gulang na ako naalala

ko yong hula sa akin na nagkatotoo nga na construction worker yong

napangasawa ko tapos nagkaroon ako ng apat na anak isang babae tsaka

isang lalaki… tapos ayun nga hindi sila nakapagtapos lahat pero

nakatungtong naman sila ng college, pero ayun nga hindi sila

nakapagtapos kasi laging pinansiyal ang problema namin nun. ”

Participant B: “Dati I tried na magpahula kay Master Hanz pero it's not just

tarot reading. It also includes a personal FengShui reading. kaya ang value

sakin ni Master Hanz eh nung sinilip nya yung chart ng ex ko... Kase

nakikita nya na problemado talaga ako at matigas ang ulo ko. Sinabi nya

din matigas ang ulo ko... itutuloy ko pa din daw non kahit sinabi na nya na it

won’t be good for me... saglit lang masaya and then here we are again... for

the sake of family tinuloy ko pa din. So sabi nya, sige nga, silipin na nga

natin ang chart ng bf mo. Ayun... bigla bigla sabi nya... "Ay! ay... wag na

wag mo pakakasalan tong taong to ha!"

Participant C: “Uhm… ano may sinabi sakin yong manhuhula dati na hindi
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daw ako mabubuhayan ng anak… nung ano sinabi yun sakin ng

manghuhula… kinabahan ako kasi parang natakot ako kasi baka

magkatotoo nga… tsaka kasi ano nasabi ko talaga nun na sana hindi

magkatotoo yong hula niya sakin… pero hindi naman nagkatotoo ‘yong

hula niya… ngayon may tatlo na akong anak isang babae tsaka dalawang

babae… pero nung dati talaga nung una tatlong beses akong nalaglagan.”

Participant D: “Ano naman sakto lang kasi ano… hindi ko din naman

talaga ganun dinidepende magiging kapalaran ko sa hula… kasi card lang

naman yan na binabasa nila…

Participant E: “Ayos lang naman… hindi ako masyado yong bang… iniisip

ko talaga na haimbawa may hindi maganda sa kapalaran ko… hindi ko

nalang masaydo iniisip yun…”

Researcher: Lahat ba ng nahuhula sa inyo ay totoo o nagkakatotoo?

Participant A: “Uhm… oo nagkakatotoo talaga kaya nakasanayan ko na

din na magpahula talaga kasi parang naging habit ko na din siya kasi nga

ano nagkakatotoo”

Participant B: “May iba nagkakatotoo may iba naman na hindi…”

Researcher: Pero kahit na po ganun na yong iba nagkakatotoo tas may iba

naman po na hindi naniniwala pa rin po kayo sa hula?

Participant B: “Ahh… oo naman kasi hula lang naman siya eh pwedeng

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mangyari pwede ring hindi…

Participant C: “Uhm… ano siya… may iba nagkakatotoo talaga tapos may

iba na hindi nagkakatotoo”

Participant D: “Oo nagkakatotoo naman lahat ng nahuhula sakin”

Participant E: “Oo nagkakatotoo lahat… tsaka kaya nga ako naniniwala

kasi nagkakatotoo lahat…”

Researcher: Gaano kahalaga na malaman mo ang iyong kapalaran sa

pamamagitan ng pagpapahula o hula?

Participant A: “kasi napapaghadaan ko tsaka para malaman ko talaga”

Participant B: “Hmm… para maging aware syempre kasi diba hindi natin

alam kung ano pwede nating maging Kapalaran… tsaka halimbawa hindi

natin alam na madidisgrasya pala tayo ngayong buwan o ngayon taon diba

so atleast maiiwasan natin mangyari yun sa pamamagitan ng pagiingat

ganun.”

Participant C: “magkakaroon ako ng ideya tungkol sa kapalaran ko tsaka

para na din sa ikakabubuti ko kaya mahalaga na malaman ko ang aking

kapalaran.”

Participant D: “Uhm… syempre kasi nabibigyang kasagutan yong mga

tanong natin na gusto kong malaman sa future ko… tsaka isa pa

nagkakaroon ako ng pagkakataon na makapaghanda para harapin ‘yong

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future ko”

Participant E: “Ano… para malaman kung ano magiging future ko tsaka

kasi yun naman talaga eh para malaman ko yong magiging kapalaran…

tsaka hindi lang future kundi pati sa past.”

Discussions:

They differ in perception of what motivates them. Four (4) of the

respondents motivates to seek fortune telling when they were once try to

have a fortune telling session out of their curiosity while one of the

participant motivates to seek fortune telling session because of the

consistency that their family have only one fortune telling. Furthermore,

the two (2) participants said that the reason why they believe in fortune

telling because as for them they use it as a guide in which it makes them

be prepared to their next future and life events, while the reason of three

(3) participants why they seek fortune telling it's because almost all of the

predictions to them happens. Almost all of the participants have the same

question to the fortune-teller, usually they want to know the future events

about their career, family, lovelife and what would be their future life

events. They usually ask those questions to the fortune-teller to know if

the predictions to them is possible to happen and also for them to take

action for that to happen. Some of the participants stated about their
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experiences in fortune telling where in it shows that predictions has a big

impact to their various aspects of lives a specifically their family, career

and life which is really affected by the fortune telling. Where participant A

got disappointed to herself because she did not prepare her family not to

happen that prediction then participant B shares her experiences about

her ex-boyfriend in which she stated that it's a good chance for her that

they're not together anymore, participants she had stated her experience

regarding a child wearing the fortune teller have a prediction to her that

she can't bear a child which makes her worried but somehow the

prediction did not happen but almost near possible to happen because her

first three child died when she was baring them inside her womb but in

spite of what happened she is very thankful that she has now her healthy

children. While the other two (2) participants said that whatever the

predictions are might be good or bad weather it happens or not still so we

are the one shaping our future according to them. Moreover, three

participants said that all of the predictions to them happens while the two

participants said that not all of the predictions happened to them. And

also, they differ in perception and what is the importance of knowing the

future through fortune telling. Four (4) of the participants said that it is

important to know their future in order for them to be aware and have an

idea on what will be their future so that they could still have the time to be

prepared for it weather it's a good or bad prediction, while the one
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participant said that predictions has a big help for her because it answers

her questions about what would be her future.

Synthesis-Analysis:

II. To analyze how the given “fortune” or prediction affects

their everyday lives and beliefs.

Researcher: Pwede po ba ninyong ilahad kung paano mo

naisasabuhay ang mga nahuhula sa inyong kapalaran ng mga

manghuhula?

Participant A: “Uhm… ano ba… uhm… ano lang depende dun sa hula kasi

isang beses sabe sakin ng manghuhula na magkakaroon daw kami ng

pamilya ko ng maagandang negosyo basta sisipagan lang namin

magpalago ng negosyo naming tsaka tyaga daw… kaya ayun mas

pinagiigihan talaga namin ng mister ko an gang pagpapalago sa negosyo

namin tsaka nahula siguro sakin yan year 2010 mga ganun… kasi ngayon

nakikita namin yong nagiging bunga ng pagod namin… kung ano yong

sinasabe sakaiana ng manghuhula talaga inaantay ko lang pero hindi

mangyayari yun kung tutunganga lang ako kaya kelangan na sabayan din

talaga ng sipag”

Participant B: “ano sa pamamagitan ng pagtiwala na kahit ano man ang

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maging kapalaran ko ano parang tanggapin nalang.”

Participant C: “Ano syempre hindi lang sapat na sa hula lang ako

babase… syempre kelangan din na samahan ko ng pananampalataya sa

diyos.”

Participant D: “Ano… inaapply ko kung ano yong mga posible na hula na

parang magkakatotoo talaga siya. ”

Participant E: “Ano ba… parang hinahayaan ko lang na ganun eh kung

ano maging Kapalaran ko… tsaka kapag halimbawa may sinabe sakin

‘yong manghuhula na kailangan ko na maging masipag at tsaga para

maabot ko yong pangarap ko ayun... ginagawa ko kung ano sinasabe sakin

ng manghuhula… mas sinisipagan ko talaga.”

Researcher: Ano po ang iyong naging karanasan sa mga hindi

magandang kinalabasan ng hula sa iyong buhay?

Participant A: “Uhm… siguro yong hula sakin dati nung nasa novaliches

pa kami nakatira, nung nahula sakin ni Nay Rosing na hindi

makakapagtapos yong aking mga anak… kasi sa sobrang tagal na ng hula

na iyon hindi alam na magkakatotoo pala talaga kasi syempre nakalimutan

ko na din eh… parang nanghihinayang ako para sa mga anak ko… siguro

sana nakapagtapos silang lahat ngayon sa college kung napaghandaan ko

man lang sana ‘yon na hindi mangyari…”

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Participant B: “Nung ano… sinabe sakin ng manghuhula na mabubuntis

daw ako agad di daw ako makakapagtapaos ng college, that time parang

nagkaroon ako ng anxiety na baka mangyari nga ‘yon, eh that time first

year college palang ako eh… kaya masyado talaga akong nangamba dun

sa sinabe ng manghuhula”

Participant C: “Hmmm… ano ba… parang wala naman”

Participant D: “Wala akong maalala eh… siguro nung may nakikita daw

yong manghuhula sa baraha ko na di nya na daw maipaliwanag kasi

parang malabo daw… hindi ko alam kung ano ‘yon kaya parang napapaisip

talaga ako dun.”

Participant E: “Ano… parang wala… ano kasi hindi ko na kasi talaga

matandaan sa dami na ng napahula ko eh.”

Researcher: Ano naman po ang iyong mga naging karanasan sa mga

hula na mayroong magandang kinalabasan?

Participant A: “Ano… naging mas pursigido ako na malaman kung ano

‘yong aking magiging kapalaran kasi nagkakatotoo talaga tsaka…

halimbawa nalang niyan… nagkaroon kami ng magandang negosyo ng

asawa ko at hindi na kami kagaya dati… dati kasi as in wala kami nun eh

pero ngayon ano dun na namin kinukuha lahat ng panggastos namin… at

dahil dun parang nagkaroon ako ng parang ano… uhm… pananaw na hind
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lahat ng hula ay hindi maganda kasi kagaya nga dun sa naging Karanasan

ko din na talaga na hindi maganda… ”

Participant B: “Siguro nung hindi nagkatotoo sakin ‘yong hula na

mabubuntis ako ng maaga nung college pa ko… kasi syempre hindi nga

nagkatotoo ‘yong hula na ganun nga… tsaka nakatulong ‘yon sakin at

maganda yong kinalabasan kahit hindi nagkatotoo”

Participant C: “Uhm… maganda… nakakagaan ng loob kasi nagkakatotoo

‘yong mga nahuhula sakin na maganda.”

Participant D: “Kasi parang lahat naman ng nahuhula sa’kin eh

nagkakatotoo… kaya masaya ako ”

Participant E: “ Mas nagkaroon ako lakas ng loob na pwede hindi

mangyari sakin yong mga pwedeng mangayri sakin sa kapalaran ko”

Researcher: Nagkataon po ba na hindi nagkatotoo yong hula sa inyo

pero may magandang naidulot naman sa inyo?

Participant A: “Uhm… ‘yong kapatid ko dati nung nasa Samar sila ng

pamilya niya dun sila nakatira nung panahon na yon may sakit asawa niya

kaya kinailangan na dalhin sa ospital eh hindi kasi kaya sa mismong

hospital sa Samar, Catbalogan kaya kelangan daw nila dumiritsso sa

Tacloban… nung time din naman na yan may bagyo sa Tacloban yun yong

Yolanda typhoon… kwento sakin ng kapatid ko na pasakay na daw sila nun

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papuntang Tacloban… pero etong kapatid ko si Arlene parang may

masama daw sya kutob… kaya hindi na sila tumuloy ng asawa niya…

tapos kinagabaihan ng araw na iyon nangyari na nga yong trahedya sa

Taclocan… pero bago pa talaga ikwento sakin yan ng kapatid ko… sinabi

sa’kin nung Manghuhula na may mamamatay daw sa pamilya ko… tapos

nun naalala ko yong hula sa’kin na ganun nga pero… pero buti nalang

talaga hindi nangyari yong hula sa’kin na yong kasi syempre sino ba naman

gugustuhin na may mawala sa pamilya diba?... kaya ayun ”

Participant B: “Ay nung ano… nung sinabi sakin ng manghuhula na hindi

daw ako mabubuhayan ng anak kasi lagi daw mamamatay… ano daw

malalaglag daw lagi… pero buti nalang hindi siya talaga nagkatotoo kasi

nakakalungkot yun para saming dalawa ng asawa ko”

Participant C:

Participant D:

Participant E:

Researcher: Ibinabase nyo ba lahat ng kapalaran nyo sa hula? Sa

paanong paraan?

Participant A: “Hindi… kasi sakin talaga guide ko lang siya.”

Participant B: “Oo… kasi hindi ko naman masasabing gusto kong

mangyari ‘yong nahula sakin kung hindi ko binabase dun… pero parang
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minsan din hindi”

Participant C: “Kapag ano lang… sinasabe lang sakin ng manghuhula

‘yong na may magandang mangyayari sa kapalaran ko… tsaka pag alam

kong hindi naman imposible na ganun nga maging future ko.”

Participant D: “minsan lang”

Participant E: “minsan lang kasi… halimbawa may nahula sakin na hindi

maganda ganun”

Researcher: May pagkakataon ba na kapag positibo o may

magandang maidudulot sa iyong buhay ang hula sa iyong kapalaran

ginagawan mo ba ng paraan para maisakatuparan iyon?

Participant A: “Uhm ano… oo kasi sa ganung paraan na nalalaman ko na

ganto ganyan magkakaroon ako ng sarili kong negosyo na lalago talaga

siya… kaya syempre parang nasa akin na nakadepende kung gagawan ko

ba ng paraan para maisakatuparan iyon… tsaka ng ganung bagay

nalalaman ko kung ano mga magagandang mangyayari sa kahapon ko…

kaya pag ganun nagpupursigi talaga ako para mangyi yong hula sa’kin.”

Participant B: “Oo kasi as for me… ano guide ko yong mga nahuhula

sakin then if may maganda ngang nahuhula sakin… then parang hindi

naman siya ganun ka imposible para nga mangyari then syempre igagrab

ko na talaga yong chance na mangyari yon.”

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Researcher: Ano pong halimbawa niyo po doon?

Participant B: “Ano… nung sabe ng manghuhula sakin na magkakaroon

daw ako ng magandang future sa career ko… then syempre ako nanniwala

ako dun na possible ngang mangyari yun kasi I know my performance sa

office sa work ko and yun.”

Participant C: “Oo as long as kaya ko siya magawa para mangyari ‘yong

hula sakin.”

Participant D: “Oo naman… kung alam ko na talagang pwede nga siyang

magkatotoo… ”

Participant E: “minsan hndi”

Discussion:

The participants asked on how do they apply to their lives those

predictions to them by the fortune teller wherein they differ on how would

be their way of applying it to their lives, according to Participant A it

depends on the prediction to her if it has a positive outcome or is it a good

prediction, and Participant B have said that by trusting and accepting of

whatever happens to her future, and Participant C and D she said that it

is not enough that she will be just rely to all predictions but she must also

have faith and pray to God to make those good predictions possible, and

lastly Participant E have stated that if the fortune teller predicts her future
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which is near possible to happen she will make an effort to make that

prediction happened which is also base from the advice of the fortune-

teller to her what to do.

Participant A stated that she got upset when she was just lately knew

the prediction to her when she was youngster and she already forgot that

prediction to her and she also said that if she just only got prepared for it

not to happen maybe all of her children now has a good life living,

Participant B said that she got worried about the prediction to her of the

fortune-teller that she will be pregnant and she won't be able to finish her

college because of her pregnancy, according to Participant C she has no

experience regarding the predictions the has a negative result to her life,

Participant D he said that when the fortune teller once said to him that the

fortune teller saw a blurred future which she can't interpret or read in his

cards that's why it makes him think a lot of it, same as with Participant C

Paticipant E said that because of so many predictions she have been

through she can't remember any of the predictions to her that gives to her

and negative result.

Participant C, D, and E has the same response regarding on their

experiences to the prediction to them that has a positive outcome, as they

have said that because all of the good prediction to them happened and

that made them confident to follow the guidelines of the fortune-teller to

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them and also in that way, they know what to do in order for that prediction

happen. While the Participant A said that she became determined about

all the positive or good predictions which has also a positive outcome also

by jsust having a perseverance to make it happen, and also Participant B

said that she realized that even though there are preictions that gives a

negative result to her life still positive prediction also has a positive

outcome in which not all predictions that are negative or bad will be

negative as well somehow negative prediction can also have a positive

result.

In this result the participant differ from what their experiences which

prediction did not happen but has a good result, Participant A said that

when there are times that the prediction to her did not happen because

that prediction has a bad result in which she’s very thankful with that, then

Participant C have stated that when the fortune-teller predicts that she

can’t bare a child wherein she got upset with that but on behalf of that

she’s very thankful that the prediction to her did not happen but it is near

possible to happen because her 3 children died when they where inside

her womb that time.

According to Participant B, C, and E that often time they depend

their future to the prediction wherein they said that how could they even

know if they want to happen the prediction if it is a bad or has a negative

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outcome so with that, they won’t rely to it and those good predictions that

has a positive outcome they make an action for it to happen.

According to Participant A, she do not depend her future to the

predictions because as for her it is ony her guide to her futre wether it is a

good or bad prediction, and Paricipant D that not all the time she will

depend on the predictions to her future .Four (4) of the participants have

the same response in which they make the good prediction possible

wherein they make an action to that prediction to make it happen

especially if it is really near possible to happen because as for them it is

an opportunity that they shoud grab and if it is specifically about the

various aspects of their lives and which is also suggested guidelines of the

fortune-teller.

In other words, to make the prediction happen they follow the

guidelines of the fortune-teller in which they make it as their guide through

accomplishing it to be possible. Participant E said that sometimes if there

is a good prediction to her she doesn’t have the self-confidence that it

could be possible that the good prediction to her will happen even if she

will do something to make to happen.

Synthesis-Analysis:
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III. To understand why fortune-telling is still patronized by

Filipinos.

Researcher: Paano o kanino nagsimula ang iyong paniniwala sa mga

hula o panghuhula?

Participant A: “dahil nga sinubukan ko dati na magpahula dun sa kapit-

bahay namin na Manghuhula… tsaka lahat naman ng nahuhula niya sakin

eh nagkakatotoo kaya dun nagsimula ang aking Paniniwala sa hula.”

Participant B: “Ano kasi dati may isang Manghuhula lang ang pamilya

naming… ano kahit nung maliit pa ako nagpapahula na sila dun kay Aling

Conchita… uhm… dun nagsimula yong Paniniwala ko sa hula at hanggang

sa ginagawa ko na nga din ang magpahula… tsaka hanggang ngayon

nagpapahula pa din ako sa kanya kasi ginagawa ko siyang pinakagabay

ko. ”

Participant C: “hindi ko talaga kagustuhan nun na magpahula napabilib

ako kasi… uhm… that moment hindi ko siya kilala yong manghuhula tapos

bigla niya nahulaan yong problema ko nun… as in eksakto talaga yong hula

niya sakin na may problema ako that time… kaya simula nun nagpahula na

ako tas naaamazed talaga ako kasi nagkakaatotoo yong mga hula sa’kin.”
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Participant D: “Dati ano tinry ko lang talaga yun kung totoo ba ang hula

kasi wala kong kakilala nun na naniniwala sa hula… kaya sinubukan ko

magpahula… tsaka ano nagkakatotoo nga yong mga hula sa’kin kaya lagi

na akong nagpapahula… pabalik-balik na ko dun sa Manghuhula na yon

hanggang sa maging suki niya na ako.”

Participant E:

Researcher: Gaano katagal na ninyong ginagawa ang magpahula?

Participant A: “matagal na din mga isang decada na nung magumpisa ako

magpahula”

Researcher: Tuwing kelan po kayo bumabalik para magpahula?

Participant A: “kada dalawang linggo ganun pero minsan din buwanan

akong nagpapahula… depende sa mga gusto kong malaman sa Kapalaran

tsaka sa mga gusto kong itanong ganun…”

Participant B: “Matagal na din mga anim na taon na ata ganun.”

Researcher: Tuwing kelan po kayo bumabalik para magpahula?

Participant B: “tuwing ano tatlong buwan ata siguro hahaha… di ko rin kasi

tinatandaan eh tuwing kelan ako bumabalik eh.”

Participant C: “Mga pitong taon na rin ako nagpapahula matagal tagal na

din.”

Participant D: “siguro mga apat o limang taon na rin.”

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Participant E: “Ano anim na taon na din...”

Researcher: Tuwing kelan po kayo bumabalik sa manghuhula?

Participant E: “Ano hindi naman ako ganun kadalas talaga bumalik sa

Manghuhula… ano lang tuwing magsisimba ako dito sa quiapo ganun kasi

malayo rin bahay ko eh galing pa akong laguna.”

Researcher: Bakit mas pinipili nyo pa din na magpahula sa kabila ng

modernong buhay sa kasalukuyan?

Participant A: “Ano bilang parte na rin ng kultura ng mga Pilipino ang

magpahula… tsaka bilang naniniwala din nga ako sa hula kasi matagal ko

na din itong ginagawa… tsaka kahit naman nasa modernong buhay na tayo

syempre di pa rin maiiwasan na magpahula kahit pa sabihin natin na may

malakas ngang impluwensya satin ang teknolohiya hindi pa rin mawawala

kung ano ‘yong naging kasanayan ko na at kultura na ng mga pilipino.

Tsaka wala naman masama kung patuloy pa rin akong magpapahula kahit

na nasa modernong pamumuhay na tayo ngayon… hanggat

napapatunayan sakin ng Manghuhula na tama ang mga hula niya eh

magpapahula pa rin ako kasi kagustuhan ko naman yon… tsaka wala

naman akong naaapakang ibang tao sa pagpapahula kong ito.”

Participant B: “Kasi syempre ano… wala rin namang masama kung

magpapahula ako eh… tsaka choice ko naman yun… hindi… hindi… porket
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nasa modernong pamumuhay na tayo ngayon eh hindi na ako pwedeng

magpahula… tsaka kasi rin… base na din sa naging experience ko na…

nagkakatotoo talaga mga hula sa’kin.”

Participant C: “kasi ako syempre matagal na akong nagpapahula at

naniniwala talaga ako sa hula… tsaka hindi mawawala ang naging parte na

ng kultura nating mga pilipino ang pagpapahula hanggat may mga taong

naniniwala sa hula”

Participant D: “Kasi dahil sa paniniwala ko sa hula na nagkakatotoo din

naman talaga siya.”

Participant E: “Kasi nakagawian ko na din siguro na magpahula… kaya

kahit na nasa modernong pamumuhay na tayo ngayon naniniwala pa rin

ako sa hula… at syempre kasi dahil sa matibay na Paniniwala ko.”

Researcher: May kakilala rin po ba kayong nagpapahula na

naapektuhan ang inyong paniniwala base sa kanyang naging

Karanasan?

Participant A: “Uhm… wala naman, kasi ano yan depende sa Manghuhula

eh kung magkaiba kami ng manghuhula tsaka halimbawa sa kakilala ko

nagpapahula siya sa iba eh hindi naman nagkakatotoo yong mga hula sa

kanya… hindi naman ako magpapaapekto dun sa sasabihin ng kakilala ko

na hindi hindi totoo ang hula kasi magkaiba kami ng karanasan sa

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pagpapahula at magkaiba rin kami ng manghuhula… baka mamaya yong

Manghuhula na apinagpahulaan niya eh hindi naman pala talaga ganun

kagaling na managahuhula.”

Participant B: “Ano wala naman… ”

Participant C: “Wala… syempre magkaiba kami ng experience… hindi

naman sa lahat ng pagkakataon na kung ano ‘yong naging experience eh

magiging experience ko din.”

Participant D: “Wala… marami nga akong kakilala na hindi naniniwala sa

hula eh… pero hindi ako nagpapaapekto sa mga sinasabi nila na kesyo

hindi totoo… kesyo puro lang daw kalokohan… malamang kasi hindi

magaling nakuha nilang manghuhula eh kaya ganun.”

Participant E: “Sa ngayon wala pa naman… pero kahit naman wala akong

kakilala o wala na pwedeng makailmpluwensiya sakin… kasi nasa

manghuhula ‘yon kug aayusin niya ginagawa niyang pagbasa ng kapalaran

ng ibang tao.”

Discussion:

Participant D and E has the same motives on how their beliefs in

fortune-telling starts wherein at first, they tried only to go to a fortune-teller

to find out if fortune-telling is true and when it proves to them that it is true

in which all predictions to them happened at first trial so their perception in

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fortune-telling changed and from that moment, they start seeking fortune-

telling. Also, Participant A have stated that seeking or believing fortune-

telling is already part of our culture as a Filipino, before she has tat

perception that we are only the one that creates our own future so she

don’t believe in predictions nor fortune-telling, but one time she got curious

and try having a fortune-telling session to her neighbor wherein all the

precitions to her really happened and from that time she regularly go to a

fortune-teller and asks some questions. While Participant B said that it’s

the influence of their family which is, they are a regular customer of that

fortune-teller Aling Conchita wherein all of the predictions to each member

of their family really happens. Participant C stated that when one time

there is a stranger fortune-teller who just hold her hand without even

asking her if she want to know her future that time, she got shock when

the stranger fortune-teller predicts her problem that very moment which is

also her problem exactly, then from that she starts seeking fortune-telling.

The participants differ on how long they have been seeking fortune-

telling and how often time they visit the fortune-teller to ask questions

about their future would be. According to Participant A said that she has

been a seeking fortune-telling for almost a decade, she usually visits the

fortune-teller every two (2) weeks but sometimes every month she visits

the fortune-teller depends to her if she has questions that want to ask.
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Particpant B has stated that almost fifteen (15) years already since when

she was high school and she visits the fortune-teller every three (3)

months. Participant C has already seven (7) years in seeking fortune-

telling and she has been regular wherein she visits the fortune-teller every

two (2) weeks. Paticipant D, according to him he has been seeking

fortune-telling for almost 4 to 5 years, he visits the fortune-teller every four

(4) weeks. And participant E have already six (6) years in seekig fortune-

telling wherein she just only visits the fotrtune-teller every after attending

the mass at the Quiapo church like every four (4) months because her

house is in Laguna which is difficult for her to travel to Quiapo just to ask a

fortune-teller about her future. Participant A and C stated that fortune-

telling as a part of the Filipino culture and beliefs it doesn’t matter if they

will still patronized it and besides her experiences in fortune-telling is the

proof that it still exist today in our generation and as long as the

predictions to them of the fortune-teller happens then this won’t make her

beliefs disappear, also participant D and E said that because of their

strong beliefs about fortune-telling or predictions where it is already been

their habbit and which totally happened according to them. Participant C

said that it is her choice in seeking fortune-telling’, and also because of

her experience where all of the predictions to her happens which make

her still patronized fortune-telling. Paticipants have stated that in their long

journey of seeking fortune-telling wherein they’ve been through about a

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decade, all the participants have the same response wherein their long

way of seeking fortune-telling no one influence their beliefs that could

make them not to seek fortune-telling anymore because according to them

that it is based to the fortune-teller on how do they read their cards on

what it says to their future also they said that based from their experiences

that not all the time their bad experience in fortune-telling won’t change

their mind not to seek fortune-telling because mostly of the predictions to

them really happens.

Synthesis-Analysis:
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CHAPTER V

SUMMARY OF ANALYSIS, REFLECTIONS, CONCLUSIONS,

and RECOMMENDATIONS

SUMMARY OF ANALYSIS

The purpose of this study was to gain a deeper understanding of

fortune-seekers. Likewise, the researcher was also able to identify the

domains, the core themes and the cross analysis through the use of

Qualitative Research in Data Analysis.

As for some people, fortune-telling can be considered as a guide in life.

Some considered it as a guess that predicts their future. It's either we'll

rely on it or we create our own ways that will shape our future much better.

People think that if they knew more about the future they can live the

present better and that they can plan things differently. (Awartany, 2012).

Fortune-telling is attractive to many people because they want to have

some sense that they control their own destinies. By knowing the future, it

is believed that individuals can mitigate any negative things that are

coming their way (Ministries, 2018)

In this study, the researcher found out that there are various factors

that motivate the participants in seeking fortune-telling. According to them

that in the first place they just want to try fortune-telling session which is
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out of their curiousity and one of them was already been a regular fortune-

seeker wherein their family have been a faithful fortune-seeker. They

believed in fortune-telling because it is already been part of our culture as

a Filipino and they said that it is not bad if they will still believed on this

kind of activity which is also one of the reason why they believe in fortune-

telling. “Masasabi na ang panghuhula ay nakakaimpluwensiya sa

kaisipan, damdamin at pagkilos ng mga taong nagpapahula. Ang mga tao

ay nagpapaulit-ulit sa pagpapahula kapag ang mga unang hula sa kanila

ay nakikita nilang totoo o positibo. Ito rin ay nagsisilbing gabay at

inspirasyon para sa kanila, at ang hula din ay nagbibigay pag-asa sa

buhay ng ilan. Mayroong mga nakapanayam na unang beses pa lamang

nagpapahula at napag-alaman na ito ay dahil sa kanilang kuryosidad.”

(Boluso, 2016)

Mostly they ask questions to the fortune-teller about the various

aspects of their lives specifically in their career, family, and lovelife. May

nagpahula din kung sino ang kanyang makakasama habang buhay,

ayon sa kanya ito ay nagkatotoo, at patuloy pa rin nyang tinatangkilik

ang pagpapahula sa Quiapo (Kwentong Manghuhula, 2015). Numerous

individuals who have confidence in fortune-telling don't understand that

in the event that they are correct, they have addressed one of the

essential inquiries in logic, that of through and through freedom versus

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determinism. The vast majority would like to trust that they control their

own behavior and settle on their own choices throughout everyday life;

except anybody's capacity to know the future demonstrates them off-

base. Either there is "a future" to know (or possibly witness information

of) — and in this manner our future is foreordained, or what's to come is

mysterious and unverifiable. Consistently, you can't control your very

own predetermination if what's to come is understandable. (Radford,

Fortune-Telling: Fact, Fiction & Fantasy, 2013). Therefore, they seek to

know answers about such matters through fortune-telling.

As for them fortune-telling is helpful in their everyday lives because

they use this as their guide wherein they got an idea about what their

future would be and as of what I’ve obsereved they follow the guidelines of

the fortune-teller for them what action shall they have to make, and with

that they really make an action to to be able for that prediction to happen.

In general, a person who has good fortune is a person who has a very

efficient luck that would help him achieve his goals. A very efficient luck is

defined as using as few elements as possible to effectively achieve

(through interactions) a person's desires. (How does fortune-telling work?,

2014). Hence, as what the fortune-teller predictions which has a positive

outcome of their future wherein it alters their mind and affects their

behaviour to do something to make prediction happens .

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They have faithful in seeking fortune-telling for almost a decade which

proves that it’s already been part of their lives as an individual which

makes them satisfied with what they are doing by applying those

predictions to their lives. “In other words people believe in fortune telling

because they need to believe in it. People want someone to tell them that

their lives will improve, that they will become happy and that good things

are going to happen to them.” (M.Farouk Radwan, Why do people believe

in fortune telling, 2017)

Based from their experiences they have encountered different

predictions that really amazed them and makes them worried as what the

fortune-teller read to their tarot cards. But on behalf of that they still have

their strong fate in seeking fortune-telling. Yan ang magandang bagay na

naibibigay ng Tarot Cards. Nakapagbibigay ito ng babala ukol sa mga

masamang bagay na pwedeng mangyari at nakapagbibigay din ng

insprasyon sa mga nalulungkot o, solusyon sa mga may mabigat na

suliranin. (Joel, 2011)

On behalf of their journey as a fortune-seeker they’ve been through

many experiences regarding on what the fortune-teller predicts to their

future. As stated by the participants, almost all of the preditcions of the

fortune-teller to them really happened maybe somehow they follow those

guidelines of the fortune-teller which makes them satisfied. When the

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fortune-teller predicts to their future a bad prediction or has a negative

outcome they got worried, anxious, and upset because some of the bad

predictions that is near possible to happen but inspite of that they are very

thankful that it wasn’t happen. According to the paticipants that fortune-

telling has been part of our culture as a Filipino individual wherein they still

believed and patronizing fortune-telling. Noong unang panahon pa man,

ang mga tao ay sumusubok na ng iba’t ibang pamamaraan upang

malaman ang magiging kapalaran o hinaharap. Karamihan sa mga

pamamaraang ito ay masusumpungan o ginagamit pa rin hanggang sa

kasalukuyan. Pinakakaraniwan sa paraan ng panghuhula ang paggamit

ng tarot card, pagtingin sa bolang kristal, pag-alam sa kahulugan ng mga

panaginip, pagtingin sa galaw ng mga bituin at planeta o astrology,

pagbabasa ng palad o palmistry at numerology. (Leon, 2018)

21stgeneration of today, a lot of technological advances and norms

yet people keep on believeing looking for a positive hope. Whereof it will

guide them as they’re striving what will happen in the future, for them to

know what will be their action in the present. Hence, fortune-telling is

phenomenological basis, whereas individual believes depending on what

will occur from the said predictions.

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REFLECTION

Decades have passed and still there are people who believes in

predictions, they almost spent their lives believing in fortune-telling and

what events being foretold to them by the fortune-teller. The desire to

determine the likelihood of something happening in one’s life has paved

way to acceptability of fortune telling. The idea that fortune is fated has

made many restless in trying to know their purpose in this life. It also

basically practices of predicting events and happenings about a person’s

life. Thus, believing in a favorable future can influence people’s behavior

in the here and now.

Eventhough we’re already in a modern world and there are people

who don’t usually believe in fortune-telling, but still there are people who

seek fortune-telling as one of their guide in their lives, and as well as

fortune-teller serves as their adviser as they already knew that the fortune-

teller knows what they’re going to do in order for them to make that good

predictions come true.

Though there are good and bad predictions but still it’s up to people

what path they’re going to take to have a good type of life living. And as a

part of our culture we cannot say easily not to believe fortune-telling

because there are people who witnessed that fortune-telling is true which

is based on their experiences.

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CONCLUSIONS

Therefore I conclude that the researcher have found out of what are

the motives behind seeking fortune-telling of the fortune-seeker. First,

because of their curiousity why they tried once having a fortune-telling

session which gives them a proof for them to believe and continue to seek

fortune-telling. And second is, because one of the participants their family

has a long term fortune-teller who is expert in terms of reading their future

which makes them also been faithful to seek fortune-telling. And with that,

since they’ve already proven that fortune-telling is true or really happens

that’s why continuesly they seek fortune-telling session, wherein they use

it as their guide through their future by following the guidelines of the

fortune-teller to them.

As a conclusion, so far of their being a fortune-seeker it has been

proved that the participants have encountered different experiences which

made them be positive enough on behalf of those negative or bad

predictions to them but somehow, they use those bad predictions as their

motivation to overcome. And also, those positive or good predictions to

them alter their mind to make it possible because they believed that it is

still in their hands if they will pursue to make it happen.

On behalf of those, I also conclude that even on our generation

now there are people who still patronize fortune-telling. Wherein in this
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study fortune-telling has been proven that the traditions and beleifs of the

Filipino people won’t disappear in just a nap just because we are already

living in modern world. Also because there people who still recognizing

our traditions and beliefs especially fortune-telling in which it runs already

in our blood as a Filipino individual. Overall, it cannot be denied that

fortune-telling still exist because of fortune-seekers who still patronizing

this beliefs which gives them different experiences. And more often they

rely on it spicifically to good predictions which makes them determined to

make it possible.

In general, the objectives of this study gave all the answers based

on the data gathered and analyse through a critical theory.

RECOMMENDATIONS

The research is for further study and for the development in

understanding the fate, experiences and beliefs of the fortune-seeker. This

type of study is a call for a qualitative approach, as it tries to capture the

context of social research as well as it employs asking set of questions

while collecting data from respondents themselves as a scholarly inquiry.

In the same way, it is an explanatory research whereas it identify the real

reason why things occur as they are.

I therefore recommend that,

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Also there is one thing that lacking in this study which is not equal

number of gender wherein the researcher have four (4) paticipants which

is female and one (1) participant which is male. Wherein the information

gathered would be reliable if it has an equal number of participants per

gender that will also make the study more knowledgeable.

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