易えき者しゃ

noun

fortune-teller; diviner

Typically refers to a practitioner of divination, often associated with the I Ching (易経) or similar traditional methods. Can be used neutrally or with a slightly old-fashioned feel.

• 街まち角かどの易えき者しゃに手て相そうを見みてもらった。

  I had my palm read by a fortune-teller on the street corner.

• 彼かれは易えき者しゃとして生せい計けいを立たてている。

  He makes a living as a diviner.