A fortune teller who predicts the future using ASPARAGUS has unveiled her top tips for 2016 – including Boris Johnson becoming leader of the Tory Party.
Mystic Jemima Packington, 60, who is the world’s only Asparamancer, claims to see the future by tossing the spears into the air and interpreting how they land.
She believes 2016 could be a bad year for music mogul Simon Cowell after predicting X Factor will become a thing of the past.
And it looks like the new year could spell trouble for Prime Minister David Cameron after Jemima predicts Boris Johnson will become the next Conservative Party leader.
Things could also be problematic for the Labour Party after Jemima saw the tips predicting Jeremy Corbyn will be toppled as leader.
She has also predicted an interesting year for the royals with Prince Harry making an important announcement and Zara Tindall having another baby with rugby star Mike.
Conflict in the Middle East is expected to continue but Jemima says the refugee crisis will ease.
She also believes the agreement on climate change made in Paris will be ignored and says Brits will rebel against any ‘nanny state’ laws.
Remarkably, several of Jemima’s predictions for last year were correct, including foreseeing that the world of football would be dogged by scandal.
She also correctly predicted that Prince Charles would be caught in a controversy after their were concerns raised over his access to secret government papers.
But some of her predictions were off the mark after Jemima said 2015 would be remembered for a cold winter and rocketing oil prices.
In fact, the complete opposite was true with the warmest December on record and oil prices slumping to below $30-a-barrel.
Jemima, who lives in Bath, Somerset, said: “I have a very good success rate but because it’s an interpretation you can sometimes be slightly off the mark.
“It might sound silly to some people but my readings are very accurate.
“I have been doing readings using asparagus since I was eight years old.”
“My great aunt read tea leaves and I have inherited her gift.”
“Last year we did quite well. This year, unfortunately it’s a bit like 2013, where it was quite gloomy.
“It’s like there are clouds hanging over us.
“There’s so much going on in different places now. We just have to grit our teeth for 2016 and keep on keeping on.”
Jemima only uses fresh Worcestershire asparagus grown in the Vale of Evesham – the UK’s main supplier of the vegetable.
She picks a handful of tips, tosses them into the air and “reads” the shapes they form when they land.
One of Jemima’s most remarkable predictions was that Gordon Brown would not only be ousted but also leave politics completely after his election defeat in 2010.
She has made dozens of accurate predictions in recent years, including the credit crunch,
the euro crisis and Andy Murray winning Wimbledon.
Jemima added: “I was asked to do a reading about Gordon Brown just before the general election.
“I cast the spears and they were all pointing down and several spear tips had lost their spores which indicates tears.
“My reading of this was that he would lose the election in 2010 and would then leave politics altogether.
“I was the first person to predict this and people said I was mad at the time but it came true.
“I have a very good success rate, but because it’s an interpretation you can sometimes be slightly off the mark.”
* JEMIMA’S 2015 RESULTS
PREDICTION: Share prices to plummet.
RESULT: The Chinese stock market crashed last summer impacting on the rest of the world.
PREDICTION: The winning party at the General Election will only narrowly win an overall majority.
RESULT: The Conservatives won an overall majority with 330 seats to Labour’s 232.
PREDICTION: Movie industry will ditch violent films in favour of more family friendly flicks.
RESULT: Pixar’s Inside Out and Minions were two of the biggest films of 2015.
PREDICTION: Football will be dogged by scandals.
RESULT: FIFA chief Sepp Blatter and UEFA boss Michel Platini were banned from football.
PREDICTION: Royal family members will be embroiled in a scandal.
RESULT: Secret letters sent to government officials by Prince Charles were made public.
* JEMIMA’S 2016 PREDICTIONS
– X Factor will be a thing of the past and will be consigned into history.
– Boris Johnson will be the next leader of the Conservative party.
– Zara and Mike Tindall will announce the patter of more tiny feet.
– The troubles with the Far Eastern stock exchanges will resolve themselves.
– Harmony in the Middle East will still be a struggle to achieve but the refugee crisis will ease.
– Prince Harry of Wales will have an important announcement to make.
– The agreement on Climate Change made in Paris will just be ignored.
– The British public will rebel about the Nanny State.
– Changes at the top of the Labour Party are inevitable. Bye, bye Mr Corbyn.
