The asparagus knows all (Picture: SWNS)

A woman who predicts the future using, um, asparagus, has now revealed her vision for 2018.

Jemima Packington, 61, is the world’s only ‘asparamancer’, and claims she can see into the future by tossing asparagus into the air and interpreting how the spears land.

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Some of Jemima’s predictions last year came true. For example, she said it would rain in the summer, and the UK ended up having the 11th wettest summer on record.

And in previous years she’s correctly predicted the credit crunch, the Euro crisis, and Andy Murray winning Wimbledon.


She also predicted that Gordon Brown would lose the 2010 general election – something nobody could have seen coming.

Jemima tossing asparagus (Picture: SWNS)

The asparagus doing its thing (Picture: SWNS)

‘I take what I do seriously, but I never take myself seriously,’ Jemima, who lives in Bath, said. ‘When I cast the asparagus, it creates patterns and it is the patterns I interpret.’

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She uses fresh Worcestershire asparagus grown in her hometown of Evesham. She then collects a handful of tips, tosses thim into the air and ‘reads’ the shapes they form when they land.



‘I’m usually about 80% to 90% accurate with my predictions,’ she said. ‘I go through my predictions each year and think: “Yep, that’s happened, yep, that’s happened”.

‘Occasionally I get one slightly off, where I haven’t quite read it correctly, but I’m never far off.’

So what has the veg predicted for 2018? Record number of Royal births.

UK will suffer flooding at the start of the year.

Earthquakes and volcanic eruptions will occur around the globe.

Theresa May will be ousted and Britain will get a new Prime Minister

Oscar success for British films and one particular British actor.

Politics will be rocked by a string of scandals.

US will bring the world to the brink of serious conflict if successful intervention by the rest of the world cannot be achieved. Watch out for unlikely peacemakers.

No major sporting achievements for our national teams.

Brexit will cause many countries outside the EU to review their border and immigration policies.

The Bitcoin bubble will burst.

Major world economies will suffer a downturn but will rally slightly.

Resurgence of the book as opposed to cyber libraries and video gaming.

More countries around the world will follow the Danish ethos of Hygge – or contentment and wellness of spirit and body. A significant return to family values will be seen.