Forecasting: Getting Started
The Historical Roots of Forecasting Since the beginning of human history, people have sought to predict the future. Ancient practices like BaZi, oracle bone divination, and lot-drawing in China, alongside Western methods such as tarot reading, show how deeply this desire is ingrained in human culture. Across many societies, interpreting dreams to predict future events was also widespread. In China, the Song Dynasty’s Taishi Bureau used early meteorological principles to forecast weather, supporting agriculture and other activities....