Magic 8 Ball, What’s My Future?

Find out below!

What does YOUR future hold? Approach the mystical Magic 8 Ball with a question you’re burning to know the answer to, and discover whether the outcome will be in your favor! Will you achieve all your goals? Or is there only disappointment ahead?

Before you can get your fortune, we’ll ask you a few questions to get a read on your fate….

A Magic 8 Ball on a blue surface displays the fortune, "Consult me later."

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Questions Overview

1. Pick one word to describe how you’re feeling now.
  1. Confident
  2. Awful
  3. Normal
  4. Unbalanced
2. What color is your personal aura? Go with your gut.
  1. Red or orange
  2. Black or brown
  3. Blue or gray
  4. Yellow or green
3. If you could be anywhere right now, where would you go?
  1. Somewhere adventurous. I’d climb a mountain, or go scuba diving.
  2. Somewhere safe and cozy, like my bed.
  3. A picnic by a lazy riverbank, or a great hall of an art museum.
  4. I’m not sure.
4. Which mythical creature are you?
  1. Something strong and powerful, like a dragon.
  2. Something dark and gloomy, like a witch.
  3. Something independent and happy-go-lucky, like a unicorn or an elf.
  4. Something beautiful, like a mermaid.
5. Choose a word that resonates most with you:
  1. Roar
  2. Flight
  3. Breath
  4. Torn
6. Choose a number between 1 and 4. Go with your gut impulse.
  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
7. Do you believe in fate?
  1. Definitely.
  2. I'm unsure.
  3. Absolutely not.
  4. Um, what?
8. What genre of movie would the story of your life be?
  1. Comedy
  2. Drama
  3. Thriller
  4. Romance
9. Pick a mantra.
  1. I can do anything I set my mind to.
  2. Everything is meaningless.
  3. Whatever happens is what’s meant to be.
  4. The energy of the world flows through me.
10. What is your sun sign?
  1. Taurus, Capricorn, or Aquarius
  2. Aries, Scorpio, or Leo
  3. Sagittarius, Libra, or Pisces
  4. Gemini, Virgo, or Cancer
11. If you were a cloud, which type of cloud would you be?
  1. Fluffy, puffy cumulus.
  2. Dreary, overcast stratus.
  3. Wispy, feathery cirrus clouds.
  4. Stormy nimbostratus.

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A Brief History of the Magic 8 Ball

While the Magic 8 Ball inspects your future, let’s dive into the 8 Ball’s past!

The Magic 8 Ball was invented in 1944 by Albert C. Carter and Abe Bookman. Carter got his inspiration for a fortune-telling toy from his mother, Mary, who was a clairvoyant and claimed to speak to ghosts, including the ghost of Sherlock Holmes creator Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Whoa!

This was around the same time the famous (or infamous?) Ouija board was selling like hotcakes, and it was expected that another future-telling item would do just as well—but contrary to expectations, the first rendition of the Magic 8 Ball, the Syco-Seer (which looked more akin to a traditional crystal ball), was not a hit! It was in 1950 that Brunswick Billiards came along with the suggestion to make up the fortune-telling toy to look like an 8 Ball and use it as a promotional item—little did they know, that promotional item would turn into a wildly popular novelty item! Thus, the Magic 8 Ball was born, and it continues to share its mystical wisdom with us to this very day.

How? Using a 20-sided die floating in murky liquid within the ball. The die includes 10 positive answers, 5 vague answers, and 5 negative answers. The answers are written on raised white type, so that the text shows up clearly when pressed against a tiny window.

The Magic 8 Ball is currently manufactured by Mattel.

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