Foresight

**Foresight** (also known as **Premonition** or **Prophecy**) is the power to perceive events of the future before they have happened. This has been shown to be a very helpful ability, as the users are sometimes able to be aware of oncoming attacks and prevent tragedies from occurring. These premonitions might display as a full event or may display as small glimpses into various events. Those with the power might *occasionally* be referred to as "prophets". This power may be a branch of Clairvoyance.

This is the secondary power of Charmed One, Maggie Vera. In 2019, after her currently possessed active powers were rendered dormant, she later developed this power through exposure to black amber.

The extent of this ability seems to vary dependent upon the strength and experience of the user. The Ancient Oracles were able to foresee the three events leading to the forthcoming apocalypse thousands of years before it actually occurred. Marisol Vera began having premonitions of her daughters as the Charmed Ones before they were even born. However, after Maggie developed the ability, the majority of her premonitions have came to pass almost directly or soon afterwards.

## Receiving Visions

The most commonly shown method that users receive their visions is touching either objects or people related to the vision, making them a form of psychometry. An encounter with their father, Ray Vera, helped Maggie and Mel Vera come to the conclusion that Maggie's new power could be triggered and focused via psychometry, specifically close proximity or personal items belonging to the target of her visions. Maggie has been shown to be able to receive visions without touching anything, though she will still touch an object in order to focus her power whenever there is a need for her to receive a vision on command. It has also been shown that some users may be able to access this power while they are asleep through precognitive dreaming.

## Expansions of Foresight

### Hindsight

Hindsight is the power to percieve events of the past. It has been shown that some users might have their power expand to allow them to see events of the past as well. Maggie first demonstrated the ability to view the past a little over a year after developing her power. The first time that she used it was while she was looking for Julie Hoffman, a victim of Omon whom had been hypnotized to run over her boyfriend, Jason. Maggie touched the broken glass from Jason's car and saw that Julie was in the forest. As with foresight, these visions may display as a single event or provide a look into multiple events. For example, when grabbing Jordan Chase's hand, Maggie was able to see that he was the one that had been taken over by the Whispering Evil and also glimpsed at him infecting several people.

## Known Users

Original Power
* Marisol Vera
* Melinda Warren
* Oracles
	+ Ancient Oracles

Through spell, artifact, power stealing, etc.
* Maggie Vera (acquired through exposure to black amber)

## Trivia

* In the original series, Phoebe Halliwell, one of the Charmed Ones, was the one who had this power, calling it "Premonition".
	+ In *Switches & Stones*, Harry referred to the power as "premonition," paying homage to the power from the original series.
	+ In *Deconstructing Harry*, Maggie officially gained the power to foresee the future, similar to her counterpart Phoebe in the original series, after contact with black amber. She referred to her psychic vision of the future as "foresight." In *Needs to Know*, Harry referred to Maggie's power as "foresight."
	+ In *Breaking the Cycle*, Maggie referred to her ability as "premonition."
* In the original series, those with the power of "premonition" could grow to see events from the past and the present as well.
	+ Maggie eventually grew to be able to see events from the past by the time of *Yew Do You*.
* In *Exorcise Your Demons*, Marisol Vera's ability is referred to as "the gift of prophecy".
* According to Charity Callahan, a prophet's predictions do not always come true.
	+ Later on into the series, there were times where this statement could be considered to be true. An example of this is when Maggie saw Jordan's death in *The Rules of Engagement* and *Curse Words*, but both cases were prevented. In *Private Enemy No. 1*, Maggie saw that one day she would sleep with Antonio, but this never happened. However, it is known that Maggie actively interfered with the outcome of these visions, which in turn prevented them from occurring, which means that these visions had the potential to come true if not purposefully prevented.
	+ It is possible that Charity was referring to the fact that sometimes emotions can interfere with the user's power, which could have been a reason for some mistaken predictions. Another possible explanation could be that some visions, even though correct, may be misinterpreted. Although, none of these possibilities have been confirmed.
* In "*Spectral Healing*", Marisol referred to this power as "clairvoyance", leaving us to speculate that they are either the same power with differing names, or that the power was nicknamed on the spot.
	+ It could also be that, since Maggie's power had grown to give her insight on future and past events, it had grown to become a form of "clairvoyance", which in turn could be seen as a "parent" power of Maggie's cognitive powers.

## See Also

* Clairvoyance
* Psychometry
* The Evil Sight

## References

1. ↑ *Guess Who's Coming to SafeSpace Seattle*
2. ↑ *Breaking the Cycle*
3. ↑ This is not a term that has been used in-universe, but rather a term coined by the fans to denote Maggie's expansion of her power, allowing her to see into the past.
4. ↑ *Yew Do You*
5. ↑ *What to Expect When You're Expecting the Apocalypse*
6. ↑ *Exorcise Your Demons*