death_date death_place birth_place influences nationality birth_date image article_title name occupation
8 october 1936 hollywood , california dublin , ireland an indian sage irish 1 november 1866 cheiroy.jpg cheiro
 william john warner astrologer , numerologist , palmist and author
cheiro

william john warner , known as cheiro , -lrb- november 1 , 1866 -- october 8 , 1936 -rrb- was an irish astrologer and colorful occult figure of the early 20th century .
his sobriquet , cheiro , derives from the word `` cheiromancy '' , meaning palmistry .
he was a self-described clairvoyant who taught palmistry , astrology , and chaldean numerology .
during his career , he was celebrated for using these forms of divination to make personal predictions for famous clients and to foresee world events .
