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Foresight (also known as Premonition or The Gift of 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. Those with the power might occasionally be referred to as "prophets."
This power is considered a branch of clairvoyance, the ability to receive information through sight beyond ordinary perception—particularly in the form of mental imagery or visions. As with all forms of clairvoyance, these premonitions might display as a full event or may display as small glimpses into various events. It is also shown to be the most commonly possessed singular clairvoyant power.
History[]
TBA
Known Users[]
- Original Power
- Through spell, artifact, power stealing, etc.
- Maggie Vera (acquired through exposure to black amber)
Trivia[]
- In the original Charmed series, Phoebe Halliwell, one of the Charmed Ones, possessed this power, referred to as "having a premonition". In the reboot, this power was addressed using several terms:
- In Exorcise Your Demons, Marisol Vera's ability is referred to as "the gift of prophecy."
- In Switches & Stones, Harry Greenwood referred to the power as "premonition," paying homage to the power from the original series.
- In Deconstructing Harry, Maggie Vera 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 also referred to Maggie's power as "foresight."
- In Breaking the Cycle, Maggie referred to her ability as "premonition."
- In Spectral Healing, Marisol's ability is referred to 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, acting as a form of clairvoyance.
- It is possible that this is also the case in the reboot. Similarly, Maggie grew to eventually be able to see events from the past by the time of Yew Do You. However, she was never shown developing the ability to see glimpses of current events. It is a possibility that, had the series continued, Maggie's power could have eventually grown to allow her to do so as well. It should be noted that, in Spectral Healing, Marisol referred to Maggie's power as "clairvoyance."
- According to Charity Callahan, a prophet's predictions do not always come true.[1]
- Later on in the series, there were times where this statement could be considered to be true. For example, when Maggie saw Jordan's death in The Rules of Engagement and Curse Words, both cases were prevented. In Private Enemy No. 1, Maggie saw that one day she would sleep with Antonio Garcia, but this never happened. In Schrodinger's Future, she also received a vision of the dark future, which was also prevented because this timeline was erased due to the death of the Whispering Evil. However, it is known that Maggie actively interfered with the outcome of these specific visions, which in turn prevented them from occurring, which means that these visions had the potential to come true if the events had not been purposefully prevented. It could also be 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 accurate, may be misinterpreted. Although, none of these possibilities have been confirmed.
- It is unknown why the extent of this ability seems to vary dependent upon the user. For instance, the Ancient Oracles were powerful enough to be able to foresee the three events leading to the forthcoming apocalypse thousands of years before it actually occurred, marking the earliest known foretelling of events in the series. Additionally, Marisol began having premonitions of her daughters as the Charmed Ones before they were even born, prompting her to steal her family's Book of Shadows and relocate from Puerto Rico to Hilltowne. However, after Maggie developed the ability, the majority of her premonitions came to pass almost directly or soon afterwards.
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