Foresight

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Foresight
Effects	To foresee future events
Alignment	Good
Category	Active/Passive Supportive
Episodes
First Used	Deconstructing Harry
Last Used	The End Is Never The End

“	I'm a witch who sees the future.	”
	— Marisol describing her powers to Sasha.[src]

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. 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.

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

It has been shown that some users might have their power expand to allow them to see events of the past as well, acting as a hindsight. 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 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 the original series, those with the power of "premonition" could grow to see events from the past and the present as well.
  • Eventually, Maggie grew to 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.
• According to Charity Callahan, a prophet's predictions do not always come true.
  • 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.
• The exact distinction between the power of foresight/hindsight and clairvoyance was left unclear. It is highly possible that the two powers are connected with one being an expansion of the other or simply being another name for it, as Maggie's power was referred to as "clairvoyance" by Marisol in Spectral Healing. It could be that, since Maggie had grown at this point to be able to see glimpses of both future and past events, her powers had become a type of clairvoyance, which in turn could be seen as a "parent" power of Maggie's cognitive powers. Also, as Maggie's witchly connection through her powers of foresight and hindsight is labeled as "Sight", it is a possibility that this is in reference to clairvoyance, since clairvoyance is also called "the sight." The one thing that may be different between the powers is that clairvoyance can seemingly be used to provide glimpses or feelings on things happening in the present, while foresight and hindsight solely focus upon the future and the past, respectively. For example, Mama Roz was able to sense things about people that she couldn't have seen or known otherwise, such as when she sensed Macy Vaughn's dark side and that she was different than her sisters. However, it is also possible that those with clairvoyance might be able to detect things outside of the present, such as Mama Roz indirectly notifying Macy that a key was hidden in a pillar on the porch of the manor. It could be presumed that true clairvoyance acts as a mixture, allowing one to see the past, present and future. As such, it is a possibility that Maggie's power could eventually grow to allow her to see glimpses of present events as well.
  • Similar to this, in the original series, users of the power of premonition could develop the ability to look into the future, past and present, acting as a form of clairvoyance.

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See Also

• Clairvoyance
• Psychometry
• The Evil Sight