Divination & derivatives: The Delphi Oracle & the Discord Server (on how trading gurus are like false prophets, pt. 3)
On the structural kinship between ancient prophecy, content creators, and modern market calls along with what happens when the faithful lose everything.
“The oracle at Delphi neither speaks nor conceals, but gives a sign.” — Heraclitus
Send me money, send me green, heaven you will meet
Make a contribution and you’ll get a better seat
Bow to Leper Messiah — Metallica, Master of Puppets (1986)
In Part 1, I showed you how an iron condor (four options contracts arranged in a specific configuration) is structurally identical to a Celtic Cross tarot spread (ten cards arranged in a specific configuration).
In Part 2, I introduced you to Gerolamo Cardano, the gambling addict and astrologer who invented probability theory, to illustrate how his work underpins the financial models running on Bloomberg terminals today and how those models are structurally identical to astrological natal charts.
Part 3 is about what happens in fortune telling and fortune making when the prophecy fails and nobody blames the oracle. Here’s the plan - first I’ll show you how ancient prophecy worked at Delphi as the structure is identical to how trading gurus operate today…
