Where did fortune telling originate? Is it a branch of Taoism? Do Taoist priests care about people who use fortune-telling to defraud people? I'm looking for guidance.

Fortune-telling, astrology and other metaphysics has a long history, a variety of methods, is the product of human anxiety about the uncertainty of their own fate, before the emergence of Taoism and even tens of thousands of years ago, the matriarchal clan society has appeared, geographically spread across the continents, is a collection of demographics, psychology, methodology and so on in one of the study, more than by the clan in the wisdom of the elders as a priest to pass on the science to solve the difficult problems in the lives of the people. It is a combination of demographics, psychology, methodology and so on. Foreign countries have astrological theory, crystal ball divination, etc., and the distribution of metaphysics in China after many generations of wise people summarize the innovation, the formation of a formal theoretical system - I Ching (Lianshan Yi, Guizang Yi, Zhou Yi), after the main inheritance of the Taoists, the Royal family has faith, but the folk at the same time the existence of other methods of branching out, and not because of the "unorthodox". "unorthodox" and disappeared. I Ching is not only a book of divination, but also a guide book for people to live in the world, "good Yi not divination", that is to say, mastered the learning in the I Ching people, do not need to be divination also know the trend of things, can find their own direction of life, to eliminate uncertainty. Zhuge Liang has proudly said: "Who first realized the big dream, I know my own life." Of course, not to this level, people still like through divination, fortune-telling to solve the doubts. Because of too many "customers", so the fortune-telling industry also has a lot of counterfeit guys, just as there are always a lot of people to fake brand-name products, does not prevent the existence of the objective fact that the real thing is. People who cheat are simply violating the right way as stated in the I Ching. Taoism can't control them either because they are organizationally not under Taoist jurisdiction. If you are cheated at a scenic spot, then go to the scenic spot management office and complain. If you are cheated at home, then you should call the police.