The stars also arrange themselves to allow seers to foretell certain future events. The purpose of the oracles is not just to foretell the future. Indian astrologers have analysed Puranas extensively to try to foretell the time of Kalki's birth. This cycle was used for divination purposes to foretell lucky and unlucky days. He employed astrologers to foretell the exact hour of his father's death. They are little creatures who provide good fortune or foretell an ominous fate to people. As Queen, Veranke declares that the scriptures foretell Earth as the new Skrull homeland. Though "victory disease" does not inevitably foretell defeat, it often precedes it. The original story featured a machine that could foretell an individual's probable future. Anna asks her servant Cesca to foretell her unborn child's future. Maternal oral flora can ultimately foretell oral flora in offspring. There are, however, verses in the Old Testament that foretell of the visitors. Latini proceeds in obscure imagery to foretell Dante's future. Again, further poems foretell future developments. The powers he claimed included the abilities to heal the sick and foretell the future.