In
California, Craig Alexander pretends to be a
psychic at carnival as a
hustle, but then realises that he actually
is psychic when he correctly reads a woman's palm. She joins his act and picks the pocket of audience members, but tires of it and leaves him after two years. Meanwhile, Craig's girlfriend Darrien is missing. A rich couple then meet Craig for a picnic in a graveyard and present him with an opportunity to smuggle diamonds in
Kenya. He takes it up, and soon finds himself in a Kenyan prison. The couple bail him out and then all three meet with a tribal leader, bribing him to learn the location of jewels in the jungle. They find them, but the man in the couple is bitten by a
cobra and dies. Craig shoots the snake and leaves with the jewels. Another man then offers to give Craig a boat in exchange for a woman, which he accepts. However, Craig later shoots that man when he finds him on top of the woman. Craig then spends several weeks at sea before arriving in
Tahiti, where he tries to sell the jewels at a bar and takes part in a
pearl diving scheme. While there, he manages to raise enough money to finance his job as a "mystic." He then returns to
California, where he provides psychic services to the
U.S. Navy by helping locate a ship that went missing in the
Devil's Triangle. Craig becomes rich and famous when a movie based on his life,
The Astrologer, is a hit around the world. He is also able to locate Darrien in a hotel, finding she has become a
sex worker. They marry, which makes international headline news, but later argue in a restaurant. When she cheats on him, he shoots the other man. As Craig's lifestyle begins to deteriorate, his old sidekick from the carnival days tells him: "You're not an astrologer. You're an asshole." == Cast ==