# Madame Sosostris — Poetry character guide

> Madame Sosostris in Poetry by T. S. Eliot.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0033-i-the-burial-of-the-dead

## Who they are

A clairvoyante in The Waste Land who reads tarot cards and warns of death by water.

## Relationships

### [Unknown Narrator](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_21_se/characters/unknown_narrator)

_professional_

Madame Sosostris is a fortune-teller consulted by the narrator, offering cryptic prophecies with a mix of skepticism and fascination.

## In the story

### [The Waste Land](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_21_se/chapters/the-waste-land)

The famous clairvoyante who reads tarot cards, foretelling death by water and the drowned Phoenician Sailor.

### [I: The Burial of the Dead](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_21_se/chapters/i-the-burial-of-the-dead)

Famous clairvoyante who performs a tarot reading, identifying the drowned Phoenician Sailor and warning 'Fear death by water.'

### [Endnotes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_21_se/chapters/endnotes)

Referenced in note regarding the Tarot pack and the Hanged Man.

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