In Aragorn's familiy, some people
do have the gift of foresight !
As it is stated in the story of Aragorn & Arwen in the Appendix:
Gilraën's father was opposed to the marriage of his daughter to Arathorn and said about him:.
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]"...and yet my heart forebodes that he will be short-lived." But Ivorwen, his wife , who was also foresighted, answered: " The more need of haste! The days are darkening before the storm, and great things are to come. If these two wed now, hope may be born for our people; but if they delay, it will not come while this age lasts."
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So Aragorn has inherited this gift from both his parents!
When he was just twenty, he had such a "hunch" when talking with Elrond about Arwen and her doom:
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Then suddenly the foresight of his kindred came to him, and he said: "But lo! Master Elrond, the years of your abiding run short at last, and the choice must soon be laid on your children to part either with you or with Middle-earth."
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But of course he can't see into the future at will, it is just some times that such forebodings come to him.
When Arwen tolds him that he would be "among the great whose valour will destroy the shadow." he answered
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"Alas! I cannot foresee it and how it may come to pass is hidden from me. Yet with your hope I will hope."
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