Each psychic tool that a psychic can use will make every reading different, but equally successful. Knowing the different psychic arts and what they mean is important to the choice you make, so I have included this guide.

Tarot
Tarot is probably the most well-known psychic art. Tarot means using a Tarot deck, which usually contains 78 cards that the psychic shuffles and arranges into what is called a “spread.”

Tarot is a visual representation of knowledge that was previously hidden from view, so how the psychic interprets the cards makes the real difference to your understanding. It is not a question of the cards showing that a situation is “good” or “bad”, but the way things really are. Good psychics are not interested in giving you false hopes or expectations.

The psychic might describe particular cards that he or she feels have important messages for you. If you focus your mind on that card, you can then strengthen the power of that message. You might even keep that image and message in mind after the reading so that you keep the energy flowing.

The real power of a Tarot reading lies in the power to change what you see.

Clairvoyance
Clairvoyance means “clear seeing”, and it usually refers to readings in which the psychic looks into a situation without the use of cards or any other psychic medium.

Good psychics are experienced in all areas of psychic work, so there is always an element of clairvoyance to every reading. Psychics who mainly work with clairvoyance use their imagination to create an image of what they see in their mind’s eye. The imagery can be quite vivid and you might wonder what it means. But if you relax and don’t take too much notice to your thoughts, you might discover that you could get a message in the form of a feeling from the image the psychic is describing. The psychic will then be able to tell you what the feeling means for you and what it means in your present situation.

Past Lives
The art of storytelling has been used since time immemorial, not only to keep traditions going, but to keep people connected to the greater purpose of life. Psychic Past Life Stories pay special attention to who you are and the special role you play in the greater story of harmony.

Good psychics will use past life stories to discover how your different lives are all interconnected and interwoven into the special destiny path that you are wanting to know about now. You will be surprised to discover that the way you are now is the way you have always been. This will give you the confidence that comes with getting to know who you really are.

Past Life work is especially powerful in helping people to understand why there can be deep feelings and yet so many challenges in trying to make a relationship work.

Runestones
A pack of Runestones contains twenty-five symbols imprinted on usually hard surfaces like stone or pewter. The psychic shakes them around in a bag and then picks out a number of them to form a pattern that will be the basis of the reading. The symbols all have different meanings, and it is up to the psychic to put together the symbols into a meaningful presentation for the client.

Runestones seem to have a particular use in discovering the underlying patterns that we are often not aware of, but which have a great deal of subconscious influence in our lives. Some of the patterns reflect belief and habit, but the ones that good psychics look for are the symbols that will help clients to reconnect with the flow of harmony in their lives.

Mediumship
Contrary to what many people think, mediumship is not just about speaking to the dead. Good Psychics have a much broader understanding than that. Mediumship is the art of being a medium, or a communicator, who can make links between different worlds. In the past, beliefs about mediumship have created a focus on communications from the dead.

Good psychics are always aware that people are looking for the reasons why things happen as they do, so they realise that clients can be emotionally vulnerable and open to misunderstanding. Expectations about what should or should not happen in a mediumship reading often create anxiety, which blocks the flow. It could be that there is a message from someone who has passed away, but guides, angels and other friends are also contacted through mediumship. Clients who are open and relaxed get the most benefit from a mediumship reading.

Astrology
People do not always regard astrology as a psychic art, probably because the sun, moon, stars and planets are visible forms in the sky. There are numerous computerised astrological reports available, but all good psychics are trained to read an Astrological Birth Chart completely intuitively, with no reference to printed material except a chart that represents the sky at the time of birth. Clients are amazed at how much knowledge a psychic can uncover by studying the relationships that people have with their heavenly friends.

A psychic reading is an interaction between the psychic reader and the client. Your role in bringing forth information is just as important as the reader who is relaying it.

Before having a reading, it is important to have a relaxed, open mind, so that real knowledge can emerge. The more open you are, the better.

Having an open mind does not mean that you have to take on every bit of information that is shared with you. You need to discern what feels right for you. But if you go in with a suspicious mind and heart, you will restrict not only the flow of real knowledge, but also what you gain from the reading. For example, if you have been hurt in your relationships with other people, you may have developed a protective barrier around your heart and mind. Be conscious of this, so as not to let it limit your reading.

Below is a list of steps to follow to ensure you get the most from your reading.

To do list:
Step 1. Choose a time in the day when you are least likely to be interrupted.

Step 2. Light a candle and sit upright in a chair in front of it. The light of the candle acts as a symbol of clarity and focus. It can help you during your reading to remain focused on the flow between yourself and the psychic

Step 3. Breathe in the light of the candle and breathe out any anxieties you might feel. Repeat this twice.

Step 4. Write down on a piece of paper what you want to get from the reading. eg. “I want the knowledge to heal my relationship hurt.” Writing down your intention is very important because the psychic will pick up on this and tend to feed it back to you. If your intention is unclear, then the psychic’s message may be unclear to you.

Step 5. Focus on the candle and imagine it burning away all the preconceived thoughts you might have about your situation or what you are likely to hear. There is a difference between having an intention and having an expectation. An intention is flexible, whereas an expectation, if not met, creates disturbance and frustration for the client. You may have an intention to understand how to heal your relationship problems, but having an expectation that the psychic will do that by telling you the date you will get married to your partner may not be the way in which the psychic helps you to do this.

Step 6. Plant your feet firmly on the ground and begin.
In a psychic reading it is important that a client is grounded and aware. Too many airy thoughts and struggles in your mind will not allow the psychic knowledge to take shape in a way that is practical for you.

Following this guide will assist you in getting the most from your reading.

Remember, the most important thing - Enjoy yourself!
Psychic readings don’t have to be heavy and serious. Self-discovery is an empowering experience and will uplift your spirits if you let it

There are literally hundreds of sites with psychic readers who claim to be gifted, genuine, 100% accurate, give good psychic readings and so on. Yet, finding the right psychic for many people seems to be a hit and miss affair. There is no way that you can do anything to guarantee a good psychic reading but there are ways that you can look more carefully at the options in front of you in order to make the right choice.

Guidelines for a good psychic reading through the Web Site
When you first log on to a web site there are a number of questions you need to ask yourself before even bothering to pick up your phone to make an enquiry as you think they give good psychic readings.

- Make sure the company or person is running from a legitimate business.
- Does the web site look professional or does it have a home-made feel about it?
- Are there contact details, address and a registered company name
- Guidelines for a good psychic reading through the Web-Site Content
- Are they making any outlandish or over-the-top claims? ie. We will make your partner love you again, or, we can predict lucky lotto numbers
- Are there any articles, resources or information which show you that these people really know what they are talking about?
- Are there any testimonials to back-up the reader’s abilities?
- Do the testimonials seem credible or they a little too good to be true?
- Are there profiles on each particular reader with photo and description?

Guidelines for a good psychic reading through the Phone Enquiry

While services on the web can allow you to simply book on-line I would always recommend to call the person or company before you make any booking. This will allow you to ask for more specific information and also get a better feel for the service.

Here is a list of questions you might like to ask the person making the booking.

- How long have you/your company been in operation?
- Where are you based?
- What is you you/your company’s philosophy or understanding of the psychic arts?
- Can I request a particular psychic reader?
- What psychic arts ie. clairvoyancy, tarot, astrology are your psychics skilled in?
- I am wanting to focus on a particular issue, can I ask questions during the reading?
- Will a psychic reader tell me anything bad about my future?
- In what way do you predict the future, exact times, general timing etc?
- How much are your fees for an appointment and if I choose to go over how much will it cost per minute?
- Will I be notified when my time for the initial appointment is up, so i can choose whether I wish to extend ther reading or not?
- What kind of complaints procedure do you have if I am not happy with the quality of the reading?
- Will my address be used to send me information, and if so, what kind of information?
- Are my psychic readings confidential and not being listened to by any third party?

All these questions should help you get a good guideline about whether this psychic is right for you. The questions are not about whether the psychic is good or bad, but rather, what psychic fits your needs. The most important thing is that you feel comfortable with the choice you have made.

Good Luck

Gaye Wright B.Ed
Origin Psychic School Principal

A psychic reading is an open channel of energies between yourself and a psychic. Consequently, your attitude and approach to the reading is as important as the psychic reader’s intention.

1. Read our Essential Preparation guide for some great tips on pre-reading preparation.

2. Have a list of questions ready for the psychic reading. It helps to write them down so you don’t forget them once you are on the psychic reading.

3. Try not to ask Yes/No questions. These questions tend to limit the flow of the psychic reading in the same way they would limit the flow of any conversation. Make the question is specific but open ended. This will encourage the psychic reader to give you more quality guidance.

4. Ask the psychic how they connect with their psychic abiltity. Are they a clairvoyant(see images)? Do they see past lives? This will help you appreciate the way the information flows and is being expressed.

5. If there are some general areas you want to focus on, like relationship, career, health etc, make sure you let the psychic know.

6. Don’t try to test the psychic by withholding information. This is the best way to create the worst atmosphere in a psychic reading. Were you relaxed when you did exams? Perhaps being under pressure may have helped you work out Maths problems more quickly, but in a psychic reading, it just makes the experience unnecessarily difficult and stressful for the psychic.

7. Be open to a different way of thinking about yourself and your problems. Hopefully, a psychic will be able to help you to create a totally different and empowering perspective about your problems. Dont come to a psychic reading thinking you have it all figured out. Be open to change.

8. Validate your psychic. If the psychic is saying things that make a lot of sense to you, make sure you tell them. This helps the psychic continue down the right track.

9. If you don’t understand something don’t be afraid to ask. Sometimes psychics don’t communicate clearly. We are human after all.

10. Just enjoy your psychic reading. The psychic reading is time to focus on YOU. Look at it as a kind of healing session, helping you to let go of the old hurts and embrace new plans for the future.

I am always saddened to hear stories from clients who have had some pretty horrible past experiences with supposed psychics readers. Unfortunately, there are always going to be some people who will take advantage of other people’s vulnerability. Thankfully, there are simple strategies and tips to making sure that you don’t end up finding yourself being the victim of a charlatan psychic £

Top Five Giveaways:

1. Don’t believe in Grandiose Promises: Charlatans don’t care how they get your money, so they will make all sorts of outlandish promises they know they can’t keep.
If you hear promises like “We’ll make your boyfriend come back 100%, Cast a spell that guarantees financial success,” or “Predict Lucky Lotto Numbers,” then run the other way quickly. Psychics can help and support you towards certain goals but they can’t make them happen. Real psychics are not Gods and they can not control other people like puppets. We certainly don’t want to!

2. Fatal or Scary Predictions: Predictions of death and tragedy are a great way for a charlatan to keep you enthralled(and frightened) without actually giving you any real insight or understanding about your life. These kind of predictions can often be quite traumatic for the client and my experience is that genuine psychics have no wish to create unnecessary pain and trauma for the people they read for.

3. Obscure or trivial information - Charlatans are always looking for ways to beef up a reading with comments that sound psychic but are in fact, quite nonsensical. Comments such as “I see a broken window pane in your house” or “I see a disregarded object that means a lot to you,” might actually sound impressive but on closer examination these remarks could mean anything to anyone.

4. Too many questions - There is nothing wrong with a psychic asking questions during a reading. Just because we are psychics doesn’t mean we know everything. However, when you find a reading starts becoming an endless succession of questions then you have to start wondering whether your reader is just trying to skillfully gain information from you. The best way to counter this problems is not to go silent but to ask questions yourself.

5. Guessing Games : Here is what a typical guessing game sounds like.

Reader : “I feel someone around you with a name called Dave. Do you know someone by this name?
Client: “Yes”
Reader: ” Are they a friend?”
Client: “Umm…well not really, just someone I know from work.”
Reader: “Well, I feel you will be getting closer to this person in the future. Have you a grandmother who has passed?”
Client “No.”
Reader: “I feel a grandparent who has passed. Is there any other grandparent who has passed.”
Client : “Well, yes, both my grandparents on my father’s side.”
Reader: “I feel the you father’s father is wanting to tell you to make sure that you have to get your relationship sorted out”
Clients: “What relationship?”
Reader: “Umm…the relationship with your family.”
Client: “Oh…ok”

As you can see, this reading seems more based on some educated guesses by the psychic. Most people know someone called Dave and most people have at least one grandparent who has passed on. This makes for a pretty dull and uninformative reading as you can see by this dialogue

Conclusion: While making sure you keep this criteria in mind, it is important to always keep an open mind to a reading. Sometimes a problem with a bad reading might be blockages in you, not the reader! So, don’t jump to a conclusion about a reader too early in a reading.

A psychic reading is an open channel of energies between yourself and a psychic. Consequently, your attitude and approach to the reading is as important as the psychic reader’s intention.

1. Read our Essential Preparation guide for some great tips on pre-reading preparation.

2. Have a list of questions ready for the psychic reading. It helps to write them down so you don’t forget them once you are on the psychic reading.

3. Try not to ask Yes/No questions. These questions tend to limit the flow of the psychic reading in the same way they would limit the flow of any conversation. Make the question is specific but open ended. This will encourage the psychic reader to give you more quality guidance.

4. Ask the psychic how they connect with their psychic abiltity. Are they a clairvoyant(see images)? Do they see past lives? This will help you appreciate the way the information flows and is being expressed.

5. If there are some general areas you want to focus on, like relationship, career, health etc, make sure you let the psychic know.

6. Don’t try to test the psychic by withholding information. This is the best way to create the worst atmosphere in a psychic reading. Were you relaxed when you did exams? Perhaps being under pressure may have helped you work out Maths problems more quickly, but in a psychic reading, it just makes the experience unnecessarily difficult and stressful for the psychic.

7. Be open to a different way of thinking about yourself and your problems. Hopefully, a psychic will be able to help you to create a totally different and empowering perspective about your problems. Dont come to a psychic reading thinking you have it all figured out. Be open to change.

8. Validate your psychic. If the psychic is saying things that make a lot of sense to you, make sure you tell them. This helps the psychic continue down the right track.

9. If you don’t understand something don’t be afraid to ask. Sometimes psychics don’t communicate clearly. We are human after all.

10. Just enjoy your psychic reading. The psychic reading is time to focus on YOU. Look at it as a kind of healing session, helping you to let go of the old hurts and embrace new plans for the future.