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Has anyone ever had a reading with a medium, astrologer, psychic, etc. where you felt they were pretty accurate?
I just came from a reading where I felt this woman was spot on. I'm still pondering the whole thing. I've had 2 or 3 in my lifetime, and she definitely was the closest by far. Will also be interesting to see if what she said about the next year actually happens.
I had my astrological chart done decades ago. As the years went by it became even clearer that it was dead accurate.
catherine
11-13-13, 3:13am
An astrological chart predicted that my mother would lose her home, her health and her husband and she did--all in one year.
Yes, indeed. I had a written reading from a Vedic astrologer in India and it was extremely accurate...more than 25 yeear after I got it, there are still things coming true that he predicted would be happening in my life, even at this age. I've had other readings that were total rubbish, and plenty of "pretty good" ones.
I'm a total skeptic, but also curious and I do try to be open minded. No, really! I've never had any kind of reading myself, but a few close friends put a lot of stock in them. Most predictions that have been relayed to me in conversations are general enough that it would be hard to miss. One friend is excited because she is going to be "blessed with grandchildren in the next year". Great, I hope its true, but she has 4 kids in their 20s and early 30s who are all married and none have kids. It doesn't seem like a real psychic stretch to think someone is going to break the ice. How can you tell if someone is really in tune to the universe rather than just throwing darts and reading fortune cookies?
Yes, many times :) I usually go to one in New Hope, PA and he has been spot on for about ten years now. All he asks for is your birthday...no name, nothing. He also keeps talking instead of waiting for me to respond to anything...he saves the questions for the end.
I contacted a medium or whatever is the proper term a few years ago for a reading of the standard items..health, money, and romance. The woman was recommended by a friend and done over the phone. It was not inexpensive and she sent me a tape of the conversation.
During the reading she fell into some sort of trance or mediumship where her voice changed and she answered questions. She had some uncanny insights into a few things in my personal life, but as far as accurately predicting any event in the future I don't think she got anything right other than very general things. It was sort of fun, but I don't think I would ever pay good money to do it again.
i did a soul clearing in Carefree, AZ and was highly impressed with the insights it gave me. I had a psychic reading at a resort in The catskills and felt he, too, knew a lot he should not have been able to discern from my demeanor. I think there is something there. Not sure about predicting the future, but more about insights into one's psyche. My dad had his astrological signs done by a friend and she said it was all wrong. They got his birth certificat and it turns out he was born a day later than he thought...she did the reading with the new birthday and it was spot on! Made me think there was definitely something to it.
reader99
11-13-13, 12:30pm
The accuracy of my chart was more about character and innate characteristics and only "predicted" anything insofar as those innate characteristics influence what I do.
I haven't, but then again I haven't sought one out very hard. But I just finished reading back to back Bernie Siegel's Healings, and Ann Jauregui's Epiphanies, Where Science and Miracles Meet. They've both explored a lot of alternative healing ideas that include an emotional/intuitive approach. AJ's work is mindblowing, she gets into quantum physics as well as traditional psychological theory, and you come away wondering what "reality" actually is, and where the boundary between mind and matter, or spirit and body, really lies, if there actually is a boundary at all. In the spirit of this book, it seems strange that we don't come across more 'spot on' perceptions we can't explain. Maybe we just don't know how to listen yet.
iris lilies
11-15-13, 12:27am
You know, I have one story that sticks out and it doesn't make me respect the psychics.
Our friends down the street had a big Halloween party on a Saturday night. They hired a psychic who read palms or did tarot or one of those things. Everyone who wanted to went through a reading. I don't remember mine, so perhaps I didn't have a reading.
On the following Monday, less than 48 hours later, our friend and neighbor shot his wife, killing her. The wife had been at the party and the psychic had given her a reading. Doncha think that little bit of news (umm, you are going to be shot dead ) was worth a mention to her, the wife who lost her life? Later our friend who hosted the party said that he asked the psychic about this and psychic said that she had seen something in the wife's future but didn't wish to tell her about it.
yeah, right.
It's hokum.
Not really. Although I seem to remember getting one that told me that I would experiences many losses and changes in the next two years. (vague) which of course happened.
awakenedsoul
4-9-14, 8:31pm
Yes. I went to The Gypsy Tea Kettle in NYC and the reading was inexpensive. I still remember the woman. Her name was Violet. She told me she saw lots of travel. I got a European tour shortly after that and lived and performed in Europe for three years. She predicted I'd meet a man and fall in love and gave me his initials. I did meet the love of my life there, and she got two of his initials. (She said a J, A, or B.) She also told me to go easy on the coffee, which was good advice. It was fun, but I don't generally pay for readings. I did my numerology chart and was blown away at the accuracy. But, to me numerology is a science. It really pointed out my natural talents and abilities for work, etc.
Many of my yoga students have told me, "I went to the doctor and he told me the same thing you did." It's just intuition and what I see from so many years of teaching.
I haven't, but then again I haven't sought one out very hard. But I just finished reading back to back Bernie Siegel's Healings, and Ann Jauregui's Epiphanies, Where Science and Miracles Meet. They've both explored a lot of alternative healing ideas that include an emotional/intuitive approach. AJ's work is mindblowing, she gets into quantum physics as well as traditional psychological theory, and you come away wondering what "reality" actually is, and where the boundary between mind and matter, or spirit and body, really lies, if there actually is a boundary at all. In the spirit of this book, it seems strange that we don't come across more 'spot on' perceptions we can't explain. Maybe we just don't know how to listen yet.
I've always liked Bernie Siegel, and I'll order Jaurequi's book. Candace Pert was a co-discoverer of neuropeptides--protein messengers that convey emotion throughout the body--she wrote Molecules of Emotion about the process. Bill Moyers' Healing and the Mind is a good reference.
I agree with Einstein, who said "The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science. He to whom this emotion is a stranger, who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead: His eyes are closed.”
catherine
4-10-14, 10:58am
Many of my yoga students have told me, "I went to the doctor and he told me the same thing you did." It's just intuition and what I see from so many years of teaching.
Malcolm Gladwell would call that "thin-slicing"--when you can perceive answers to things based on limited information but a lot of experience. He talks about the tennis coach that could predict with amazing accuracy which, out of many, serves would result in a fault--before the tennis player had even hit the ball. As you say--it's all because of the experience we store in our cells somehow.
awakenedsoul
4-10-14, 11:13am
Malcolm Gladwell would call that "thin-slicing"--when you can perceive answers to things based on limited information but a lot of experience. He talks about the tennis coach that could predict with amazing accuracy which, out of many, serves would result in a fault--before the tennis player had even hit the ball. As you say--it's all because of the experience we store in our cells somehow.
Yeah...a lot of my teachers have that. They just know. They've put their life into the work. Last time I watched the Olympics, I looked at the group of male skaters as they warmed up. I picked the guy that I thought was the best. He won the gold medal. I could tell just by the way he skated on the ice that he had the most power and that he was the top talent. The shape of his legs showed me his training and his habits.
Some of the musicians I work with can change keys without thinking about the formulas. They just do it. My sight singing teacher says it's like driving a stick shift. At first you bunny hop, and then pretty soon you don't even have to think about it.
Never tried it. Too tight with my money. IMHO.
Teacher Terry
4-10-14, 3:14pm
Thru the years I have had maybe 8 readings-some good & some bad. However, the first one I ever had the woman had me sign my name on a card and then rubbed the writing on her head gently. I was thinking this is bogus. she must have picked up on that because before telling me the future she started telling me things from my past. Not general things but very specific things & somethings I had never told another soul. All the hair on my arm stood up. Everything she told me came true. I went to her a few other times & results were excellent but now I live in a different part of the country.
ApatheticNoMore
4-10-14, 4:13pm
An astrological chart predicted that my mother would lose her home, her health and her husband and she did--all in one year.
wouldn't this really fall in the I'D RATHER NOT KNOW category ...
Our lives are better left to chance ...
(at least if there's nothing one can do - though yea I'm skeptical)
Most women lose husband (women live longer), we all lose health as we get older ... Losing a home is less predictable. But how do you define "lose"? Sell it cause you're alone now? That's common.
Sorry ... I'm a skeptic. These things are so general they apply to everybody ...
Gardenarian
4-29-14, 2:28pm
I have never done it, but I've been tempted at the Renaissance fair.
I believe that there are people who have gift for prophecy, but I don't think all psychics/astrologers/ whatever have that gift. (Just as many doctors seem to have no gift for healing.)
I have had my daughter read my tarot cards and found it very insightful. I sometimes read the cards for myself, but I have to say that my dd's work is more profound.
I'm interested in learning more about numerology. Does anyone have a website they could recommend?
Most women lose husband (women live longer), we all lose health as we get older ... Losing a home is less predictable. But how do you define "lose"? Sell it cause you're alone now? That's common.
Sorry ... I'm a skeptic. These things are so general they apply to everybody ...
Well, in my mother's situation (if that's what you're referring to), a few months after she had that reading, an aneurysm burst in her brain, and although she survived that, she subsequently had a stroke during an operation to clip two other aneurysms. The stroke left her disabled for the rest of her life. In fact she was totally disoriented and confused for 18 months after the event, and we had to put her in a nursing home at age 50.
So, about a couple of months after the stroke, her husband called me up and said that he found her will and he wasn't mentioned in it, so he was putting the key to the condo under the mat and he was taking off.
During the 18 months when we had no idea whether or not she would ever regain function, the family decided to sell her condo, and we stored ALL of her belongings in a barn that my uncle had on his property. About six months later, he called to tell me that the barn had burned down and there was nothing left--nothing.
She wound up recovering some function, but lived in assisted living for the rest of her life. So, yeah, losing a husband, health and home could happen to any of us, but I thought her experience was pretty drastic and made that chart seem pretty eerie to me, even though I, too, am a skeptic.
Does any one have any advice on how to find someone who can give a reading ?
Does any one have any advice on how to find someone who can give a reading ?
Word of mouth--check with friends. Failing that, i would consult Yelp, or some other review site.
Does any one have any advice on how to find someone who can give a reading ?
I would pick someone who has won this challenge: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Million_Dollar_Paranormal_Challenge or http://www.skepdic.com/randi.html
awakenedsoul
9-9-14, 5:49pm
I'm interested in learning more about numerology. Does anyone have a website they could recommend?[/QUOTE]
Sikhnet.com (spelling?) has a a section where you can get a detailed numerology chart for free. I did mine, and it was really fun. It had detailed information that in my case, was very accurate. This isn't doom and gloom, it's things like natural talents and abilities, career choices that support your soul's work, etc.
awakenedsoul
9-9-14, 5:50pm
Does any one have any advice on how to find someone who can give a reading ?
You might like the above website for a free chart, too. Otherwise, I would get recommendations. Sonia Choquette does readings, but she's very expensive. She has several books that are available at the library. I've read all of them.
Only had one "reading". It was the usual generalized stuff. Complete waste of time other than for amusement. Luckily someone else paid.
I would pick someone who has won this challenge: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Million_Dollar_Paranormal_Challenge or http://www.skepdic.com/randi.html
Damn it Yossarian. You beat me to it. Absolutely none of these frauds have ever been able to do a damn thing under fair and controlled conditions. If they could, they would be lined up to get their million dollars and retire.
To me, I get a little concerned when I go on a forum dedicated to financial independence only to find people who seem content to give their money away to these types of charlatans.
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