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Many times my
clients tell me of some horrible past experiences they have
had with supposed psychic or tarot readers. I myself have
been victim to or have come across some of these myself. It
always saddens me but unfortunately, there are always going to
be some people who will take advantage of other people's
vulnerability. There are, thankfully, some simple strategies
and tips to making sure that you don't end up finding yourself
being the victim of a charlatan!
1. Don't believe in Grandiose
Promises:
A charlatans does
not 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 him/her love you 100%, Cast a spell
that guarantees financial success, or create a charm to make
him/her come back… run the other way! True readers and psychics
can and will help and support you towards certain goals but they
can't make them happen for you. Real readers and psychics are
not Gods and they can not control other people like puppets. In
fact it goes against many of our ethics! We certainly don't want
to!
I ran into a
woman in Florida when visiting my Mom a few years back. I
wanted a Tarot reading…nothing more. This woman tried to
convince me I had been cursed and only she could lift this
curse. If she did not allow me to do the work I would be fated
to fail…all for the sum of 300.00. And I had to go quickly to
get the money and not speak to anyone of it! I got up, looked
her in the eye, and told her she was a fraud and left. I was
also appalled that anyone claiming to be reader or psychic, who
should be helping people, would be so blatantly shallow!
2. Obscure or trivial
information
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Charlatans are always looking for
ways to beef up a reading with comments that sound psychic but
are in fact, quite nonsensical and very broad. Comments such as
"I sense tension with someone you love that must be resolved" or
"I am seeing an lost object that you have been missing," may
very well sound impressive but on closer examination these
remarks could mean anything to anyone.
3. Too many questions
- There is nothing wrong with a reader or psychic asking
questions during a reading. Just because we are psychics doesn't
mean we know everything. But when you find a reading is becoming
more like an interrogation with an endless succession of
questions (and no real answers being given to you) then you have
to start wondering whether your reader is just trying to
skillfully gain information from you. This is called “cold
reading” and the best way to counter this problems is not to go
silent but to ask questions yourself.
4. Guessing Games
or Cold Reading
:
They usually go something
like this:
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
5.
Fatal or Scary Predictions:
Predictions of death and tragedy are a great way for a charlatan
to keep you on the edge of your seat and a bit frightened
without actually giving you any real insight or understanding
about your life. This kind of prediction can often be quite
traumatic for the client and my experience is that genuine
psychics/readers have no wish to create unnecessary pain and
trauma for the people they read for.
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.
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