How accurate can a psychic reading be?

[designingx]

Hi everyone!

I was wondering how accurate psychic readings (tarot,etc) can be. How exact can dates given by the reader be?
Of course everything depends on how good the reader is.
I recently went to one who has quite a good public reputation, prince range $100~$150 for 30 min to an hour.
One her predictions turned out to be true so far.
Thank you.

[Mynder]

What exactly is your question?

1. How precise can the very best psychics world-wide predict what is going to happen in my life?

2. How precise can the very best psychics world-wide in the price-range between $100 and $150 per half hour session predict what is going to happen in my life?

3. Do all their predictions come true?

[designingx]

I guess all 3. :-)

[Mynder]

1. I assume they can be pretty overwhelmingly accurate, in their field of specialty, or when something important comes through that you need to learn/be told. It may be more blurry on the less important things, or where you need to make important decisions and can go several different ways. A psychic may make an educated guess what path you would probably choose and be able to predict what might wait for you down that road, but in a case where you are or will be undecided and it's 50:50, things become very complicated.

Think of life as a tree. You start at a root, and rise through the trunk. And then there the path branches (literally), and you have to pick. A psychic will normally not see the whole tree but only those branches that appear to be most likely for you to choose. If you later get a different spin on your life and pick a different branch, then the reading will be less congruent with your "new" future.

2. same as 1., but you will have a harder time finding the very best psychics among those who simply charge for image and not skill.

3. No. As a general, statistical statement, not all predictions will come true. It is not possible, because it would be against the principle of free will. Remember the tree. Even if the whole tree exists before you incarnate, consider how complex this tree becomes for our universe. How many things influence your life and the branches you take? How huge must the "universal memory" be to contain all this. No psychic can grasp all this information at once. It is simply not meant to be understood that way from our human perspective. That is for later, when you're no longer bound by time and space, and can kind of look in from the outside.

So, the better the psychic and the better her personal attunement at the specific day of your reading, you may get an incredibly accurate prediction where everything you are told comes true. On a bad day with a bad psychic, you might just as well roll the dice.

This is how I see it, if any psychics disagree, let's hear it from the source. I'm always eager to learn and revise my model of existence.

Eddy

[Erin Pavlina]

Some reading to help you understand psychics better:

What’s Going to Happen?

When Bad Things Happen to Good Psychics

The Dead Speak

[veranadine]

The accuracy of a psychic reading depends on many factors.

1) What type of reading the psychic does...is it channeling, tarot, runes, mediumship, intuition etc?

2) Your own energy and openness to being read. If there is anxiety or disbelief then you, yourself, can actually be sending out the very mixed signals that you are afraid of getting from the reader.

3) Your line of questioning, ie. subject... Some readers do better with certain subjects rather than others. (For instance, I do not do "relationship" readings.)

4) The type of information you are expecting to get. If you want something specific like phone numbers, dates and winning lotto numbers than psychic reading may not be for you. Psychics are in general reading energy, via vibes, interpreting images and sounds that come to them, etc... Specifics do not always lend themselves well to energy interpretation.

5) Your own awareness and mental interpretation...you may not always hear what is being said or may not like what you hear, so you will reinterpret it and remember it the way that you choose to remember it.


-I hope that helps to clarify some. ;-)

[freddy]

I had a reading done one time, and I think because I was a bit weary of the possibility that it worked. The reading did not turn out as well as it could have. I don't doubt the psychic ability anymore because. Some of the things she did pick up on where amazing. I plan on having another reading, and will be more open to hopefully get more useful information. But like anything there are good ones and bad ones.

[themaster]

1. How precise can the very best psychics world-wide predict what is going to happen in my life?

Very precise.. very imprecise.. depends on you.. has nothing really to do with the psychic

2. How precise can the very best psychics world-wide in the price-range between $100 and $150 per half hour session predict what is going to happen in my life?

What has money got to do with it?

Best psychic reading I've had.. besides for the ones I do myself.. came from here and was free

3. Do all their predictions come true?

This also again depends on you.. you have the power to allow the prediction true or not..

[JMW]

to add (or maybe to ask an entirely different question) - do you think psychics can achieve what they achieve IN PERSON on the internet? I've seen countless websites where they offer psychic readings - can they be trusted? Or is it just the same as - it all depends on who the psychic is?

[Erin Pavlina]

I'm just as accurate by phone as in person. I had to stop doing email readings because people had too many follow up questions. Finding someone on the internet is fine. But you still have to make sure they're legit.

[codenamesmiley]

I have a question.

What if you find an internet psychic, that is profoundly accurate..moreso than others..but has not been doing it long enough to have an established clientelle or references, to prove it. Do you walk away because someone not as good at it, that has "testimonials" and charges twice the price..is considered more legit?

How exactly, do you determine the difference? Where do all the psychics that DO have "testimonials" get started and how do they PROVE they are "legit"?


Blessings,
Rebecca

[Erin Pavlina]

it's very simple to build up a clientele. Give readings for free and get testimonials from people. Post the testimonials. charge a fair price based on demand and skill. As your demand and skill increase, so does your price. Continue to get testimonials as you go.

There are a ton of great psychics out there who just aren't good busienss people and don't know how to build a business. It's a shame. Word of mouth referrals are great. A lot of the people I read for send me their whole families. I've had people buy readings for their spouse, friends, and business partners after getting a reading with me. Before you know it, you're rolling along.

[Anna Conlan]

I love it when a client provides a testimonial with their website url on the end of it because that proves the person exists and is legit.

[Erin Pavlina]

Yes me too. One issue psychics have is that often people don't want to give a testimonial because they're afraid someone they know will see it and think they're lame for going to a psychic. I've been fortunate to start reading for some well known people thanks to some great referrals but getting them to admit to it publicly isn't easy

I understsand this though. it would be like writing a testimonial for your psychiatrist. Some things are very private.

[codenamesmiley]

Do you get permission from every testimonial you post? (and if you can't contact some of the people who have sent letters telling how pleased they are or how amazed they were, is it ethical to post it, if you keep their personal information private?)

Blessings,
Rebecca

[wolfgang]

what if a reading is accurate by means of self fulfilling prophecy based on what's said?

the sitter gets some prophecy told as truth (when it may be false) but effects them enough to react in such a way the the "prophecy" is fulfilled.

[Erin Pavlina]

Rebecca, I only post testimonials from people who give me permission to post it publicly. I would never post a testimonial from someone who didn't know I was posting it. A lot of people write to me with feedback from the reading and telling me how great it was or that some prediction came true. But I don't post every piece of feedback I get, there weould be hundreds of testimonials on my site by now. some peopel write to me expressly saying, "Please post this as a testimonial" which I very much appreciate.

You never want to post anything publicly without the person's permission. Big no no.

Wolfgang: A reading should contain validating information about the past and present. When future ideas are discussed they shoudl resonate on some level or the person should already be at least aware of the possibility of that outcome. People create their own futures so if the ideas in the reading resonate with them they could take actions to make it come true. I can hand someone the keys to the car but I can't fill their tank with gas, they have to take all the action and teh drive necessary to achieve the path I see for them. They can equally decide not to pursue something even if they themselves resonate with what I'm telling them.

once the reading is over, their future is out of my hands. They can race towards what I've seen at breakneck speed or completely sabotage their future with fearful action.

[Maxwell Jennings]

The information provided during a reading about the future my be accurate right then and there, yet I don't think that it is necessarily locked in stone in that we have freedom of choice which can change that future. I was running late for school once and was approaching the crest of a hill in my car. In my mind, I saw red lights of a police car in my rearview mirror so I slowed down to the speed limit. On the other side of the hill was a speed trap! These kind of "Dead Zone" flashes have happened to me several times, resulting in me effectively changing my possible future by making a different decision.

Then there is the issue regarding scam artists. There are many so called psychics that really keep the information general enough while they watch for body language clues and they keep digging and guessing for coincidental hits of correctness. Ask for specific information and see if they balk and make an excuse or change the subject.

[wolfgang]

Originally Posted by Erin Pavlina

Wolfgang: A reading should contain validating information about the past and present. When future ideas are discussed they shoudl resonate on some level or the person should already be at least aware of the possibility of that outcome. People create their own futures so if the ideas in the reading resonate with them they could take actions to make it come true. I can hand someone the keys to the car but I can't fill their tank with gas, they have to take all the action and teh drive necessary to achieve the path I see for them. They can equally decide not to pursue something even if they themselves resonate with what I'm telling them.

once the reading is over, their future is out of my hands. They can race towards what I've seen at breakneck speed or completely sabotage their future with fearful action.

I see. kind of.

In terms of a reading being accurate or not, if the sitter fails to take action on going on the path that is seen - then people would say the reading wasn't accurate.

If the sitter does go down the path seen, that is the fulfilling of a prophecy and the reading would be deemed accurate.

However, why doesn't a reading also contain the information about what the sitter will choose?

Like, wouldn't the path seen also be the path the sitter is going to take?

[Erin Pavlina]

Free will. The whole point of getting a reading is to avoid pitfalls and find the path that leads to happiness easier and faster. Le'ts say I'm doing a reading with someone in person and I say, "Ah, there is a man in your home waiting for you and when you get there, he's going to rob you and shoot you." Do you call the police or say, "Oh well, I guess I have to go get shot now." If the man is actually in the home ready to rob and shoot you, you bet your sweet bippy you're allowed to avoid that. so is the psychic accurate or inaccurate?

Read this:

What’s Going to Happen?

[JMW]

Originally Posted by codenamesmiley

I have a question.

What if you find an internet psychic, that is profoundly accurate..moreso than others..but has not been doing it long enough to have an established clientelle or references, to prove it. Do you walk away because someone not as good at it, that has "testimonials" and charges twice the price..is considered more legit?

How exactly, do you determine the difference? Where do all the psychics that DO have "testimonials" get started and how do they PROVE they are "legit"?


Blessings,
Rebecca

sounds like you already solved the question! if someone is profoundly accurate... that's the person you should be trusting.

[codenamesmiley]

JMW I agree

I think that if a psychic is really accurate, they do not need to worry about building a solid reputation. I am sure that those who encounter that person, if their calling is to be and remain a professional psychic, the "word of mouth" testimonials will bring the clientelle to them, and therefore it handles itself to some degree. (What the psychic does with that information, determines whether or not they actually have a career in it.)

I know..I ask some pretty rediculous questions.
I do appreciate tho, when someone points out that I have answered the question before even posting it. LOVE when that happens!! thanks.

Blessings,
Rebecca