What is a Psychic Reading?


For anyone who has even looked into psychic readings even a little bit will know that there are many types of psychics and psychic readings you can get.  Each type offers a different skew on the answers you are looking for or provide you with different information.  This post will focus on several different types of readings and offer you some information on what you can expect from each one.

The different types of readings are really based on the different types of psychics and how their abilities work.  Each psychic will claim to have a certain ability and that will correlate to how they conduct your reading.

The Clairvoyant Psychic:  The clairvoyant psychic will be a psychic who will have the ability to actually see images of the past/present/future.  The term clairvoyant actually means to “see clearly”.  Often times they will be able to capture these images from touching people or objects.  Some claim to have the gift without even having to touch something.  Basically this is how this particular type of psychic will obtain their information.  A clairvoyant is often someone who receives their information via all senses such as seeing, hearing and feeling.  Other related terms are clairaudient and clairsentient.  A clairaudient tends to receive their messages by hearing what is happening without having to be there and a clairsentient is someone who feels things in others without having to touch them or know them.  For instance, sometimes clairsentients have been known to feel a disease in another person.

The Medium Psychic: Many of us already know what a Medium is from all the television shows.  A medium is someone who can communicate with the dead and other non-living beings.  Many grieving people seek out the help of a medium in order to communicate with lost loved ones and many find a medium psychic reading to be of a great comfort.  Mediums claim they can communicate or sense other beings as well like “angels” or “demons”.

Accurate psychic readings are a bone of contention among many people.  I would say that the accuracy depends on your ability to perceive what the psychic is trying to convey and your ability to believe in their ability.  Love psychic readings are often the most requested of psychic readings and often leave a person feeling hopeful, but can be distressing if you don’t hear what you want to hear.  A psychic reading should be one that is helpful and compassionate no matter the subject or outcome.  Any psychic worth their grain in salt will know how to give you information in a way that you can best digest it.


Should You Change Psychic Readers?


If you are reading this post then you have probably received several psychic readings in the past.  Even if you have not this is probably good information to have because you will have it for future reference.  Psychic readings are a very personal thing and each one is unique and will give you different insights into you life.  Many people see the same psychic much like they would their family doctor and this is perfectly fine unless the quality of your readings are suffering, then it might be time to think about a change.  This should not be a slight to your psychic and you shouldn’t feel guilty.  Let me explain what happens.

The Psychic Is In
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Psychic readers are human beings just like you and they have the same hang ups and flaws as every other human on the planet.  If you have had a psychic that has worked for you for a long time then it could just be a matter of being too familiar with you and your situation that blocks their readings from bringing anything new to the table.  This does happen and happens often and all psychics should be aware of this and not take offense if you choose to leave their service and you should not feel guilty.  There is a way to avoid this problem and it is very simple.

The rule about psychic readings that you should always follow is that you should only get one about once every six months or so.  There are people who are addicted to the readings and jump from one psychic to the next in hopes of hearing what they want to hear, but that never solves anything, it just ends up leaving you frustrated in the end.  If you follow the once every six months rule then you don’t risk burnout of your psychic as much and it allows for you to make life changes if needed.  Those life changes, maybe stemming from your last psychic reading, allow your life to reset itself.  A reading is only going to be helpful after you make some changes and then come in for a reading to see where your progress is taking you and to see if any more adjustments need to be made.

So if you love your psychic and you do not wish to change psychic readers anytime soon then maybe you should take heed and follow the six month rule.  The only time I would recommend you break that rule is if something drastic happens within that six months that you can’t wait to find answers for.


What to Expect from Your Online Psychic Reading


Like most people who have never before had an online psychic reading you cannot know what to expect but are curious.  This is completely natural and understandable.  I will help you in learning what to expect from an online psychic reading because no matter how much psychics wish it were not the case, it is different than a live person to person psychic reading.  The first and most major difference is that you are not sitting across from the psychic as they are giving you the reading and neither of you can pick up on the little nuances that naturally occur during a conversation, this of course can lead to misunderstandings but it can also lead to greater understanding.

The psychic reading will not be influenced by your physical presence and you will not be inclined to change your answers or filter your questions by being afraid of bias.  Of course this can work the opposite way and the psychic might miss some signal that you are not being completely honest or are trepidatious about certain subjects.  Of course the psychic no matter if you are getting a live online psychic reading or a person to person one should always be honest on their end and give you all the information they can in a straightforward but compassionate manner.

Online psychic readings are as accurate as long as your psychic is accurate to begin with.  Psychics read energies or communicate with guides to complete their readings so it is not necessary that you be in the same room as the psychic.  This is a huge misconception, but one that is understandable with the influence of movies and television giving the idea that a psychic will need to touch you or an object in order to get a premonition.  This is true and false as there are surely those psychics who perform much better by physical contact, but most of us can conduct a reading online without any barriers.

The psychic will of course ask you questions but it shouldn’t be a game of 20 questions.  It is important to note that if you try to test the psychic by not giving honest answers then your reading will be off.  Psychics are not “all knowing” and shouldn’t claim to be.  They will often get enough clues from your answers to their questions to provide you with an accurate psychic reading.  For instance, a psychic might see something and ask you a question to clarify before blurting out exactly what they see.  It could become a real mess if they did that all the time because they might be misinterpreting what they see.


Clairvoyant Psychic Readings – The Best of the Breed


Clairvoyant psychic readings are what most people are referring to when they say “psychic reading” because most people do not realize there are many different type of psychic readings.  The fact is that many psychics get their information through different means, but a clairvoyant psychic reading is often considered the “holy grail” of readings.  A clairvoyant may or may not touch the person being read for or an object to get messages from, but the whole point is that the psychic is “seeing” the messages she is relaying.  Images will come to her and she interprets them for her client.

Along with images, a clairvoyant might also hear, smell, taste, or feel the messages.  Many empaths can sense the feelings of a situation and know how to translate that into a reading.  Clairvoyant psychic readings will often incorporate all these ways of doing a reading, but many others might just use their clairaudience or clairsentience for readings exclusively.  A psychic clairvoyant always sees images telepathically, but also might use their other sense as well to conduct a reading.

Why is this considered the best of the breed when it comes to readings?  Well that is mostly the perception of non-psychic people.  They have this image of a gypsy psychic who takes your hands and weaves this tapestry of mysticism and lore into the readings.  Or they perceive the clairvoyant psychic as someone who will suddenly receive premonitions and become enthralled and exhausted by what they see.  This is due mostly to movies and television.  The perception that there is only one way to do a psychic reading is false.  In fact there are so many different ways that a clairvoyant is often among the least of psychics.  Maybe that is why they are so sought out, because they might be “rare”.

Most psychics use a variety of tools or help from spirit guides to conduct their readings.  This does not compute with the image of a clairvoyant, but it is far more often the truth.  The point of this post is to open your mind to the many different types of psychic readings and to not dismiss a psychic because they do not fit into the picture that society has created for them.  If the psychic you are thinking about using says they hear the messages from the dead, a psychic medium, or feels the energy of the situation and does their reading that way, this does not make them any less valuable to you.  Give them a try, but if you are stuck on the image of a clairvoyant, well they are always available as well!


Free Email Psychic Readings


You might think that free email psychic readings do not exist, but they do!  This is great news for you, but you still are not sure how someone could give you a psychic reading by email.  The answer to that is not simple, but if you have read my previous posts on clairvoyants then you might be able to understand a little better how a psychic could give an email psychic reading.  A free psychic reading by email is an awesome way to test out a psychic before you pay.  A lot of psychics or psychic websites will give free psychic readings, either via a psychic chat or email, or both!  These free psychic readings are used to entice you into paying for a full in depth reading.

I would like to provide a sample of an email psychic reading so you can understand how they work and what to expect.  This was a reading that I received from a fellow psychic and it was a free reading which is a good example for me to give considering the topic of this post!  You will notice the vague yet intriguing answer she gives me in order to answer my question but not answer my questions so I order a more in depth reading from her.

Here was the question I asked:

“I am embarking on a new career opportunity and I want to know if this will be something that turns to a lucrative career or if I should focus my energy elsewhere?”

The answer is as follows:

Dear Lydia,

Hello and thank you for your question.  I was excited after reading your question because I immediately senses some great potential for you, but I am not sure if this potential is related to this new career opportunity that you refer to or not.  I sense that there might be more than meets the eye here and I may need some more information from you before I can give you an accurate answer to your question.  Having said that, there are some definite positive things coming your way soon and well into the future.  I think that if you continue to use the same ethic you are so well known for, you will succeed no matter what.  I do want to caution that I do feel there is some obstacle that could de-rail you from accomplishing your goal if you are not aware or careful.  This obstacle may involve relocating or a move from a company, not necessarily a move for you, but which will effect the outcome of your potential if not forewarned.

Thank you again for your question.  Please contact me via the website for a more in-depth reading and maybe I can give you a clearer answer with some more information or we can talk about other things!”


Typical Email Psychic Readings


An email psychic reading is a popular choice for people who are testing the waters of on line psychics.  Many people who are maybe unable to schedule a time with a psychic reading or want a cheaper option choose email psychic readings instead.  An email psychic reading is typically cheaper and the prices are based on the number of questions you ask.  You will be required to send some information about yourself (like name, age, birth-date) along with the questions you want answered by the psychic.

Some psychics and services will offer a free mini reading by email.  Free email psychic readings are often very short and will answer one question.  The answer will probably be very vague in order to tempt you into ordering a full email psychic reading.  This is typical and should be expected.  The psychics are there to get paid for their services, but the free email psychic reading should provide you with enough detail in order for you to gauge the psychic and their services to know if you want to order a full reading.

Psychic readings by email are often just as accurate as the person to person psychic readings.  The one thing to remember is that you are unable to ask questions on the fly and might have to order another reading in order to clarify what something meant or to get a more in depth answer.  Email psychic readings should be very in depth, but there are always anomalies which you cannot know about ahead of time that might make a reading by email not as satisfying as you hoped.  In my experience I have always been satisfied with email readings and the ones that I give have received great feedback.

In the end it boils down to preference.  How you wish to receive you psychic reading is up to you and many people prefer an email psychic reading over any other type.  The most important thing is to feel that you received an accurate and in depth psychic reading.  If in the end you feel that you were not satisfied by your email reading then contact the psychic directly and they will usually make it right by offering to answer another question for you or to clarify further on something that you were confused about.  The part that you are responsible for is to make sure that you provide the most accurate and honest information to the psychic reader up front and try not to test the readers psychic ability by “tricking” them.


Psychic Predictions That Came True in 2009


Psychic predictions are made every single year by a lot of different psychics (and non-psychics) around the world.  Bets are placed, most are lost but some are won.  You can find a whole hoset of these psychics predictions online.

Here is a list of psychic predictions that were made and came true in 2009 (so far).  This list is comprised from other online psychic prediction websites.

  • Michael Jackson will die of mysterious causes
  • Farrah Fawcett finally succumbs to cancer after a hard fight
  • Jerry Seinfeld gets a new t.v. show deal
  • Paula Abdul gets fired from American Idol
  • Bret Farve will “fake” his retirement and come back AGAIN
  • Lindsey Lohan and Samantha Ronson break up
  • Terrell Owens released from Cowboys

Of course these are all psychic predictions about celebrities.  Many psychics do celebrity predictions but many also do more worldly predictions.  A psychic prediction is much like anything else related to the paranormal, they tend to be very vague and worded just right that when something even remotely close to that happens they can say that they were right.  There are those psychics who seem to get very specific and things turn out right, but unless your predictions are right 100% of the time, there is no proof that you did not just get lucky.  Anyone could study the world and if you know enough about human nature you could make just as accurate predictions of the future and have a good chance of it coming true.  I mean really, how hard is it to predict that there will be an assassination attempt on President Obama?  The first African-American president will surely have an attempt made on his life, not to mention that all presidents face this at one time or another.  I get irritated with psychic predictions because they tend to be so cheesy and “predictable”.  It is a good thing the psychics give them away for free!

Most predictions when not relating to you specifically are given as free psychic predictions and can be found online at any time.  Nostradamus is probably the most famed person to make predictions historically and every psychic prediction he ever made is still the most talked about today.