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.

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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.

For those of you who do not know, Psychic Source is an online psychic community that offers psychic readings. Now many of you know that I myself am a psychic reader, but we psychics get our own readings as well! I decided to receive a reading from different places online and review them for my visitors as it is only fair and I believe we should have as many options as we can available to us at all times. I am nothing if not fair

Psychic Source is one of the oldest phone psychic businesses around and still operates as a phone business, but they have a website where you can go and check out the psychics before hand. You will place a call to a toll free number and each psychic has their own extension. You will be directed on how to make payment and then your session will start.

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Now this company has been around since 1989 and is the leading phone psychic website and does have a pretty decent reputation. I have made it clear about my disdain for phone psychics of the past because I was one and I know there was no training whatsoever and you were basically told to keep someone on the line no matter what, the longer they talked the more you got paid. It was deceitful and I did not last long doing it as you can well imagine.

One of the reasons I like Psychic Source is because their psychic readers are required to give three readings to other employees as part of the interview process. They make it clear that you are not compensated more by keeping people on the phone longer than they originally intended and they have worked out a fair compensation structure so no psychic feels pressure to keep people on the phone in order to get paid a decent salary. These points are extremely important in deciding how legitimate this business is and I find it to be pretty legitimate.

Another thing is that all the psychics are rated by their clients and you can read their reviews. This was never an option for the phone psychics of old. You are able to choose the psychic of your choice (another new thing for the phone) and you can read about their gifts and what type of psychic readings they perform.

The reading that I received was very compassionate and accurate and I would not hesitate to use Psychic Source again in the future. This is not an endorsement, just a real honest opinion of their services and I appreciate a company that is upfront in their dealings. Good job Psychic Source!

A celebrity psychic often is a person who is very well known among psychic circles as well as the general populous.  They gain their notoriety by either being really good at what they do or by being really smart and hiring great PR people to help move their careers along.  I do have a problem with celebrity psychics because most of them are so easy to see right through their deceitful ways yet so many people fall for it.  They give genuine psychics a bad name, in my humble opinion.  Yet there are those out there who are genuine themselves and are just really good at what they do and their name gets around and before they know it they are writing books and appearing on talk shows.

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A psychic reading from a celebrity psychic is going to cost you a lot of money.  For instance, a psychic phone reading with Sylvia Browne will cost you $850.  That is a lot of money for most people, but hey she is famous so she can charge the big bucks and more power to her, I am not mad at her for that!  Most people adore Sylvia Browne and that is fine, she seems genuine enough and one day not so long ago nobody knew her at all so she obviously did something right.  I just caution people against the celebrity psychics for the reason that they can charge a lot of money and could be phony just like a lot of other people out there.

I imagine the life of a celebrity psychic is hectic with all the appearances and books to write and readings to give, but much like that of a regular celebrity, they can’t complain.  Another look at a celebrity psychic is the psychic that all the celebrities use, but they are not necessarily famous on their own.  Many celebrities employ psychics because they are just like you and me, they want to know how things play out and if they are on the right path, maybe more so than you or me because their entire lives depend on their public image.  I would imagine they want forewarning of something bad happening!

Celebrity psychic predictions are always fun.  This is where a psychic, not necessarily one that is famous, will make predictions about celebrities and then everyone waits on pins and needles to see if they play out over the year.  This goes on every year and all you need to do is google it to find the current years predictions.

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!”

The tarot card deck has been around for centuries and originally started out not as a divination tool but as a regular ole’ card game.  Today, the Tarot is used solely for fortune telling.  A psychic tarot reading is given when a psychic such as a clairvoyant uses tarot cards to give their reading.  There are two types of people who use the tarot deck for psychic readings: the person who uses the tarot solely for the reading and the person who uses the tarot as a focusing tool.  It takes a lot of practice to learn to use tarot cards for any purpose.  Each card is supplied with a specific meaning and each position of the layout of the cards carries with it a specific meaning.  A person who uses the tarot as the sole purpose of a psychic reading is often “fortune telling” because they are using what history has told them about the meaning and placement of the cards to give the reading.  This is a completely acceptable and traditional use of the cards, but it is also what you think of when you think of gypsies and carnivals.

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The other use of the cards as a divination tool is a more in depth psychic reading according to most people.  Psychic tarot card readings tend to be more tailored to your specific life and do not rely on just the historical meaning of the cards.  The cards help the clairvoyant or psychic to focus on the question and person at hand to provide a more accurate psychic reading.  While the tarot cards still provide some meaning for the psychic, he/she is also not a slave to their meanings and can better interpret their meanings in regards to the situation at hand.  I find that the Tarot is a great focusing tool and without them I have a harder time giving a reading as I am heavily influenced by noise and the person I am reading for.

A free psychic tarot reading may be available from many websites, but just like their free psychic readings, it will be a shorter reading and will be designed to not answer questions so much as to get you to pay for an entire reading.  This is standard practice and should not make you feel like that company or reader is “shady”.  They are providing a service that is often physically and emotionally draining and they should be compensated.

I know that most of us are tired of working for “the man” and would love to work for ourselves.  This is true for psychics as well as anyone else.  Well now you can have your own psychic line and it is pretty easy.  Psychic phone lines are by far dead and gone, even with the massive surge of business on the Internet for psychics, a psychic hot line is still the choice of many who want a psychic reading.  Now you can actually become a phone psychic on your own and charge by a per minute basis just like all the large companies that hire psychics.

There are a few companies that offer this services.  The basic structure for how it works is this:

• You need a dedicated phone line
• No special equipment is required
• You charge a per minute fee
• The company you use will forward all calls you receive to your dedicated line
• They will take a fee for each call or charge a monthly service fee
• They will forward your payments to you once a month

It is really that easy to have your own psychic line.  As a clairvoyant, performing psychic readings over phone lines is not a problem and I have been doing so for years.  It is much easier to set up your own psychic phone line then it is to set up your own website.  Psychics on line often work for other companies that have a large network and the knowledge to optimize the websites.  But, if you have knowledge of how to work a phone, then you can have your own psychic line!

You will more than likely have to do some advertising, but there are many places, like Keen.com, that are well known and are easier to get clients from then maybe some other places.  Although Keen is a website, you still advertise phone readings and are able to set up psychic phone lines through them.

Everyone has psychic abilities.  It is true.  Some people have more developed senses than others, but that is not to say that those without heightened psychic ability cannot develop their third sense more.  Psychic ability has been known to be hereditary, but everyone has the ability to hone their skills.  The following will hopefully be some practical advice in developing psychic abilities and give you some direction on how to do that.

So we have all had that feeling that the phone is about to ring or if you were to turn on the radio that a particular song is on and lo and behold, it happens after we get the feeling.  This is what I believe, and many other people believe, happens when we are tapping into a “shared” conscious.  I believe that we operate on energy, that our body is nothing but a bunch of electrical impulses and that our brain is a powerful tool that can tap into a higher energy where we all can share thoughts and feelings.  Most people call this ESP or extra sensory perception, and just like artistic talent, some people are born with a more fine tuned ability than others, but we are all capable of it.  The first step to developing your psychic abilities further is to acknowledge that you have them or when something happens that is normally attributed to being “psychic” or “deja vu” then you need to accept that you are experiencing some form of ESP.  Once your brain accepts what is happening then you can move forward and try a few exercises to hone your skills.  Many people take a psychic ability test at this point to see where they stand, but that is not necessary.

The first thing to understand that due to the nature of ESP, there is no guarantee you will get better and it is hard to measure do to the unpredictability of the psychic phenomenon.  It will be frustrating at times, but you must practice if you have any hopes of getting better.  A good exercise is to try to sit and meditate, relax and let your mind wander and get used receiving messages from other sources.  Concentrate on the images that are being sent to you and try to make sense of them if you can.  Another thing you can do is to concentrate and pause before the telephone rings or someone knocks on the door to see if you can guess who it is before you actually know or you could try to pick up on other peoples feelings before they are expressed to you.  These are all simple exercises that could help you develop your abilities and become a better psychic!

Now I would think that being a psychic detective would be one of the most thrilling jobs ever!  Psychic detectives, by definition, use their psychic abilities to solve crimes and assist in paranormal research.  Paranormal research is usually the activity of helping people with haunted houses, poltergeists and other things that go bump in the night and disturb one’s day to day living.  A person conducting this type of work is a paranormal investigator or a psychic detective.

Although psychic detectives have claimed to have assisted many times in murder and kidnapping cases, there has never been a police department that has officially recognized that the help of a psychic has led to the solving of a case.  I have personally known many psychics and many of them have claimed to help the police and unofficially the police have admitted to using the psychics and the psychics giving them information that led to the solving of the case.  They will never publicly admit this, but it does happen.

Many people are familiar with the Paranormal Research Society or the PRS from the television show Paranormal State.  While this is a very interesting show and they employ the use of psychics and mediums in the show, I have yet to see any real proof that what they do is real.  The show is very dramatic, but nothing is ever really shown, just inferred and this makes me angry because just like many of you out there, I want to see proof.  I want to be scared and think that these houses are haunted, but it is television and you can never believe anything you see on it!

All in all being a psychic detective would be fascinating to say the least.  You would be able to explore the entire realm of paranormal investigating and use all sorts of fancy and technical equipment.  Psychic detectives do not need any special training, but experience is a must.  One must be able to interpret their messages clearly and have experience doing this as it takes time to understand everything when it comes to your own psychic ability.  Those in the paranormal investigations area would be best served by having a lot of experience under someone else in the field.  In both areas learning how to deal with sensitive subject areas and people who do not understand what you do would take a lot of practice.  Your best bet would be to prepare yourself well before venturing into becoming a psychic detective.

Psychic children face many problems once they become aware of their psychic abilities.  They face trying to tell their parents and other people that they can communicate with spirits and “see” the future.  A fortunate few are lucky to be raised by parents who are aware or sensitive themselves and understand there are other forms of existence rather than the physical one we inhabit.  Of course the majority of psychic kids are not so lucky and are often ridiculed for their gifts and often told they are evil and are allowing evil spirits to communicate with them.  They are made to believe they are sinful and that ghosts are the devil in disguise and that is is trying to trick them into giving up their souls.  This is extremely unfair, but it is bred from ignorance and zero understanding of the paranormal.  Adults and especially parents have the responsibility to care for their children and try to understand what they are going through and how to help them succeed with their psychic abilities.

Super psychic children refers to the children in China that were used in training for psychic abilities. These children have been recognized and encouraged and in fact nurtured by the Chinese government.  Some of their abilities have been documented by independent sources, some of them are said to be able to read with their armpits!  As strange as this all may sound, these are examples of psychic children and if fact these children are very famous among the paranormal community.

Many think that children tend to be more psychic than adults.  The theory behind children psychics is that children tend to live in the present and are more aware of their surroundings than the busy adults.  They have not been tainted by what society deems as the “norm” and do not feel that they are living outside of this norm, unlike adults who have been influenced by society.  Psychic children have been known to communicate with spirits very frequently.  Parents often mistake these spirits as “invisible friends”, but in truth the child may be acting as a medium.  While precautions should be taken if you think your child is communicating with the spiritual realm, it is not evil or uncommon for this to happen.  Oftentimes children will give a psychic reading without the adults around them realizing what is happening.  They might see or feel influences about the future and speak about it and the parents might think “what an imagination this child has”.  The point is, if you child starts to exhibit psychic abilities, try and be supportive and learn as much about helping them as possible.

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Psychic mediums use something called mediumship which is a term used to describe communication with spirits in the spiritual realm.  It is often associated with religious beliefs, but there is of course no scientific proof or consensus that spirits exist, but it is more of a belief that someone can actually communicate with spirits.  The role of a medium psychic is to relay messages to non-mediums from the spiritual realm.  Mediums are also said to communicate with angels, demons and other non-human spiritual entities.  In the “New Age” community they practice mediumship, called channeling, by speaking with a spirit guide or teaching spirit.  Other mediums are said to allow the spirit to come through them and speak through their bodies as well as communicate through writing the messages.

Mediums who use spirit guides claim these guides are teachers and guide them in developing their psychic abilities.  They claim these guides are the bridge between the medium and the spirits trying to communicate.  Of course there are mediums that claim they can communicate with spirits without a spirit guide.  Other psychics also claim to use guides to help them with messages during “regular” psychic readings, not necessarily for communication with the dead.

There are different types of mediumship.  Mental mediumship is where the medium communicates with the spirits via telepathy.  The medium mentally sees, hears and feels the messages.  This is referred to as clairvoyance (seeing), clairaudience (hearing) and clairsentience (feeling).  Trance mediumship is defined when a medium enters a trance and allows their ego to step aside and the spirit to step in and speak through their body or use their body for another form of communication such as writing out messages.  Physical mediumship is when the spirit physically manifests its presence by a rapping noise or materialized spirit bodies.  Of course a lot of these manifestations have been debunked and there are tools of the trade that can be used to fool the client.  Be very cautious when employing a medium or any psychic for that matter.  There are some people who are out there to just take your money and scam you, but there are people out there who truly want to help others and those are the types you need to look for.

The best psychic medium is often claimed to be John Edwards, but again this is debatable.  The best psychic medium readings are often performed in private and not in a public forum.  Psychics and mediums are humans too so they are not above mistakes.  When hiring one, be sure to do your research and get referrals, especially when dealing with such a sensitive subject as communicating with dead loved ones.