A woman and man sat at a table while a second woman looked on.  The man at the table was leaning forward, taking notes and holding cards up at random intervals.  The woman at the table was facing towards a blank wall, her back to the man holding the cards, randomly saying “Circle, Waves, Waves, Square, Circle, Star”.  These three people were in the middle of an ESP or extra sensory perception experiment, using the scientific method to try and prove that clairvoyant readings are for real and that clairvoyance does exist.  So far to date, it has not been proven scientifically to exist.

Psychics who claim to have some form of psychic abilities all claim their powers come from many different sources.  Some claim their abilities come from a spiritual source such as spirit guides, the dead or angels while others claim their source is magic.  Most psychics will tell you that everyone is gifted with psychic abilities and you just need to learn how to tap into your own source in order to conduct clairvoyant readings.  Still there are people out there, oddly enough, who do not accept these theories on faith alone and demand proof.  The only effective and fool proof way to get this proof is through the scientific method.

The Zerner cards are cards that use five different symbols repeated multiple times in a deck of cards.  The previous experiment was using Zerner cards to test a subjects ESP abilities by having them attempt to “see” each card as another person holds the card in front of them, but hidden from the test subject.  The third party observes the experiment in order to eliminate the potential for mistakes such as the test subject reading the body language of the experimenter.

During the test, the subject uses telepathy or ESP to read either the mind of the person holding the cards, clairvoyance to see the symbols herself or just guesses.  There is a build in chance that a person will guess correctly 20% of the time.

If the subject has true clairvoyance then she should be able to guess the correct symbols on the cards more than the 20% chance she has at guessing them randomly.  Let us say that she happens to guess the cards correctly 50% of the time, proving the hypothesis correct, then the experimenter can then say the subject has clairvoyant tendencies.  At this point the hypothesis must be tested again and again and if then the subject is still at the same percentage or higher then the hypothesis can truly be proven.

So far no experiment has ever been able to survive the fourth step in the scientific method.  Psychic readings cannot be proven true, but belief is often times stronger than proof.

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.