What do you think of tarot readings and psychic mediums?

[T1mom]

What do you think of Tarot card readings and similar?

I went to a 'psychic medium' yesterday who was highly recommended by close people I know.

I'm not sure if they were tarot cards or another type of cards. I picked 8 cards, she talked through them. They had relevance to my life but I am skeptical and think that any card could have been twisted to fit my life. She asked a lot of leading questions and I feel like I filled a lot of gaps for her.

My DH saw her separately and thought she was brilliant and bought every word she said. Thought she knew a lot about his life and past and believes every word she said about his future.

What do you think? I'm intrigued because so many friends have totally bought into it.

Treat it as a bit of fun

I’ve been to a few. I’ve found one lady I go to when I find myself needing a bit of reassurance or I’m at a cross roads. I trust her completely just because things she’s said have either come true or she’s known things about me no one could ever know. She predicted my husband at a time when I didn’t even know he existed she described him in so much detail it was weird and at the time I was going through a separate heartbreak. She’s so frank and honest. I’ve also experienced some weird readings with another lady - I had an object from someone who had passed in my pocket and when she started talking I semi passed out and was crying without knowing I’ve been told before that I have “the gift” but I’m a firm believer that we all have that energy it’s just that we’re all so focussed on learning what we’re taught that we forget how to use it which is why so many children see spirits etc because their brains haven’t been exposed to normal stuff. I take comfort from it but I guess you have to be open minded to accept that there’s almost another dimension to what we all know as normal. I do believe in the after life because there’s been too much proof otherwise. I take comfort that we are all part of a bigger picture and it’s helped in times of real sadness. Sadly, on the flip side there’s people out there that will manipulate sadness for their own gain and not all card readers or clairvoyants are genuine.

I want to but I don’t think I do

These of the baby thing often comes up. Bear in mind that it’s a 50:50 guess and you’re more likely to remember if they’re right!

@OtterandaRock "Even random guesses will sometimes 'come true'."

things are probably different from one psychic to another

The crap ones I saw told me totally wrong things about me in the present

Yes, some random guesses might come true but equally they won't come true sometimes

Are they normally quite vague?

My friend saw one last year for guidance in a particular situation and the guy she saw really committed to what he believed would happen

It didn't!

Maybe he thought he was offering her some hope

i'm actually very curious about this but it would be a very expensive thing to research!

I find daily life plenty to manage!

Also -- remember what happened when Anakin Skywalker began to believe that his dreams had to come true.

Have a read of Beyond Black by Hilary Mantel. A great book with a LOT of detail about how “psychics” operate xx

Read it, it's great

probably need to read a memoir or something

sounds like a search for tonight!

I'm glad it gave you comfort.