Reading through the comments I was astonished by the number of people who said no. I do believe in psychics and mediums and spiritual world and connection to life and a person's zodiac. I love the app costar and check in daily to see my daily insight. I like checking the app late at night and reflecting on my day. Costar is meant to help you predict your day but for me I am always interested and boggled at the pure accuracy that costar gives. The vague descriptions of my day match perfectly to the day I had. I'm not saying we should rely on an app on our phone or someone who claims to be psychic and there will definitely be some frauds but in the grand scheme of things it's based on spirituality and trust and decoding. Religion is no different. Syphering the ancient texts in the Bible translating them, relating them to day to day life, predicting the outcome. Physchics just get a bad name and called hoaxes because they aren't mass preached. By no means am I saying religion is wrong I am christian myself.
Deuteronomy 18:18-19. “I will raise up for them a prophet like you from among their fellow Israelites, and I will put my words in his mouth. He will tell them everything I command him I myself will call to account anyone who does not listen to my words that the prophet speaks in my name.”
In the Bible GOD HIMSELF speaks of people being able to speak for God and command them. I'm not implying that psychics are speaking from God I'm merely showing the parallels in scripture.
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For me personally I do not believe in fortune tellers. I do not believe that a person can predict the future of another human-being. Even if it was possible to tell someone's future, how would you know what is fake and what is real. Some of the events that are predicted will probably happen because that is just the way life works and some of the events predicted will not happen. But you have full control over your actions in the present and that affects outcomes in the future. If you think about it, we all go through somewhat of the same life changes. We all will grow up and have different lives but we all make some of the same choices. In my opinion there is no way that they can possibly know what is going to happen in your life because with every choice you make there is a different outcome and result that majorly affects what occurs next in your life.
“Do I believe in psychics?” Honestly, I don’t know for sure. I think that there are people who are more attuned to the “spiritual realm” than others, but there are a lot of fakes out there who pretend to have an “inner eye” for monetary gain. It’s a complicated question to answer, because who can really know for sure if psychics can actually see into the future or are simply making educated, coincidentally-correct guesses? I think that it’s possible for someone to see into the future, though I think it requires quite a bit of practice and effort to make honest predictions. I do think predictions can be swayed by prior knowledge, however, because I know from pretty much every time-traveling movie that you shouldn’t tamper with the course of time. Sometimes, a medium’s prediction can lead to you acting upon it and trying to make it come true. I think that it’s better to not know much about the future because it can have a lasting impact on how you see things.
I have never visited a fortune teller, and I don't intend to. Anybody who claims to be able to see the future, mind, or dead and make a living off of it are highly suspect in my opinion. There is nothing stopping a psychic from giving vague insights to the customer (just general enough that the desperate may feel inclined to believe), and demanding more money for further service. In my opinion, there are many options better and more legitimate than fortune telling.
Yes - once I did. Still think of the palm reading 45 years later. And wonder why: was it something I said, my behavior...
I always tell myself that it is silly to believe in things like fortune tellers and horoscopes and stuff like that but sometimes it just seems too real. However, if you look at science it is proven that all of that stuff is just a speculation. I do tend to check my horoscope and definitely take it into account, however, I do not rely on it nor base my decisions off of it. Now I know horoscopes and fortune tellers are not the same thing, however, they are similar and deal with the same concept. I think fortune tellers are very good at what they do and they have lots of training. From what I have heard and witnessed fortune tellers are usually pretty accurate, not spot on obviously but the basis of what they say typically happens. It is very hard to get exact pictures of people's lives by only very small pieces of information but like I said before fortune tellers are very well trained and know what they are doing. I do believe in essentially what they do, however, I do not think if you hear something from a fortune teller you should trust that that is what is going to happen. It is reliable yet unpredictable at the same time.
I would rather live my life day by bay, each decision contributing a tile to a tapestry that can be looked fondly upon as I grow older. I may think that some of the memories woven in should be removed, but using a seam ripper on a quilt will only cause it to fall apart. Not every moment must be perfect to create something beautiful.
Those in seed of a spiritual reading crave closure. They want to know who they are and where they’ll go, where their potential will take them and what their fate will be.
But living towards a predetermined outcome makes for a dull life. There’s no mystery, no satisfying moments of discovery- only right and wrong.
Those who learn their fate fear death worry themselves about whether the or not the psychic was right. If you are told that your future is grim then what’s the point in trying to reverse the effects of fate?
I would love to believe in a psychic because I want answers. I have a love hate relationship with surprises, especially the bad ones, and I find myself vying for an easy way out. I think there are those scam psychics but then there are those actual psychics. My mother once told me about how her parents brought her to a psychic who said that she would go on a far away journey and the next month, she moved to America.
The author was able to track down Keano, but I wouldn’t have even made that phone call to her from the subway ad. I would’ve passed it off as a scam. I realize my attitude of wanting a shortcut, a cheat sheet of life, but those never really come.
Who wouldn’t want someone to tell them their lives and help them be prepared to face what will come? I would love for a Keano to be in my life, but for now I just have to take the surprises as they come.
While I think it would be amazing if someone out there could know your whole future, I don’t believe that fortune tellers are really clairvoyant. I barely know what I’m going to do five minutes from now, much less 5 years from now, so how is it possible that someone you don’t know would be able to have that much insight concerning your future. Fortune tellers take advantage of people who are desperate or concerned and feel as though they need to be told the outcome of their decisions to have any peace of mind when, really, all you’re getting is a fabricated web of lies and half-truths.
@Laura Arbona There used to be a time when I was obsessed with Zodiac signs, and fortunes and all things mystical. That time was three years ago.
My father always says that horoscopes and fortunes and clairvoyance was simply words that were specific enough to seem real but cryptic enough to be a bunch of fake nonsense.
My Art teacher just the other week, pulled out a birthday book. Where supposedly your birthday would reveal your weaknesses and strengths, and some advice for you. It was strangely accurate when it told me I needed to work on time management, but I knew it was not real when one of my supposed strengths was my productivity.
I think that kind of stuff is great if it's just for fun and getting to know each other in interesting ways, but I wouldn't put my money on it. Then again there are many stories in history where a person states they can see things and know all and people completely fell for it, so who's to say?
I do not have any interest or belief in psychics, they use social understandings to draw simple conclusions that are seen as magic to the untrained civilian. Though I believe this market is fake I don't think it's harmful, it could be fun to go see what a psychic has to say about your future, you may not believe what they're saying but the experience would be fun to go along with.
The article talks about how it's a scam and law enforcement got involved in the 60's. It's dumb for this to be taken so seriously, if I can't find a steady job but I see an opportunity to capitalize on people being dumb or just looking for some fun, why not? It's free money, taking advantage of a society where people are not socially and technologically adept is fair game.
I don’t believe in psychics or fortune tellers. I’ve never gone to one either, there doesn't happen to be all that much around Wilmington, I do however believe in mediums to an extent. In tv shows and other things, they most definitely milk it for revenue to the point where it is stupid. My great grandmother was a medium and my dad on occasion will think he is too. It might sound stupid but I believe in ghosts to a point as well, and the simplest way to put it is that it’s fun to believe in things.
How could a psychic possibly know what could, can, and/or will happen in the future, the idea is stupid and the same thing goes along with mind readers. No one can read other people’s mind, and if you could, you probably couldn’t control it and even if you could, you would still go insane. The sheer amount of thoughts going through your head would ruin you. The prospect brings up a question as well, do they only read thoughts or can they see images going through your head as well? When they read minds, are they not able to think themselves, and if they can, wouldn’t it muddle the other person's thoughts enough to where you couldn’t understand what they are thinking?
I feel like they're people who can see the dead like if children can see or if are pet animals can see I believe people can see dead people. I've never met a fortune teller i was told i was fake or just scary and that its hard to believe someone knowing your future without it happening
@N/A Being a firm believer of math and science, I do not believe it is possible for someone to tap into the future through psychic forces or magic. I do, however agree with you that it would be frightening to have your whole life laid out in front of you. If I was presented with the option to know the future, I believe I would decline. Believing that everything is planned out for you by some higher force seems silly. And, honestly, it would be sad to know your future. The idea that choices make no difference or that there is no chance to change your course would be depressing. I prefer to feel like my future is somewhat in my control not preplanned or told by a psychic.
I find it hard to believe that psychics truly know what is going to happen in the future. To me, i seems very unlikely that simply by choosing a few cards they know how our next few months of life will play out. With that being said, I do believe in mediums. It’s very easy to make up a story about what will happen in someone’s future; however, when bringing up someone’s past, you have to be accurate. I could call myself a psychic and make up a completely false story about someone’s future and they might believe me. However, if I called myself a medium and did a reading on someone, they would be able to tell if I was a fraud based on how accurate my description of their departed loved one was. This leads me to believe that a lot of psychics are frauds, but most mediums are in fact gifted.
Have you ever visited a fortune teller? Did you just go for fun, or did you believe that person was truly clairvoyant?
What do you think about people who claim to have the ability to see the future, read minds or speak with the dead
No, I have never visited a fortune teller , I would like to visit one so he/she tells me what's going to happen in my future. I would be really scared to visit one because, It would be weird for someone to find out what will happen in my future when I'm old enough. I would believe that person until I see that what that person said it's true.
@Edwin Rivera I would be scared as well. But I don't know if I would believe it, knowing me I would, but if it is bad, i'm not going to want to remember it, all i'm going to do is be waiting on it to happen, for it to come true. I hear a lot of people say it is fake and those people are scammers, but we wont know until we try it.
Can people predict the future, probably not. Would I like to fully believe in psychics, yes. Will I, I don’t know.
I love the idea that someone could see someone else’s future, but I don’t believe that is possible. It would be so exciting to see something before it happens and though some psychics can provide information about your life, I don’t believe they know the exact future. I think that most psychics are very good at reading a person and that’s how they’re able to make you feel some way when they’re telling you your future.
If I was asked if I believed in Mediums I would say yes because I do believe in an afterlife. Mediums can pass on specific messages from loved ones who have died so the living can have some closure. Of course, people will say that they are skeptical, but you never know until you’ve had a reading done.
I guess the only people who know if psychics and mediums are real are psychics and mediums.
To be frank, I cannot say that I believe in fortune tellers or psychics. I find it hard to imagine that a human can make predictions about another humans life/future. Most psychics can tell you very vague things about yourself that make you think what he/she is saying is truly a prediction when in reality it's a common scenario for most people. For example, a fortune teller can gain information off of you by saying things like “have you recently lost a family member or loved one” or “I sense that you have lost something important to you.” By saying things like this the so called “psychic” can read your body language and uses the information you give him/her to make a vague prediction that gives you something to look forward to. But in reality it's a gimmick to make money. He/she may also try to sell you things like stones or oils based off of your “energy.” To be fair, psychics and fortune tellers can give people hope, let's say a woman who i going through emotional trauma goes in to see a psychic to see what her future holds. These psychics can give people something to look forward to or give them hope. But in reality i see it all as a way to make money.
@Jc Speight
I too agree that most psychics are likely very good at reading body language and are able to vaguely tell you what is going on in your life. I never thought of them as someone who gives people hope, so I liked hearing your thoughts on that. Until now, I believed that the only people who went to psychics wanted to know their future; not people looking for hope.
I do not believe in fortune tellers because frankly what they say is just made up and their assumptions about you and your life. Now some of it may be true but thats just because you think too much about what they say which causes you to act on it. They do not know what your future holds because it is always changing by every action you take.
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Over the summer I visited Lily Dale, New York, the capital for clairvoyants and psychics over the summer. My mom and grandma had gone before and had some interesting experiences and I wanted to go to see if I could get anything out of it. My personal experience was amazing. My great grandfather and great grandmother visited me and the medium described them with 100% accuracy. When I asked about myself and my future her hands immediately started to move and she knew I love music and played the piano which I never told her or showed anywhere on the internet. Through that experience, my faith in mediums and psychics have strengthened. I would recommend it to any one and I would definitely go back and do it again.
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I personally love this prompt, however, I hate the picture. There really isn’t such a thing as a fortune teller. In addition, all mediums are psychic but not all psychics are mediums. Psychics use intuition and other outside resources such as astrology or tarot cards to find information on a client's past, present, and future. They can give information and advice but they can never give a fortune or an exact prediction. Mediums connect with spirits and break the barrier between spirits and the living. With this information, the medium can find out about a person’s past, present, and future. Only mediums can connect with spirits, not psychics. In the attached article, Keano seemed to be more of a psychic than a medium. Despite the amazing gift, she only used it to benefit herself. Most psychics would be happy to give readings free of charge however she quired pay at almost every meeting, even on the streets. She mentioned that she traveled wherever business took her implying that she only read for money. I believe people with this kind of power should be more grateful and eager to share than to read just for money and run away from any questions.
For some reason that I don’t really know, I love this question. “Do you believe in psychics?” I’ve been raised by my mom who I would describe as very “hippie” and spiritual. She uses essential oils and collects rocks because she believes in their energy. Although she’s always been spiritual, she decided to send me to a Catholic school, where I went to for 9 years. Over half my life.
My immediate answer is yes, I do believe in psychics. The human brain is an incredible force, and we don’t know the full power of it. I have never thought of the conflict, you may say between the church and the belief of psychists, until now. People believing in psychics and paying them to “read” them, takes money away from the church. It takes away the authority of the church and gives psychics the power of “claiming supernatural insight as said in the related article.
This picture shows a closed door with a psychic sign on it. I believe that it is showing how some want that door to be closed. Reading minds is a completely unknown thing, and it relies on faith in another person or belief. Many people rely on proof. Such as the bible or science. While reading minds has none. People immediately want to hate on what they do not know because they are scared of the unknown.
@Sofia Noonan
I love that your old school hasn’t overshadowed the influence that your mother has. Having two different views on the topic must have been confusing. I’ve never thought of the conflict you talked about between the church and physicists before. Which isn’t strange, considering our school skimmed over anything relating to those topics.
After reading your comment, I now understand why. The church teaches that no person is in charge of our futures, and physicists say that they can tell us our futures. While I don’t know if I’m scared of them, it does make me uncomfortable. Without bringing down anyone, you made good points. I appreciate that you did that because I saw the article differently than you did. To me, it seemed like Keano was scamming Sam. But I’m glad I read your points.
I’ve never visited a legitimate fortune teller, but I’ve definitely met some strange individuals who claim they can predict my future or read my mind. I’ve heard that fortune tellers scam people using certain tricks to make their predictions sound accurate or convincing. While the idea of a sixth sense is pretty ridiculous, for some people it’s still entertaining regardless. I bet it feels pretty exhilarating when psychics guess something correctly about you. When I think of psychics, I think of astrology -- deep down we know it’s not real, but it’s fun! If I ever come across a fortune teller and I’ve got some spare money, I’d give it a try just for a cool experience.
I've never gone to a psychic because I honestly don't believe in them. I don't believe that other people have the ability to predict the future. I'm not sure why I would trust this person to talk about my destiny, knowing he/she is just a normal person who is taking my money for his own good. Also movies and social media depict most of them as phony anyways. I don't believe anyone can predict the future or any supernatural factor like that.
I have never actually been to a psychic, but I’ve always wanted to go just to see how accurate the psychic was. Although it might be fun to see what they might say, I definitely don’t believe they are truly clairvoyant. I don’t think it’s possible for anyone to read someone’s mind. I think that the reason some psychics are so easy to believe is because they are skilled at guessing based on appearance. People are easy to read when you know what to look for. I think that fortune telling is a good scam, not something that can be taken too seriously.
@Layla Loew I agree with you- fortune telling is definitely a scam and no one can really tell the future. When I went to a medium, I had no idea what to expect, I just wanted to go see what they said and it ended up being really fun. I also think your statement on mind reading is correct too. No one can read anyone else's mind but their own. I think that your assumption on psychics can be true. Some of them do research and read tell-tale signs of lying but others do use tarot cards and astrology and know what their doing. The world of psychics and mediums is very interesting and you do have to do your research while picking one.
Some psychics are total liars and ask you a general question just for them to answer. Some psychics though, believe what they are doing and people bring them down. I think being a psychic is a good interest, but when you work a full-time job of a psychic it is clearly a scam.
I think psychics are a scam and the people who do them are trying to take advantage of you. It upsets me to think about people who actually believe that there are people who can talk to the dead and those people really take advantage of people at a loss and those who really believe in people with clairvoyance.
I have not been to a fortune-teller before but I have seen lots of places where you can go.
@Quentin Charriez i agree that fortune telling is mostly a scam and that has always been the stereotype but i do believe that some people can have more knowledge of your future than you think. i know there's nobody that can look in a globe and know but i do think there are some people that can use different things to have good predictions. i still do not believe in psychics as a whole or fortune telling
I do not believe in psychics or any thing across the “spiritual plane”. I think this because there have been countless reports of psychics getting caught faking their so called “powers”. For example there was this show that called a psychic to talk about a missing girl and they showed a picture of the young girl. The psychic said that the girl had died and she even gave the address to where the girls body had been buried. Later in the interview, the interviewer confessed that the photo of the young girl was her when she was young, and the psychic was exposed. I also learned from a former psychic that the way psychics make it seem that they are communicating with spirits is with a thing called cold reading. This is basically the psychic giving you sentences for you to fill in the blanks with. For example the psychic might give you a letter and you will say the name of a dead person that you know, filling in the blank and making it seem like the psychic is communicating with that person.
I believe in psychics but I believe some psychics can actually tell people's fortunes but others are just trying to trick people. I have been to a fortune teller before with my family to see our fortunes and I knew that that psychic was real because the things she said came true. I know that some of my friends have encountered fake psychics before and they knew that they were fake because they said things like they could talk to the dead and said outrages things but real psychics will tell you a general thing of what will happen and they feel like they are different. Some people can’t tell if psychics are fake or not so many people can just waste their money.
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@Leonard Vekker
I never really thought about the fact that some psychics could be real. It would make sense since there would probably be a lot of fake psychics as opposed to real psychics which would make others believe none are real. I'll definitely keep in mind how to tell if a psychic is real or fake if I encounter one.
I do not believe in psychics. I believe that there are ways to predict things about people using brain games and if you know what to say but I don’t believe that there are people who can predict your future. I think some people lie to other people for money. It is very smart. If you dress up, get a “magical“ item, say some funny things, do some weird stuff then give a random “reading” of somebody’s future, they might believe you and BAM 20 bucks.
I have never visited a fortune-teller, as my parents and I don’t believe in them. However, I have read multiple books that have magic and fortune-telling in them. They are great books, but I don’t believe in them, as I know that they are not real, and rely on probability. I have never met anyone who claims that they can read the future or something like that, but if I did, I wouldn’t believe them. I could be their friend, but not approve of their ways or what they claim to be.
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I don't believe in psychics and I have never been to one. I think that they just take advantage of people who are grieving for a loved one. They just tell you generic and vague things depending on what they know about you that will likely come true. It's almost offensive. All they do is take advantage of people in their time of need and take their money when they can least afford it. It is a scam.
@Andre Geffen
I totally agree. Most fortune tellers are just there to scam. However, I think anyone can be impacted by this scam, not just people grieving a loved one. I have an old friend who visited a fortune teller and my heart felt bad for them. Another think that I slightly disagree with is that I believe some Fortune Tellers actually think what they are doing is true and believe in it just as one believes in Christianity or Hinduism. But yes, It is quite offensive.
Nobody has a “special ability” to read people's minds. A lot of psychics say that they are special and can do amazing things. A lot of so-called psychics take advantage of the fact that people don’t realize that it isn’t real. I don’t like it when people claim to have the ability to ACTUALLY read people's minds.
Some people use different “tricks” in order to entertain people. If you want to see someone that looks truly like they can read minds, look up Derren Brown. He uses his skill to entertain people. He doesn’t claim to have special powers. He practiced picking up on slight clues in human behavior. He picks up on psychological behaviors in human nature.
@Perry Troutman I agree. The idea that a human being can connect their mind with someone else’s is not only ludicrous, it’s insulting. People that prey on others’ grief and insecurities are horrible people, and making money by taking advantage of a grieving party is deplorable, despicable, disgraceful, and detestable.