Exact rating 3.6 stars, rounded to 4 Yelp stars. Here's my backstory: I'm an R&D & consulting…read morescientist/engineer w/a grad degree in the sciences, and a mystic, spiritual teacher/healer & intuitive. I've had readings from 290+ psychics in my life. Since I'm a mystic, my life is filled with Divine love & grace; b/c my mind is calm & quiet, it's very easy for a good psychic to read me, but a poor psychic won't see much b/c there are no dramas in my life to cause big blips on the psychic radar screen.
Please note that when I visit psychics, I'm NOT seeking help w/problems, nor w/wishes, nor seeking answers or spiritual guidance. Rather, I visit them because God/Source asks me to & b/c it's fun to connect w/supernatural readers. BTW, I'm VERY good at setting boundaries w/people like pushy salespeople & unethical psychics who might try to con/upsell me. So, when reading my reviews, it may be VERY HELPFUL to bear in mind what I wrote above, b/c your own experience w/a psychic may differ from mine; your mileage may vary! BTW, my reviews of psychics are for readings only, and never for extra services they might offer (e.g., healings, clearings, spiritual guidance).
I called & made an appt. on April 27th for a 5 PM reading. The reader (I never did learn her name; she never introduced herself by name & it is nowhere to be found on her Yelp page or Google listing, nor on her website, nor on her Facebook biz page, nor on her biz card, so I'll call her Mist (for "mystery") buzzed me into her office building when I arrived, and I waited for ~11 minutes in the lobby waiting room before she came to walk me back to her office (an earlier session had run overtime).
I asked for a Full Life reading, consisting of a palm reading, tarot reading & psychic reading; I paid the $150 fee up front, and added $40 as a self-imposed missed-session fee for my having missed an earlier 3 PM appt. due to an odd accidental oversight on my part.
As I always do w/readings, this was a totally cold reading: I told the reader, prior to the start, only that I'd grown up in the NY/NJ area, that I live in the mountains of Western MD, & that I was visiting Portland for a few days. I told her nothing more about myself until after the reading had ended. Mist did insist relentlessly that I share a wish with her. I finally offered the vague nostrum: "I wish for the best for all beings."
Mist started w/the palm reading, then moved on to the tarot and psychic readings. While she definitely does have "the juice" (that is, psychic ability, she has good intuition), the majority of the reading consisted of vague statements with little detail, w/a handful of exceptions where she was more clear, if only after some adroit & persistent questioning. Here are the more notable things that she shared [a (*) denotes I've been told the same thing by many psychics, while a (??) means I find something unlikely]:
- (*) that I seem to radiate grace & goodness & that I'm here to help all beings on the spiritual level. It was very vague.
- (*) that my aura/energy body is extremely strong, healthy, bright & clear.
- (*) that my body is very healthy.
- (*) that I'm extremely good at setting boundaries w/people; she felt that this was very unusual.
- (*) that I have an amazingly strong ability to let go of attachments to people, issues, problems & events from the past. She felt that this was extremely unusual & rare.
- (*) that all of the tarot cards in the spread were very positive major arcana-type cards, which she said was extremely unusual.
- (*) that I am strongly protected in this life & that I've often miraculously escaped harm in dangerous situations; she felt that this was very unusual.
- (*) that both my mind and my entire life are very quiet, calm & peaceful, w/no dramas or problems. She felt that this was rare & unusual.
- (*) that I will live an extremely long life, totally free of bumps & problems.
- (*) that my wife & I have an open relationship, and that I have several younger female friends.
- (*) that I have extremely strong psychic/intuitive abilities. She felt that this was very rare & unique.
- (*) that I listen very well to my inner guides & angels; she felt that this was extremely rare.
- that my wife, over the past 2 years, has experienced very minor health-related problems w/her digestion. (true)
- (??) that I'll meet a beautiful female love soulmate within 18 months. Strangely, she was the 2nd Portland psychic to offer this prediction this week!
- (??) she also reported a number of vague things that didn't fit my life at all.
The reading was not very long, perhaps 30 minutes long at the most; at the end it was obvious that she had simply totally run out of things to share w/me.
Unlike many storefront psychics, Mist did not attempt any cons nor any upsells with me. Rather, she was honest & straightforward, although many of her utterances were irritatingly vague and lacking in much detail, often requiring persistent questioning for clarification.