Excuse my heavy-handed speech, but trying to extract direct info from the lady I spoke with, was…read moreabout as easy as preventing a hard-on with a bl**w job.
I asked how much a psychic reading costs. The lady said it's $45 and will last anywhere from a few minutes to an hour, it depends. Not too vague so far. Okay, I thought. That sounds reasonable, depending on whether or not she is legit.
She said a natal chart is "a little pricey, because I do it by hand". ($250). Ouch. And she had a hard time articulating what the process would be like, except that you'd receive anything from a dozen page print out, to a fifty-page print out, as a result. Then, in apparent contradiction, she stated she has a computer that does her natal charts.
Then she talked about a "Body-soul" chart, which allegedly tells you where you store stress in your body.
"But don't most people already know where stress is stored?", I submitted, in polite tones.
"Well, yeah, of course", she responded, as if I'd asked if humans breath air, "but it gives you other information too." [I didn't bother asking what else.]
"What do you find out about my soul from that chart?"
"There are many aspects we look into."
"What I mean is, by what mechanism does the chart work; what are you using to find out my body-soul information?"
"Well, in order to interpret the information from the body-soul chart you'll need to get another reading first, like a psychic reading, natal chart ... or an aura or karma done first." (Karma??)
"So you can't explain how the body-soul chart works, and in order to interpret the results of that enigmatic reading, I'll need to get an additional reading too?"
Exasperated exhalation, then ...
"No, that's not what I'm saying. Well, I mean, yes, you'll need the extra reading because we don't interpret the body-soul chart. That's up to you to interpret, or you'll need an additional reading for the interpretation."
"So you can't explain how the chart works, or what information it will give me, and it's up to me to interpret the results, unless I get an additional reading of some sort."
"Well, yeah, it's kind of hard to explain."
"So you can't explain the mechani - ", I badger, maybe being a little obnoxious.
"I use your date of birth."
"Isn't that what you use for the natal chart too? Shouldn't either reading offer me body-soul info? Why do I need both?"
{ Momentary silence } ... And I jump in again ...
"How much is the body/soul reading?"
"It's $350."
... I've actually truncated our long, circular, nonsensical verbal joust to spare your sanity.
Conclusion: I have mixed feelings. On the one hand, it's a travesty that this kind of individual exists, lying in wait for intellectually lazy consumers with pathologically "open minds". That fact is sad and a little infuriating. However I have such little respect for those who actually allow themselves to be so easily victimized, that I ALMOST don't care.
