She's the first psychic I had readings with, so I can't compare her against others. I don't even…read moreknow if psychic powers are real, but I will comment on whether her readings felt true to me. I went in with an open mind, and asked about issues of real concern to me.
I think she's a good performer. By that, I am not saying she has no psychic powers. I don't know that. She may have her flashes of psychic intuitions. But on my reading, I feel like she was not accurate, and was merely using tricks to compensate.
I requested a general tarot card reading. She said a lot of things, about a third felt true to me, a second third I had to stretch what she said to fit my situations, and final third where she's off the mark, but she quickly corrected after gauging my feedback.
She started with easy statements that might have been flattery to pull me in -- "You have a long life ahead of you. You're a honest person, a good person, who goes out of his way to help others, but with little reward in return...... You need to take time for yourself." Most people can identify with that; who doesn't think he's a moral and honest person?
She also said many things that are generally applicable to people during this time. "You have a little financial problem, but you don't need to worry.... ..... you always had problems in your relationships ... ... "
When I said I'm not in any financial difficult, and not in a relationship. She quickly corrected, "yes, that's what the cards say.", and then evolved the reading to my situation. Whatever I asked, she was not surprised and always had a confident answer.
She also said few specifics, that seemed shocking, but again could be applicable to many people. She said I only ever had one true love (I don't know if I ever had a true love). She said an elderly man in my family will fall ill, but it will bring the family closer together (but it's only natural that as a man gets older, he will get ill).
She has this confident aura that she sees the effects of my issues (love life, stress/anxiety level), but the symptoms she perceive and advices are natural extensions to these problems many people are common to. Some specifics she said were not true like when she said because of my stress, I turn and toss at night during sleep. But I sleep well.
With all that said, throughout her reading, I felt a vibration coursing through my body. I wondered whether it's some sort of spiritual energy. But it's most likely just the nervous anticipation and fear of whether she will say something shockingly revealing. Until I feel something similar again, I can't quite decipher that feeling.
So in the end, I think if you are a believer and looking for a real psychic, she might not be one. And if you are just looking for a confident performer at work, it would be an interesting experience.
p.s. you can read the New York Times article she refers to here:
http://www.nytimes.com/1995/05/14/nyregion/the-storefront-psychic-a-peek-inside.html
Her picture happens to be on the cover, but the long article is really not about her, but a description of the state of psychic business in general.
