Intuitive and psychic readings

Intuitive reading, scrying, pendulums, tea leaves and how to judge a reading with a clear head.

Intuitive reading

Interpreting impressions, images and associations during a reading.

The clair senses

How practitioners describe receiving impressions through sight, sound, feeling or knowing.

Scrying

Gazing into a surface such as a crystal ball, mirror or water and interpreting what arises.

Pendulum divination

Using the movement of a pendulum to signal answers by an agreed convention.

Tea leaf and coffee reading

Reading the shapes and positions of tea leaves or coffee grounds in a cup.

Cartomancy

Reading an ordinary deck of playing cards with its own meanings and layouts.

Omens and symbols

How cultures give meaning to events, animals, dreams and coincidences.

Judging a reading

What makes a reading feel accurate, and how to recognise manipulation.