How Psychics Tell You What You Want To Hear

I get the sense that you are artistic... something to do
with art -- no, no, music. You write your own songs, don't
you? But this isn't your occupation - you get paid to do
something else, yes? You don't resent this, though. In fact
I'd say you're one of those lucky people who truly likes
your job. There's someone at the office.. mm... does the
letter M mean anything to you?

For starters, sharpen your observational skills. Become a
Sherlock Holmes. Notice things like posture, expression and
tone of voice and how to interpret them. There are some
obvious, universal 'tells' that give away everything from
doubt to fear to excitement. Most people have no idea how
clearly they telegraph their emotions with the tiniest
changes of facial expressions.

You're halfway right. Most 'psychics' who engage in fortune
telling for fun or profit do have a talent or ability, but
it's neither magic nor uncommon. What they have is a learned
ability to read the tiny nuances in people's facial
expressions, voices and body language, and to put that
information together with other verbal and non-verbal cues
that you give off while they are reading for you.

Before you find yourself convinced that a telephone or web
psychic has magical abilities, think back over what exactly
was said and communicated during a 'reading'. Here are some
common tells that "psychic readers" use to tell you things
they couldn't possibly know.

Sherlock Holmes often made statements that astounded his
listeners, but were simply the result of his coordinating
the physical cues that he observed about his subjects.
Material cues like wedding rings, engagement rings, or the
mark left behind by one can tell a psychic reader a lot
about you. Things like the way you dress or the makeup and
jewelry that you wear are also clues that form an overall
impression of you that the reader will feed back to you to
impress you with their 'magical' abilities and insight.

3. Keep your statements vague enough to backpedal if the
reaction you get is puzzlement. A blank look to the
statement about an opportunity might lead you to add, 'you
may not even recognize it at first, or it may not have been
offered to you yet. You should keep your eye out for a
chance to prove yourself.' That's a statement that's
impossible to disprove. Everyone is offered opportunties all
the time. The next time your friend is offered one, they'll
remember your prediction.

There are other obvious cues in your tone of voice, your
expression, your posture - nearly everything that you do or
say can help the 'psychic' make predictions and statements
based on things you tell him or her yourself - without even
realizing it.

5. Use your words to influence perceptions. Take the
statement 'Someone in your workplace is interested in you'.
Once you put that statement out there, the person you're
reading for will find it nearly impossible to keep from
wondering which person it might be. Viewed through the
perception that someone 'likes' them, chances are good that
they WILL come up with a possible 'secret admirer'.

Move from the general to the specific. Once a 'psychic' has
found a general area that provokes a reaction from you, he
or she will start narrowing the focus. They may start
reeling off a list of 'authority figures' - a parent, a
boss, a police officer, maybe even your doctor - until they
provoke another reaction.

That's really about all there is to most of the psychics
that you'll run into on the phone and internet pay-per-
minute services. A heightened sense of obersvation and
perception, a few little tricks to draw out information, and
the chutzpah to pass it off as some sort of arcane secret
technique. Here's your introduction to:
Solving the palmistry riddle!