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Tarot Reading
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Posted by Thoth on Friday, December 12, 2008 (CST)
 Have you ever wondered what's in the cards for you? Ever thought about consulting a diviner or tarot reader, but think it might be hocus-pocus? Well, we checked it out. To understand tarot you have to take a step back from science as you know it, or better yet, relieve yourself of rational thinking for a while. Tarot has to do with the spirit, and universal and personal energy - abstract concepts, for which there really aren't any scientific explanation.
Last week I went to see Cape Town tarot reader Lana Miller. The way she explained it to me is that the reading is based on universal energy as well as the spiritual energy of the person whose reading is being done.
Here's an everyday example of spiritual energy: is there a person who automatically puts you in a bad mood? Maybe someone else who always lifts your spirits? Or what about the tension in the air when a certain person enters a room? That is the kind of "energy" I'm talking about.
(Read More... Divination | Word Count: 1341 | comments? | Score: 5) |
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Astrologer caters to a new, refined clientele
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Posted by Thoth on Wednesday, November 26, 2008 (CST)
 Astrologer Joyce Levin is fond of quoting financier J.P. Morgan, who has often been attributed as saying, "Millionaires don't consult astrologers, billionaires do." Levin, a Cambridge-based modern stargazer, doesn't promise to make you rich, but she does tell the story of a couple who asked for some fortuitous gambling dates and then won thousands of dollars at the slot machines.
She says her clients come from all walks of life, from high-octane venture capitalists, renowned physicians, and attorneys taking lawsuits to trials, to expectant mothers, lovesick suitors, and pet owners.
As a practitioner in the "science and art of astrology," Levin says she combines "planetary influences with a keen intuitive sense," helping to heal relationships, encourage career changes, and even understand a child's behavior. In an age of rational scientific thinking, it may seem odd that belief in studies such as astrology still exists.
(Read More... Divination | Word Count: 1170 | comments? | Score: 4) |
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On Parched Farms, Using Intuition to Find Water
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Posted by Thoth on Wednesday, October 15, 2008 (CDT)
 Phil Stine is not crazy, or possessed, or even that special, he says. He has no idea how he does what he does. From most accounts, he does it very well. “Phil finds the water,” said Frank Assali, an almond farmer and convert. “No doubt about it.” Mr. Stine, you see, is a “water witch,” one of a small band of believers for whom the ancient art of dowsing is alive and well.
Emphasis, of course, on well. Using nothing more than a Y-shaped willow stick, Mr. Stine has as his primary function determining where farmers should drill to slake their crops’ thirst, adding an element of the mystical to a business where the day-to-day can often be painfully plain. Asked how he does it, Mr. Stine has a standard retort.
“I just tell people,” Mr. Stine said, “it’s the amount of lead” in your haunches. Scientists pooh-pooh dowsers like Mr. Stine, saying their abilities are roughly on par with a roll of the dice. But witches have been much in demand of late in rural California, the nation’s biggest agricultural engine, struggling through its second year of drought.
(Read More... Divination | Word Count: 1481 | comments? | Score: 5) |
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Future bright for fortunetelling in Vt. town
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Posted by Thoth on Tuesday, September 30, 2008 (CDT)
 Behold, the future is being revealed and it looks bright for fortune tellers, clairvoyants, tarot card readers and anyone claiming to contact spirits in this corner of northern New England. Soothsaying might still be banned in some parts of the country, but St. Johnsbury has repealed the ordinance against peering into the future that it had on the books since 1966.
"When the ordinance was lifted, I actually felt a large weight lifting from my shoulders," said Maria Pawlowski, a tarot card reader. "It was very oppressive to have to refrain from something that was as natural to me as breathing."
Fear of fraud has prompted many communities to ban fortunetelling but critics say it's not government's place to decide whether such personal beliefs or practices are fraudulent. Last year in Philadelphia, city inspectors shut down more than a dozen psychics, astrologers and tarot-card readers after discovering a decades-old state law that still bans fortunetelling for profit.
(Read More... Divination | Word Count: 830 | comments? | Score: 4) |
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What is the meaning of Numbers?
Reads: 346 |
Posted by Thoth on Sunday, September 21, 2008 (CDT)
 An otherwise entirely rational person might confess to having a lucky number or two, but why do some people base important decisions on the right numbers? Most of us see maths as a science, but to some, numbers have hidden meanings that can be used to make decisions in matters as serious as recruiting staff.
When Samantha Roddick, the daughter of Bodyshop founder Anita Roddick, launched her business, she crunched numbers with her bank manager, her accountant - and her numerologist. "When I pulled the whole team together, I just got everybody's numerology done," she says, describing how she used numbers to organise her new staff into efficient working groups.
"And then you just look at the overall numbers and how they interact. Ones are very ambitious, hard-working, career-centric, money-driven, Threes are very creative, as are Sixes. Fives, they're very apt to a lot of change."
(Read More... Divination | Word Count: 1103 | comments? | Score: 0) |
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