Jasmine Charter has been a member since June 29th 2012, and has created 41 posts from scratch.
Jasmine Charter's Bio
Jasmine is a writer and contributor to a number of web sites. She resides in Phillipsburg, NJ and enjoys web design, science fiction and fantasy movies/books and is currently learning to read tarot.
published Monday, July 23rd, 2012 at 7:33 am by Jasmine Charter
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published Wednesday, May 15th, 2013 at 10:55 am by Jasmine Charter
Online Palm Reading 101
Many of you have asked me about palm reading and online palm reading and what I think about it. Some have asked more basic questions about palmistry and so I decided to put together this short article on palm reading – though it applies equally to online palm reading, now being done with a photo of your hand or a live webcam.
A brief history of palmistry
Man has always been a bit curious and wanted to dabble on the metaphysical side of things. Human beings have always had a fascination with the hands. Judging by the number of hands painted in prehistoric caves it would seem the human hand held an interest for humans since the stone-age.
Believed to have originated in India, the art of palmistry spread to China, Tibet, Egypt, Persia and to other countries in Europe.
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In 3,000 BC the emperor of China used his thumbprint to seal documents, while Aristotle (384-322BC) discovered a treatise on palmistry on an alter to the god Hermes. Little wonder then that Greek physicians, Hypocrates and Galen (c.130-200AD) used their knowledge of palmistry in their diagnostic work with patients. Even Julius Caesar used palmistry to judge his men, although one could argue that either his skills weren’t very accurate, considering the treacherous way in which he died.
More recently, medical researchers in dermatoglyphics (the study of skin patterns) have discovered a correspondence between genetic abnormalities and unusual markings on the hand; for example, research has confirmed that there is a link between certain fingerprint patterns and heart disease.
Significance of the left and right hand
Though there are debates on which hand is better to read from, both have their own significance. It is tradition to assume that the left hand shows potential in an individual, and the right showed realized personality. The choice of hand to read is ultimately up to the instinct and experience of the practitioner.
Left The left hand is controlled by the right brain (pattern recognition, relationship understanding), reflects the inner person, the natural self, the anima, and the lateral thinking.
Right As opposites are, the right hand is controlled by the left brain (logic, reason, and language), reflects the outer person, objective self, influence of social environment, education, and experience. It represents linear thinking.
Major Lines in Online Palm Reading
On each hand are many lines, but there are generally considered to be four main lines in palmistry, as well as many secondary lines used in palm reading and online palm reading.
The four lines found on almost all hands, and generally given most weight by palmists:
Heart Line - The heart line is the first of the major lines examined by a reader and represents love and attraction. It is found towards the top of the palm, under the fingers. Palmists interpret this line to represent matters of the heart, that is, more literally, our emotional living.
Head Line – The next line identified by palmists is the head line. This line starts at the edge of the palm under the index finger and flows across the palm towards the outside edge. Palmists generally interpret this line to represent the person’s mind and the way it works, including learning style, communication style, intellectualism, and thirst for knowledge and to indicate a preference for creative or analytical approaches to information.
Life Line – The life line is perhaps the most controversial line on the hand. This line extends from the edge of the palm above the thumb and travels in an arc towards the wrist. The life line is also believed to reflect major life changes, including cataclysmic events, physical injuries, and relocations.
Fate Line – The fate line runs from the bottom of the palm near the wrist, up through the center of the palm towards the middle finger. This line is believed to be tied to the person’s life path, including school and career choices, successes and obstacles.
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Criticism of Online Palm Reading
Criticism of palmistry often rests with the lack of empirical evidence supporting its efficacy. Scientific literature typically regards palmistry as a pseudoscientific or superstitious belief. Skeptics often include palmists on lists of alleged psychics who practice cold reading. Palmists appear psychic by using high-probability guessing and inferring details based on signals or cues from the other person’s history.
Conclusion
While palmistry does have some criticism, it remains a very popular and beloved form of divining insight into a person. Not only that, it can be performed just about anywhere with anyone who has a hand.
published Monday, April 15th, 2013 at 10:12 pm by Jasmine Charter
Beginners’ Techniques to Get Started With Tarot Reading from Free Tarot Online Readers
True Tarot Reading is actually a very personalized physical activity as well as a pretty perceptive form of divination. Free Tarot Online Readers say that, to understand how to read the Cards, you must possess a general knowledge of the divination meanings of each individual Card of the Tarot, understand the fundamental personality of individuals symbolized by the four Tarot Card suits belonging to the Minor Arcana or Arcana Minor and really should be familiar with the different Tarot Card spreads used in a Tarot Reading.
8 Tarot Reading suggestions from Free Tarot Online Readers
1. Tarot Decks – First, the Free Tarot Online Readers say you should choose a Tarot Deck which is attractive to your taste, method and social background. You have to be pleased with your own Tarot Deck when you’re giving a Tarot Reading. When picking out the perfect Tarot deck, try to recognize the way the Tarot Deck makes you feel. When you pick the right Deck, you’ll see that your Tarot Reading will be simple and flows easily.
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2. Tarot Card Symbolism – Have a nice rudimentary knowledge of all of the Tarot Card meanings of the 78 Cards belonging to the complete Tarot Reading Deck. It will be a tough arduous activity, nevertheless in the longer term, it will be beneficial and illuminating. Interpreting Cards opens up your personal intuition and therefore brings about better understanding of one’s self. It is going to show the influences and half hidden factors you may not even be conscious of besides.
3. Tarot Ritual – According to the successful free tarot online readers, you need to try to establish a Tarot Reading Routine. You could very well do a form of meditation or ask your inner self, the Universe or The Lord to educate or unveil information that will help you or maybe the the person you are giving the Reading to to address her or his challenges. Do what feels best for you. You may even get some new age music while doing the Reading, decorate your Tarot Reading area.
4. Shuffling the Tarot Cards – There isn’t any real solid restrictions on shuffling say the Free Tarot Online Readers. You can cut the Deck yourself and also letting the client cut the Tarot Cards using the left hand (left brain for intuition) or else you make the person perform the shuffling of the Deck and permit the person to cut the Tarot Deck. Make sure you already have some sort of cloth to place your Cards of the Tarot. Have plenty of space to lay your Cards around the table, to ensure that it is not going to look confusing and results in easy and relaxed Psychic Tarot Reading.
5. Tarot spreads – True Tarot Reading can be achieved a lot easier if you properly select the best Tarot Spread for use on your particular needs. Just a few examples of common Tarot Card Spreads are the Ten-Card Spread, Celtic Cross, Decision Game and Persona. No matter whatever the issue is the person wants a solution to or whatever part of their life they really want you to perform the Tarot Card Reading around, you will discover that there are actually certain Tarot Spreads for virtually every particular aim. From love Tarot Readings to baby readings to career readings, special Tarot layouts that can really permit you as the Tarot Reader to help answer those basic questions.
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6. Tarot significator – In the Tarot Card Reading, this represents the inquirer. Significator could very well be selected in different methods. Get your inquirer’s astrology sign and next match it together with the appropriate Tarot suit. Virgo, Capricorn, Taurus-Pentacles Leo, Sagittarius, Aries- Wands Aquarius, Gemini, Libra- Swords Pisces, Cancer, Scorpio- Cups
Then simply match it while using the sex and age for the court cards. Knights- male teenagers Kings-male 25 years old and above Pages-female teenagers Queens-female 25 years and above
Quite a few Tarot Layouts don’t require a Tarot significator whatsoever. If you utilize a significator, then after a significator is decided on don’t merely ignore it the entire Tarot Card Reading session. Take a look at how it links along with the rest of the Tarot Cards, through the Layout during this process. Like in a novel, make the significator the main character.
7. Evaluate your Tarot Layout – Seek a underlying theme in your Layout. Do you have far more Minor Arcana than Major Arcana Cards? More cups than wands? Generally if the largest percentage of Tarot Cards are the Major arcana this means far more challenges around the important turning points in the person’s life (changing jobs, retirement, wedding, children etc.) The Minor Arcane Tarot Cards indicates attention on alot more everyday considerations. For Suits, far more Cups means a love story while Wands means action-packed adventure.
8. Study Others – Don’t be hesitant to talk to other Readers or even check them out to get a Tarot Reading to help you observe the things they’re doing and exactly how each one does it. Remember, you shouldn’t copy anyone’s technique, but never fail to consider an opportunity to learn about and integrate certain things or tactics into your own Reading.
Tarot Reading Tips from Free Tarot Online Readers
You now know rudimentary Tarot Reading instructions. Remember there are no Tarot Reading interpretations alike, especially from Free Tarot Online Readers. Interpreting Tarot Cards is as unique as anyone’s thumb prints. Let your intuition get in front of the steering wheel while driving through the maze of the world of Tarot Reading.
published Sunday, April 7th, 2013 at 5:09 pm by Jasmine Charter
How to Recognize Psychic Scams from an Authentic Psychic
For anybody who is on this site and reading through this article, then most likely, you currently acknowledge that some people possess psychic talents. Me personally, I’m a tarot reader, so not surprisingly I do believe that there are those who are truly an authentic psychic. However, many of us do not believe at all, and one of the major reasons could be the quantity of “fraudulent” psychic readers out there. These kind of men and women claim that they’re “psychic,” but generally they are doing so for either to entertain people (like a mentalist) or they are doing it to make money – ie., a hoax. So what psychic gifts may be faked? I talked with a number of magicians who provided me a small run down of the psychic abilities which could be quite easily re-created and how they actually do it.
Telepathy
Telepathy, a.k.a., “mind-reading,” is normally characterized as hearing other people’s surface thoughts. The idea telempathy appears really similar to telepathy, and so many men and women typically use the word “empaths” for people who can pick up the feelings of other people. Somebody efficient at analyzing non-verbal signs in facial expressions and/or tell-tale body language may seem like a mind-readermind reader to people who do not recognize these kind of unconscious body gestures– which generally might only last a moment. Interestingly, these “telepaths” might not on a conscious level have a clue how they obtain these facts, so they may in fact think they have psychic abilities. A variation of telepath is “psychometry” – detecting psychic vibrations as well as other ideas through a touched object. Once again, the mentalists told me the bulk of the true facts may come from the nonvisual cues and the responses to the remarks of the “psychic”.
Clairvoyance and Remote Viewing
Despite the popular utilization, the expression “clairvoyant” does not imply all types of psychic abilities or just the ability to foresee one’s destiny. Technically, the ability to perceive remote things may be classified as Extra Sensory Perception ( or ESP) because the details are not really originating through the normal five sensory faculties of sight, touch and taste. The most effective way to imitate this ability is working with another person who gives clues. As an example, a magic show may have the mentalist blindfolded on stage. The partner will move through the audience and raise something from a few people in the audience. The assistant will then use words and phrases that have special code words for each kind of object. The person could tell something similar to: “I am now holding this woman’s object in my hand, can you tell us what it is?” “Woman’s” and “hand” could be a code word for “girl’s purse.” In the event the sex differs, then that thing being held may be a guy’s wallet. And that is an example of the least complicated code. Plenty of skilled professional mental magicians, and expert cons, have Extremely sophisticated codes for their psychic scams.
Out of Body Experience
Most people would say Astral projection refers to out-of-body experiences in which the psychic possibly moves in another place on the earth or into the “realm of spirits.” They leave their physical body one place and sends their conscience or perception someplace else where the person can see stuff. Similar to the clairvoyance example above, the performer or hoaxster can supply information to the viewers from a partner in these types of psychic scams. Although faking astral projection is rarer, it is sometimes used as a “convincer” or something used to prove the faker is an authentic psychic.
Precognition (See the Future)
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It won’t be hard to realize that an authentic psychic isn’t really psychic scams at being able to foresee the future right after this individual has won the the lottery jackpot (here in NJ, it would be the Powerball) a few times. A lot of people who are running psychic scams commonly depend upon extremely broad predictions, e.g., “A man with dark hair will have a vital role in your life within the coming year.” This particular phenomenon is also subject to exactly what specialists consider the “confirmation bias.” Quite simply, this implies people remember the ones that come to pass and yet have a tendency to overlook the many other forecasts which the individual made that did not occur. Yet again, the person who thinks they are psychic may feel that they honestly have this ability. These individuals will not understand or know that they’re subconsciously reading the individual’s reactions to their more broad predictions to help make the more specific types. But that doesn’t change the fact that they are not being an authentic psychic.
Telekinesis – How Those Who Are Not an Authentic Psychic Do It
I’m sure you would agree that it would be neat to move stuff without coming in contact with them. Telekinesis (sometimes called “psychokinesis”) is among the greatest “parlor tricks” for fakers and mentalists alike. A little something as basic as magnets under a surface can make an item move over it. Fakers also utilize fine wire to lift up items or mirrors can make the impression where a item would seem to move or appear elsewhere. Of course, with films like Return of the Jedi, where Jedi Knights were able to manipulate items by using the Force, we all know that just about everything can be accomplished in motion pictures. A common magic trick that is certainly even now practiced is what’s called to as”spoon-bending.” In spoon bending psychic scams, the person displays a metal spoon via the handle after which the bowl of the spoon may seem to flex or twist without getting touched. Even though the stage mentalists I spoke with did not disclose the exact practices they use, they made it quite clear that seeing is not believing.
Psychic Scams Dealing with Talking with Those Who Have Passed
What are commonly referred to as Mediums and/or what are known as Channelers say they communicate with those who have passed on. Charlatans proclaim to have information “only the the person might know” by using their target audiences’s powerful emotions toward the deceased along with their desperation to contact them. Reading the body language while they make basic observations or remarks and then carry on off the man or woman’s answers or reactions. One example of how they do these type of psychic scams is, the channeler could claim, “I truly feel the letter G is important.” Because the eager mark begins seeking for a link and will make the vital developments to fit it in. They might take note of the letter “G” and say “Grandma!” This will likely then lead the “channeler” down that route.
Don’t Get Discouraged with Psychic Scams
Even though I’ve shown various good examples of how those doing psychic scams can pretend possessing psychic capabilities, don’t forget – there are real psychics in existence. This brief article was meant to enable you in finding and choosing the authentic psychic from the many knockoffs to ensure that you’ll be able to get a true psychic reading by a authentic psychic reader rather than fall for another fake. There are actually many approaches that you need to use to get a genuine psychic advisor and you can easily take a look at a few of my various other content articles to be certain you discover a reputable psychic reader.
published Monday, April 1st, 2013 at 1:57 am by Jasmine Charter
A Dirty Little Secret Regarding An Online Tarot Reading
Tarot Reading centers on a specific belief that a deck of unique cards, similar to playing cards, are known to achieve understanding of the past, the future and the present of a client or person seeking answers. The belief in the psychic ability of online tarot reading is usually associated with the occult and is very closely related to several other magical and paranormal divination methods such as rune reading and angel card psychic readings. Plenty of people suspect that Online Tarot Readings are actually influenced by a spiritual force, which wants to reveal itself as a way to be a form of some type of divine or spirit guide.
Where Did Online Tarot Reading Come From?
The Tarot Decks originally were seen in their current form in Northern Italy in the 15th century, where they were used often for gaming and other games of chance, but older forms of the tarot could possibly be tracked back to age-old Egyptian days, where they were employed to endeavor to glean hermetic knowledge. It’s possible that the word tarot evolved from the ancient Egyptian phrases “tar” which means royal and “ro” that means “road”, that seem to symbolize the “royal road to wisdom”. It needs to be recognized that a number of experts on ancient Egypt have recently denied this assertion. Present day psychic uses of Tarot Cards started to gain popularity in Western Europe during the end of the renaissance period as Tarot Reading became more prevalent among traveling gypsies who used Tarot Cards to provide a means of communication with unknown divine beings.
The Cards Used in Online Tarot Reading
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The Cards of the Tarot can be split up into 4 distinct suits plus a series of 21 distinct picture Tarot cards – these are referred to as the major and minor arcana. The different suits tend to be known as Wands,Swords,Pentacles and Cups. A few Tarot decks also have another image card, referred to as the Fool or the Joker. The ways in which each card of the Tarot is interpreted depends on the form of tarot deck as well as the location where the card is actually drawn or positioned throughout an online tarot reading. Several cards could be confusing to subjects that are not educated in the ability of tarot reading, such as the tarot card named “Death” for example, which will not refer to the dying of an individual, but rather may possibly refer to spousal relationship, a romance or a serious shift.
Past, Present and Future
In it’s simplest form, the tarot cards are easily read on their own, using three cards to signify future, present and past, or maybe in a unique layout such as “destiny square”. The individual getting the Online Tarot reading could be requested to give the answer to a specific concern or provide extra particulars on a specific issue, or they could require a more generalized psychic tarot reading. The personal getting the online tarot reading will need to attempt to be as relaxed as they can at the reading so that the tarot cards will give clear and honest answers to their questions. Tarot Readers could use incense, candles or breathing methods to make sure a subject is relaxed.
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If a psychic tarot reader is performing a psychic tarot reading for somebody else, they might encourage them to cut or mix the tarot deck, so that the tarot deck will develop some form of spiritual link with the individual. They can then conduct a “tarot” spread. You will discover many different Tarot, which includes:
Three Sample Online Tarot Reading Spreads
A common spread is the “Three Card” Spread. This spread involves three Tarot cards selected by the querent (that is a Latin word used in combination with Tarot circles for any person who ‘seeks’ his answers). This particular Tarot spread can be used for ‘very quick’ tarot readings, when a quick answer is needed. Each individual card either represents past, present and future.
Another Tarot spread is known as the Horseshoe spread – This spread presents an overview of the person’s personal life, making use of 21 different cards organized in 7 groupings consisting of 3 different cards in each. Each selection of cards addresses a category; present,past, the future, the unexpected, the folks around you, hurdles & resistance and finally, their life path.
An incredibly common tarot spread is the Celtic Cross spread – this tarot spread supplies a basic assessment much like the Horseshoe, but yet employs less tarot cards. The ten different tarot cards in this spread are used to look into the present-day scenario and what may be causing difficulties. In the Celtic Cross, the subsequent tarot card is put down over the very top of the very first tarot card drawn. The 3rd tarot card talks about the very close future, in addition to the 4th card drawn. This card reveals the typically ‘unacknowledged’ reasons for your situation while the 5th card drawn revealing your past. The 6th card drawn looks into the future a few months on, and then the next card picked examining the emotional well-being of the man or woman looking for the answers. The next card shows the influence of the people around the querent and the next card deals with desires and uncertainties. The last card drawn shows the result, roughly sixth months in the future.
Additionally, there are a great many other tarot card spreads and numerous tarot readers will use a number of these tarot spreads in the psychic tarot reading. The Tarot is rich in history from 100′s of years in the past and give a highly effective clues about how we live and recent problems.
published Friday, March 8th, 2013 at 1:13 pm by Jasmine Charter
They See Dead People – True Facts about Psychic Mediums
In prior decades, people with any unique paranormal ability like psychic mediums, or suspected of possessing paranormal or psychic ability, ended up being generally branded heretics or witches and murdered. Things like the Spanish Inquisition and the Salem witch trials were prime examples of how people once treated people like psychic mediums.
Attitudes About Psychic Mediums Now
Nowadays in our more progressive modern culture boasts a more open-minded viewpoint towards the psychic area and spiritual ability – at least in a lot of civilized nations that’s the case. This approach towards psychic mediums is often seen with the wide range of movies, publications and television programs about clairvoyants and psychic mediums, along the lines of the tv show Fringe, the movie the 6th Sense and books like the Sookie Stackhouse series and even more.
The Unseen Spiritual World of Psychic Mediums
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Given that it is more recognized that our material plane exists parallel next to a invisible and unseen spiritual world, individuals such as psychic mediums and psychics have been sought for to guide people with psychic suggestions and to communicate with departed loves ones within the divine world. The fact is, throughout the last 2 full decades, a lot more people have sought for the special skills of mediums and their ability.
But in spite of the increasing amount of worldwide recognition, you’ll notice some people on the earth that do not fully understand who exactly psychics are along with what they are capable of – or more apparent, they already have extensive misguided beliefs about them that at times leads to hate and aggression. Due to this, we’ve compiled a list of the foremost considerations persons inquire about psychics and mediums and put them directly below.
Top 5 Questions People Ask About Psychic Mediums
1. How Come People today Visit Psychic Mediums?
Mediums enjoy a exceptional talent among the psychics that is remarkably in demand. As opposed to some clairvoyants psychics who obtain information through palm reading or tarot cards or who are able to predict one’s destiny, Spiritual Mediums obtain their guidance by bypassing the veil connecting realities and talking directly to a divine creature, such as a native american spirit guide, divine angel or even the ghost of someone who has died. In general, psychics with other gifts simply cannot converse directly with ghosts, that will make Psychic Mediums extremely sought-after.
2. How can a Medium commune with the Spirit World?
Precisely how Psychic Mediums are capable of transcending the unseen barrier in between the spiritual and material planes and talk with a creature of spirit just isn’t known. In reality, the way in which the power works is often diverse. Occasionally, a Psychic Medium will be able to “ physical hear” the spiritual entities as plainly as though another person happen to be literally communicating around with them. In alternative instances, Psychic Mediums is able to have impressions or a feeling coming from the angels instead of audible sound. And in different scenarios, Mediums in fact “becomes a channel for” the ghost – or maybe permits the spirit temporarily take control of their body and interact with others here on the physical dimension.
3. Are A Person with Psychic Abilities and a Medium the Same
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While it is correct that Psychic Mediums are psychics. Not all psychics are Mediums. Mediumship stands out as the ability to converse or commune with the spirit dimension, such as guardian angels, various spirits, ghosts of loved ones as well as other spirit creatures. There can be several other mental capacities most notably psychokinesis, clairaudience or clairvoyance and astral projection. Thus while practically all Psychic Mediums are really psychics, not all various psychics are Mediums.
4. Can a Spiritual Mediums really execute their services despite the fact that it’s just over a telephone call?
Yes, a Medium focus in faraway psychic services. They’ll deliver a phone reading and even do a seance, when a Mediums converses with the spiritual realm, 100% over the phone. Just as before, considering the fact that a Medium is a guru in channelling, this person can channel their psychic energies to link with your energy when he / she delivers you a seance. In a similar manner, the person also will channel their energies across the spiritual realm when he / she directs a psychic reading.
5. Can Anybody Be able to Speak To the spiritual realm Like a Medium?
Gurus range on the thoughts and opinions on whether or not everyone can be able to talk with the spirit dimension like a Medium. Many assert it’s always an inborn ability and primarily individuals with the “ability” could do it, despite the fact that other folks proclaim anyone can learn it. At this time there seems to be a indication that anyone MIGHT contact the realm of spirits, yet to precisely what level appears to vary from one person to another and like other other stuff in life, the more you are working on it, the easier you are able to do it right and also the stronger your ability gets.
These are the Five Issues many people tend to find out about a Medium however naturally you will discover lot’s more. The reality is, in the event you truly want to educate yourself more info on Psychic Mediums or if you want to use their services, your best choice is always to actually talk with one privately so you are able to get the answers to all of one’s basic questions.
Just below is a weblink to a site where you may speak to Psychic Mediums. Many are generally happy to reply to all the concerns you could have.
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