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Divination and the Tools to see the Future

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Divination and the Tools to see the Future

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Brooklyn Van Renselaar

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Something that is believed to be a sign or warning of something that will happen in the future

Confusion of correlation with causation is a red flag that can be associated with Omens. If you saw an owl it could be a Omen of a death nearing, or it could be that you just happened to see a owl.

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In many cultures, animals can indicate significant events to come. This may be based on numbers of animals, behavioral patterns, or other indicators.

While a lot of people are afraid of snakes, it's important to remember that in many cultures, serpent mythology is strongly tied to the cycle of life, death and rebirth. Did you know that in the Ozarks, there is a connection between snakes and babies? Or that in Scotland, a snake emerging from its hole signified the beginning of Spring?

Frogs and toads feature prominently in magical folklore in many societies. These amphibious critters are known for a variety of magical properties, from their ability to help predict the weather, to curing warts to bringing good luck.

Spring equinox is a time for fertility and sowing seeds, and so nature's fertility goes a little crazy. The rabbit-for good reason-is often associated with fertility magic and sexual energy. More "

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In many cultures, animals can indicate significant events to come. This may be based on numbers of animals, behavioral patterns, or other indicators. While a lot of people are afraid of snakes, it's important to remember that in many cultures, serpent mythology is strongly tied to the cycle of life, death and rebirth.

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Are dreams that appear to predict the future through a sixth sense.

Simplicity is a reason of believe that can be connected to why people believe that there dreams have hidden layers that can predict the future.

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It is a tool used for obtaining information from beyond normal consciousness. It helps to tap into the Higher Self and enhance intuition. And predict things in the future. You can ask it yes or no answers and depending on the direction it swings in is your answer.

Pendulums are a good example of of Mystical energy. These stones on a string are thought to have magical energy that can move on there own. But the deliver could just be moving it themselves. Hard to know but mystical energy sounds n

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Tarot decks are decks of cards with pictures, symbols words and numbers printed or painted on them. In theory they are supposed to be able to tell the story of the past, give clarity and insight into the present and predict the future.

Tarot cards are a good connection to Perception and Observation. The art of card reading is often left to how you perceive the cards and what they are telling you. Often leaving the messages up for interpretation and not can cause you not to see the reality of them.

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Photo: Lauren McKinley

Angeliska Polacheck of Sister Temperance Tarot is as intriguing in person as she is in her Twitter description, which reads like an incantation: "Writer, soothsayer, silversmith, witch." Voted the best Tarot card reader in Austin, Texas, in 2012, Polacheck, 36, who also deals in antiques, neither advertises nor hangs out a shingle. But people find her anyway.

There was the big, burly truck driver whose sniffles after a reading she first mistook for allergies. The 20-somethings who hear readings they don't like and run off in a huff. The women who married too early and, when visiting Polacheck, grimly accept readings intimating what they already know: It's time to move on.

"I inherited my first deck from my mother," Polacheck told International Business Times. "My dad gave me the cards when I was 11. I studied them and read for friends and family. But I started reading professionally in New Orleans in 1999 at Esoterica [shop] on Dumaine Street."

Reading for strangers was a "trial by fire," said Polacheck. "You lay out the cards and start talking about what's there. It was revelatory. It blew me away the stuff that would come through."

Although Polacheck has been reading cards for half of her life, she could also be considered part of the "occult revival" Katie J.M. Baker wrote about in Newsweek in 2013. According to the millennials she spoke to, "astrology and tarot ... are their favorite supernatural tools for combating existential angst."

But Polacheck says that Tarot only recently became cool again. "For a long time, if you brought it up, people would pooh-pooh you," she said. "They'd make fun of it for being cheesy, New Age-y. I don't see that happening anymore, but for a while I was scared to come out of the broom closet and tell people because I thought people would make fun of it."

The Tarot is a pack of 78 playing cards that have been around since the mid-15th century in Europe. From the late 18th century on, Tarot cards have been used both for divination (predicting the future) as well as a kind of guided meditation.

The cards are categorized either as Major Arcana or Minor Arcana. The 22 Major Arcana cards depict images like the Hanged Man, the Devil, the Wheel of Life and the Fool. The 56 Minor Arcana cards are suit cards, but rather than the spades, hearts, diamonds and clubs found in a traditional deck, there are wands, swords, cups and pentacles.

There is a plethora of Tarot deck styles, from the traditional Rider-Waite deck to a more contemporary hipster favorite -- the Wild Unknown deck. There are also various ways to spread the deck and "read" it. The person asking questions of the tarot reader (or the deck, if she is doing the reading herself) should steer clear of questions with yes or no answers and let the cards guide the way -- to what is happening or may happen if they continue to pursue a path.

"The Tarot is a collection of symbols or archetypes that represent all of human experience," explains Polacheck. "I describe the Tarot as the map of spirit, heart and soul. You lay it out so you can get a bird's-eye view."

Polacheck doesn't consider reading someone's deck to tell the future as ethical, although she will warn someone if something in their spread suggests that if they continue along a certain path, the outcome won't be good.

"I'm a believer in accountability," she said. "We create our reality, but we can use the symbols as guideposts to help us grow and evolve rather than trying to figure out what's going to happen. Things are not predestined. We have power over what we experience. "

That's why she prescreens clients and, unlike when she first began reading, won't accept just anyone, particularly if it seems that they only want to be entertained or want easy answers: "I'm only willing to work with people who are on a spiritual path, people who are ready to do the work with me," she said.

Who exactly is paying the $100-an-hour fee she charges for a Tarot reading?

"My demographic is all over the place," says Polacheck. She says that most of her clients are women, but that she has a "healthy" number of male clients. "People might assume that the majority of people who visit me would be bohemian artists into Tarot, and it's not so much that at all. I have soccer moms. Lawyers. People from East India, Asia, poor single moms, young guys in college."

A lot of people visit her who don't feel comfortable seeing a therapist, confirmed by one reviewer of mostly glowing Yelp reviews: "I just booked my 3rd appointment with Angeliska in 6 months. She gives the most beautiful and loving readings I have ever experienced. It's cheaper than therapy and twice as effective."

And like a therapist, Polacheck takes notes during readings because she has many repeat clients and likes to see how things might have evolved -- or devolved -- from one reading to the next.

"It can be intense and emotional," said Polacheck. "Like a hyperaccelerated therapy session. I buy tissues in bulk. It's like giving a massage. You might have an old injury or wound, and you break it up wherever there's blockage."

When asked what she would say to skeptics, Polacheck says, "I think a certain amount of skepticism is healthy. But there are two kinds: skepticism based in a discerning questioning mind and skepticism based in fear."

How does she explain the randomness of cards with specific, individualized readings she gives?

"Cards don't come up by accident," she says. "But I often get, 'How are you in my head right now?' The bottom line is nobody really knows. It's the unknown. I've worked with the cards half my life. I don't know how, I just know it's effective."

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What Is Tarot? A Professional Tarot Card Reader Tells All

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Angeliska Polacheck of Sister Temperance Tarot is as intriguing in person as she is in her Twitter description, which reads like an incantation: "Writer, soothsayer, silversmith, witch." Voted the best Tarot card reader in Austin, Texas, in 2012, Polacheck, 36, who also deals in antiques, neither advertises nor hangs out a shingle.

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Palmistry with the meaning of palm reading or hand prediction is to learn a person’s personalities, fortune and future by analyzing his/her hands.  Reading one’s palm lines, hand shape and size, finger length and flexibility, fingernail…, we can predict his character traits, health, wealth, wisdom, career, marriage and many more aspects.

I think that confusion with correlation and causation is something to consider about palm reading. Are the lines in our hands a map of our life and future. Or are they simply lines on our hand from the way that our hands fold.

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The diviner now looks at the pattern of tea leaves in the cup and allows the imagination to play around with the shapes suggested by them. They might look like a letter, a heart shape, or a ring. These shapes are then interpreted intuitively or by means of a fairly standard system of symbolism

I believe that the art of tea leaf reading is a good example of the reason of belief Patternicity because that is what one is doing in order to predict your future. They are using the images and patterns in the tea leaves to give you some insight into your future.

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Tasseography - Tea Leaves - Coffee Grinds - Crystalinks

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The art of reading tea leaves is referred to as Tasseography (or Tasseomancy) and is a divination or fortune-telling method that in western tradition interprets patterns in tea leaves. The term also refers to the reading of coffee grounds, especially in the Middle Eastern tradition.

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A psychic, can use a crystal ball while in a trance, and may see different images in his or her brain while in a light trance. These images can be concrete pictures, symbols or vague impressions. What these images convey are information about situations you are facing and guidance of how to resolve your problems.

I believe that the use of a crystal ball is a connection to the red flag Mystical energy. People claim that crystal balls have magical properties that give off mystical visions into your future.

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How to use a crystal ball // & Scrying, Enchanted Endeavours EP. 19

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A psychic reading is a specific attempt to discern information through the use of heightened perceptive abilities; or natural extensions of the basic human senses of sight, sound, touch, taste and instinct.

Confirmation bias is a red flag to remember when consulting a Psychic about your future. This video talks about things to look for in determining a fake.

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To read the runes you put your hand into the bag of runes and pull out one then another then another this is called a three rune reading it depicts the past, the present and the future. The runes are read from right to left you ask a question before you choose.

Runes have been used for thousands of years and date back with many ancient civilizations, in Shamanism , Paganism and Druidism. This is an example of Ancient Wisdom.

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1. What did you learn about the topic that surprised you most?

The topic that surprised me the most was the crystal ball, I didn't know too much about the topic before this assignment. It seams very fascinating but one of the most far fetched tools of divination and i'm not sure if i entirely believe in it.

1. Provide a real life example of how this topic is relevant or interesting for you.

This topic is relevant and interesting to me because these type things I find interesting and amazing. Ive worked with Tarot cards, Pendulums and have had readings done by psychics. This topic is very much me.

1. Which research did you find most interesting? Why?

What I found the most interesting is the video of The Psychic Twins on how to spot a fake Psychic. It was cool seeing from a Psychics point of view on the fact that a lot of Psychichs are fake.

1. What are you most likely to remember from this research?

I am most likely to remember most of what I researched, I learned other forms of divination and how they are perceived to work and it all fascinates me.