prediction addiction

Do you suffer from Prediction Addiction? Are you a Psychic Junky?

Despite the fact that tarot reading is my profession, and I certainly don’t want to scare away possible clients, I think addiction to getting psychic readings is an important issue to address.

If you’re a psychic junky, you probably already know. Do you spend hundreds, maybe thousands of dollars a month on readings – online, on the phone, in person? Are you afraid to make decisions without speaking to your spiritual advisor? Do you ignore advice from friends and loved ones in favour of direction from virtual strangers being paid $4.99 a minute to talk to you?

CBS Chicago recently reported on the dangers of Prediction Addiction, noting that being dependent on psychic readings is not unlike being addicted to drugs or gambling.

And as with all cases of obsession with one activity or another, there’s usually more than one place to lay the blame. I’ll start with my side – the psychic readers themselves.

Any metaphysical reader who intentionally fuels dependency is acting in an immoral, and perhaps illegal manner. It is always fraudulent to suggest to anyone that you are certain of his or her future and know what decisions they should be making in their lives. To maintain that you have spiritual authority to do so, either through contact with angels, guides or dead relatives is particularly despicable.

The CBS report mentions one especially disturbing practice of psychic scammers calling former clients without being asked. They tell them things like “negativity surrounds you”, or “I’ve had a terrible vision regarding your future”. This practice is unacceptable in every way. If any reader ever calls you with such supposed information, hang up on them. You might even think of reporting them.

At the same time, I have to ask people to start taking responsibility for their own lives. Too often in my own tarot reading practice, I find people willing to give away their decision making power.

Remember – psychic readings can provide insight, problem-solving tools and possible direction, but they cannot dissolve your troubles or make your choices for you. That is always and forever your obligation and freedom.

The former psychic junky described in the CBS report, Dona Murphy, took what I think is an excellent step regarding her former addiction. She realized she was spending too much money and getting too many readings, often for what she sees now were the wrong reasons.

What did she do? She hung up on so-called psychics who were fueling her dependency and learnt to read the cards herself. Now when she feels like getting some spiritual insight, she pulls out her own deck and answers her own questions.

Getting a reading from an experienced reader can be an empowering and validating experience. Being dependent on anyone else to solve your problems or to relinquish your own authority, all the while paying out the nose to do so, only destroys that potential.