The psychic in our lives

Do you believe in psychics? Tarot card readers, palm-readers, the divination arts? I feel like Nick and I are pretty firmly planted-on-the-earth type of people. We both have graduate degrees in hard science, for heavens sake, and Nick can spout Hitchens and Dawkins like he thought of it himself, but still, we have a psychic that we consult regularly. And trust. Sometimes so much so that our decision-making is altered to reflect the intuition of our diviner.

As I mentioned above, Nick has atheist tendencies and when we first met, he had been through several years of very formal scientific education, and needless to say, had a very well-toned left brain (ironic for a very successful creative, one might think, but maybe that is why he is such a good photographer?) In the early months of our relationship, he laughed at my monthly horoscope indulgence, and chuckled inwardly about my previous visits to my beloved tarot-card reader.

And then one month, because we are the same star sign, I shared a horoscope with him. Some elements of it had rung true to me, but was clearly directed to Nick, even suggesting that now would be a good time to apply for a greencard (we were) as it would prove successful (it was). He began following Susan Miller too.

Two years later, we are living in Seattle and I casually mention that I had an appointment to see my favorite tarot card reader and there was an appointment available after mine. Would he like to come? He hmme-d and haw-ed and told me many stories about his previous experience with a gypsy card reader in a trailer in the Cotswolds, whose 'predictions' were only as good as his willingness to share pertinent information. But in the end, he came.

And if ever there was a diviner's version of a love match (only replace the love bit with clairvoyance) it was between Nick and our tarot card reader. She got him to the T and would stop periodically in the reading to share visions she was getting of his career. He was rapt. And has visited her at least annually ever since. Her advice has helped him make critical decisions and so far, the majority of them have been spot-on.

Here's why I think it works: divination of any kind, is a direct mirror of your own inner-intuition. A diviner can give a clear voice to that little idea worrying inside of you, telling you which path is right. What to be concerned about and what to let go of. Sometimes the cerebral chatter overwhelms the softer tones of the intuitive we all have inside of us, and for us, visits to our tarot card reader gives clarity to that quieter, truer voice of our intuition.

Have you ever been to a tarot card reader? A palm reader? A psychic? Would you ever try it if not?