"There's but one temple in the Universe..
.and that is the human body. Nothing is holier than that high form.
We touch heaven, when we lay our hand upon the human body."
-Thomas Carlyle, Scottish Philosopher

The ancient Chaldeans interpreted birds in flight and read animal entrails. The Greeks had their oracles. The Yoruba, their cowry shells. Every culture had their own form of psychic with gypsy, astrologers, crystal ball gazers, tea leaf and mind readers. However, one thing I found everyone needs is a method to stimulate the psychic flow.

In my divination sessions, I like to utilize many methods and experiment with new ones along the way.  A typical psychic divination may employ several of my precognizant methods, limited only by session length.  All sessions contain at least a Palm Reading, for the overall view of the person.  However this type of reading does not allow for questions as easily as a Wyzways Rune Reading, which is always added at the end of my Psychic Readings. If time permits, other methods such as Tarot and Psychometry may be added.

Palm Reading
Palm Reading also known as Palmistry originated with the term "Chiromancy", which comes from two words: "chiro" meaning hand, and "mancy" meaning divination. This is the origin of relating chiromancy, (or palmistry), to "fortune-telling."  Palmistry then came to mean the practice of telling fortunes from the lines, marks, and patterns on the palms of the hands. In my readings, palm readings tell much more than just one's fortune, as the palms indicate the overall incarnation destiny of a person. It's like a snapshot of one's destiny with a bit of the past and future and more details of the present.

I interpret palms differently than when I first began learning about them. I became interested in Palmistry as in my early teens, as I went to several palm readers who scared me into learning this psychic science! One palm reader made the 'sign of the cross' when she looked at my palm, refusing to tell me anything that she saw. Another called me a 'witch' and threw me out of her home. Another insisted I read her palms first as she insisted I knew more than she did. So naturally I was curious and began learning this science to interpret my own palms. And, yes, I now know what these readers saw. However, everyone interprets the lines differently based on their own experiences and training. What is evil to one, could be a sign of a healer to another.

Over the years I have found different teachers (and books) will interpret exactly the same markings in different ways. For example, some readers use the palms, back of the hand and how the knuckles and fingernails appear. My original teachers used only one hand (and only the palm) for a reading.  The hand one wrote with (or primarily used) as being the only one to interpret.

I always read both palms as being important in one's life. The left palm is what one incarnated with in this life, the obligations of one parents, the duties and responsibilities we are given and sometimes enforce without realizing and claim them as our own. The right palm is what we make of our lives, the choices we made without peer or family control, our futures, destinies and fates.

I like informing a client of the nature of how I divinate with signs that manifest when the psychic reading has begun. as well as what types of information I might receive from my guides.  As I begin, I drift into a light trance as my eyes may glaze over and wander about the room. These are just ways that let me know that my guides are coming through for the working with my clients.

As I do my psychic readings, I see images or pictures in my mind. As I look at these images, sometimes a story will evolve or a voice inside will tell me what I should say. As to how much information may be gleamed from a palm, I use the image of hovering as if in a helicopter, above the person. If the client was driving down a road, how much detail would be seen from a helicopter?  Perhaps where the car came from and which exit it was heading (on the road of life).  As I have found that if I read only the lines, I am about 50% correct. If I touch the palms and/or some metal object belonging to the client, which then uses my empathic skills, I am generally 90-95% correct.

I do not remember the reading shortly after its finish. This is a protection for both myself (as I have read thousands of palms in my life), and for the client, as I do not 'carry' what I have learned about them to other readings. I hold ALL my readings in strict confidence. For this reason, I always recommend a client brings a recording device or a blank audio tape for a copy of the sessions.

You do not need to be in San Francisco to receive a Palm Reading.  By scanning your palms, you can send the picture to me and I will provide a personalized reading.  Inquire for details.

Wyzways Rune Reading
A few years ago while experimenting with different ways to do psychic readings, one of my friends suggested that I try runes.

Runes are generally small stones inscribed on one side with symbols, commonly from the Norse ancient language. Occasionally one might use symbols from the Yoruba religion or from other historical time periods, which are meaningful to the reader. The stones are usually held in one's hands and then thrown down to a cloth.  In some traditions, symbols are sewn into the cloth.  The stones then work with the symbols like a map further detailing the reading. The Rune reader, will then offer a reading based on where the Runes are placed next to each other, which ones lay face up, which ones lay face down, or by some other system.

Some psychic techniques come very easily to me so when I first attempted to use the traditional runes, and they did not 'call' to me, I felt I may not have a knack with them. I have learned that some psychic techniques are just natural for some people while other techniques are not. Originally I had thought that perhaps this was the case with runes and me. 

As I meditated on this matter, Before me appeared a "map". It contained several line drawings showing me a spinning wheel, an Ankh, and several hieroglyph letterings.  The map unfolded showing me divination using runes. However, the runes were made of gemstones. I immediately remembered where I had seen the gems.  They were from that last Yule's psychic party. I always like to do something a bit extra for gatherings and that year I hand-sewn a small bag.  choosing to fill it with various items such as crystals, gemstones and other small objects. As a gift, I asked people to take a stone from the bag.  I gave them a quick one-line next year forecast.

Later I sewed together the 'map' with the arcane symbols I was shown in the meditation and began creating the Wyzways Rune readings.

I can interpret the past, present and future destiny of my client, their loves, their job, health and home life, as well as giving them a time-line on when events will happen and answers questions they might have.

I particularly enjoy doing this type of divination, as I get to give everyone a gift of the item they chose to take home with them. 

Psychometry
Psychometry is the ability to read the history of certain objects by holding the object in your hand or placing it to your forehead. Usually small personal objects such as a watch, ring, key or other personal objects are the best.

The term Psychometry was invented in 1842 by J R Buchanan. Buchanan experimented with some students from Cincinnati medical school and found that when certain students where given an unmarked bottle of medicine they had the same reaction as if they had taken the medicine. Buchanan developed the theory that all things give off 'emanations'.
These emanations were believed to contain a sort of record or history of the object. Buchanan believed that objects recorded senses and emotions and these could be played back in the mind of the psychometrist.

For those with a natural talent for psychometry, the gift usually starts at an early age. For many others psychometry is something that is easily learned. However, I have discovered techniques to develop this talent.

Some psychics are quite expert with time-line sensing of objects, others get impressions about its current owner only. I found that I work best when I am sensing information about the current owner rather than to its past. I can also sense information from photographs and can feel/see information about former inhabitants of houses, buildings and such.

I rarely Psychometry on its own as the excessive energy needed to see time-lines can be draining.  Linking Psychometry with other divination methods like Palmistry can help ground out the excess and balance the reading.

Tarot
No one specifically knows when or where the Tarot began. There are many theories linking the Tarot to ancient Egypt, to medieval Europe or to even the Far East. There is a thought that the current playing card deck originated from the Tarot, with its similarities to trumps and court cards like the jack, king, queen.

The current belief is that the "Waite" deck created by Arthur Edward Waite in the 1900's popularized the resurgence of the modern Tarot deck, which by some is considered to be the standard by which all other Tarot decks are compared.

When I began Tarot I used the Waite deck. But then discovered my passion for the Thoth deck. The images were more revealing for me and allowed my natural psychic ability to excel. The deck was created by Aleister Crowley, who in the 1940's crafted a version of the Tarot based on the belief that the Tarot card's origins were indeed Egyptian. He called his deck after the Egyptian God of Divination, Thoth. Over the years I have found that only a select number of people are able to work with Crowley's Thoth deck, perhaps due to the sensationalism of Crowley's life, (many books have been written about his scandalous life in the early 1900's that even today might  seem a bit too much). I personally prefer the Thoth deck, as it reflects a modern sensibility with its view of sexuality, religion, culture, and philosophy.

The Tarot is on many levels, a mirror of those who work with it, and allows them to make each reading a truly personal experience. My Tarot readings use several different 'spreads' or card layouts to give the client the best in a personalized experience. 

If you do not live in San Francisco, remember that the Long Distance Palm reading contains a mini-tarot spread.  However arrangements can be made to extend the reading to include more of the Tarot.