Psychic & Astrologer Articles

Astrology a science according to one in four Swedes

2007-01-31T16:33:00.000-08:00

Nearly a quarter of Swedes, 23%, think that astrology is scientific. Fourteen per cent consider Intelligent Design to be a scientific subject.
At the same time, more than half dismiss these subjects as completely unscientific. This is according to a new opinion study from the Swedish organisation Vetenskap & Allmänhet (Public and Science), VA.
VA in cooperation with Synovate Temo surveyed over one thousand Swedes about how they see science and researchers. Similar surveys have been carried out every year since 2002. Above all it is young women who consider astrology to be a science. The proportion has risen six percentage points since last year. – The results show that people do not have enough knowledge about what science is. Therefore we need more contact and more meetings between researchers and the public, says Camilla Modéer, Secretary General of VA. Trust in researchers at universities has gone down since the surveys began in 2002, but seven out of ten still have great trust in researchers. Attitudes to scientific developments have at the same time become more positive. Almost nine out of ten believe that scientific developments have made life better for ordinary people. Nine out of ten people have high confidence in the potential of research to develop more effective and environmentally friendly sources of energy. A smaller but increasing proportion believes that research can contribute to reducing segregation in cities. Seven out of ten people believe that there is a strong possibility that research will help increase economic growth, which represents a marked increase since 2005. Six out of ten believe that there is a strong chance that research can help reduce climate change. - Research areas that are currently in the news tend to be viewed by many as important. Most people would like to see support for research that people can benefit directly from, says Karin Hermannson, Research Manager at VA.In line with this, the proportion of people that think that researchers should work on things that can give useful results has also increased. Research results should be confirmed by other investigations before they are presented to the public, according to an increasing proportion of the public – now a full nine out of ten. Two out of three believe there are far too many alarmist reports published in the media.
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Astrology Rid Teri Hatcher Of Menstrual Cramps

2007-01-06T14:17:00.000-08:00

Maira Oliveira - All Headline News Reporter
Los Angeles, CA (BANG) - Teri Hatcher has some good energy on her side - so good in fact that it has stopped the worst visitor of the month from kicking her in the stomach, causing her unbearable pain.
Teri says she has stopped suffering from period cramps because the planets are aligned in her favor.
The "Desperate Housewives: star is an eager believer in astrology and thinks her stars are the reason for the mysterious disappearance of her menstrual pains and current cheerful demeanor.
She told Britain's New magazine, "I think I'm very lucky. I don't think the planets have ever been so aligned for me in my life. They're so aligned that I've been having periods and not even having cramps."
The 42-year-old has also admitted she was surprised to be named as one of the hottest actresses in the U.S.
She added, "One of the hottest actresses? That's so funny. I paid someone to say that! I don't know what to say about that apart from I'm 42-years-old, so yippee for me."
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Psychic helps Israeli tourism

2006-12-26T14:13:00.000-08:00

Israel enlisted a celebrity psychic to encourage tourism.
Uri Geller, who lives in Britain but has spent the last few months in his native Israel hosting a television contest for aspiring paranormals, was recently approached by the Tourism Ministry in Jerusalem, Army Radio revealed Monday.
The ministry requested that Geller help it come up with ways of encouraging more foreigners to visit Israel, and he agreed.
“Geller is seen as a serious player in the world,” Nachum Itzkovitz, the minister’s director-general, told Army Radio.
“If we manage to market the State of Israel via Uri Geller, we’ve done our job.”
Geller confirmed to JTA that talks were under way with the Tourism Ministry.

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'Psychic' spirits away $300,000

2006-11-16T14:06:00.000-08:00

A woman purporting to be a psychic swindled more than $300,000 cash from a customer and then fled a home in Sydney's south-west without notice.
Police are hunting a group including the "psychic" woman, a man who may be her husband, and another couple who may have been involved in the fraud of $308,000 from a 60-year-old Bexley woman.
The two men are said to speak with strong Canadian accents.
The victim told police she answered an advertisement in a local newspaper for psychic readings, and then was unwittingly robbed over two months.
Details of the scheme are unclear at this stage.
The psychic must have seen what was coming, because by the time police began investigating, she and her family had already vacated a Merrylands home with the cash.
The psychic is described as being about 60 years old and calls herself Nina. She is 140-150cm tall, with a thin build, long dark-coloured hair and medium to light olive complexion.
A man believed to be the psychic's husband is described as being about 50 years old, of a solid build, about 185cm tall, olive complexion with short brown hair that is grey on the sides.

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Psychic omen led to murder

2006-11-16T14:02:00.000-08:00

A WOMAN suspected of clubbing her 82-year-old mother to death with a knife handle because of a fortune teller's warning has been charged with murder. Prosecutors with the Shanghai No. 1 Intermediate Prosecutors' Office allege Wang Yongtuan killed her mother on January 15 after a series of arguments that started in August last year when Wang moved in with her mother because she lost her job. "During the investigation, we found Wang is believed to be an honest woman by her family members and neighbors," said prosecutor Gong Peilin. "But she is too inward and can't release her rashness through communication." Neighbors told prosecutors the mother suffered mental problems and would verbally abuse Wang, calling her a devil. Prosecutors said Wang told them the loss of her job and the daily abuse had made her depressed. Prosecutors said that in January, Wang took her mother on vacation to Jiangsu Province, where she met a fortune teller. The fortune teller allegedly said her mother's fate was against hers and that they would never get on and would die together. Prosecutors said that on the day of Wang's mother's death, Wang was again verbally abused by her mother until midnight. Prosecutors alleged that with the fortune teller's words in mind, Wang rushed into kitchen and grabbed a pair of scissors and a kitchen knife. Prosecutors said that when her mother continued to abuse Wang, she pounded her mother in the head with the handle of the knife until she died. She called the police and told them her mother had hit her head off the wall.

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Mission Perseus of Zeus

2006-09-22T00:29:00.000-07:00

BOGOTÁ, Colombia -- Colombia's chief prosecutor hired a psychic who hypnotized his staff and even performed an exorcism over a voodoo doll in exchange for a government paycheck and use of an armored car.
The federal prosecutor, Mario Iguarán, says he hired Armando Martí last year to help his stressed-out staff deal with a crushing caseload and to improve human relations.
Martí, a self-described clairvoyant, claims to have implicated corrupt workers in illegal wiretaps and bribery during the months he spent roaming the prosecutor's heavily fortified bunker, hypnotizing officials and writing up classified reports for Iguarán about staff loyalty.
He says workers confessed to deep secrets and ratted out colleagues as they stared into his eyes. The operation, according to leaked documents published by the newsweekly Semana, was code-named ``Mission Perseus of Zeus.''
The revelation that Martí was granted unfettered access has plunged into scandal one of Colombia's most respected institutions, an independent body responsible for investigating and prosecuting crimes in a nation torn by decades of violent, drug-fueled conflict.Tags: psychic astrologer

Psychic Predicts Panda's Pregnant

2006-08-10T00:02:00.000-07:00

ATLANTA -- Zoo Atlanta has decided to try something new to predict if one of their giant pandas is pregnant!
Zoo officials invited Helene Frisch – a fourth generation psychic – and Andy Liu – an I Ching practitioner to predict if Lun Lun is pregnant.
In late March, veterinary staff artificially inseminated giant panda Lun Lun. Giant pandas only ovulate once a year, during a 24 to 36 hour window. Because of delayed implantation of the embryo that regularly occurs in pandas, the gestation range for pandas is 90-180 days.
Using tone vibration, Helene Frisch attempted to communicate with Lun Lun and then make a prediction. Zoo officials say because Lun Lun is from China, Liu, an expert in the study of I Ching, used the ancient Chinese philosophy to also make a prediction.
After communing with the Pandas Frisch predicted Lun Lun is going to be a mom.
Liu was less positive, saying only it's possible the Panda is pregnant.
Officials say ultrasound has been the best predictor of pregnancies in giant pandas, however, during the time when it is most useful, female pandas are less likely to comply with the procedure.
A full-term cub is about the size of a stick of butter and its size can also make it difficult to detect through ultrasound.

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Psychic readings surprise some students

2006-04-09T16:54:00.000-07:00

Psychic readings surprise some students
Staff Reports
April 07, 2006

Zehra Chaudhry was shocked with her psychic reading in the Bovee University Center Down Under Food Court Wednesday.
“It was really good and she was very accurate,” she said.
The Shepherd sophomore was one of many students to attend Program Board’s Psychic Fair.
Katie O’Toole, Program Board’s daytime chairwoman, said the event was successful because of the crowd participation.
“We’ve done it in the past and we always have a really good turn out,” the Mt. Morris senior said.
Psychics traveled all the way from New York to tell students their futures.
Livonia sophomore Connie Henderson said she came to the event because it was an interesting subject.
“I’ve been to a psychic before and the event is free, so I figured, why not,” she said.
Henderson said she did not hope to hear anything in particular about her future, she was just excited to see what was in the cards.

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Cop Suspended for Psychic Consult

2006-04-09T16:52:00.000-07:00

An Australian federal police officer has been suspended for consulting a clairvoyant as part of an investigation into a death threat made to the country's prime minister, a newspaper reported Sunday. The officer, whose identity has not been released, reportedly consulted clairvoyant Elizabeth Walker after inquiries into the threat to Prime Minister John Howard hit a dead end, The Sunda y Age reported. In a statement to the newspaper, an Australian Federal Police spokesman confirmed an officer was being investigated. "I can confirm we are currently investigating the matter. A member of the AFP has been suspended," the statement said. "The AFP takes seriously all allegations of misconduct by officers, and does not condone the use of psychics in security matters."
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Are psychic skills entering the mainstream?

2006-03-10T00:16:00.000-08:00

AUSTIN, TX (PRWEB) March 9, 2006 -- Of the thousands of books published in the United States every year, only ten are chosen to be Book Bonus features in the monthly issues of “Reader’s Digest.” Often the books have to do with the human drama of ordinary people overcoming great challenges. But the March issue breaks with this tradition, featuring a book that is about a little known and unexpectedly-successful Department of Defense effort to use the powers of the human mind as a secret weapon in America’s defense. Written by retired Army intelligence officer Major Paul H. Smith, who worked for seven years as a military psychic spy, or “remote viewer,” the book, “Reading the Enemy’s Mind: Inside Star Gate – America’s Psychic Espionage Program” (Tor/Forge, 2005) is excerpted for the "Digest’s" 40-million readership into a compact twelve pages, including striking photographs by nationally-recognized photographer Michael O’Brien.The 500-plus page book covers a wide variety of subjects and stories relating to the remote viewing “mind-warfare” program. Many of these stories have now been verified by the Central Intelligence Agency’s recent declassification and release of 90,000 pages of formerly top-secret documents.The “Reader’s Digest’s” excerpt of “Reading the Enemy’s Mind” narrows the focus to a brief summary of the scientific development of remote viewing and of Maj. Smith’s remote-viewing career to provide context for three dramatic stories drawn from the pages of the book: How a surprise attack on an unsuspecting American Naval vessel was described in detail 50 hours before it actually happened; how this small group of Army psychic spies used their mental powers to try to find kidnaped DEA agent Enrique Camerena before it was too late; and how some of these same folks gave accurate descriptions of CIA mole Aldrich Ames years before he was finally captured.

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Psychic Healer, Autho Gordon Banta to Appear at Magik Wishes

2006-03-10T00:14:00.000-08:00

GORDON BANTA, a popular radio and television psychic and healer, announces he will be appearing at Magik Wishes, a New Age gift shop, on Sunday, March 19, 2006 at 10:00am. He will be signing copies of his books Creative Dreams, Magic of Meditation and Eye of Light and Magic, published by The Mandala Press. He will also be reading animals, offering jewelry, tapestries and hand-crafted wooden boxes. The store is located at 394 N. Hwy 17-92, Longwood, FL 32751. Tel: 407-332-6422.Banta grew up in a large family in West Milford, New Jersey. As a child, he experienced numerous strange visions and feelings- and he eventually realized his visions oftentimes predicted the future. As he grew older, he began an in-depth study of Metaphysics and Psychic Phenomenon- and read every book he could find on the subjects.
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Psychic sees bright future for region

2006-03-10T00:13:00.000-08:00

HOBART Polly Johns sees a bright future for Hobart and Portage."It's going very well, actually," Johns said from her downtown Hobart storefront.
"I feel it is growing, and it's getting stronger. Portage especially is growing, but that's really good. They're growing in a really good way."Johns isn't a developer, planner or civil engineer.She's a psychic.Her shop of just more than two years -- The Psychic Gallery, 515 East St. -- offers religious candles and oils as well as readings for $60, which include a gift she selects based on her impressions of the client's needs.Johns grew up in what she describes as a "very, very religious" Catholic home in Burbank, just southwest of Chicago."I had this gift since I was 13, but I didn't take it professionally until I was in my 20s," Johns said."It's a gift from God. I kept seeing dreams and things coming in my family with my cousins, brother, sister. I used to tell my parents that, and they didn't pay attention until it started getting stronger."The psychic said she believes in loving everyone, period. Following that belief, Johns said, will carry the region forward in a positive way."People need to get together and make it happen," Johns said. "It's all about supporting that person who will try to get things going."Johns said the strength of the whole region is going to be based on working collectively to improve areas that are having a difficult time."It's just like a family," Johns said. "When you see someone struggling, you have to get together and make it right."Johns' clientele, she said, is diverse, with many coming from the Chicago area, just like her."I've had all kinds of people come here -- church people, Christian people, all kinds of cultures, and I've had very good feedback from all of them. I feel a lot of people moving in, because they like it here and say it is very comfortable. A lot of my clients moved here from Chicago, and they said they chose this area because it felt right for them," she said.Johns said many of her clients come in depressed and desperate."I comfort them and, in turn, it helps me," she said.Johns said the two things her clients always want to know about are their love lives and money."Some people just have a low spirit and I just kind of boost them up and speak to them about the Lord and they feel so much better," Johns said."I always tell people to be strong with God. That's number one, and that's the most powerful weapon any of us have for happiness in life."

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Woman $100,000 Poorer After Psychic Scam

2006-03-09T23:51:00.000-08:00

Hillary Howard, WTOP Radio CHEVY CHASE, Md. -- There are always people looking for answers, and there are always people looking to scam them. That's why a Poolesville woman is 'out' a $100,000 and three Chevy Chase residents are under arrest. It all started about a year ago, when the victim met a psychic at the Lake Forest Mall. After several appointments, the psychic told the 56-year-old victim her family was cursed. "A curse that was centuries old and she would have to go through a cleansing ritual to be rid of that curse," police spokesperson Lucille Baur said. "She had to cash in savings and bring that currency in for that cleansing ritual." The cleansing ritual cleaned out her savings and that's when she went to police. Baur says the three Chevy Chase residents charged with the crime have also been charged with buying a car with the victim's money, but not letting her drive it until the 'curse' was lifted. The victim now has the new Mercedes back, and police are trying to recover her money. Fortune-telling is illegal in Montgomery County. (Copyright 2006 by WTOP Radio. All Rights Reserved.)

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Blue-tinged psychics or just unruly kids?

2006-03-09T23:50:00.000-08:00

PHILADELPHIA – Dina Melendez was taken aback when her 4-year-old started talking about his past lives, describing brothers, sisters, two dogs and a cat. "And then he told me he died when he was 6 and that he waited before being born again – waited for me so I could be his mommy," Ms. Melendez recalls. But it's what Matthew says about the future that really rattles this young mother and leads her to conclude that he is one of the so-called Indigo children – believed to be a new generation of high-energy, sometimes difficult youngsters who have psychic abilities and a deep-blue aura. "I'm not going to grow up," Matthew says nonchalantly when he is questioned about the future. "Not everybody grows up." Ms. Melendez is convinced that Matthew is not imitating Peter Pan but calmly predicting his death. "That really frightens me," she says. Mainstream doctors, scientists, psychologists and educators shake their heads at the idea of Indigo children, who are described as "old souls" returning to earth to usher in an era of environmental renewal and political rebirth born of peace and compassion. Still, the movement has gained thousands of believers since it emerged in the 1980s, spawning an array of books, Web sites, services and specialists. Followers are expected to line up to see a new documentary, The Indigo Evolution, premiering next weekend at more than 500 churches and community centers around the globe. James Twyman is the producer-director. "These new humans, this evolution we're seeing, is in answer to the mess we have made of the world," he says. Mr. Twyman was executive producer of an earlier film, called simply Indigo, that grossed nearly $1.4 million on its opening weekend in January 2005. A fictionalized account of one child's experience, that film was written by and starred Neale Donald Walsch, author of the best-seller Conversations With God. Hay House, the publishing firm that Louise Hay built with self-help and spiritual titles, reports that sales of Indigo-related books are at the half-million mark. Among them, with 250,000 copies sold, is The Indigo Children: The New Kids Have Arrived, by Lee Carroll and Jan Tober

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Seeking the unknown: Prophecy remains a hot topic for many

2006-03-09T23:48:00.000-08:00

Knowing the unknown has always held a fascination for humankind. Going all the way back to the first couple—Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden—there seems to have been a desperate need to know the unknown. In hopes of satisfying their craving for knowledge, they chose to believe a serpent instead of their Creator, according to the Bible story. Today’s world isn’t much different. There are promised answers to questions and daily advice at every turn in the guise of psychic hotlines, palm readers, horoscopes and fortune cookies. Dr. Emanuele Cannistraci, whose international ministry is known for miraculous healings, teaching and prophecy, said he understands people’s desire to hear a word that will give them direction. He said he has encountered thousands of spiritually hungry and desperate people during his nearly 60 years in the ministry. “Numerous times I have had people ask me for a word from God and I understand their desire to hear a word,” he said. “God still speaks today, through the written word, preached word and through his prophets communicating God’s mind, will and purpose.” However this desire has left the door open for untold false prophets, he explained. “Americans usually only want to hear good things, so that makes it easy for false prophets to abound,” said Cannistraci. “But true prophecy can say things that are not complimentary and some people are offended by it. As a prophet, I don’t go looking for good stuff. God just reveals things.” The Rev. Max Vargas, pastor of the Hispanic congregation, Lion of the Tribe of Juda, agreed. “The main purpose of the Old Testament prophets was to prophesy about the coming Messiah. But the people wouldn’t listen,” said Vargas. “This generation is much like the people of their time, because they don’t want to listen or obey the words of the prophets.” Renowned Christian author John Bevere in his book “Thus Sayeth the Lord?” writes that those working within the gift of prophecy can pick up on a person’s personal desires and speak a false word to them. “This is possible,” Cannistraci said in agreement. “Even the prophet Nathan told David to go and do what was in his heart because the Lord was with him. But it was not meant for David to build the temple as Nathan directed.” Expounding upon the subject, Cannistraci said there are three ways in which prophecies can be made known. “Prophets can give a word from their own heart for the person or they can be influenced by a false or lying demonic spirit or the spirit of God can reveal the word. There are many counterfeits but you can’t throw the baby out with the bathwater,” he said. Vargas added that many times people give another person a word and purport it to be a prophecy from God. “But a prophecy isn’t going to be something brand new,” he said. “It will be something that can be confirmed.” Cannistraci said all 66 books of the Bible are prophetic and written as they were inspired. “The Bible is the inspired word of God and he still speaks today through his written word, preached word and through his ministers communicating God’s mind, will and purpose,” he said. “Don’t call psychic phone numbers expecting God to give you a word.” Overseer Kenneth Reid, pastor at Mount Grove Baptist Church, said he also believes this. “Prophets foretell, but they can never foretell what is not in the Word of God,” he said. “We want a ‘right-now’ answer. But what God wants for us is a relationship with him. People will often say, “The man of God told me ...,” but what has God told them?” Vargas said he has found Reid’s convictions on the subject to be true much of the time. “People are looking to the prophet for answers, but you don’t have to go to a prophet,” he said. “God will speak directly to you through his word, preaching, etc. But people want an easy answer and they want to know the future. All I will tell them is what their future will be if they don’t repent.” Reid believes desperation may be one reason so many people fall into the traps of soothsayers, psychics and false prophets. Vargas went on to say that another reason people seek out psychics or false prophets is because they don’t want to hear what a true prophet might tell them. He cited Isaiah as a reference. “They thought Isaiah was crazy and the people of his day killed him. Today’s prophets, just like Isaiah, must still obey the Lord and say whatever God tells them to say. Even though we always want to hear something good about how God is going to bless us, sometimes the prophecy is not pleasant and confronts us about our sin,” said Vargas. “Prophecies are not always sweet. Sometimes the words are sour to us.” Cannistraci and the others believe the gift of prophecy is often misunderstood. “Prophecy isn’t just about predicting, but about confirmation, comfort and exhortation,” he said. “Mostly, the words spoken to people today are just a confirmation of what God is already dealing with them about.”
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