I wouldn't say people accept this as normal. Most people know this is a scam.

I thought it said physics and I got real confused

Which is why they’re referred to as “grief vampires”

Being psychic is not a scam. Reading the tarot is not a scam. Not everyone who does it takes money for it either. There are some bad people out there who take advantage of and scam others. Those types of people infiltrate everything. Before making uninformed statements, do some research. Tarot/card readers, psychics and mediums are all different things, although the specialties can overlap for some. Governments have had programs for decades, studying and confirming psychic phenomena. Gut feeling, mother's intuition...what do you think that is?

A nutty older relative had a blind dog and went to a "pet psychic". The psychic told her that the dog was trying to say "Don't move the furniture." True story.

Well, depends. I treat it as a way to self-awareness, wandering around symbols, archetypes, getting deeper knowledge. It gives me more understanding of the world around me. Tarot and astrology (advanced, not some gazette fake) are great psychotherapy for me. Sometimes my friends are coming for my insight, sometimes I tell them when the tide will change. For free of course. For 28 years I was never mistaken. Though I sometimes forgot what I was telling them about. But this is not a divination or mysticism. Only knowledge about current trends (astrology) and deep psychological insight (Tarot). All this is just a tool for me. For me, it helped me much more than years of professional psychotherapy.

This is a tricky one. I think most people know it isn't real? I hope. Some people use it for comfort I guess...knowing the unknown even though you know it isn't true.

My dad had a reading once, the thing the guy new and shared with him, where very specific details of our lives he couldn't guess or Google. I'm not convinced alle psychics are scammers, this one knew things he really couldn't know. I am really skeptical about these type of things, but this guy made me second guess myself.

Many of these people are great at reading others and tell them what’s obvious but nobody ever tells them.

A group of us went to one - I was going to die in prison in my 33rd year! Hi gonna be 76 don't know what I did but I never got caught! We went for fun - got a group rate - nothing came true! People interpret what these scammers say and twist meanings to make thinks fit what they are told!

I have a story from about 20 years ago regarding Tarot Cards which we've never been able to explain. I'm a sceptic regarding them. A woman who we knew would do cards for free, she was quite spiritual and had something about her. One time she came to our house. There was me, my mum, my dad and Sandra the card reader. We were sat about a metre or two away from the coffee style table with a tablecloth on it that Sandra was putting the cards on as she was doing a reading, she wasn't touching the table with anything but the cards, no feet or legs. All the windows and doors were closed and there was no draughts. I was sat opposite the table, my parents were either side. As she placed a card on the table, the tablecloth kept pushing up on my opposite side as though something was underneath the table going a bit crazy and my parents noticed it as well. This carried on for probably at least 5 minutes every time a card was placed on the table...

They knew you would say that

This is not something I really participate in, must be years since I went to one. BUT, the last one I saw a tarot reading, told me of a friends accident that really did happen 3 months after the reading. Was it luck? or is there something in it?

While there MAY be people with this gift, I am not a fan or supporter of psychics. I guess if I gives a family closure....yeah I just don't like it

Listen to what the individual is saying, If the person is asking you a LOT of questions, don't be surprised if they are telling YOU what YOU have already told THEM. Too many questions, Walk away and don't pay.

Some people are knowingly taking advantage, others have actual faith and belief in psychic abilities. Not saying it's great, but it's not always done with malicious intent.

Someone who truly has the Gift should never profit financially from using it. It's against the Code.

I know a psychic. She legit thinks that it's all a true thing.

Absolutely not a scam. Are there scammers out there? Of course. But just like it's "nit all men" or "not all cops" not everyone with psychic abilities are a scam. I have a very good friend who has had a very successful life doing readings. She's booked months and months out. Millions and millions of people give money to their churches every month. These billion dollar businesses that are just taking advantage of people. Not protecting the children. Ruining lives. Yet people continue to show up every Sunday.

I've done tarot readings for people before but I never charged and I never will. I've paid for tarot before and that was the right personal choice for me but I myself would never ask someone for money.

i do readings for my friends for free- i do tend to just have really good intuition tho

I know it's a scam. But I still want to visit one.

I agree. You could find a different photo to represents the psychics you’re taking about with out disrespecting ppls beliefs. Tarot cards should not be used to support the idea of Psychic scams.

Okay, I'm on the fence with this one. I'd say the vast majority of the psychics are fakers. Like one guy said, they will latch onto a common name, like John or Jennifer, and that is their hook. Just about everybody knows at least one deceased person with that name. On the other hand, I have seen "stuff" for which I have zero explanation. I used to stay at hotel that is now torn down. The hotel had once been an 1850 two-story mansion with a newer addition that connected through an overhead walkway. I discovered soon after staying my first week, that I could not go anywhere in the old building without feeling like I was being closely followed and watched like a hawk.

Gah I never thought my parents bought that stuff til they went to a damn tv psychic's stage show thing. I was gobsmacked, and a little peeved at the psychic, but glad that he brought mum some comfort. 🤷‍♀️ I dunno how to feel really. I'm like Ralph wiggum "I'm happy and angry!"

Phsychics, colour healers, crystal healers, naturopaths, tarot readers. Scams, every one, and every one aimed right at people who have run out of hope.

Some 'psychics' are scammers and some are good psychologists who can help. The illustration provided by the OP shows a Tarot deck, which was originally developed as a means of transacting business between people who didn't speak the same language. The Major Arcana address classic themes in human experience and each can serve as a focal point for someone consulting them. Most people are just too inundated with data to be able to sift through it effectively without some kind of analytical tool.

Psychics are more therapist than some psychiatrists. People need their mental help packaged in something that makes sense to them. If you need cards to hear the advice, fine. Some folks need to lie on a couch. It's all props and dressing.If telling someone that dead Aunt Joy wants them to dump their abusive Edward is what it takes, sounds okay to me.

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I collect tarot cards, know them well, and have used them for psychological investigations with people. Ok, do you have a guy in your life you secretly hate? that sort of thing. So when I happen to overhear some tarot reader (I like visiting hippie trippy shops, they got the coolest stuff) I just want to scream. So fake, so magicky... Ugh.