[Sebrin]

Very simple. Compare the reading with someone else's who went to the same psychic. Cold readers often stick to scripts and one liners. Always look for specifics!

[NRG]

Agreed! fraudulent psychics make me sick because they're the people keeping real psychics, and spiritualists down in the mainstream!

me being the intuitive being i am, could go to a psychic, and would know off the bat know if they were fake or not simply by following their little electrical current of physical consciousness and seeing just how strong their chakras are, and more importantly, which ones are being used when they're doing/saying/thinking whatever!

it's kind of ironic how someone whos already in-tune themselves, can spot the greedy scammer so easily, and those people are the ones that wouldn't need the guidance as much as the next guy...

to add to what you said, always go with your gut feeling. if it doesn't feel right, then chances are it isn't! intuition is as primal as it gets! instinct! instinct! instinct!

[windigo]

It's simple to me. One of the following will be out of sorts;

1) One or more chakras will be closed. I find this truely distasteful when the third eye (pituitary gland) or crown(pinal gland) are shut....

2) The aura is vibrating slowly. Especially if it's in the yellow, orange or red. A lot of mediums, psionics and ascendents operate with a blue or indigo shade.

3) The flow of energy in their home or workspace is blocked up. Clairaudios would percieve this like a muffling sensation to their gifts.

4) Their tools of choice lack the person's energy. Meaning none of them is flowing through them. This is especially true of spirit writers, spirit boards, I ching tiles, etc, etc, etc