Yingmeng Yu

A day for introspection, divination and the forecasting of events to come arrived
on Saturday, March 24 in the form of the Psychic Fair.
Held in the Maroon, Gold, and Chippewa rooms of the Bovee University Center,
the fair hosted many interesting personalities as well as forms of telling of
events.
All together, the fair had six seperate tables each with its own psychic ready
to tell the future. These people used methods of tarot readings, palm readings,
and the pendulum to tell all those who came what to expect of the present and
what has yet to come.
Despite the fact that six were ready to tell fortunes, many times more students
arrived to see what the fair was all about. There was never a time in the day
when less than 15 people were in the room waiting while the tables were filled
with those anxious to see what the future held for them.
I started off my experience with a tarot reading from Amanda Taylor, Montrose
freshman.
“I’ve been told that I’m a receptive person; whenever someone
has a problem, I usually go up to them and ask them what’s wrong,”
Taylor said. “[Tarot] is fun to learn, and is always interesting and has
a creative solution to everything.”
“Basically, I interpret the cards according to how I feel about them,”
Taylor said. “When you get the cards, they come with a book that tells
you what they mean, but mostly it’s how you feel as a person.”
Taylor started off with having me select ten cards from her deck as a magician
might when performing a card trick. According to Taylor, the reading would be
more meaningful to me and what’s going on in my life, as opposed to reflecting
what she felt if she had drawn them.
After the symbolic drawing of the cards, she laid them out on the table in a
pattern known as a Celtic Cross, and went about interpreting what they meant.
Apparently, I am heading for some kind of large change in my life, and my career
is going to be a highly independent venture. Also, I have a dominant, controlling
female figure in my life some place, and I also have someone who I look up to
almost as a mentor. I will also fall in love with either a woman who is very
strong and independent, or with one who is extremely loving and supportive.
While this reading seemed somewhat overbroad and nondescript, it fit in surprisingly
well with my current life and where I think my life is going from this point.
However, the reading was not specific enough to make a true believer out of
me.
I also had my palm read by Sam Reinstra, Cass City senior.
“Palm reading is more of a snapshot of the present than a way to tell the
future,” said Reinstra. “Basically, you’re not going to hear
things that you don’t already know.”
Reinstra began by looking at both of my palms and then began the interpretation.
According to his reading, I’m very good with words, and the articulation
thereof. Whether or not the fact that I was introduced as a reporter had anything
at all to do with that is still a mystery.
He went on to say that whatever it is that I am going to get into as far as
a carrer is going to be highly independent, with few boundaries. Reinstra also
told me that I am very passionate about what I do, and that relates almost directly
to my career choice.
I was also told that I am very practical about relationships and don’t
buy into the stereotypical Hollywood notion of romance. I carry this into the
world of selecting friends, and apparently, I categorize them according to my
level of relationship with them.
This reading also seemed somewhat vauge in nature, but was also in line with
how I perceive my life. Much of what he said could be directly applied to certain
aspects of my life despite the fact that he couldn’t give me any insight
into the future.
The Psychic Fair was overall an excellent look into some of the various methods
of fortunetelling. The interest was high, and most students seemed satisfied
with the results they recieved.
The fair was sponsored by the Open Grove society, the organization from which
all of the psychics in attendance came. All are students at Central, and most
learned the basics of their interpretation skills from Open Grove meetings.
Open Grove meets on Thursday nights in Anspach 157. New members are always welcome,
as well as those with even a faint interest in determining what’s in the
future or the present. Members will teach newcomers anything in their knowledge
banks in the form of a demonstration.

E-mail the author: David PalmerLIFE Et cetera Writer