WITH VIDEO: Psychics fair attracts dozens of students in Down Under Food Court
Students in the Down Under Food Court may have received a glimpse of their futures Tuesday afternoon.
A psychic fair there featured five psychics hosted by the Central Michigan University Program Board.
They used various forms of divination to read fortunes, including palm reading and tarot cards.
Flushing freshman Andrea Conquest said it was eerie to have her fate foretold by psychic Anne Karpiak.
“It wasn’t her directly telling me — it was figuring stuff out on my own,” Conquest said.
Karpiak let Conquest draw her own meaning from the stones spread across a sheet of runes — ancient Norse symbols. It was the first time she had ever experienced fortune telling.
Conquest said she enjoyed herself and would like to come back for a palm reading, though much of the psychic wisdom likely comes from good old fashioned observation.
“I think she takes what you say and builds upon what you think,” Conquest said.
Foxfire, a psychic from Indiana, said she uses a combination of tarot cards; psychometry, the use of senses and psychology; and clairvoyance, the use of spiritual and paranormal senses, to tell fortunes.
Each student had 10 minutes for their reading, she said, and they could ask one question about any aspect of their life.
With limited time, the psychics had to gauge their energy before using the tarot cards to hurry the process along.
“We had to rely a lot on clairvoyance,” she said. “Usually a sense comes through before they even walk up to the table; it’s an energy exchange.”
Russell Pfafflin, the special events chair for Program Board and an Allen Park junior, said the group has been bringing psychics to campus for three years.
Pfafflin said they are always popular with students.
“We usually have around 200 to 250 people,” he said. “It’s been busy.”
The group of five was part of Psychic Caravan, an organization that sends psychics to events throughout the country.
