The future is crystal clear
Preeti Raghunath
Give ‘em your watch and they’ll tell about your health, wealth and happiness. Unusual ‘readers’ get together at the Mystic Fair this week.
Want to know about how life’s treating you? Just give psychometrist Kashmira Shah your watch or ring and she’ll tell you more.
Though palm reading is still one of the most popular methods of prediction, there’s an assortment of forms you can choose from. Colour, object, angels, shells, runes, foot, your handwriting, your pet, past life — you name it. Coming up on March 11 and 12 is a Mystic Fair that you and your pet can head to.
The oracle? “Unlike what people think, we don’t tell the future but help you understand yourself. The ‘reader’ doesn’t decide anything and only takes you on a journey of self-discovery,” says Geoffrey Rodger who gazes at the crystal ball and even more interesting, a large crystal rock.
Rohini Gupta, who teaches everything from tarot to psychometry, says the awareness of tarot and the like have definitely grown. Five years back, she set up Yantra, an organisation that does different types of reading and also holds workshops. Manju Mohinani is the angel expert — she can tell more than a thing or two about what your angels are suggesting. “What the reader says isn’t what will always happen, since our future is not set in concrete,” she says.
No-Nos: There are things they never tell their clients like the sex of an unborn child or about deaths and accidents. But yes, they’re bombarded with bizarre questions most of the time. “It’s Mumbai, so one perennial question is ‘when will I get a new maid?’ and of course the funniest is ‘when will my father-in-law change?’” smiles Gupta, adding that there are many pluses to being a reader. “When we’re facing a problem or hassle, we just sit together and ask the other what they think should be done,” she says.
They now organise the ‘Mystic Fair’ twice a year. “At the fair, we do almost 300 readings a day and people can get their pets too since Archana Tanna (pet reader) can tell you more about them too!” says Shah.
Give ‘em your watch and they’ll tell about your health, wealth and happiness. Unusual ‘readers’ get together at the Mystic Fair this week.
Want to know about how life’s treating you? Just give psychometrist Kashmira Shah your watch or ring and she’ll tell you more.
Though palm reading is still one of the most popular methods of prediction, there’s an assortment of forms you can choose from. Colour, object, angels, shells, runes, foot, your handwriting, your pet, past life — you name it. Coming up on March 11 and 12 is a Mystic Fair that you and your pet can head to.
The oracle? “Unlike what people think, we don’t tell the future but help you understand yourself. The ‘reader’ doesn’t decide anything and only takes you on a journey of self-discovery,” says Geoffrey Rodger who gazes at the crystal ball and even more interesting, a large crystal rock.
Rohini Gupta, who teaches everything from tarot to psychometry, says the awareness of tarot and the like have definitely grown. Five years back, she set up Yantra, an organisation that does different types of reading and also holds workshops. Manju Mohinani is the angel expert — she can tell more than a thing or two about what your angels are suggesting. “What the reader says isn’t what will always happen, since our future is not set in concrete,” she says.
No-Nos: There are things they never tell their clients like the sex of an unborn child or about deaths and accidents. But yes, they’re bombarded with bizarre questions most of the time. “It’s Mumbai, so one perennial question is ‘when will I get a new maid?’ and of course the funniest is ‘when will my father-in-law change?’” smiles Gupta, adding that there are many pluses to being a reader. “When we’re facing a problem or hassle, we just sit together and ask the other what they think should be done,” she says.
They now organise the ‘Mystic Fair’ twice a year. “At the fair, we do almost 300 readings a day and people can get their pets too since Archana Tanna (pet reader) can tell you more about them too!” says Shah.
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