Cold reading, and how to tell it from a reading
· By Orivana · 7 min read
The shotgun, the rainbow ruse, the vanishing negative, the out. The techniques named plainly, why most people using them are not frauds, and the four questions...
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The Celtic Cross, position by position
· By Orivana · 7 min read
Ten positions, printed by Waite in 1910 with a pedigree it does not have. A real ten-card draw, and the three positions readers use to explain...
The four elements across five systems
· By Orivana · 7 min read
Four of the five reference systems on this site carry an element on every entry. The fifth does not, and working out why is more instructive...
Confirmation bias and the honest reading
· By Orivana · 6 min read
A reading that came true is weaker evidence than it feels, because the outcome wrote the record. There is one practice that fixes it, and almost...
How to read a three-card spread
· By Orivana · 6 min read
Three positions look like three questions. They are not. A worked example, dealt live on this site, of reading a three-card line as a single sentence....
The Barnum effect, and why a reading feels personal
· By Orivana · 7 min read
A psychologist handed the same personality sketch to a whole class in 1948 and they rated it 4.26 out of 5 for accuracy. Recognising that kind...