“No, you don’t get it. You should have been married at 27”, my psychic said with increasing concern in her voice and eyes. She was a woman in her early 30s, wearing what you would expect a suburban housewife to wear and I could feel that she genuinely was scared about something.
I told her that I am 27 and I will probably meet someone soon. And she went on to explain to me that even if I meet someone today, it’s unlikely that I will get married within six months.
“Wow, you really should have been married by now.”
She proceeded to take a deep breath, closed her eyes, and then waved her hand around like she was doing Tai Chi. When her eyes opened, she still seemed concerned, but her concerned eyes changed from “OMG, what is happening with you” to “Oh dear, you could really use some help.”
“Your Anahata is blocked and your energy is all off of alignment. I don’t know if it is because of your ex, or someone from your past put a curse on you. But I really think we need to do something to address that. Your twin flame can’t find you because of this.”, she said with sympathy and concern.
“Ok, here we go”, I thought to myself. I knew something like this could happen. I’ve been going to Psychics for a long time and generally found them insightful. But this one, I knew she was a con artist.
The worst part is, for a moment she gave me so much hope that I almost wished she was speaking the truth. You see, if I had a curse put upon me, it would make so much sense of the shambles my love life was and if removing that curse is all it took, I would have gladly paid $350 she was asking for. Because quite frankly, I always thought I would be married by 27.
She played into my insecurities in a way I didn’t think was possible and I couldn’t get that thought out of my head. To make sure I was not missing out on this opportunity to find my twin flame, I sent my friend to her as a control group and sure enough, she got the same script.
Don’t let this turn you off though. Any believer knows that there are excellent Psychics out there, there are con artists and there are many in between. It pains and angers me to think of all the young women who fell for her tricks and ended up paying a fortune for some candles and a curse removal kit.
But I also know of so many people who have benefited from seeing a Psychic, myself included.
I know there is no science to prove it, but I believe in the afterlife, in souls, in spirits and the energy of the universe. Humans don’t have all the answers and maybe there is no proof of it, but I have had some experiences with Psychics that have truly given me amazing insight into myself and the world around me.
The one reading I will never forget was when I was in my second serious relationship. I got the contact from a friend in LA and the Psychic was an old woman who spoke with intensity and seriousness. Her voice felt hypnotic. She got so many things right about my relationship with my boyfriend, about my dead grandmother and about my childhood, it was uncanny. She claimed to be a clairvoyant and clairsentient who can feel and see energies. Her job, she said, was to interpret the energies in a way that makes sense to her clients.
I will spare you the details of the reading, but I still remember the one thing that really resonated with me. “The person you are with does not see you as his life partner.” She claimed that this insight came from my grandmother in the form of energies. While I am not entirely convinced it was Nana, it was something she would have said if she was alive. And it made so much sense because my then boyfriend would back off every time there was a talk about commitment and moving the relationship forward.
It helped me accept what I already knew inside me. That he was not my person. And that I need to end the relationship.
I won’t say that the Psychic made me break up with my boyfriend. But her guidance gave me a lot of clarity in my life that I desperately needed at the moment.
A good Psychic reading is unforgettable. Whether or not they can actually talk to spirits can be debated, but I can assure you that they can certainly lift them.
The only problem is that it’s an unregulated industry and you may fall into traps of con artists like the one I came across before.
This is why any experience with Psychics is to always take everything with a grain of salt. Both the good and the bad.
If the reading was true, it will reveal itself in time and you will get to believe in it. There’s no harm in being a bit skeptical. But if it was a con artist, being skeptical can literally save you years of your life chasing a fantasy or false hope.
Getting an Honest Psychic Reading Online
Kevin (the owner of this website) invited me to write this article to help his readers who may be looking for a Psychic reading. This website gets a lot of heartbroken individuals, a lot of whom look to Psychics for help. Kevin wanted to find them a safe place to do so.
I jumped at the chance because it would be an opportunity to share my wisdom with the world and perhaps stop the next innocent person from being taken advantage of by a con artist.
Kevin believes that Psychics tell you what you want to hear. I disagree because I’ve had so many readings where a Psychic told me the exact opposite of what I wanted to hear.
So yes, I am a believer in Psychics. I just think you should be able to find the genuine one from the fake ones.
This is why we decided to give you some points that both Kevin (a skeptic) and me (a believer) agree are important for people going into a Psychic reading.
Assuming that you are a spiritual person and you are turning to a Psychic or Medium for guidance, closure or clarity, keep these points in mind when you talk to a Psychic –
- Be open to what they have to say, but be a little bit skeptical. Remember, not all people (psychic or otherwise) are good people. Even if they genuinely have Psychic abilities, they may still try to take advantage of you. A teaspoon of Skeptism doesn’t take away from the benefit of reading but it does save you from people trying to take advantage of you.
- Remember the universe always gives love. I learned this during the workshop of a very reputable Medium. She said she always gets love from spirits. It’s never anger, fear, or judgement. It makes sense to me.
- It’s okay to walk away. If the Psychic or Medium is making you uncomfortable or are ringing an alarm bell, just walk away. If it’s online, just turn off the session or leave the chatroom. The reading should be about you and if your intuition is telling you to run, RUN.
- Yes, some Psychics use cold reading, hot reading, leading questions, Barnum effect etc. But don’t let it turn you off. You can still possibly get some insight from the reading if you keep an open mind and a healthy scepticism about it all.
- Psychic readings have a self-reflection/ Rorscach test/ Mirror talking back effect that can be therapeutic. Embrace it. Use the reading to tune into your gut instinct and answer your own questions.
- Psychics are not a substitute for therapy, which leads to a lot of introspection and real life breakthroughs. (Kevin insisted on this point)
- Getting a Psychic reading can become addictive as human beings are wired to crave information about our future. (Read this Reddit thread for an example, and this article to understand our human nature.) Be aware of this as you get a reading.
With that being said, let’s get into how we tested the Psychic Portals that seems to be advertising everywhere.
How we tested these portals and why it’s important
For this analysis, we invited our readers and email subscribers to participate in an experiment where they would go to online Psychics and review them for us. You can find the detailed process below, but the gist is that this review is done by analyzing the experience of different individuals from different background going through a difficult time and were in need of guidance and clarity. They are not affiliated with us and who genuinely wanted a Psychic reading for themselves.
It’s important to note that these weren’t just testers who got a Psychic reading for the sake of reviewing them. Since this website gets so many visitors who would anyways go to Psychic readings, we just invited them to share their experience. As a result, we got genuine insight directly from these users into how these online Psychic portals work, which ones can be trusted and which ones need to be avoided at all costs.
Our analyzers (which included Kevin and I) then went through the reading, the feedback, and interviews with participants to rate each of the criteria for each Psychic platform.
We also made some control situations by sending two different people to the same Psychic to ensure they were not using the same script and if they were truly genuine.
Here’s what we tested these Psychics Platforms on –
- Safety – Did the psychic use fear tactics to take advantage of you? This was our top priority because we wanted to make sure that our readers are not lured into scams. I also highly recommend this article by AARP on scams.
- Accurate reading about you – Did the Psychic accurately read what you are going through? OR did they just use cold reading?
- Accurate predictions about the future – Some psychics give predictions about the future. We followed up with our testers to see if the predictions came true.
- Clarity and guidance – Did they provide clarity?
- Connection with Spirits/Guides/Universe – Did they feel more connected with the universe, energy and spirits?
- Platform Transparency and Ease of Use – Was the platform easy to navigate, transparent, and trustworthy.
Note – This is an ongoing project, we are going to keep asking readers for their feedback and keep updating this page.
Things we did not take into consideration –
Platform claims – A lot of these platform claims that they vet their Psychics. But they aren’t transparent about the vetting process. Moreover, there is no universal way to test a Psychic since it’s an unregulated industry. We ignored these claims and used only our own analysis for this review.
External Review of Psychics – Since the reviews are made on the platform, the platform controls the reviews and can manipulate them. The same can be said about external review sites such as TrustPilot. We kept our review independent of outside reviews.
Years in the industry – We believe it’s a vanity metric. A scam platform can survive in the industry for many years if they are good at deceiving people.
Results – Best Psychic Readings Online
If you are looking for a quick answer, these are our findings.
Best Overall – California Psychics
Runner up – Purple Garden
Remaining Contenders found to be safe – Keen, Kasamba, Psychic OZ
Platforms Not Recommended due to using fear tactics – Mia from SpiritualSociety.co, any spellcasters
Let’s go through it in detail –
1. Best Overall – California Psychics
They claim to vet all their Psychics and seem to have a decent reputation online. But we did not account for that in our review. Our findings are based solely on our participant’s experience with California Psychics.
Overall, we found their Psychics to be safe, their predictions reasonably accurate, and they provided good clarity for people in stressful situations. See their detailed ratings below for each criteria.
Safety – 8/10 – Psychics we tested did not use any fear tactics and generally gave healthy advice. They also did not promise any false hope that may lead to people being stuck in denial or bargaining (which are stages of grief).
Reading Accuracy (Past and Present) – 6/10 – While this may seem like a low rating, it’s actually pretty good when it comes to Psychics and our strict criteria for measuring this.
Most of our testers found their readings to be accurate. But our analyzers found that a lot of it could be cold reading/hot reading or Barnum effect.
Regardless, we still give the Psychics at California Psychics points for making decent readings and gaining the trust of their clients/seekers.
Prediction Accuracy (Future) – N/A – It’s too soon to calculate this since not enough time has passed since the reading and we have not got any feedback from this.
Clarity and Guidance – 8/10 – Most testers found the clarity gained through the session on par with clarity gained in therapy.
Spiritual Connection – 6.5/10 – People did feel more connected spiritually after the session. But not all of them and not all the time.
Platform Rating – 7/10 – Most people found it comfortable and easy to navigate. But a few people found their pricing policy confusing. The confusion came from the $1/minute offer that only lasts for 5 minutes after which they charge the full price of the psychic.
Overall rating – 7/10 – We rated California Psychic 7/10 mostly because their Psychics did not use any fear tactics, generally gave healthy advice and guidance and provided clarity to our testers. Amongst all the platforms we tested and analyzed the readings using our criteria, we found their Psychics to be most intuitive, albeit, even they did not score as well as we would have liked.
Again, 7/10 may seem like a low rating but it’s pretty good based on our strict criteria and comparing with other platforms out there. We simply did not find a platform that could get a better rating based on our criteria.
Average price for a 15 minute consultation – $60
Offers – $1/minute for 5 minutes for certain Psychics
Types of readings available – Pretty much all of them. Tarot, Mediumship, Claorvoyent, Angel Cards, etc.
2. Runner Up – Purple Garden
Purple garden also did relatively well in most criteria, but some of our participants were not very satisfied with their prediction and felt like they were cold reading.
Safety – 8.5/10 – The psychics at Purple Garden did not use any fear tactics to gain trust or take advantage of our testers. They were safe.
Reading Accuracy (Past and Present) – 5/10 – The psychics were generally accurate but our testers found their interaction awkward in trying to make predictions or read them. Some found it very apparent that they were doing cold readings.
Based on our criteria, a lot of seekers may still find their predictions accurate compared to other services.
Prediction Accuracy (Future) – N/A – It’s too soon to calculate this score since not enough time has passed since the readings.
Clarity and Guidance – 8/10 – Our readers generally found a lot of clarity speaking to the psychics over at Purple Garden. They knew what to do moving forward and had a better understanding of what they were going through in life.
Spiritual Connection – 5/10 – A few of our seekers reported feeling more connected spiritually but most of them found no more spiritually connected than before.
Platform Rating – 6/10 – A lot of people found the Pricing to be confusing and their final bill to be more than what they expected. Please understand the payment terms before going ahead with the reading. The platform was easy to use and navigate and it was easy to find a Psychic they want to get a reading with.
Overall rating – 6.5/10 – Purple Garden comes second in our review of Psychics mainly because their advice was solid, grounded in reality and helped our readers. They were very safe since the Psychics did not use any fear tactics on our seekers. And the platform seemed intuitive and easy to use.
They are not amongst the top spot because some of our seekers found it difficult to believe in the Psychic ability of the reader and thought they were cold reading.
Types of readings available – Pretty much all of them. Tarot, Mediumship, Claorvoyent, Angel Cards, etc.
3. Kasamba
Kasmba’s Psychic advisors gave decent advice but our analyzer were concerned that some advice may lead people to feel fear or lead to them feel less about themselves.
Safety – 7/10 – The Psychics at Kasamba were generally safe except for one instance where it seemed like the Psychic was instilling fear in the seeker. However, we gave him the benefit of doubt since he did not upsell anything and seemed to be genuinely concerned. Perhaps his intuition was really telling him something was off and he was trying to warn the seeker. Hopefully, with time and feedback from the participant, we will find out what happened and update this review.
Reading Accuracy (Past and present) – 6/10 The psychics here were good at reading, predictions and gaining trust of the readers. But due to our strict criteria, they still don’t get more than 6/10 because these predictions can be attributed to cold reading, hot reading or Barmun effect.
Predicion Accurcacy (Future) – N/A – One psychic at Kasamba made a bold prediction about the future of one of our seekers. We are yet to see if it comes true.
Clarity and Guidance – 7/10 – Our testers found their guidance to be worthwhile. However, one session left our reader confused which is why they don’t score as highly as others in this point.
Spiritual Connection – 7/10 – We got mixed reviews here. One tester felt spiritually connected while others didn’t. Because of the extremely positive feedback of one tester, we gave them a 7/10 on this criteria.
Platform rating – 7/10 – Kasamba’s platform is similar to that of California Psychic and Purple garden in regards to it being easy to use and book. It was clear in the pricing stating that the discount only applies to the first 5 minutes of the reading.
Overall – 6.2/10 – Overall, Kasamba is a safe platform to use.
4. Keen
Keen is another popular brand for Psychic readings. We did not find anything wrong with Keen’s Psychic advisors. But none of our participants found it to be exceptional or felt Spiritually connected.
Safety – 7.5/10 – Reasonably safe.
Reading Accuracy (Past and Present) – 5/10 – Some felt like cold reading.
Prediction Accuracy – n/a – Too soon to tell.
Clarity – 6.5/10 – Gave decent advice and explanation of current situation.
Spirituality – 3/10 – None of our participants felt spiritually connected.
Platform rating – 6.5/10 – Easy to use, plenty of options. They have a reward point system that may make people feel addicted to the platform to get readings.
Overall – 6/10
5. Psychic Oz
Psychic Oz seems to be an okay platform but our particpants did not feel spiritually connected or found great clarity after their session. Some of them said that they did not think the platform was worth the price.
Safety – 7/10 – No fear tactics involved and the Psychics did not try to upsell anything.
Reading Accuracy (Past and present) – 5/10 – Felt a lot like cold reading.
Prediction Accuracy (future) – n/a – too soon to rate.
Clarity – 6/10 – Some participants were confused and did not feel clarity after their session.
Spirituality – 4/10 – Some participants did not feel spiritually connected.
Platform rating – 6.5/10 – Easy to use, but concerns with the pricing model not being very clear.
Overall – 6/10
Psychic platforms to avoid
The following platforms have been reported by our participants to use fear tactics to gain monetary advantage from people in a vulnerable state. We recommend you avoid them.
1. Mia from SpiritualSociety.co – We got 1 report that they use fear tactics and are not very helpful. We have not investigated them further but for now, we caution our readers from buying any Psychic reading from this platform. They are active on social media and there’s a good chance you will see ads from them.
2. Any spellcasters/curse removal – Any portal or website that promises spell casters or guaranteed results should be avoided at all costs. The responsible psychic community also criticizes such practices and there is no guarantee that it works. In 100% of cases, spell casters are scamming you with false promises. Spells can not make someone fall in love, cure health conditions, make you win the lottery or any other ridiculous claims they make. Please, be wary of such things even if a part of you desperately wants to believe it.
Why you can trust this review
The mission of this website is to “honor and empower the people who are heartbroken and going through a tough breakup.” If you search anything related to breakup or getting an ex back on Google, you would find plenty of ads for Psychic reading services and spell casters.
Since there is not enough genuine information on this subject, we decided to create a meaningful guide to help people find these services if they are looking for it.
Kevin emphasizes, again, that you should definitely look for therapy if you are going through a hard time or at least consider getting a life coach or a breakup coach.
But if Psychic readings resonate with you, then there is no harm in seeking a Psychic for help as long as you are being a little bit skeptical to protect yourself from harm.
The review above is created by analyzing feedback from 25 people who were seeking Psychic services and also came across us for breakup advice.
With the demographics of visitors we get, we were in a sweet spot where we crossed path with actual seekers of Psychic readings and used that data to create something helpful for everyone else.
Hopefully, this analysis can help someone looking for a psychic reading find a suitable place for themselves and avoid the con artists who try to take advantage of people in times of stress.
Our Review Process –
Here’s how we gather the data for this review –
1. We email our newsletter subscribers occasionally if they want to participate in this experiment.
2. When they agree, we provide them a platform where they can choose a Psychic and the type of reading they want.
3. Upon completing the reading, they are asked to provide detailed feedback using a survey form.
4. If possible, they share the recording of the reading as well. We also follow up with them after some time to see if the predictions came true.
5. We use their feedback, recording of the reading and any additional information to analyze and rate the platform on each criteria.
6. We add this rating to the previous rating of the platform to get a final score.
Review Criteria in detail –
This is our review criteria explained in detail.
1. Safety
This is our top most priority since people who usually look for a Psychic reading are going through mental duress and are vulnerable. So even though some Psychics can be very helpful and enlightening, others can use this vulnerable state to their advantage.
We measured safety by analyzing the advice or predictions the Psychic gave. Kevin and I listen to the reading and the feedback provided by the participant and determine if it’s safe advice.
For example, a common question participants have is “Will my ex come back” which a malicious Psychic could use to their advantage by saying something like, “I do see your ex wants to come back, but there is a “curse/energy/block” stopping them. You can do this to make them back.” and then proceed to sell them more services.
Thankfully, we did not find such Psychics in any of the major platform that we reviewed but we have heard stories of them and we try to highlight such con artists as well so people can stay away from them.
2. Reading Accuracy
Psychics claim to feel things or see things that tell them about you. Most Psychics call it energy. While skeptics just call it cold reading/ hot reading or Barnum effect. Thankfully, we had both a skeptic and a believer as an analyzer.
Kevin and I both discussed what the Psychic said about the participant in their reading. And we correlated it with the participant’s feedback about how accurate they felt their reading was.
We factor both the participant’s feeling and the whether the reading could be cold reading/hot reading / barnum effect.
For most of our analysis, the reading could be explained by cold reding/hot reading or the barnum effect. But we still give them points for making the participant believe in their reading as that is a part of the whole Psychic reading experience.
3. Prediction Accuracy
If the psychics made any claim about the future, we follow up with our participants if those claims come true.
We also factor in how general the claim is vs how specific it is. For example, “you will come across good fortune in the next two years” is quite general. Whereas, “You will meet a balding man in New Orleans in December who will be your soulmate.” is quite specific.
As of now, none of the prediction has come true mainly because not enough time has passed since the reading. We will update our review as some claims do or do not come true.
4. Clarity and Guidance
We turn to Psychics when need some clarity in life. And a good Psychic reading can certainly provide clarity. For this criteria, we only referred to the feedback provided by our participants on how much clarity they got from the Psychic session. Some of them were life changing while others were just mediocre.
5. Spiritual Connection
A good Psychic can make you feel connected with your loved ones or the spirits. For me personally, when that Psychic spoke about my grandmother guiding me, it really made me feel connected to her and made me feel like my Nana is still looking out for me.
Whether or not their is an afterlife is not the question here. We leave those topics for scientists and skeptics. I felt connected to my grandmother after that Psychic reading knowing full well that there may not be an afterlife. I chose to believe in it and believe in my Nana looking after me.
So for this criteria, we solely relied on the feedback from our participants and whether or not they felt connected with spirits, the energy of the universe or their loved ones.
6. Platform Rating
This criteria covers stuff like,
- How easy was the platform to use?
- How easy was it to find a Psychic?
- How transparent was the platform in terms of pricing?
- How trustworthy did the platform look?
All these things are pretty basic stuff and easy to review. We found most platforms to be easy to use while some had issues with pricing transparency.
FAQs
What type of situation were the testers going through?
A lot of them were going through relationship troubles, heartbreak or some sort of grief. Note that we did not actively encourage them to seek a Psychic. We only selected people who were already inclined to go to a psychic. And we educated them on the process to ensure their readings were done with safety keeping their vulnerable state in mind.
How many participants were included in this analysis?
The numbers will keep on increasing. But at the time of writing this, 25 participants have been taken into account.
Is this a review of Mediums or only for Psychics?
Mediums who claim to contact a dead person were not included in this review. Most participants were not actively looking to contact a dead loved one from the other side. But we can include that in the process later on.
Do you have any proof that you conducted this review the way you say you did?
Yes, we do have data from the feedback form, our email conversations with the participants, and the recordings. We will soon create a page with all the proof needed once we anonymize the data to protect the privacy of the participants. Meanwhile, if you are interested in the proof, please contact us.
Is there a valid certification for Psychic Mediums?
Unfortunately, there is no widely recognized certification for a Psychic Medium. Anyone can claim to be a psychic which leaves this industry open to con artists. This is why we created this page to get at least some transparency and trustworthiness in the world of online Psychic readings.
A few other foundations have tried testing Psychic Mediums for their legitimacy. One such foundation is the forever family foundation which aims to provide helpful resources for people grieving the loss of a loved on.
How did you choose which platform to review?
We found the most popular platform based on Google ads, google search results, forum conversations and word of mouth. We may have missed some of them but we will include them as we continuously update this page.
So can you tell which Platform has real Psychics?
Our review was not focused on determining if the Psychics truly were Psychics and had the powers they claimed to have. This is not a scientific experiment. This review assumes that Psychics can be helpful to people who believe in them and we try to find a Psychic platform that is most helpful and safe.
I want you to test/review a psychic/medium/psychic platform. Can you help?
Please contact us. We can’t guarantee anything but we will try our best.
Why do you rate all this platform so low?
Our ratings are based on a strict criteria where both a Skeptic and a Believer come together to review. As such, even a Psychic scores highly for the participant, a Skeptic can see through cold reading/Barnum effect and pull their ratings down simply because it removes their claim to have real psychic powers.
Don’t let this discourage you though. Some psychics probably do have real gifts and you are most likely to find them on the platforms rated highest in our review.
Are Psychics Powers or Mediums Real?
There is no scientific evidence to prove Psychic powers or paranormal powers exist. Several scientists have tried to prove it and failed. One fine gentleman even offered a $1 million reward for anyone who can prove it, but the reward remained unclaimed and was discontinued in 2015. The psychic community calls the test too rigid and unrealistic – a claim which does hold some ground. After all, psychics tend to work with “energies” and “chakras”, which are very personal and their readings often don’t come true in literal ways, but what Carl Jung called Synchronicity.
But, just because science denies it doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist. I have personally felt really connected with the spirits after a psychic reading. And I have had experiences that are simply not possible to explain through the science lens. And there are millions of people like me who believe in Psychics the same way I do. It’s because for us, Psychics are real based on our life experience. The same way God is.
Why did you include a Skeptic as an analyzer?
Kevin, the owner of this website and one of the analyzer, is a skeptic. But he is not the type of skeptic who believes “all psychics are scammers and everyone should stay away from them.” He is open minded and he believes Psychic readings can be helpful for people and they have a place in this world. So his involvement and feedback is valuable while also bringing in a bit of healthy skepticism.
Besides, he runs this website. He won’t allow me to post this without his approval and his involvement in the process.
