Today psychics are also called many things including clairvoyant, spiritualist, and medium. They are everywhere from telephone hot-lines to the Web to the Phone book. How do you know who is a con artist and who is the real thing? This article will give you some guidance and a few good practical tips!

You may want to consult a psychic for fun, for some guidance, out of curiosity or even to tell you what the future of your life will be. Psychic advisors may have many different qualifications including anything from a masters degree in psychology to simply a long list of satisfied clients. The first thing to do when choosing a psychic is to decide on your reasons for consulting one. There many types of them and knowing what you want to find out from them will help narrow your choices.

For instance:

I want to know if I get married, will it work out?

Is my relative who passed away watching over me?

What should my next career move be?

The point is, think about what you want to know before you look around. That will help you pick out the type of tools your ideal psychic should use - tarot cards, 'pure' intuition, medium to the afterlife, astrology, runes, numerology, etc. You can also ask your friends and relatives to see what their experiences have been with the different techniques. They may even know of a good psychic!

The best possibility is if you could seek out a well known advisor that has written a book or even been on television. They may cost more, but only the best get published or asked to do readings on TV. You may be able to find them on the Internet and contact them via email. Check out their website and use your gut feeling to see if you might click with them. Check out a few sites and look at their background, experience and prices. Maybe one will click with you!

The next step is to be careful when choosing a psychic and we will review that in Part 2: Things to watch out for when choosing a psychic.