Before I get into this morning’s Perfect Moment Monday post: to all those in the path of Hurricane Sandy, stay safe. If you get the orders to get out, get out. This lady is not to be trifled with. Seeing pictures of an already flooded Atlantic City, a childhood haunt of mine, has been really distressing, along with whole boards from the Boardwalk floating inland… and she hasn’t even made landfall yet. Salem, MA is already feeling the brunt of some gusty winds this morning but we’re doin’ alright so far. Seriously: be safe, folks.
Halloween is kind of a big deal where I live. Salem, Massachusetts is dubbed the Halloween Capitol of the World… and they aren’t kidding.
For the last three years, I’ve gone to Salem’s Annual Psychic Fair. A dozen or so of Salem’s best psychics gather in our (sad little) mall and nearly every day in October, they offer 18 and 30 minute readings to all who are interested, for a reasonable price. The last two have been pretty intense readings, but a lot of vagueness without a whole lot of specifics.
Um, until this past Saturday.
I sat down with my psychic and shook her hand. I said a polite hello and my name.
“What type of reading are you looking for today?” she asked.
“I’m open to energy work,” I began. “But really, I’m just looking to get a snapshot of how things are right now and what the forecast for the next year looks like.”
She handed me a deck of Tarot cards to shuffle as I focused my energy on them.
“While you shuffle, I’m just going to channel my spirit guides. Sound good?” she said before closing her eyes and lowering her head.
“Sure!” I shuffled the worn navy-blue backed cards three times, cutting them once and placing them in front of me. We never did get to the cards.
She opened her eyes and looked right at me. “You’re grandmother’s here,” she said, smiling.
“Oh?”
“Yes… your mother’s mother, right?”
I felt the hair stand up on my neck.
“Um, yes. That’s right.”
“Your grandmother is around you a lot,” she went on. “And she’s going like this…” The psychic began making a cradling rocking motion with her arms, like rocking a baby.
“Who’s pregnant?”
I felt the color drain from my face.
“Um… I am,” I volunteered. Prior to this moment, neither she nor I had ever met.
“Congratulations!” she smiled. “Your grandmother is very happy for you. She knows how badly you wanted this baby.”
Cue: my rapt attention.
The psychic proceeds to tell me about how my grandmother lived a long life, a fierce woman who fought for everything she ever wanted. She mentioned how my grandmother was the mother to 7 children and even managed to divine that my Granny was a seamstress. At one point, she began touching the side of her head.
“She had a stroke, didn’t she,” she said.
Spot on again.
“She’s mentioning a wedding dress… who just got married?”
“My aunt… last weekend.”
“She’s very happy for her and for that union,” she said brightly.
What she said next nearly knocked me out of my chair.
“June 20th – does that date mean anything to you?”
“That’s my due date,” I said quietly.
“Oh okay. Well, your grandmother says you’ll go a few days past it, so don’t worry. Also, she says she can’t wait for you to meet your son.”
Our time was up. I thanked her profusely and walked out of there in a daze.
Definitely the spookiest thing I’ve ever had happen to me in a good long while.
To make matters spookier?
Coming home to this:
This was over my house.
What you’re looking at is an atmospheric phenomenon where sunlight passes through ice crystals in cirrus clouds. While not terribly uncommon, it is rare to see such a display at latitudes this far south of the arctic.
For the nerds playing along with me at home: the top bow is a circumzenith arc. Below it is a supralateral arc. Below that is a Parry arc and the weird W looking thing is an upper tangent arc and below THAT is a 22° halo. Not captured in this shot: a very faint heliac arc around the whole thing. It was spectacular, beautiful and eerie.
Also? Just as psychic as the lady I saw this weekend. These halos and arcs are harbingers of bad weather.
Stay safe, folks.
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This post is part of Perfect Moment Mondays at Write Mind, Open Heart. Check out all the other Perfect Moments over at Lori’s place and add your own.
That was CREEPY but I love it!
WOW.
(Sadly, I am not seeing the photo.)
holy crap, keiko! and I don’t mean what a geek you are to know the scientific terms for the magnificent wonder above your home.
I must have missed this before. yes, that is some very specific info she shared. I love how she connected with your granny. sounds like you could have a summer solstice baby!
I can’t ever see the images in your posts. I can see pictures in other blogs, but never the ones you post. Has anyone else ever mentioned this? Is there a setting you know of that I need to change?
Wow. This is absolutely beautiful. I love that you were able to capture such a perfect moment in a photo. Thanks for sharing.
Keiko, this is beautiful and hopeful and inspiring. Wow, congratulations. Sending you so many blessings for your family and baby.
Wow! What an awesome story/experience! Thank you so much for sharing Keiko. I definitely got chills and between your and Mel’s stories this week, I am definitely interested/open to the possibility of having an experience like that someday. Maybe I will even come visit you, Larry and your son (?!) in Salem someday and go with you the psychic fair.?! I am so glad your reading was so cool and then to come home to that rainarc thingy! Just gorgeous and truly perfect. It reminds me of the “rainbolt:,” as I like to refer to it, that I saw in the sky a few weeks after Molly was born and died.
That is crazy! Sounds like you’re having a boy! 😉
For full effect our power went out while I was reading this!!
Gosh I love this stuff! I’ve been afraid to go to one the past two years. What a fabulous session!
wow wow wow! That whole experience…..sure to be remembered 🙂 And I’m partial to June birthdays- my son’s is June 21st!
Wow, what an amazing experience! Your post gave me goosebumps. I love the picture.
Holy. Shit. When I read that she can’t wait for you to meet you son, I got the chills so badly I actually shivered. My Grandmother recently (well, last December, but it still feels recent) passed. I also went to some psychics who told me “Gammie” is also around me alot, and checks on me like every five minutes. Gammie’s birthday is June 28. It’s a very cool time of year for birthdays! I have no doubt you have lots of angels around you- especially now… and that thingy in the sky? First thing I thought of when I saw it was, “hhmmm… looks like a little triple-Goddess action happening there”-
Stay safe, and snuggle down …
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lots of love your way….
Sounds like it was a very neat experience.
Holy HeeBeeJeeBees.
Wowza. I’ve got the chillbumps — in a good way!
That’s some pretty specific information she gave you.
Beautiful image — you stay safe, too.
Wow. Just wow. That is amazing. Maybe I should have let my husband talk me into that reading after all…
We always take pictures of sundogs, but I’ve never seen anything like that! Beautiful.
Holy crap- that is spooky!
What an amazing reading! While I think most psychics are bogus, I do believe some can pull back that veil. And as a mother of a boy born in June, June boys are awesome!
Oh my gosh! That is amazing!! I hope you guys have a good Halloween, stay safe!
I’ve always wanted to see a psychic but I’ve never gotten the nerve….This sounds like an amazing experience….and the weird weather phenomenons to top it all off…yeah…spooky for sure!
And a son? did no one else catch this? I hope your grandmother continues to watch over you and your baby….definitely have goose bumps!
Wow! I’m here from Lori’s blog and this sure got my attention! Definitely a strong mixture of perfect and spooky. Many, many congratulations on your pregnancy.
P.S. I just read the post you wrote when your grandmother died. Holy cow that woman had balls. Go Granny!
That is so spooky…I got chills. I want to talk to this lady!
You just made MY scalp crawl and I don’t know that I even believe in psychics and cards! I sorta want to go cross-country and see this woman now!
Also? June 20th is my birthday!!!