"If you could predict death, would you?"

I have seen that on Nina's site as well, and wondered about it. I confess it shocked me, and I have tremendous respect for Nina's work even though our styles are very different. Was she correct in the case of your dad? And did it help you any

I don't believe it's ethical to predict when someone will die. And the thought can be implanted in the person and become a self-fulfilling prophecy.

I'm reminded of a story told to me years ago about a woman asking an astrologer about her husband's health. The astrologer told the woman of her husband's impending death. So, night after night for months, the woman would lie in bed next to her husband fearful and thinking about his dying. And he did die. The astrologer was sued.

We do have an effect with beliefs, thoughts and emotions, not only on our own energy field but that of others, and especially family members.

Psychics are seeing only a portion of the energy - not the whole picture. And they are seeing it as a snapshot at the present moment. Energy is constantly in motion and choices are constantly being made

I once had a client in her 80s who'd nearly died the year before and was OK about the possibility of dying. I was able to tell her when her next encounter with death was likely to be, and therefore how much time she had to do what she was still here to do. She found this helpful.

I've also had a few cases of friends looking after elderly/ill people, and I've correctly predicted in these cases (from the charts of of my friends in 2 cases, rather than the ill/old person). I've got one prediction still current, and it's helping the carer feel they haven't got a life sentence!

I don't think predicting anything works abstractly, health and circumstances need to be taken fully into account, no transit is a 'death' transit.

I don't in principle have a problem predicting the possibility of death to a client, but only if they look like they can handle it. I think it can be very helpful for them

I would want to know when I'm going to die. Sometimes I procrastinate because I always think, "Bah, there's always tomorrow" but if I knew that there was an end date, a) it would give me a framework and thus a push to finally do what I think I should do and b) it would make me more appreciative of my time on earth. Also, sometimes when I'm going through a rough patch, it feels as if it's never going to end, and knowing that there's an end date would give me more perspective, so to speak. OUr culture is terrified about even discussing death, which is just short-sighted. It's going to happen and the better we cope with it, the better and fuller our lives will be. We'd stop worrying about incredibly stupid things like staying young forever and start concentrating on those things that really matter: what do we want to leave behind and how will we want to be remembered

Hi Lynn,

In the mid-90s, I had a reading and the lady has been accurate thus far. Unfortunately, she (for some unknown reason), felt the need to tell me outright that I'd only live till age 56. I didn't want to know that info and it's stuck in my mind ever since. I'm 43 now, and I often find myself thinking, "Must get [fill in life goal] done soon as I may only have 13 more years."

Like many, I believe a person's life isn't written in stone and what happens is based on choices we make daily. However, what she told me continues to plague me and I wish she never would have told me that info.

The lady has since passed, but to date her predictions have been accurate. Needless to say, I'm hoping she'll be wrong on when I'm supposed to pass on

Wow - what a great discussion.

I suppose if a client is terminally ill it would be useful to know when death is most likely to occur. Tim, there are astrological indicators but they are not infallible. When you look at charts of those who have died (as I frequently do in this column), there is rarely something that stands out to say yes, of course death occurred at this time. It's easier to look back then to look forward.

But for someone like Bev, who was told in her 30s that she would die at age 56, of what use is that? I have a difficult time seeing why this would be helpful and like Jay says, our beliefs often create our reality.

Which is why that movie "First Snow" was so interesting. The hero became obsessed with the danger around him and found danger where there was none. Then when he WAS in danger that could have done him in, he changed the outcome and survived.

Obviously this is just a movie, but I have had so many clients tell me that psychics told them they would die at age this or that. It just seems to me that there are better ways to advise people than this

I never liked and could agree on the Hindu teachings of everything is preordained. Our life path changes according to the decisions we make. I always tire to explain it to people in the way of how a tree grows and what happens to the tree during his life span. He forms and adjusts according to the environmental surroundings.
In my practice as a homoeopath I have seen many people who shortened or extended their lifespan. The shortening of live mostly caused by anxieties and decisions made in live for the sake of appearance. In short our EGO has more to do with when we die than anything else

Charles,actually,the ego IS what dies, so yes, it would have everything to do with it.
Looking at it that way, the ego is born and the ego dies..the chart talk of character of that ego...
"Destiny" = Character + Time.Our character predisposes us to makes all our choices. For eemple I[m a Scorpio, so no, I'm not afraid of Death.
No,it's not written in stone, it's written in the skies. So we are free at any momnet to actively change our character,or the way we make choices ( ie consciously) and thus change our destiny. What's in the sky, is like an auto-pilot map.
The minute the auto-pilot is off all
"pre-destination" is opened to alteration.
Sometimes a warning of coming death is the wake up call some NEED to change their destination...and that may be the whole purpose here. It has been said that prophecies and prediction are there as a warning- not a condemnation. and that a dire prophecy that has come true has not fulfilled it's purpose- to give someone the time to change course

Since in Tarot the death card means change, it would depend on the cards around it whether it might be physical death or death of a phase of life or a relationship. I have seen it many times and never felt it had to mean something even dire.

Looking at this from the position of a client of psychics and astrologers, I would want to know if they knew something important and the time of physical death is important. Given that I'd want them to tell me, I also would find it very hard to believe any astrologer could predict a year of death; so for me I would listen but with a grain of salt personally. Psychics vary for how accurate they are at best. I have had many readings and very few of those nailed what happened-- not to say I don't believe they can.

When the papers revealed that Princess Diana had a meeting with her astrologer (or that's how I remember what the woman was) a few months before she was killed, it made a lot of people wonder how accurate astrology could be. Who knows, however, perhaps the woman did warn her and Diana didn't see the connection at the time the decision to get into that car arose.

What I have been told, by most psychics who have read for me, is that whatever is happening can be changed by what we do. A person might be set to die at a certain age because of bad health habits or careless actions that they could alter. The psychic would not have been wrong but things would have changed

This was a really well written article. You condensed a lot of information and detail into an easy to understand piece. Thanks

Sorry I'm late to this interesting discussion.

As a Tarot card reader myself, I read the Death card as change - in the Rider Waite deck, you could say the sun is rising. Now, the change could be an actual death, but it could also be recovery. It really depends on the other cards and their placement.

In terms of astrology, I have never tried to predict this kind of event. However, in other discussions I have seen on this topic, I read that death may not show itself in a chart the same way for everyone - some may welcome it, some may suffer a tragic accident and on and on. Someone suggested that a more accurate indicator may be found in the charts of the person's loved ones because it would be such a difficult period for them to go through

Cheryl, most people in this field feel that it is unethical to tell a client something like this. Even if it's true, is it useful information? Does it help you to develop as a human being? I think for many people predicting death is a bit of an ego trip. I can't tell you how many clients I see who say "An astrologer told me I would be dead by 40 and now I'm 45."

i feel people dying and in some cases how they goinf to die and they die. why do i just predict dealth? i do not think i am a psychic.

I just had a reader tell me that my father was going to be dying within 3 years. Since she told me I can not stop crying. It has absolutely devastated me. I have never desired knowing of such things. I know I have to respect my fathers choice to leave when he chooses so knowing of the end is horrible to have to live with for the next 3 years. I keep hearing a voice saying "she only predicted in this present moment", so I will do whatever I can to change this "prediction".

I appreciate what you have written as it has put my mind at ease.