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Published on 10/14/08
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PSYCHIC: JOSHUA THE PSYCHIC
The 29-year-old Upper West Sider has been doing birth-chart and tarot consultations for 12 years. He is as sweet as a cherry pie (but far more personable), and takes great pleasure and pride in his astrology and knowledge of the cards—which seems to exceed what most people learn in four years of college.
Location: Private residence, 949 Columbus Ave between 106th and 107th Sts (646-784-3628, psychicjoshua.com)
Cost: $90 for 45 minutes, including a full birth-chart analysis (down to the minute I was born) and tarot-card reading
Ambience: Consultations are run out of his sixth-floor walk-up, the walls of which are covered in his own abstract paintings. I feel slightly claustrophobic, but equally cozy, having my consultation on the couch in the living room.
His reading: I’m a Pisces, so I’m artistic, see. But I’ve got a Virgo rising, which makes me really organized (ha!). But then (you won’t believe this part!)…I’ve got some Capricorn up in the mix (pragmatism, yo), making me, like, the ideal human being (all while creating cool sculptures as I compose a sonnet in iambic pentameter). Joshua says I’m also a giver. He does manage to conjure a few eerie details out of nowhere, like that I have two roommates, a cat and a really awesome little sister who wishes I called her more. Guess I’m not perfect after all.
The spin: None. He really is a doll. He offers me 15 percent off my next reading for every friend I recommend. Wink!
How he got into the biz: Joshua went to Emerson College in Boston, which is just a few blocks down from the Original Tremont Tearoom—the oldest psychic salon in the United States. Once he found out that “the dark arts” had nothing to do with the devil, he joined up.
Heard about the half-mil swindle? “That's an old Romany trick,” he says. “They tell you you have cancer and that they can cure you.”
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sherrie
Sun, Apr 13, at 10:33pm
When I read this article, my first thought was how could someone like this take a true gift which not many possess, dedicate their lives to people like me in need of some true approach to healing myself. Kathleen Karter, allowed me to understand what was happenening to my body, mind , and spirit. I never told her about my stomach. Her ability to see me,and what I should seek as an alternate way to improve my health, is worth more than all the money I have spent in search
the right medication!!
James L. Harris, Esq.
Wed, Apr 09, at 08:53am
I write to strongly object to this article. In my experiece with Ms.Karter, she has been a consummate professional, and completely accurate in her readings. I found your article to be most inaccurate and offensive.
Christopher
Wed, Apr 09, at 07:39am
I failed to say that she has also been accurate!
Christopher
Wed, Apr 09, at 07:37am
I find this article very prejudicial, biased, and inaccurate. In my experience, I found Ms. Karter's predictions to be right on point.
Karen
Thu, Feb 28, at 03:32pm
All of these so-called psychics sound like phonies and quacks. You too can learn fortune telling - come on! It's like no one even tried to find any one who had a legitimate session.
I went to a small place in Yonkers called Katie's Cottage to have my tea leaves read by an Irish woman. Katie's is just a regular Irish bar and on certain Sundays they used to offer this. When I went there were probably 20 of us. We were served tea to drink then waited our turn. She told me that I was buying property so I should be careful because there was a problem with the paperwork. I was buying a house at the time and indeed, the value of the house was less than the sale price so the bank rejected the loan. Next she said she saw that someone in my family suffered from circulatory problems and would not be around long. My mom died within two months of seeing her. I had just been through a horrendous break up which she sensed as well. She didn't get anything wrong and the things right were enough to freak me out for life. I don't want to go back because sometimes there are things we are better off not knowing. I will never rest easy about her knowing my mom would die. She had a gift no doubt about it. Most people who advertise and make a living at this seem to be the phoniest. From her face, I would say that this has been as much burden as gift to her.
Robert Lee
Thu, Feb 28, at 11:54am
I parked in front of a psychic's shop/ place of business in Hell's Kitchen a few years ago, and ran inside a building right there for 2 minutes... 2 minutes tops... The so-called psychic was sitting on her stoop with her grand daughter. I got back to my car and someone had popped the lock and forced their way in, to steal my laptop and a bag of dirty laundry. I asked the psychic which they went, because she was sitting on her stoop the whole time. She smiled and said 'She didn't see nuthin." Worst Psychic EVER!
