Tell me something I don’t know

“Being a reader, you pick up on energies and you have to be aware that whatever the topic this person brings up you’re opening up to them and their energy.”

Taajvi Singh Dhaliwal gives others answers to their questions with the power of being able to read signs given by those spirits beyond. “I hope to provide guidance and clarity for the chaos from life. Getting an answer that provides ease with yourself and your life is my goal,” said Dhaliwal. Dhaliwal grew up in California but has always wanted to feel more connected to her South Asian and Punjabi culture. Intuitive tarot reading has linked her to her background and family allowing her to represent her culture. “Growing up my grandmother would always read my hand and say how if I saw certain marks it would represent how many kids you would have or how hard or easy your life would be,” Dhaliwal said. “I have always been surrounded by spirituality.” The feeling of questioning certain decisions was relieved by her grandmother as she introduced her to tarot readings. As she now dedicated herself to giving free readings to those who stand in similar positions. “I sit down with people and ask them what their question is. I then ask the spirits to give me one to five cards depending on the questions,” said Dhaliwal. “Sometimes I will receive a calling to pull more cards; it’s all based on how I interact with the client.” When reading cards she will ask if what she says resonates with them because there are different ways to interpret the cards depending on the situation.

“Being a reader, you pick up on energies and you have to be aware that whatever the topic the person brings up you’re opening up to them and their energy,” Dhaliwal said. “If it’s about death, trauma or toxicity it revolves around heavy energy.”

Dhaliwal has always felt a calling to the supernatural from a young age, as she predicted the death of her cousin, Simran Singh’s father. “It’s a sensitive topic for me, but it definitely geared me to having more independence and growing quite as a person,” Singh said. Singh grew up in a family that practices Sikhism, Hinduism and Dharmic religions like Dhaliwal. Both were introduced spiritually at a young age but were inspired to start in different ways. “The princess and the frog was where I first started seeing readings. What really kickstarted me wanting to learn was in my sophomore year of high school,” said Singh. “I got a tarot reading for one of my close friends and it was really accurate.” After that reading, she started looking up YouTube videos on the topic. Dhaliwal then bought her her first deck and started doing readings. What impacted her the most was mediumship, the practice of communicating between spirits of the dead and living. “I’ve channeled messages from past loved ones as well,” Singh said. “I just don’t do it often because of something that just happens.” The difference between Dhaliwal and Singh is that she uses astrology in her divination practice, while Dhaliwal uses more intuition. “If I have a message coming through… clairvoyance and clairaudience, I will incorporate that as well,” said Singh. “I do use music on occasion where song lyrics or shufflemancy is another format I use.“ Shufflemancy is when readers allow a playlist to play randomly to receive a message. Along with a mixture of her practice in psychology. “I read tarot heavily tied into psychology since I am a psych major,” Singh said. “I would take little tidbits that I’ve learned within my psych classes and take a more practical approach with tarot cards using it to guide and give advice.” To make reading more personal, Singh would like to ask her clients for their big three based on their moon, rising, and sun signs. The

big three also correspond to their birth chart and how the stars were aligned on the day they were born and that is believed to reflect their personalities. “I will take all these techniques mixed with logic to help me give them the most accurate reading,” said Singh. Readings and visions run through the family as Singh also shares similar spiritual events with her family. “My mom and aunt have dreams as I typically just get depressed and feel like something bad is coming,” Singh said. “Just for passing in general, seeing passed loved ones warning them those are examples of how people predict death.” Sophia Reinero, San Francisco State alumni, got into the tarot realm through psychology like Singh. “I use it for a deeper insight into how I function as an individual and how I see the world and bettering myself,” said Reinero. “I came at it from a very therapeutic position and grew over time.” Reinero started her journey in Barnes and Noble when the book “Italian Folk Magic’’ by Bruce Kitchen caught her eye. She learned about the divination system and how to utilize playing cards. “The first night, I was over at a friend’s dorm and I asked them if they could help me out with a science project,” Reinero said. “I was trying an oil work that would correspond with reading and how they detect each other. I was doing a general reading and the oil completely disappeared.” The reading started as a romantic question but the spirits had a message for her friend and his friend’s passing. The heavy energy was interpreted through the oil and everything lined up. He was going through depression due to the traumatic death. “I felt very happy that at the end, I was able to kind of reassure him that he will come out of this,” said Reinero. “It won’t last forever. He will be able to not feel this weight of grief.” Reading is a tool used for many reasons, Reinero, Singh, and Dhaliwal all use their knowledge to provide peace of mind for any situation. Whether they want to contact a lost one or feel lost themselves. “I want to be able to provide to people that are really struggling themselves that really don’t know how to be introspective or are struggling with interpreting their emotions or thoughts,” Reinero said. “Providing at least a little bit of healing.”