CREDIT: DYLAN CHARETTE
Find out what your future holds at the Fanshawe Student Union's (FSU) Psychic Fair, held on Oct. 31 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. in Forwell Hall.

Want to know how your semester will turn out, or if your recent decisions will bear the kind of fruit you were hoping for? If the art of observation and perception from psychics appeals to you, then be sure to attend the Fanshawe Student Union’s (FSU) Psychic Fair this Halloween, Oct. 31, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. There may be no better way to kick off your Halloween shenanigans than by attending.

The event is open to all students and cost of admission is free. Psychic and Tarot readings will be available through the services of psychics Judy Abbott, Adrianna Lidicky and Asha Thornton. A free reading may be an enticement for some students who have thought about getting a reading in the past but due to cost, speculation or lack of opportunity, passed on the experience.

“I unfortunately wasn’t able to get a reading at last year’s fair due to time constraints and conflicting schedules but have close friends who have had readings in the past and have benefitted from the insights,” said Taylor Meloche, a second-year student in Fanshawe’s broadcasting - television and film production program.


Psychics aren’t for everyone. For the skeptic, the Psychic Fair is the opportunity to gather evidence that an ability to see the future isn’t real.

For the believers, you can take from your sitting the ammunition or fuel necessary to make big changes you may have been pondering.

And for the open-minded, ‘no expectation’ participant, you have the chance to be beguiled by the spectacle of mediumship and enjoy the experience, for whatever it is worth to you, without concern of disappointment one way or the other. Well, it will be on campus and it’s free to all students, so now is your chance.

The practice of psychic phenomenon can be solely entertaining, meant to ‘wow’ participants with the accuracy of their predictions the way magicians bewilder their audiences with their slight of hand and misdirection techniques. But to those who find the experience cathartic, it can be embraced as a necessary tool for decoding the individual mysteries of our lives.

“I am interested in the upcoming fair because I believe that readings can give helpful insight that gives you a chance to reflect on things happening in your life at the moment,” said Meloche. Sometimes the medicine we require needs to be a prescription for the soul.

The well-known 1999 film The Matrix comes to mind when deciphering the facets of psychic or intuitive phenomenon. In the scene, the story’s protagonist, Neo, visits with the Oracle, a psychic that Neo is encouraged to speak with to find out whether he is “The One”:

Oracle: I’d ask you to sit down, but you’re not going to anyway. And don’t worry about the vase.

Neo: What vase?

Oracle: That vase. (Neo knocks over the vase)

Neo: I’m sorry.

Oracle: I said don’t worry about it. I’ll get one of my students to fix it.

Neo: How did you know?

Oracle: What’s really going to bake your noodle later on is, would you still have broken it if I hadn’t said anything.

Some people will argue the self-fulfilling prophetic component of psychic phenomenon, but that lends itself to the validity, not the detriment, of the practice. Bear with me. We often carry on monologues in our heads, affirmations and refutations that help us to shape our lives.

There are the things we choose to believe and the things we choose not to, despite what circumstances unveil to us. Personal growth is had on both sides of the emotional fence. The good, the bad, either can propel an individual into action or subsequently create change.

Isn’t that really what we are hoping for when sitting with a psychic? Do we not hope for good news, or any news that may have a causal effect on the actions and behaviors we engage in for the betterment of our futures?

Sometimes what we need to hear to generate that change isn’t positive. Sometimes it’s misleading. Sometimes what will motivate us is the alleviation of a stress or word that perceived expectations of ourselves by others is lesser than imagined. Ultimately, these approaches can help to remove the often-self imposed barriers we put in front of ourselves that make progress challenging.

No matter what your motivation for seeking out the counsel of a psychic; validation of their inauthenticity, spiritual healing or curiosity, you can exercise it by taking a seat in Forwell Hall this Halloween and supporting another FSU sponsored event.