If you could ask a psychic anything about your future and there was no question whether other not they could predict your future, what would you ask them?

I started posing this question to friends five months ago when I was pondering the idea of visiting a psychic. Here are a few of the responses I got:

How and will I meet my soul mate?
Will I be successful in my career?
Should I focus on my career right now or be thinking about getting married and starting a family?
Does predicting the future mean there is no free will?

The were a couple of motives behind my question: I wanted to know what concerns my friends were facing and I also wanted to examine if knowing what to expect made it easier to take action in life.

The poncho I wore to see a psychic: thrift store find borrowed from Kim    

I am in a new stage in my life where I no longer feel the obligation to play it safe and get a career job, buy a house, and start a family. Sorry mom. Moving away from tradition, I am still struggling with wanting to blueprint the unknown. Examining the idea of visiting a psychic was an attempt to alleviate my anxiety about whether or not I was going in the right direction.

Blue dress: Gap
Blue v-neck sweater: Gap

Two months ago I made an appointment to see the famous psychic David Akins who happens to reside in Nampa, Idaho. People all over the world fly in to see him. I have a couple of friends who claim he has predicted crazy events. One went to see him just before deciding whether to move to Texas or go away to New York. Akins indicated that something disastrous would happen in Texas. He also told my friend that she would end up in a motorcycle accident but would only break her left leg. A few months later, Hurricane Katrina hit.  She ended up with a broken left leg in New York after a motorcycle accident.

Glorious upholstery booties: hand made from Chile, gift
Green turquoise rings: antique Navajo Indian, gift

As I got closer to my reading on December 1, I was uncertain if I wanted a prediction of my future accurate or hokey. In the last couple of months, my anxiety about my future has calmed because I have been discovering what I want and have been able to go after it. In the past I have wanted and chosen romantic relationships, friendships, and a career; If I had known they were not going to workout, I would have lost the joy they have brought me. The beauty of the unknown is it allows me to have adventures.

How did my psychic reading go? I was told I was sharp. My chosen focus in my life is not to judge people. I have the same aura of CEOs that have come to visit him, which I suppose means I am going to be successful. I will always have an aching to serve people. If I am not expressing myself creatively, I need to be. He sees me traveling a lot in life. There was more but it basically left a lot to the unknown.

Photos by Kim Philley.