[Falik]

Hi Tibby. There are diffrent types of readings, and each person who does readings have there "strong" points.
Clairaudience - Intuitive
This is a person who will pick up a thought and hear it.
Clairvoyance- Visionary
This is a person who will pick up a thought and see it.
Clairsentience - This is a person who will pick up a thought and just knows it.
Clairsentience - Feeler This is a person who will pick up a thought and transform it immediately into a feeling.

You can look them up on the for a better understanding.

Even though each person has there strong point each one uses there strong points and goes to the same place.

Some call it there higher self, meaning there spirit that connects to all things. Others God, or the divine. There guides. Some with no belife in religion will simply connect to the energy of whats around them. All things stem from energy and vibration

Each reader is "connecting" to there higher source no matter what their beliefs in spirituality or religion may be.

(scientifically) during meditation our brain waves Beta, alpha, delta frequency alters very similar to how when a person has a lucid dream.

A reader, does there best to use the above ( or there version of it) To receive messages to help and aid the person asking for the reading.

It can be by giveing future events (nothing is ever written in stone, we all have the power of choice that can alter potential outcomes)

It can be by connecting to a person who has past.

Or astrology, numerology readings. face readings palm, feet head lol
I am sure there are more, but these is some of the basics.

A reading is ment to help empower the person being read. There is normally some type of advice in a reading or something to help the person deal with situations.

Some may disagree with me but the one thing a reading can do ..but is the farthest thing of what it should be used for is "fortune telling" in a manor of where they just want answers without takeing the steps for a positive out come.

A person can do a reading with or without divination tools. the tools can be literally anything, simply holding a person object, cards leaves, stones. pendulums, runes. I know someone who last minute decided to use a bowl of soup.

It all starts with intention, The objects or tools I see as secondary, a way to help the reading focus on the task at hand.

This is just my version of how I see readings. When I do a reading I usually have Cards sitting near by. I use them to help clarify what I am getting. Or do a specific spread to help me in recieving the message.

I hope that has helped you understand a bit more