The Psychic’s Pre-Reading Ritual: Candles, Playlists, and Protection

Warming Up Before Psychic Readings

When you look at any profession, they know how important it is to warm up. For example, a common athlete will always stretch or do exercises before they go on a run or do any hardcore workouts. Actors and actresses take deep breaths or do breathing exercises before they even go on stage. Even doctors and surgeons have a checklist prepared before they do any kind of work on their patients. A psychic is no different than any other profession. Before they start any kind of reading or open themselves up to the energies around them, they have rituals that they do. These rituals might be small, but they’re very powerful and need to be done before a psychic gives any messages or opens himself up to visions. These rituals help to protect the psychic and to help increase their predictions.

Many clients imagine that before a psychic starts a reading, they just haphazardly pick up a phone or start a video call. The truth is, a psychic will start their work way earlier than a phone call or a video call. Psychics know that it’s important for them to do certain rituals so that they can align their mind, body, and spirit with the spiritual world around them. Some psychics will play certain kinds of music while others light candles. Not only do these rituals protect the psychic, but they are tools that can help to make their connection with their clients stronger while giving them more mental clarity.

If you’ve never been to a psychic reading before or you don’t know much about psychics, keep reading so that you can understand how rituals such as candles and more can help a psychic to give a better reading for their clients.

Why Psychics Use Rituals Before a Reading

Rituals have many purposes:

1. They can help to make the psychic feel calm and connected to the energies around them.
2. Rituals show the universe that the psychic is ready to start their work.

Psychics, like other people who are involved with others, have intense emotions sometimes, and they need rituals so that they can change from their everyday life into a place where they have strong perceptions.

According to Scientific American, studies show that rituals (cultural, personal, or even spiritual) help decrease stress and can help a person have better focus. These rituals give the brain a chance to predict things and have a certain sense of order. For psychics, doing a ritual isn’t just superstitious, but it’s about aligning their energy with the gifts that the universe has given them.

Candle Rituals

Here are some reasons that candle rituals are so important:

The Symbol of the Flame

Candles have been used for rituals since ancient times. Even when people lived in temples, they would use candles as lamps. People use candles to wish people happy birthdays, and the flames show illumination, change, and even a divine presence. When psychics do rituals, they will often use candles as a way to draw light into their readings.

The color of candles matters when doing rituals. Here are some candle colors and what they can mean:

• White: Purity and clarity of the mind.
• Blue: Peace and protection.
• Purple: Having a strong spiritual connection.
• Red: Strength and grounding.

Why Candle Rituals Are Important

A psychic once lit two candles before doing a reading. One was used to represent the psychic’s energy, and the other was to represent the client’s energy. As the session moved forward, the psychic paid attention to how the flame moved. Sometimes the flame would dance around wildly, and this showed the psychic that emotions were high; other times the candle was calm and steady, and this showed that resolution was coming.

Adapting to Modern Tools and Uses

Not all psychics use an open candle when they are doing rituals, and some have adapted to modern tools like LED candles. Others have tried intention-setting apps, proving that the power isn’t in the wax but in the intentions.

Using Music for the Spirit

Music is another common ritual that psychics might use. Here is why:

Music Can Set the Frequency

Sometimes candles are about having light, but music is about sound. Music has been proven to change the brainwaves and moods of people, even decreasing the heart rate. According to Harvard Health, music can help a person have emotional regulation and healing, which can influence the mind, body, and spirit to have peace and calmness.

Music helps psychics to open up the energy and to set the vibrations. It can get rid of distractions and change the consciousness to a receptive place where the client can be more open.

Personal Stories

One psychic would use classical piano pieces before she ever did her mediumship readings. She felt that this would clear mental clutter. Other psychics use lo-fi beats because the rhythm helps them to meditate and go into a meditative state more easily. Sometimes tarot card readers will use a different kind of playlist depending on the kind of reading they are doing, like soft music for romance readings and bold music for career readings.

Creating the Right Playlists

Psychics will sometimes use their playlists that they create to do spellwork. They select songs that have different vibrational frequencies and lyrics, and use songs that set a mood and align their energy with their reading. If a person comes in for heart healing, the playlist might have soft piano sounds or rain sounds, while a protection playlist might include chanting or strong drums.

Keeping the Energy Field Protected

Here are reasons that a protected energy field is important and how to protect it:

Protection Really Does Matter!

Psychics are always opening themselves up to different emotional and spiritual energies. If a psychic isn’t protected, it can cause there to be spiritual residue or burnout. Another problem is that a psychic who isn’t protected might pick up the clients’ emotions and energies and not realize that they aren’t their own. Doing protection rituals can help to create a barrier that makes sure that psychics are safe when they do any kind of psychic work.

Tools and Techniques for Psychic Protection

Psychic protection matters, but it can be different for each person. Here are some common protection rituals that psychics often use:

• Visualization techniques: You can imagine a bubble or a shield of light that surrounds your body and your energy field.
• Crystals: Crystals such as Black Tourmaline or Obsidian are protective crystals and can shield your energy.
• Herbs: Herbs such as Palo Santo, Rosemary, or Sage can be burned to cleanse a person’s space. This is called smudging. Some studies show that there are herbs that can calm your energy and have antimicrobial effects, according to NCBI. This means that these herbs can have both spiritual and physical benefits.

Positive Affirmation or Praying

Saying words that are positive or praying can also help to bring protection to a psychic during their psychic work. The words can be simple, such as “only positive energy is welcome here,” and this can have a strong effect.

Spiritual Protection Ritual Example

A medium that was doing work in California would always start her reading with a protective prayer that was passed down to her by her grandmother. After the reading, she would tap the table four times in order to make sure that the circle was sealed. She would do this for years and years, and she claimed that it helped her to stay safe and balanced.

Trying Old and New Rituals

Psychic rituals can be very traditional. Even during ancient times, people would use things like burning incense or chanting to make sure that they were protected in the spiritual world. Now, there are different apps like Spotify, meditation apps, and even salt lamps that are meant to help protect energies and spaces. Some psychics will even set up reminders on their phone to make sure that they protect themselves with rituals before they take a psychic phone call. It isn’t about the tool, it’s about setting an intention.

Psychology and Psychic Benefits of Rituals

Rituals aren’t there just for fun, but they are there to create a place of safety and protection. Even doing something easy like lighting a candle or playing a playlist shows the spiritual world that the psychic wants to make a connection.

According to APA, psychologists believe that rituals help to increase focus, lower anxiety, and build confidence even in the physical world. If you add spiritual ideas behind this, psychics believe that rituals can help deepen a reading. This shows that psychology and psychics agree that rituals can be protective.

Real-Life Rituals from Psychics

Here are some real-life rituals that psychics do.

Using Lavender Water

One tarot reader I know keeps a small spray bottle of lavender water on her desk. Before she even touches her cards, she gives the space a light misting while taking a deep breath. She swears it clears out any heavy or lingering energy and sets a calm, compassionate vibe for both her and the client.

Making Music

There’s a clairvoyant who always plays the same track of Tibetan singing bowls before starting a reading. She’s done it for so many years that just hearing the very first note puts her into a meditative, trance-like state. It’s like changing something quickly; her body and spirit instantly know it’s time to work.

Using Frankincense

A medium friend lights frankincense right before connecting with the other side. As the smoke rises, she quietly whispers, “Only love and truth can come.”  It’s her way of setting boundaries and keeping out any tricky or chaotic spiritual energy.

Traveling and Doing Rituals

When traveling, some psychics can’t bring their usual tools. One psychic I know uses a candle app on her phone, puts on noise-canceling headphones, and visualizes her sacred space instead. It proves that intention matters way more than fancy setups or tools, but you can create magic anywhere if your heart’s in it.

Why Are Rituals Beneficial to People?

Clients might not ever know that their psychic is playing a playlist or lighting candles, but this is more about the results. A psychic who is calm and centered because of their rituals is going to have fewer distractions. Protection rituals make sure that clients get pure messages that aren’t affected by external energies.

Final Thoughts: Doing Rituals for Spiritual Practices

When a psychic does a ritual, it isn’t about showing off, but it’s a way to protect themselves and their clients. It can help to make the reading clearer and can open up the spiritual world. This can be a ritual of candles or a playlist, whatever the psychic chooses as a way to be protected. Psychics will then be able to have more clarity and compassion for their clients.

Next time you go to a psychic, know that they have probably already done a ritual with a candle or a song so that they can give you the reading that you deserve.