VIII. DERECHOS ESPECIALES Y ACUERDOS DURANTE LA VIDA DE LA
1. Cuestiones generales
While sitting with a participant, the performer starts to read the participant to an accurate degree. He writes on a piece of card what he believes the
participant’s zodiac sign to be, when turned over it is confirmed to be so!
Breakdown
Whist working out in France with a good friend of mine I was asked to create the
‘holy grail’ of star sign revelations. To me any star sign reveal was the grail - if it was performed correctly.
But – Some people are never happy and want cleaner and cleaner (which is not a bad thing).
The holy grail of star sign divinations would be to walk up to anyone look into their eyes and instantly say their star sign.
Other than an intuitive ‘guess’ (guess being the operative word) there isn’t really a method for this.
This got me thinking, I played out the above scenario in my head a few times and in all honesty it sucks the fun out having an invisible process.
So I created this - I will write the exact script out with nothing missing (well except a personal reading for the star sign that they are). By the end of the script I know the EXACT star sign, this will give you an indication of just how hidden the method really is. I will then break down the script.
We will assume the participant has accepted that they believe in astrology (it doesn’t matter if they don’t).
The performer addresses the participant.
Performer: “Every single star sign in the zodiac is represented by one entity and each entity has its own characteristics and traits. Let’s take a look at mine
Pisces –
If we imagined looking at the picture of my star sign it would be two fishes swimming in correlation.
If we take a closer look, we know that a fish is a slow moving creature. That would represent that a person born under this sign is appreciative. It takes a fish a long time to get to where it is going and it has a lot of obstacles to pass along the way. It is ultimately the most appreciative when it reaches its
destination because of all the adversity it has had to face.
It is intuitive it can sense danger and is often a bit of a lone wonderer only ever following a school should the school be passing the destination it is going to.
I won’t go into any more detail; all I wanted to point out is the sort of direction this reading will go in.
I may ask your sign later on.
For now can you see your star sign as an image for me?” The participant confirms that they can.
Performer: “I want you to imagine a large blank canvas in your mind, surrounding that canvas is a beautiful frame. Imagine painting a picture of your sign onto that canvas and give me a clear yes when you have done that”.
Participant: “Yes”.
Performer: “Just like every good painting, at the bottom of the frame is a plaque that states proudly the name of the painting. On this gold plaque I want you to imagine your star sign written in bold black
Letter. In fact, say each of the letters just in your mind to yourself and give me a yes when you have done that”.
Participant: “Yes”.
Performer: “Perfect, now bring your attention back up to the painting; imagine focus on the specific elements and shapes that are on the canvas. Ok, there are two elements that stand out in this picture to me instantly.
The first is the painting is that of an animalistic nature, this is where I start to read you from what I am picking up on. I feel there are contrasting
characteristics that stand out about you as a person. I feel that you are a guarded person based on past adversity, you keep people at an arm’s length until you feel you really get to know them and because of that I feel rarely people get to know the real you.
I also feel that you have moved recently or are planning on moving, does that make sense?”
Participant: “It does!”
Performer: “I thought as much as it almost feels that everything is flipped upside down and you have been questioning yourself recently pertaining to a certain situation which I won’t go into here as it’s not for everyone else at the table.
I mentioned earlier that I am a Pisces and by all accounts it’s a slow moving creature when it is moving, which I mentioned was representative of achieving specific life goals. If your sign is what you would consider fast moving can you imagine it being a hundred times faster, slow moving being a hundred times slower and if it is inanimate or non-moving imagine it being still and serine.
With you I think you are a go getter, someone who walks instead of talks but I feel this can often be a burden as at times I bet you burn the candle at both ends and feel that you are taking on too much. I know you are contemplating having a rethink on the amount that you take on.
I know you will and can achieve any goals or aspirations you have, you just need to focus your energy into one thing at a time.
Oh and the last thing, you have been thinking about telling someone something that is important to you but haven’t had the confidence to do it. Now is the time, follow your heart I promise you, you won’t regret it”.
With that the performer writes something down on a piece of card and places it on the table facedown.
Performer: “Out of interest what star sign are you?” Participant: “A Taurus”.
The performer slides the piece of card forwards toward the participant and gestures them to turn it over.
When it is turned over it says “Taurus” nice and largely across the card!
Breakdown
I know what you are thinking, how on earth can you deduce a star sign from the above?
This one is about as real as it gets and is genuinely using real techniques!
Once you have done this a couple of times you will be using this for fun.
Let me let you in on the secret behind this effect.
It all about looking for specific reactions during specific bits of the script.
Let’s go over the script step by step and break it down.
Performer: “Every single star sign in the zodiac is represented by one entity and each entity has its own characteristics and traits. Let’s take a look at mine
Pisces –
If we imagined looking at the picture of my star sign it would be two fishes swimming in correlation.
If we take a closer look, we know that a fish is a slow moving creature. That would represent that a person born under this sign is appreciative. It takes a fish a long time to get to where it is going and it has a lot of obstacles to pass along the way. It is ultimately the most appreciative when it reaches its
destination because of all the adversity it has had to face.
It is intuitive it can sense danger and is often a bit of a lone wonderer only ever following a school should the school be passing the destination it is going to.
I won’t go into any more detail; all I wanted to point out is the sort of direction this reading will go in.
[Notice what I have done here, I have mentioned my star sign as a picture and almost explained to them how I want them to visualize theirs without yet asking them to visualize anything. I.E. I have mentioned it is slow moving and what that means (which will be relevant and important later). I have also removed Pisces from the equation by saying I am going to assume your star sign is different.]
I may ask your sign later on.
[This suggests that I might openly ask them for it and therefore if the
prediction at the end doesn’t match (which it should but no effect is fool proof) you have suggested you were going to ask and therefore at the end if you have to resort to that it’s no surprise and doesn’t detract from the reading. Plus in
saying you are going to be asking, it helps the participant be open and
understanding. Instead of suggesting you are going to be guessing things there is no way you should know.]
Can you see your star sign as an image for me?” The participant confirms that they can.
[If they can’t this is the best excuse to move into a star sign anagram with the letters, you can now state that you would normally work via the picture but will do your best to work with the letters but are slightly out of your comfort zone.
This is great as one phase of the Anagram there is a no (for the method to work) and you have already made the excuse that you are out of your comfort zone and therefore it is acceptable.]
Performer: “I want you to imagine a large blank canvas in your mind, surrounding that canvas is a beautiful frame. Imagine painting a picture of your sign onto that canvas and give me a clear yes when you have done that”.
Participant: “Yes”.
[This is important as you are conditioning your participant to respond with nods and yes’ to the questions you ask. It is imperative that you are working with an expressive participant if you get one that is not giving you yes’ or nods to the things you are asking of them I would move onto writing the star sign and peeking. There is nothing worse than having a mute participant; some people are just that way out.]
Performer: “Just like every good painting, at the bottom of the frame is a plaque that states proudly the name of the painting. On this gold plaque I want you to imagine your star sign written in bold black letter. In fact, say each of the
letters just in your mind to yourself and give me a yes when you have done that”.
Participant: “Yes”.
[This is the first imperative part; you are looking for how long the participant takes to do this. This is essential for this effect to work.
If they do this really, really quickly you know it is Leo, Libra, and Virgo and if they take a long time you know it is Aquarius, Sagittarius, and Capricorn. Most of the time you will notice that people nod along as they are counting the
letters, I swear its beautiful to watch as you just count the nods and BOOM you are more or less at the correct star sign with no work. Michael Murray has a beautiful concept called CUPS which I love wherein you ask the participant to think about the amount of letters in a particular word they are thinking of and based on the timing you roughly know the length of the word. I really loved the
concept of that and that’s what inspired this, instead of asking them to think of the exact amount of letters I have them say the letters to themselves which gives me a better tell as they nod and I think it has a nicer feel to it (in terms of presentation) and fitting premise. You need to check Michael’s work out.]
Performer: “Perfect, now bring your attention back up to the painting; imagine focus on the specific elements and shapes that are on the canvas. Ok, there are two elements that stand out in this picture to me instantly.
[Pay attention to this line it is another imperative piece of scripting, as I say two elements that stand out to me about this picture whilst saying this I casually gesture my hands like I am holding two bowls (from the weighing scales of Libra).
Note** I gesture frequently and that really helps this to look like a natural and congruent part of the performance.
The reason I make the statement about two things standing out to me instantly is if the participant reacts strongly at this point I know that the star sign is either Gemini or Libra and my work is pretty much done. It could have been Pisces also but I eliminated that from the equation earlier.
If the participant has taken a long time to think of the amount of letters in their star sign and they are a little bit deliberating before they nod to say there is two aspects or elements then you know the star sign is Sagittarius (as it is half man, half man half animal).
You need to learn to time this really perfectly, if you notice no reaction from the participant that is also great you have just eliminated those star signs and all the rest now are animals! (Virgo not included – I will explain what I often do for Virgo later). So you quickly proceed with the script below.]
The first is the painting is that of an animalistic nature, this is where I start to read you from what I am picking up on. I feel there are contrasting
characteristics that stand out about you as a person. I feel that you are a guarded person based on past adversity, you keep people at an arm’s length until you feel you really get to know them and because of that I feel rarely people get to know the real you.
[Pause after you say “Animalistic nature” – This will give you your tell straight away if it is an animal, if you get no reaction at this point the likeliness is that the star sign is Virgo (again you have to go on the timing of the
participant counting the amount of letters earlier).
But 99% of the time they will nod and give you a sign that you are right. The rest is simple from here.
I also feel that you have moved recently or are planning on moving, does that make sense?”
Participant: “It does!”
[This is a beautiful stock reading line that you will find hits a lot of the time.
I often throw these in to try garnering hits that are not relevant to the thing that I am performing. Little cold reading lines that suggest I am picking up on things outside of this situation.
If you get a flat out no to your statement don’t worry – Just quickly fire back with, “It’s almost like everything has been turned upside down and there’s only a few things that give me that feeling. A change of house, planning on moving career or recently started a new career or a big event that’s changed everything.
Normally if the person is invested in you here, they will come in and save you.
Trust me! They will give you credit for your feelings and
When they do, smile and say “the feelings were really strong you are really great at this”. Give them credit, they will feel now when you ask them other questions invested and will really want to show how great they are.
If they say they have or are planning on moving just proceed.]
Performer: “I thought as much as it almost feels that everything is flipped upside down and you have been questioning yourself recently pertaining to a certain situation which I won’t go into here as it’s not for everyone else at the table.
I mentioned earlier that I am a Pisces and by all accounts it’s a slow moving creature when it is moving, which I mentioned was representative of achieving specific life goals. If your sign is what you would consider fast moving can you imagine it being a hundred times faster for me now, slow moving being a hundred times slower and if it is inanimate or non-moving imagine it being still and serine.
[This is the last important part.
You are going to be talking about the speed of their star sign.
When you say to the participant “If your sign is what you would consider fast moving can you imagine it being a hundred times faster” Pause after you say this and watch for a nod, or movement to suggest they are doing it. If they are not
nodding or reacting move onto the line about it being slow - It is all about finding the right timing, they will give you the tell you need to know it’s about watching.
If they don’t nod on it being a hundred times faster you know it must be slow moving as the only inanimate or none moving sign is Libra and we already killed that earlier (when we mentioned the two aspects script). So I would suggest not putting a pause in-between slow moving and inanimate just make the script their flow together.
This is where you have to remember the length of the word.
I would consider Aries and Taurus to be quick moving – Cancer and Scorpio to be slow moving.
These are fairly short words.
Aquarius – slow moving Capricorn – Fast moving.
With you I think you are a go getter, someone who walks instead of talks but I feel this can often be a burden as at times I bet you burn the candle at both ends and feel that you are taking on too much. I know you are contemplating having a rethink on the amount that you take on.
I know you will and can achieve any goals or aspirations you have, you just need to focus your energy into one thing at a time.
Oh and the last thing, you have been thinking about telling someone something that is important to you but haven’t had the confidence to do it. Now is the time, follow your heart I promise you, you won’t regret it”.
End of reading -
You should now be down to two star signs.
Normally you will find it is
Aries/ Taurus
Scorpio/ Cancer
Let’s pretend in this scenario it is Scorpio/ Cancer.
I write Cancer down on a piece of card and place it face down on the table or in my top pocket (whichever I feel at the time) do this really casually don’t draw any attention to it.
I then say to the participant.
It is really interesting you have characteristics tied over from two star signs.
“Be honest are you a Scorpio?”
If they say No, ask them what they are. They will say Cancer slide the card forwards and say.
I am glad I committed to this.
Let them turn it over.
If they say they are a Scorpio smile and say “I knew it!”
If for whatever reason you get it wrong don’t worry, remember the reading is the important part.
When you say, “be honest are you a Scorpio?” And they say no and you reply with
“what are you?” Let’s for example sake say they say Taurus.
Don’t worry; just reiterate the bits from the reading that match Taurus.
For example, animalistic nature, go getter, walks instead of talks just point out all of the things that stand out as being representative of whatever sign they
For example, animalistic nature, go getter, walks instead of talks just point out all of the things that stand out as being representative of whatever sign they