ODD JOBS: Psychic loves the unknown
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| RYAN PREWITT PHOTO Cynthia Faye has been a psychic in St. Peters for 36 years. |
If you're looking for good luck on the go, you could buy her patented Fortune Water. Love? Job prospects? Communicating with deceased loved ones? Faye thinks she can help you. And according to her widely diverse clientele, which stretches from as far away as Massachusetts, it may not be a bad investment.
When you walk in the door, Faye doesn't even want to know your name. She wants to tell you herself without any help. She says she is a medical intuitive whose accuracy rate at determining the area of bodily ills is 98 percent.Faye's office is littered with psychic paraphernalia, including a table-top witch with a crystal ball and a fountain that releases new age-y plumes of smoky dry ice. From the computer in the corner of the office, ambient music with mystical tones plays just loud enough to register in visitors' ears. You slump down in a dark leather chair and confront the cosmos.
"I just love the unknown," Faye says.
Faye says she first started giving psychic readings when she was 18, after discovering she could predict when medical problems would arise with family members. She's been doing it for 36 years. She says she sees visions and auras, and is capable of remote viewing, an exercise where one leaves to body and is able to view events in places where the body is not physically present.
"I became more accurate as time goes on," Faye said.
Originally, the plan was to be a nurse, Faye acknowledges. Her schooling in that area, she says, helps her as a medical intuitive. But it's much more than physical aches and pains that bring customers through the door.
"It's love, it's business. Love is the biggest," Faye said.
Of course, being honest requires Faye to sometimes report bad news to clients, too.
"I know how to talk to people," Faye said. "I'm honest with them."
Pisces, she says, are direct and honest.
It's a tough part of the job, but Faye says she has faithful clients, some of whom have been with her for 20 years. If the testimonials on her Web site and via a simple Google search are any indication, she's a crowd-pleaser.
Those who seek her insight, too, are varied. Just a few weeks ago, she did a bachelor party. She's been to local high schools.
Like any business, past work has led to future opportunities.
"I read all over the U.S., and it a lot of it comes from referrals," Faye said.
The Internet has helped her career along, too, Faye said, opening a new way to reach out to potential clients previously unreachable due to geographic obstacles. Her Web design (www.cynthiafaye.com) touches on the same cosmic tones as her office: beaches at sunset, candles with starfish, and starry nights. There, the offerings are nearly endless. Faye advertises phone readings, parties, communications with the deceased, corporate events, and speaking engagements. One can even make a purchase through PayPal, a secure online payment service. She's migrated to MySpace, too, where her friends include Amy Winehouse, Sarah McLachlan and Madonna.
Reporter's note: By the way, she told me I'd meet a John or a Paul who would have an impact on my career. Wherever you are, I've been waiting a week.
