Are Phone Tarot Readings as Accurate as In-Person?
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Are phone tarot readings as accurate as in-person ones? We will not claim that one format is guaranteed to be more accurate than the other. At Namaste Bookshop, the same readers do both. The cards, the questions, and the reader’s practice are the same. What changes is the setting: on the phone you hear the reader, and the reader calls you; in the shop you sit together at 2 West 14th Street near Union Square.
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What is the same, and what is different
A phone session is still a live reading with a named Namaste reader, not a recorded or chatbot session. You choose the reader and the length, pay the price shown at checkout, and speak with that person at the booked time. Many clients book the phone option because they live elsewhere in the United States, or cannot get to Union Square that day.
In person, you are in the bookshop (or, for some sessions, upstairs at the Namaste Healing Center after you check in at the shop). Some people prefer that presence. Others find it easier to talk from home. Accuracy is not something we can promise for any format; a useful reading depends on the reader you book, the time you give the session, and the questions you bring.
How the call works
The reader calls you at the number you enter when you book. Calls usually start exactly on time. If the session before yours runs over, yours may start a few minutes behind, so stay by the phone. You do not call the reader first.
Nearly every current Namaste reader offers phone sessions. Jennifer Shanteau works in person only. Mychal A. Bryan offers phone readings only. The live list is on phone psychic and tarot readings and on Meet the Readers.
What phone readings cost
On Square, most tarot, psychic, and intuitive phone sessions, including the processing fee, are $36.51–$41.68 for 15 minutes, $72.70–$83.05 for 30 minutes, $103.73–$124.41 for 45 minutes, and $134.75–$165.78 for one hour. Each reader sets their own rate, and you see the exact total before you pay. In-person readings at the shop typically start at $35 for 15 minutes.
If you want the session in Spanish, Rebecca Martinez and Alexander D. Santiago (Alex) read in Spanish by phone or in person. See tarot readings in Spanish in NYC.
How to book
Start at the booking page or the phone readings list, choose a phone session, and enter your number. If you would rather come to the shop, walk-ins are welcome when a reader is free; same-day details are on same-day tarot readings.
Store hours are Monday to Thursday 11 AM to 8 PM, Friday and Saturday 11 AM to 9 PM, and Sunday 11 AM to 8 PM.
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