University Daily Kansan, September 9.1983
Page 9
Laura Lang. a self-proclaimed psychic, lays down tarot cards which she uses to predict the future. Lang also uses astrology and reads tea leaves to see into the future. She set up business in Lawrence three weeks ago, and she says business is going well.
For some, "fortune teller" automatically conjures up the image of a smoke-filled room and an elderly gypsy woman dressed in a long, flowing skirt and wom sandals, stretching out lung-covered hand to greet her guest.
By DONNA WOODS Staff Reporter
Fortune teller says her power comes from God
"Come in, my child," she whispers hoarsely. At the end of the fortune-telling session, she collects the money that maintains her vagabond lifestyle.
Fortune tellers, reading tarot cards,
tea leaves and crystal bails to make a
living, are destined to lead such a
lifestyle, some believe. Some of those
fortune tellers will be gathering Oct.
28-29 at the 11th Annual Psychic Fair at
the Hilton Plaza Inn in Kansas City,
Mo.
LAURA LANG, 45, who has been forecasting the future for more than 15 years, reads tarot cards and tea leaves and uses astrology. But she does not fit the gypsy stereotype.
the gryps stereotype.
Since setting up her practice three weeks ago at her home on Rural Route 5, Lawrence, Lang has been visited by many KU students seeking insight into their futures.
She was dressed in a cotton skirt and white T shirt when she greeted guests earlier this week; her hair was pulled back tightly in a bun.
A Bible lay on the table where she would spread out the tarot cards to tell the fortune of the person who had just walked in. Pictures and statues of the Virgin Mary adorned the room.
Looking at the cards that had been snuffed three times and then laid out on the table, Lang said, "You will lead a very long life. You will live to be 93."
"I've disappointed a lot of people by my costume," she said.
AFTER GOING through the process of shuffling, dealing and reading the cards four times, Lain predicted that after seven more years and one more heartbreak, her client would marry. The client's husband would be tall, have dark hair and green eyes and would not divorce her.
She would bear two girls and one boy,
Lan said, none out of wedlock.
The client would not be rich, nor would she be poor.
before the session Lang said that patrons frequently requested predictions about deaths, marriages, children and career changes.
However, Lang said, she would not predict the outcome of elections or sporting events because such information could be used illegally.
"God gave me these powers, and I don't feel that I can abuse them," she said. "I didn't believe in gambling."
She said that although only God is all-knowing, he imparts psychic powers to some individuals.
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"GOD GAVE me this gift," she said.
"It a family gift that has been handed down generation after generation."
Lang said she discovered her psychic powers when she was 9 years old through a series of dreams and visions. Six weeks after repeatedly dreaming that her uncle would die, she said, he died.
Lang's grandmother, who was also a professed psychic, recognized Lang's ability and began teaching her how to meditate and develop her powers. Lang said that at first she was scared by her powers to foretell the future.
Though she enjoys her work. Lang said, it could also be demanding and depressing.
"I can't help everybody," she said.
"Life isn't all peaches and cream."
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ALTHOUGH SOME people refuse to believe her predictions, Lang said, others have broken engagements and changed careers because of them.
"We have to go into the past to predict the future," she said.
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