More often than not, they commence a professional career as a 'card reader' or a 'psychic' much too soon; barely have they comprehended what it is really all about, than they are attempting to practice the arts.
What they discover by way of 'psychic gifts', 'clairvoyant awareness' and the like is, in truth, but the size of a tiny grain of sand compared with the vast 'room' that represents what it all is really for. The tiny grain of sand of comprehension they bear, with which they base their entire understanding, is totally insignificant when compared to the gargantuan reality that is out there.
In their eagerness to permit their uncontrolled ego have them be identified as the Psychic Medium, and thus gain a status in the psychic world, they fail to comprehend the process that is really going on. The Universe is merely offering them the first glimmer of truth ... it is not the whole truth, or even the truth, but a reflection of the astral plane. What they comprehend, and attempt to use as a mechanism of 'prediction' is not the real story, or even close to what it is all about. It works, for now, but is the tower of cards that always comes tumbling down.
They have taken the first steps, and will remain on those first steps, until they transcend the demands of the childish ego and begin the real growth process. The next level the universe presents to the explorer is much harder, and much more painful. So painful in fact, that the majority of explorers prefer to deal with the misleading and untruthful notions of guides, ascended masters and higher forces. The truth is in fact too hard to take ....