What Might Come Up in a Mediumship Reading?
- Michelle Ager
- Apr 25
- 6 min read
Updated: May 15
Just like the person receiving a psychic mediumship reading (and their energy), every reading is unique. Whether you're curious, nervous, or excited about your first or next reading, it's helpful to understand the types of things that might come up during a reading. Psychic mediums act as a bridge between the spiritual and physical realms, channeling messages, impressions, and validations from Spirit, loved ones who have passed and intuitive guidance about your life.
1. Messages from Loved Ones in Spirit
This is often the real heart of a mediumship reading. The medium may connect with one or more of your loved ones who have passed away. Some things that may come through are:
Personal details of the Spirit/s connecting (names, relationships, personalities, how they passed) to confirm who they are
Memories (special occasions, shared jokes, favourite foods, songs).
Validations (something only you would know that confirms their presence).
Messages of love, forgiveness or support
Acknowledgement and validation of significant events since they passed (births, marriages, moves)
The spirit usually wants to provide comfort, healing, laughter and connection. They may also address things left unsaid, share a cherished memory you both had when they were living, as well as help you feel assured of their continued presence.
2. Intuitive Life Guidance
Many psychic mediums blend intuitive insight with Spirit communication. They may pick up on energy patterns or potential directions in your life, such as:
Relationships (romantic, family, friendship)
Career and purpose
Financial situations
Health or emotional issues
Spiritual growth or challenges being faced
These insights often reflect your current energy and challenges that may be faced. While not set in stone, they help you become more aware and give you clarification.
3. Healing Messages
A reading can bring up areas where you may still be carrying pain, fear, guilt, or unresolved emotions. Spirit (or the medium’s intuition) might point this out gently, such as:
Childhood wounds that affect you now
Grief that needs space to process
Ancestral or karmic patterns
Forgiveness work (releasing or finding peace with a situation, a person, or even yourself).
These aren’t brought up to cause discomfort but to encourage healing and release.
4. Validation of Your Intuition
A psychic medium may confirm things you already sense or know, which can be deeply validating.
Examples are:
You feel a loved one near you, and the medium brings them through.
You sense you should make a change - and the reading affirms it.
You've been dreaming about someone in Spirit - and they acknowledge the dream.
These moments remind you that your own Spiritual connection is real and active.
5. Spirit Guides and Higher Beings
Some mediums connect not only with departed loved ones, but with Spirit Guides, Angels, or light beings. These energies may offer wisdom, direction, or spiritual insight.
What may come through are topics such as who your guide(s) are or how they work with you, what your soul is here to learn, encouragement or reassurance and reminders of your inner power and divine connection. This part of a reading often feels uplifting, affirming, empowering and truly spiritual in nature.
6. Energetic Blocks or Patterns
Mediums who are also psychically attuned may sense energy blocks, attachments, or recurring patterns that influence your life. Examples are:
Repeating relationship dynamics
Fear-based
Self-belief/self-worth issues
Energy in the body that feels stagnant or tense or influences from past lives or ancestral lines.
Bringing these to light can help you shift your awareness, heal, and make empowered changes.
7. Symbolic Messages and Synchronicities
Spirit often communicates symbolically. A medium might provide:
‘I’m seeing butterflies everywhere’
‘He’s showing me the number 3 over and over.’
‘I keep hearing this particular song being played in the car’
These symbols are often deeply personal and confirm that Spirit knows what’s happening in your life.
8. Future Potentials
Psychic mediums usually provide predictions based on your current energy. For example, a move of house within the next year, or a new job opportunity coming in the future. These insights are meant to empower you, not dictate your choices. The future is co-created between you and your higher self/Spirit/Divine Source. Every person has free will and free choice. Insights into the future is about potential, not prediction. It’s like holding up a mirror to your soul’s current vibration.
9. Messages from Pets in Spirit
Yes, animals come through too! Pets in Spirit often show up with love and gratitude. They may bring their name, breed, habits, or quirks; the way they passed or their favourite toy; gratitude for your love or care, or signs they’ve been sending (like feathers, scents, or dreams). Pet communication is especially comforting for those who grieve their animal companions.
10. Past Life Impressions
Some readings may include glimpses of past lives that affect your present. A medium might say ‘I see a prior lifetime where you felt overpowered by others, and the challenges of speaking your truth in this life may have carried forward from that time.” Or ‘You and your sister have shared many lives together; this is why your bond is so strong.’
These impressions can help you understand deep emotional or energetic patterns.
11. Spiritual Timing and Life’s Transitions
Spirit may acknowledge significant events on your life’s journey. Examples of advice they may provide are:
letting go of something (you may be told it’s okay to pause, grieve, or release something that no longer serves). Spirit often encourages surrender; as a powerful act of trust (not as weakness)
being at the threshold of a Spiritual awakening (a reading may reflect that you’re in the middle of a time when your inner world is shifting, even if your external world hasn't caught up yet)
encouragement to trust your inner self (people may come to readings during times of indecision or not knowing how to deal with a particular challenge). Spirit may lovingly encourage you to listen to your intuition, and take that leap if it feels right.
Spirit gently reassures you that everything is unfolding in Divine timing, even when life feels unclear. They always want you to trust that the soul knows the way forward, and the Spirit is walking beside you every step of the way.
12. Support and Encouragement
Above all, most readings bring through a sense of love, encouragement, and Spiritual support. Spirit may remind you:
You’re not alone
You’re doing better than you think
You are loved and guided with every step of your journey
You have everything you need within
Challenges in life bring potential for great spiritual growth
It’s not about being perfect; you are already enough; a divinely unique and beautiful soul.
Even when heavier topics arise, the goal is always about healing, clarity, hope and empowerment.
How to Receive the Messages
It’s important to come into a reading with an open mind and heart. You might not hear exactly what you expect to hear—but you will likely hear what you need. Tips:
Be open to the Spirit(s) who choose to come through
Avoid fixating on specific names or outcomes
Listen with your whole heart, not just your ears
Trust that the right messages will arrive
The more relaxed and open you are, the easier it is for the medium to tune in.
A psychic medium reading is a sacred experience. It can bring tears, laughter, chills, and clarity. What shows up depends on your energy, your intentions, and who in Spirit is ready to step forward.
Whether you receive validation from a loved one, clarity about a choice, or reassurance that you’re not alone - the reading will meet you where you are. And often, it gives you what your soul needs most. So, if you're curious or preparing for a reading, let yourself be open. You may be surprised by what (and who) comes through to help you on your journey. In light & love! Ready for a Life-Changing Reading?
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