The future is shrouded in mystery and uncertainty for most people, but for Sister Lee, a psychic reader in Opelika, it is open and revealed, waiting to be read.
"I don't play the act of God," Lee said. "It's not like I have all the answers to all life's questions, but I do have a lot of them, and I can help."
Lee said she comes from a family of psychics--her mother, grandmother and great-aunt all have psychic abilities. But out of five children, Lee was the only one among her siblings to exhibit psychic tendencies.
"I didn't want to be a psychic because I kind of grew up watching my mother do it, and it was not what I wanted to do," Lee said.
Lee said as she got older, her visions and feelings became stronger.
"Then something happened where I sensed something for one of my friends at school when I was like 13 or 14, and I was quiet about it," Lee said. "I didn't say what I'd felt and what I'd seen, and it was like a tragedy. Ever since then, I made a promise to always be and say what I feel, whatever visions come to me, because it's a gift, and it's not something that I should ignore."
Lee has been in business in Opelika for nearly 18 years, and she says people come to her with all sorts of questions.
"Some people are more troubled about certain things that are going on in their lives, such as family or health problems, or certain job options or questions that they can't or don't want to decide on their own," Lee said. "Love and relationships and work and business are definitely the top two things of people's concerns."
Lee is active in most types of psychic readings. She offers aura readings using crystals, palms and tarot cards, each of which reveal different things about a person.
"I could tell you everything about your life," Lee said. "I could tell you things that you already know about your character, about your spouse, about your past, things that you feel a stranger would have never have known. Then I begin to tell you things about what I foresee for you in your future, and it's always very accurate."
Lee said her preference is tarot card readings because they are more precise. Palm readings, in comparison, are usually more general--more like getting your daily horoscope, Lee said.
On average, it takes about 30 to 45 minutes for someone to have a psychic reading done.
"We feel it's like therapy," Lee said. "Everyone gets to a point in their life where they're confused and they wonder where their path is going, or what's their purpose or what is the meaning of what they're going through in life."
Not everyone comes to ask about the future.
"Sometimes it's just a need to know what's going on now and just to have an outsider's perspective on how they see it," Lee said.
Lee offers a special for college students, who constitute a substantial portion of her clientele.
"A lot of their questions are if they're in the right path in what they're going to school in," Lee said. "So many people are learning and majoring and taking classes in things they're not passionate about."
Lee said palms and tarot cards can give insight on what types of things connect to each person's spirit.
She does some psychic readings over the phone, but she said the majority of her sessions are in person.
Sister Lee's is located at 1704 Columbus Parkway and is open from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Friday, and 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday.
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