Frequently Asked Questions

Ik geloof – of liever gezegd ik hóóp – dat er inderdaad iets is na dit leven. Er zijn veel dingen die nog steeds onverklaarbaar zijn. Toch ben ik van mening dat paranormale gebeurtenissen niet te sturen zijn. Dat de dingen ons overkomen zonder dat we hier zelf invloed op hebben. Ik geloof niet dat we geesten kunnen oproepen. Als er al geesten bestaan bepalen zij zelf wel of en wanneer ze komen en hoe ze zich kenbaar maken.

Therefore, I do not believe there are mediums who can have entire conversations with deceased people and pass on specific information from them to us. If everything is energy, a spirit can never literally speak names or tell other personal things.

No. However, it is possible to estimate the future based on your own (logical) understanding. 1+1= 2, as it were. However, by using tarot, astrology or other oracles, you can be inspired and trigger your own (subconscious) intuition with it. Subconsciously, we often know more than consciously. Images in particular trigger recognition in the brain and therefore offer a lot of insight, also regarding the course of certain situations.

‘Spiri’ is het Latijnse woord voor ‘geest’. Spiritueel bezig zijn is dus eigenlijk gewoon ‘geestelijk bezig zijn’.

I see being spiritually engaged mainly as constantly wanting to improve yourself, looking for new insights, and above all wanting to do what is important to you, what makes you happy or calms you down.

That could be anything. Where some people unwind from sport, others unwind from walking in nature or watching series. Some find it important to have many friends, while others find it important to create a lot of 'me-time'.
So being spiritual is above all: seeking happiness within yourself and finding the right balance between body and mind,

Paranormal is something completely different. This mainly concerns belief in things that happen outside yourself such as supernatural things that cannot be explained scientifically.

Believing in angels, surviving souls, ghosts, telepathy, telekinesis, extrasensory perception, etc. all fall under the paranormal.

Spiritainment is a mix of spirituality and entertainment whether in media or not. Actually, I see it myself mainly as 'spiritual entertainment'.

Most people enjoy being treated to all kinds of predictions about celebrities or things like sports, the weather, politics, the royal family, media, etc. If only to compare with their own findings or 'see if it comes true'.

Of course, this is pure entertainment: nobody gains any insight from it. Indeed, in fact, no one actually gains anything from it; it is mainly for fun.

With horoscopes, the situation is slightly different. It is downright striking that horoscope pages on major websites are the best visited sections, despite the fact that by far the majority of readers exclaim not to believe in astrology.

People just like to read something about themselves or laugh if certain information sounds familiar to them in view of friends or family. Or conversely, to ridicule the whole thing if it is, in their eyes, complete nonsense.

Hoe dan ook is het licht en luchtig, lekker om de dag mee te beginnen of gezellig om tijdens de koffiepauze – met of zonder je collega’s – even door te bladeren.

Spiritainment is dus eigenlijk niet meer dan het entertainen van mensen in de hoop dat ze het niet al te serieus nemen maar er misschien wel een ‘a-ha’ momentje door krijgen, al dan niet met betrekking tot hun eigen situatie.

Immers, alles wat we lezen, zien en horen betrekken we op onszelf. Teksten van liedjes of insta-quotes; in bepaalde gevallen kunnen zelfs andermans Facebook statussen ons ter plekke slapeloze nachten bezorgen: ‘Gaat dit over mij?!’ Vaak is het een kwestie van ‘wie de schoen past, trekt ‘m aan’.

After all, when someone turns out to be able to do something with the horoscope texts that appear as entertainment in the media, it just turns spiritual again. As far as I am concerned, that is the ultimate mix of entertainment and spirituality: spiritainment.

Zeker wel! Waar het bij spiritainment voornamelijk gaat om geëntertaind worden, gaat het bij een spiritueel persoonlijk consult vooral om het – op een serieuze manier- verkrijgen van meer (zelf) inzicht.

Voorspellingen die gedaan worden bij spiritainment gaan meestal over algemene zaken als sport, het weer, politiek, het koningshuis, media en andere actualiteiten. Zaken waar niemand direct invloed op heeft, of in de meeste gevallen überhaupt iets aan heeft. Het is vooral ‘leuk’ (zie vorige vraag).

Dat is bij een spiritueel consult natuurlijk wel anders. Daar worden dingen besproken waar je wel degelijk zelf invloed op hebt en waar je – als het goed is – ook echt zelf iets aan hebt.

Eigenlijk kun je een spiritueel consult vergelijken met een goed gesprek bij de psycholoog. Alleen wordt een en ander bij een spiritueel therapeut meer visueel gemaakt door bijvoorbeeld tarotkaarten of een astrologische radix, waardoor bepaalde informatie beter, makkelijker – of indien nodig – zelfs harder binnenkomt.

Soft-hearted masters make stinking wounds. Sometimes, someone just really needs a kick in the butt to realise that they are just not being very helpful at the moment.

Note: a spiritual consultation is different from a psychic consultation! In a spiritual consultation, the client is put to work himself, while in a psychic consultation, assertions are mainly made.

I come from a family that has dealt with spiritualism for years. My grandfather was president of a paranormal society. So I grew up, as it were, with ghosts, out of body experiences, clairvoyant sightings, prophetic dreams and whatnot; instilled in me from the very beginning.

I also learnt how to read tarot cards from my grandmother at the age of 15, took an 'intuitive development' course and did my own studies in astrology, gemology and dream psychology.
For years, I even thought I was psychic myself. I was nota bene working as a psychic!

Only later in life - I was already 40 - did I start thinking differently about spiritualism and delve more into psychology and the deeper meaning of spirituality. In this, I found many explanations regarding 'paranormal things' and my own way of doing things.

Meanwhile, I have stepped away from my belief in the paranormal and use tarot and astrology mainly in a psychological, spiritual way. And in media, therefore, more in a playful way.

Officially, no. In ancient times, on the other hand, astrology was considered the queen of sciences. Meanwhile, on the contrary, many consider it quackery. So many people, so many opinions.

Let me tell you how I feel about it myself. This is because I believe that when something works for someone, it does not matter at all whether it can be scientifically proven or not.
Het gaat er vooral om wat voor gevoel je bij iets krijgt, wat het op psychologisch vlak met je doet en wat er ‘getriggerd’ wordt van binnen waardoor je (anders) over bepaalde zaken gaat nadenken.

In my opinion, when someone is happy with their horoscope and actually benefits from it because it makes certain pieces of the puzzle fall into place for them, this is the most important thing that matters.
So what does it matter whether this is caused by the psychological Forer effect (Barnum effect) or because there are actually planets that bring all this about for that person? Einstein said it very aptly:

"I know very well that many scientists consider dowsing as they do astrology, as a type of ancient superstition. According to my conviction this is, unjustified. The dowsing rod is a simple instrument which shows the uncanny reaction of the human nervous system to certain factors which are unknown to us at this time."

The way I make the horoscopes that appear in the media cannot be compared to the way I calculate a personal horoscope.

With a personal horoscope, I really only use that person's birth data, from which I then extract whatever I can find.

In the more general horoscopes for the media (which should, after all, be recognisable to as many people as possible), I mainly take into account current planetary conditions.

Zo kijk ik niet alleen naar de huidige stand van de maan en naar de planeten die op dat moment in bepaalde ‘Huizen’ staan (elk sterrenbeeld heeft een geldhuis, een gezondheidshuis, een sociaal huis, een liefdeshuis, carrièrehuis etc.) maar haal ik ook de actuele aspecten erbij (de hoeken waarin de zon, maan en planeten ten opzichte van elkaar staan) en kijk ik naar de eigenschappen van elk sterrenteken (sterrenbeeld) apart om een inschatting te kunnen maken hoe deze zouden kunnen reageren op de huidige astrologische situatie.

Actually an impossible task because no two Aries. Taurus, Gemini etc. is the same. Take Aries. One Aries has a different ascendant, another Aries has a different lunar sign, not to mention in which Houses these signs are located in the personal birth or yearly horoscope. These are all ancillary factors that play an important role in astrology.

Horoscopes you read in magazines therefore definitely fall under the heading of entertainment. For the simple reason that they are just too impersonal. Of course, certain texts can give you food for thought and in some cases give you that extra bit of support... and that's when it becomes a bit spiritual again!

Nee. Inmiddels ben ik gestopt met het doen van persoonlijke consulten. Wel vindt u in het menu diverse online tarotreadings en horoscopen.