Jose Prager - Name & Sign

Name & Sign José Prager

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Name and Sign I am excited to share this one. I can guess anyone’s name and zodiac sign upon meeting them for the first time or as I prefer, I can make them think about someone and their star sign. If they don't know it they can choose any star sign for them. My participant never writes anything down or has to follow any strange procedure. They just think about a name, I write it down and never touch it again. They think about a zodiac sign, I write it and never touch it again. Both are correct. The methods are really old but the combination is new, opening an infinite amount of possibilities of what type of information to reveal. It is also so simple that you can focus completely on the effect. Performance: "I want you to think about someone important to you, someone there's no way for me to know... Say yes when you have someone in mind... " 2

Participant: Yes. "Now think about this person's zodiac sign... If you don't know it, or are unsure about it, you can simply make one up right now just don’t make it Leo that’s to easy...good. Concentrate on the zodiac sign... see it as if it was written on this piece of card... I see there is an “I” correct? Participant: Yes. 
 There is also an “R” correct?" ***Note: If I hit all the letters I stop the effect there. A perfect mystery. They just thought of a zodiac sign and you've revealed it perfectly letter by letter. Participant: No. "Let's start with the name, it makes more sense...concentrate on the name... scream it in your mind again and again... thank you that was nice and clear." I take a card, write something on it and pocket it. "I am committed; name out loud the name you were thinking of... 3

Participant: Daniela. I continue: "Now focus on Daniela's star sign...again just scream it in your mind again and again... not so sure about this one. I take a second card and write something on it; again I pocket it. "What was the sign you were thinking of?" I take the cards out of my pocket and hand them facedown. I instruct them to turn them over. The reactions are over the top. The secret: I begin: "I want you to think of anyone you'd like, someone there's no way for me to know... Say yes when you have someone in mind... Now think about this person's zodiac sign... If you don't know it or are unsure about it, you can simply make one up right now...good. 4

*Note: They usually will not know anyone’s star sign, so I give them the option to just imagine the sign they feel that person is, making the mystery deeper. "Concentrate on the zodiac sign... see it as if it was written on this piece of card... I see there is an “I” correct? And I also see an “R” correct? No? This is the core of the method! I have combined a progressive anagram with the classic one ahead principle in a way that makes sense, they don't have to write anything down and I don't need any kind of mechanical/psychological force. I use Peter Turner's Zodiac progressive anagram. I share it with his permission below in case you don't know it. As soon as I get a negative response I'm left between two signs. I remember them and continue: "Let's start with the name, it makes more sense...concentrate on the name..." ***Note: If I hit all the letters from the anagram I stop the effect there. They just thought of a zodiac sign and I revealed it perfectly letter by letter. A perfect mind reading mystery. I write both signs like this: 5

Virgo/Scorpio?! "I am committed; name out loud the name you were thinking of... Daniela?" At this point I remember the name, I will write in on the second card in a minute. "Now focus on Daniela's star sign..." I claim to be not so sure about it. I take a second card and write: Daniela I place it along the other card. "What was the sign you were thinking of?" I take the cards out of my pocket and hand them out. It is impossible for them to keep track of the cards, since they were out of view in my pocket. At this point they react strongly. The zodiac sign is like a hit, since you've said you were not so sure. But it's still written there. Being not so accurate adds drama and makes it more believable.

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Peter Turner Zodiac Anagram (basic form): You will be throwing out these letters in this sequence: R. A. I. S. E. the word (RAISE) A lot of performers use “R.I.A.S.E.” I have found from a presentational point of view it is easier to remember and flows nicer using “Raise.” Let’s look at this in an anagram. R – No | A – No |
 I – No | 
 S – No | 
 E – No | Aries

– Leo, Pisces, Gemini – Virgo, Scorpio 
 – Cancer, Taurus – Libra, Capricorn 
 – Aquarius, Sagittarius

The chart is incredibly easy to follow. You say a letter and if you get a No you move to the right; if you get a Yes you move down the chart to the next letter. This is the anagram in its simplest form. With presentation it becomes so much more. 7