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... "

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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...

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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.

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*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:

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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 – Leo, Pisces, Gemini

|
A – No – Virgo, Scorpio 

|

I – No – Cancer, Taurus
| 

S – No – Libra, Capricorn 

| 

E – No – Aquarius, Sagittarius
|
Aries

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.