Truth behind Astrology & Mind Reading | Explained by Dhruv Rathee ft. Karan Singh Magic
In this exclusive interview with India's most famous mentalist and magician, see the secrets behind mind-reading, hypnotism, astrology, palmistry revealed! Karan Singh Magic explains the tricks in which he read minds of Virat Kohli and guessed the phone password of Anurag Kashyap. Is it a god gifted power? Is it magic and illusion? Is it psychology or is it something else? You will know the reality in this video!
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00:00Do you think it is possible for someone to read your mind without talking to you?
00:13Do you think hypnotism is possible?
00:15Can someone hypnotize you?
00:17After watching this video, your beliefs about mind reading and hypnotism are going to change
00:24In this educational video, I will tell you the truth about these things
00:29XYZ runs up the wall from this end
00:33And Virata kicks him to the floor
00:35Imagine his name
00:36Imagine shouting the name really loudly
00:39Genuinely imagine shouting the name
00:41Can you spell the name in your head?
00:45Yes
00:46Well, slightly quick
00:47The first name is not very long
00:485 or 6 letters, yes?
00:50Yeah
00:516 letters?
00:52Yeah
00:53Pick a letter somewhere in the middle of his name
00:55In the middle of the first name
00:57And say that to yourself
00:59That's a Y, yes?
01:03We'll try this
01:05I'll try to get this name as close as I can
01:09Keep saying this to yourself
01:10I might not get the second name right
01:12Does the second name start with an N?
01:15Yeah, okay, I think I have this
01:18I'll show all of you what I think it is
01:20Don't say what I've written
01:22I'll show all of you
01:23Keep it completely to yourself
01:24You close your eyes as well
01:25Have a look
01:28Got it?
01:30I'll show it, just a second
01:31I'm showing it to everybody
01:32Got it?
01:34Yeah?
01:35Got it?
01:36Now, everybody here is proof
01:38That I can't change what I've written
01:40I'm going to count to 3
01:42I want you to tell everybody
01:43The friend that you're thinking of
01:44And their reaction will tell you
01:46If I got it right or not
01:471, 2, 3
01:483
01:57I have with me, Karan Singh
01:59He's a magician
02:00He's tricked a lot of celebrities
02:02You might have seen his videos on YouTube
02:05Karan, should I call you a magician or a mentalist?
02:10Call me a psychological illusionist
02:12Psychological illusionist
02:13Mentalist is closer to me
02:14A lot of people won't understand the word mentalist
02:16What is a mentalist
02:17Can you describe what a mentalist is?
02:19A mentalist is basically someone
02:20Who can read your mind
02:22Who can influence you
02:23To think about certain things
02:25But as an entertainment form
02:27Not for any ulterior motive
02:29Let's get straight to the point
02:30Whatever you've done in these videos
02:31With these celebrities
02:33Have you really read their minds?
02:36Mind reading can't be scientifically proved
02:39That is very, very important to know
02:41But yes, it is the closest thing to mind reading
02:43It's an illusion that it can be mind read
02:45It's an illusion that I can tell what someone is thinking
02:47It's not scripted or anything
02:49That's very important to know
02:50People aren't acting
02:51But it is an illusion of mind reading
02:53So there's a magic trick and a psychology in this
02:55These two are mixed up
02:57So the psychology part is very interesting
03:00Because that's how people can learn
03:02What actually happens
03:03There are a lot of things in real life
03:05Like advertisements
03:07Or some politicians
03:09Who try to influence us through psychology
03:12So let's first show people a real life example
03:15Of what is possible here
03:17So read my mind
03:19You don't have to read my mind
03:21I have a card with me
03:23And you will tell me which card it is
03:25I haven't told you which card it is
03:27Or anything like that
03:28But you will try and guess it
03:29And not just you
03:30All of you who are watching the video
03:32You will also try to figure out
03:34Which card is in my hand right now
03:37So whatever I say...
03:41How will they know what's in this card?
03:43They don't know yet
03:44But whatever I say
03:46Will not only influence you
03:47It will also influence the people at home
03:48Who are watching the video
03:50So in a way, you can read their minds
03:52Through the video
03:53Through the video
03:54So this...
03:55The one who doesn't have a father
03:57He also says the same
03:58All the fathers say
03:59You can call the camera crew
04:00I did the exact same thing on my channel
04:02And people found out in the comments
04:04That they were also thinking of the same card
04:05So let's try that
04:06Those who are at home
04:07I will give you instructions
04:08Follow them
04:09And hopefully
04:10You will think of the same card
04:11Which Dhruv will also think of
04:12And is lying here
04:13So we will try this, Dhruv
04:14First of all, you have to think of the colour
04:16Which colour is the card
04:17So get a bright colour in your head
04:18Then...
04:19I am telling you
04:20It's a number card
04:21Not a picture card
04:22So think of a number between 1 and 10
04:24And...
04:25It's a warm suit
04:26So get the suit in your mind
04:27And even at home
04:28Think of a bright colour
04:30Warm suit
04:31Number between 1 and 10
04:32And get that card in your mind
04:34So at this point, Dhruv
04:35You are thinking of a card
04:36And hopefully
04:37All the people at home
04:38Who are watching this video
04:39They are also thinking of this card
04:40And hopefully
04:41That is the card that is kept here
04:43Which sounds impossible
04:45Yes
04:46Which card were you thinking of?
04:47I was thinking of 7 of hearts
04:497 of hearts
04:50Hopefully, the people at home
04:51Are also thinking of 7 of hearts
04:53And the card I have here
04:55Is the 7 of hearts
04:59So this was a psychological trick
05:03People will think that it was planned
05:05But it wasn't planned
05:06No, it wasn't
05:07Because the people in the video
05:08Are also thinking of the same card
05:10So how was this possible?
05:12Okay, so I'll break the golden rule of my life
05:16Normally, magicians and mentalists
05:18Never tell their tricks
05:20But to educate people here
05:23It's very important
05:24It's important so that
05:25You don't get influenced by other things
05:26So that no one steals your money
05:28By showing you such things
05:29You should know that this is just a trick
05:31Yes
05:36So I'll break it down
05:37You can watch the video
05:38Which I did when I did the trick
05:39Carefully
05:40So the first thing I say is
05:42You have to think of a color
05:43So there are only black and red options
05:45And then I say
05:46Think of a bright color
05:47As soon as I say bright
05:48People will think of red
05:49Black is very less
05:50Yes, because black
05:51Yes, black is not bright
05:52Then I say
05:53Think of a number between 1 and 10
05:54Yes
05:55Now psychologically
05:56If you go anywhere
05:57And tell people
05:58Think of a number between 1 and 10
05:598 out of 10 people
06:00Will think of 7
06:01Yes
06:02I don't know why this happens
06:03It just happens psychologically
06:04Okay
06:05And I did one more thing
06:06To make sure that this happens
06:07Which is more subtle
06:08You'll watch the video again
06:09You'll watch it carefully
06:10Where I say
06:11Think of a number between 1 and 10
06:12And I do this
06:13Yes
06:14So I'm literally
06:15Pointing 7 fingers
06:17So you can see this
06:18In peripheral vision
06:19Okay
06:20Even if you're looking at my face
06:21You're looking at my face in the video
06:22But you'll see your 7
06:23In peripheral vision
06:24Okay
06:25And so psychologically
06:26You'll think of that
06:27It's already such a powerful number
06:28To think of
06:29Yes
06:30People also believe in the lucky number 7
06:31Yes
06:32All this happens
06:33So when I put all that together
06:34I say
06:35Think of a suit
06:36Yes
06:37And I do this
06:38And I literally
06:39Draw a heart in the air
06:40So people see
06:41Think of a suit
06:42Yes
06:43And then I also do
06:44And get that in your head
06:45And I point to my heart
06:46Yes
06:47So automatically
06:48A heart will come to people's mind
06:49Yes
06:50The warm color is already
06:51The bright color is already said
06:52So it's red
06:53If it's for 7
06:54Then it's 7 of hearts
06:55So in a way
06:56There's a probability
06:57That some people
06:58Always think of these things
06:59Yes
07:00There's another good example of this
07:01Like I read somewhere
07:02That if you tell someone
07:03To think of a tool
07:04A tool of any color
07:05Then people think of
07:06A red hammer
07:07Yes
07:08So there's a probability here
07:09But the other thing is
07:10That you're slowly
07:11Using your language
07:12And using words
07:13You're influencing people's minds
07:14To think of the same thing
07:15Exactly
07:16Which you drew
07:17Shapes and all
07:18Yes
07:19And I mean
07:20There are a lot of
07:21Problems in this
07:22Because
07:23There are a lot of
07:24Problems
07:25There can be
07:26A lot of big things
07:27Obviously, when you go
07:28Into mind reading
07:29It is more than this
07:30This was purely psychology
07:31It won't work with everyone
07:3280-85% of the time
07:33It will work with people
07:34Maybe it won't work with everyone
07:35But
07:36When I do a trick
07:37I can also put
07:38A little magic trick in it
07:39Which is a traditional magic trick
07:40Okay
07:41If I'm treating someone's mind
07:42So in traditional magic tricks
07:43In a way
07:44It's an illusion
07:45Exactly
07:46You have to fool people
07:47In some way
07:48Or you have to hide something
07:49And distract someone
07:50Yes
07:51This is how
07:52Traditional magic tricks are done
07:53Yes, this is how it's done
07:54My intention is not to fool
07:55My intention is to entertain
07:56Yes
07:57There are a lot of people
07:58Whose intention is to fool
07:59Yes
08:00My intention is to
08:01Entertain people
08:02And I always say in my show
08:03That I can't actually
08:04Do mind reads
08:05It is an illusion
08:06This is the first line
08:07Of every show I do
08:08But people still believe
08:09That this is real mind reading
08:10But some tricks
08:11Are so amazing
08:12That
08:13What should I tell you, friends?
08:14He did a trick
08:15That
08:16He will tell you
08:17The passcode of your phone
08:18Just by reading your mind
08:19He won't ask you anything
08:20He will just tell you
08:21To think of that passcode
08:22In your mind
08:23He will just tell you
08:24To think of that passcode
08:25In your mind
08:54Because you had a very
08:55Sort of similar expression
08:56To those, yeah?
08:58Try not to give much away
08:59Try not to give much away
09:05Okay, I think the second
09:06And third are the same
09:07So I'll try to get that first
09:08Can you count out loud
09:09From one to ten?
09:11One, two, three, four, five, six
09:12Seven, eight, nine, zero
09:14Okay, I said one to ten
09:15He said one, two, three, four
09:16Five, six, seven, eight, nine, zero
09:17So I'm guessing
09:18The second and third digit
09:19Is zero
09:20Because you're consciously
09:21Saying that out loud
09:22The second and third digit
09:23Are zero, yes?
09:24Okay, perfect
09:25We'll try this
09:26Think of the first digit
09:28Hold your hand out like this
09:29And imagine this is
09:30Your ATM pin
09:31Imagine my hand
09:32Is a keypad
09:33And imagine typing
09:34The first digit in
09:37That's a one, yes?
09:42Let's do this
09:43I'll show everybody
09:44What I think your password is
09:46Keep it completely
09:47To yourself
09:48I'm changing the music
09:49I'm changing the music though
09:50And in your head
09:51Imagine you're in Bombay
09:54And you keep screaming this again
09:56And again
09:57I like how the first three digits
09:58Are one hundred
09:59It's an
10:00Almost as an emergency
10:01That I'm trying to figure this out
10:02Keep saying it to yourself again
10:03And again
10:05And again
10:06Think of the last digit
10:08And imagine
10:09Okay, I think I have it
10:10I'll show the rest of you
10:11Don't react
10:12Keep it to yourself
10:13Keep it to yourself
10:17I've written down
10:18What I think it is
10:19I'm going to count to three
10:20All of them are proof
10:21That I can't change what I've written
10:22I'm going to count to three
10:23When I reach three
10:24In your nicest, clearest voice
10:26As if you're on set
10:27I want you to tell everybody
10:28What your password is
10:29So that from you knowing it
10:30We go away
10:31About fifteen, twenty people
10:32Knowing your password
10:33One
10:34Two
10:35Three
10:36What's your password?
10:37100972
10:46Let him speak
10:47Change it
10:48Change it, sir
10:49Change it, sir
10:50Change it, sir
10:51No, no, no
10:52Just say
10:53Think of four numbers
10:54From anywhere in the air
10:55And you
10:56Have said it
10:57Yes
11:01So, obviously
11:02I won't tell you exactly
11:03Because my livelihood
11:04Depends on it
11:05Yes
11:06But yes, it's similar
11:07A little psychology is used
11:08Yes
11:09Expressions are used
11:10About what people will think
11:11Yes
11:12Like when I
11:13Hold their hands
11:14Like this
11:15And I ask them to think
11:16Of a number
11:17And I think
11:18Like I remember
11:19In that video
11:20They think of 1
11:21And I tell them
11:22Imagine this is an ATM pin
11:23And you're typing
11:24Which number is it?
11:25So, I feel this finger moving
11:26And I say
11:27This is 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
11:28So, I feel a little bit of
11:29This
11:30This little
11:31Yes, it's a small thing
11:32Yes
11:33But over
11:3410-12 years
11:35When I've been doing this
11:36I've learned to pick up on this
11:37So, I know that it's 1
11:38So, I know that it's 1
11:39And you can pick up
11:40Such small things
11:41They had small expressions
11:42Which I repeatedly say
11:43Think of this
11:44Think of this
11:45Think of this
11:46So, because of that
11:47Such expressions
11:48Will come on the faces
11:49Like I have a video
11:50With Virat Kohli
11:51In which he thinks of a name
11:52Piyush Nagpal
11:53Who is his childhood friend
11:54So, when I tell him
11:55To think of a name
11:56So, initially
11:57Virat's expression
11:58This expression
11:59Comes on the face
12:00A little
12:01So, I know that
12:02When someone does this
12:03So, I know that
12:04It can be P or B
12:05Because when you say
12:06P or B out loud
12:07So, the expression
12:08Of your lips
12:09Will be exactly the same
12:10Okay
12:11Similarly, if someone
12:12K or J
12:13So, if we
12:14Play the video again
12:15And see
12:16So, these are
12:17Such small expressions
12:18It takes time
12:19To catch the human eye
12:20Because I have trained myself
12:22I have been doing it
12:23Since I was 11 years old
12:24Okay
12:25So, I have automatically
12:26Learned it
12:27If you give 10-16 years
12:28To yourself
12:29You will be able
12:30To do it yourself
12:31So, this practice
12:32Is a skill
12:33That you have learnt
12:34Yes, it's a skill
12:35There is no God-given power
12:36There are no powers
12:37There is no scam
12:39But it is just
12:40A skill
12:41But this is a very
12:42Interesting thing, friends
12:43Because there are
12:44Many people in our country
12:45Who are wrong number baba
12:47I am not pointing at you
12:49I am saying it generally
12:50The wrong number baba
12:51In reality
12:52They sometimes use
12:53Such tricks
12:54And fool people
12:55Yes
12:56You had told me
12:57When we met
12:58That such a case
12:59Had happened to you
13:00In real life
13:01Exactly
13:02That you had a
13:03Grandmother
13:04What had happened
13:05To her?
13:09So, it has been
13:106 or 7 years
13:11Since this happened
13:12So, at my home
13:13Some people
13:14Had come to collect
13:15Chanda
13:16I am a Sardar
13:17A Sikh
13:18So, at my home
13:19There was some
13:20Guru Purab
13:21Or something
13:22So, some people
13:23Had come to collect
13:24Chanda
13:25And we know
13:26That the ground
13:27Where they were
13:28Saying that
13:29They wanted to do
13:30A festival
13:31Nothing happens there
13:32So, we know
13:33That it was a scam
13:34But they came
13:35I was sitting in my room
13:36My grandmother
13:37Opened the door
13:38So, I didn't go out
13:39Okay, my grandmother
13:40Opened the door
13:41But after 3-4 minutes
13:42I heard a scream
13:43I heard that
13:44You have two granddaughters
13:45One is Karan
13:46Who is me
13:47One is my brother
13:48I told them their names
13:49I told them where they live
13:50They don't live in India
13:51They live abroad
13:52I told them that
13:53So, I told them everything
13:54My grandmother was shocked
13:55She thought
13:56She will give them
13:57All her life's earnings
13:58That they have
13:59God's powers
14:00And they were saying
14:01That we have
14:02God's powers
14:03We know this
14:04We know that
14:05So, she told them everything
14:06So, by the time
14:07I reached out
14:08I found out
14:09What was happening
14:10And I found out
14:11That my grandmother
14:12Has God's powers
14:13So, they believe us
14:14So, I told them
14:15Wait a second
14:16The people who came there
14:17I told them
14:18This is your name
14:19This is your father's name
14:20You do this
14:21So, I did the same trick
14:22On them
14:23And they
14:24To fool my grandmother
14:25Said that
14:26Even your grandson
14:27Has God's powers
14:28So, I said
14:29No, there is no
14:30God's powers in this
14:31And I don't think
14:32That anyone in the world
14:33Has such powers
14:34It is all a trick
14:35It is experience
14:36It is practice
14:37It is everything
14:38But telling people
14:39That they have
14:40God's powers
14:41And taking money from them
14:42Because of that
14:43I think that
14:44It is a bad thing
14:45But some people
14:46Don't understand this
14:47Some people
14:48For the first time
14:49They will think
14:50That this is black magic
14:51What is happening?
14:52How is this possible?
14:53So, there is a story
14:54About this as well
14:55So, where I have
14:56A small office
14:57When that office
14:58Was being built
14:59We were standing outside
15:00And a construction
15:01Man came
15:02And my friend
15:03Told me to do a trick on him
15:05I did the trick
15:06And that man
15:07Ran away from there
15:08That there is a ghost inside
15:09That there is devil worship
15:10And he did not come
15:11To work there for three days
15:12Out of fear
15:13That there are some powers
15:14That he was afraid of
15:15So, people think
15:16That there are some
15:17Unreals
15:18Some ghosts
15:19Some jinns
15:20But there is nothing like that
15:21It is all practice
15:22It is all a trick
15:23Hypnotism is real
15:24If you call it hypnotism
15:25In a way
15:26What is hypnotizing?
15:27That you are making
15:28The people do
15:29What you want them to do
15:30So that people know
15:31Hypnotism is real
15:32If you call it hypnotism
15:33In a way
15:34What is hypnotizing?
15:35That you are making
15:36The people do
15:37What you want them to do
15:38So that people know
15:39You are making
15:40The people do
15:41What you want them to do
15:42So, in that sense,
15:43Hypnotism can be called
15:44So, when I started
15:45I said a seven of hearts
15:46But if I said
15:47That it is not psychological
15:48And I say that I am hypnotizing
15:49You and all the viewers
15:50To think of a seven of hearts
15:51So...
15:52So, a lot of people
15:53Accept it
15:54A lot of people believe it
15:55And a lot of people do that
15:56And I am not saying
15:57That they cannot do it
15:58But I am saying
15:59That this is also a way
16:00To do, which is not hypnotism
16:01So, what is the guarantee
16:02That what they are doing
16:03Is real
16:04That what I am doing
16:05Is not real
16:06So, are people
16:07Need to be afraid of this
16:08because some people find it very mind-blowing that such a thing is possible
16:14and it is done in this way, so do people need to be afraid?
16:17Do you know that people who have skills like yours can do such things on them?
16:21There is absolutely no need to be afraid, I am a completely safe and good person, I will not harm anyone
16:28You have told me the passcode of someone's phone, so can you tell me the passcode of any person walking there?
16:34If it is a controlled setting, if it is a performance type, then I can tell,
16:38but if it is a person walking around, I can't tell what I am thinking, because no one can tell
16:42Because it is not being read on the face and impressions are not visible
16:46The body language is not the same, the trick part is not involved, so everything matters
16:51So I can't scientifically prove that I can read the mind, but if I start saying that I can really read the mind
16:57and I have the powers, people will still believe, and after my live shows, even after I speak
17:02People come to me many times and say that we have a son or daughter who is paralyzed
17:06and who can't speak, can't communicate, can you tell what she is thinking?
17:10Which is a sad thought, but I can't tell, so I try to convince them that this is not possible
17:17But people try to pin their beliefs, I think people like to believe that there are such powers
17:22There are such magical things in the world that can't be explained, that's why people do such things in God
17:27People who believe in astrology...
17:29You don't believe that astrology is true?
17:35I don't believe that astrology is true at all, and I know that I will have to abuse him a lot to stay away from him
17:40But you are being called Baba Karan Singh
17:44And he has proved that he has such powers, so you can believe what he says
17:52Because I do astrology in my shows, I make anyone stand up and say that your star sign is cancer
17:57or your star sign is Aquarius, just by looking at it
18:00But there's a trick to it, there's psychology in it, there's no astrology in it
18:04But if I say that there's astrology in it, people will believe it, they have no other reason to not believe it
18:08Actually, even I became a fool in this, I used to think that people sometimes guess
18:12by looking at people's behavior, what their star sign will be
18:15But if you think about it, there are 12 star signs
18:18If I go and tell 12 people, it will be correct at least once
18:21If you think about the probability, 12 people will be told to be Libra, Libra, Libra
18:26At least one of them will be correct
18:28And usually, a lot of people are born in October, in India, in November
18:32For reasons unknown, so you can figure that out
18:34Is it true that most people are born in October?
18:36In the north of India, usually people are born in October, November
18:39That's amazing, can you guess my birthday?
18:41I can guess it in controlled settings, I can guess it while performing on stage
18:45You've already done half of it
18:47So, there are a lot of things here that you combine and use in your tricks
18:54Some are psychological tricks, some are probability tricks
18:57You read people's expressions and some are...
19:01What would you call it? By chance?
19:04What do you term these things? Like you told me a term earlier
19:08Psychological illusionist
19:09You were saying something to me
19:10Barnum statements
19:11Barnum?
19:12Barnum statements
19:12There was a man named P.T. Barnum, he wasn't for this, he was for astrology
19:15Okay
19:17P.T. Barnum is basically when people go and say anything to you
19:19There are certain statements, and they will apply to everybody in the world
19:23But they sound so personal and private that you feel like they're only meant for you
19:28But they're for everyone, for example...
19:29Is this the same thing used in astrology?
19:30It's used in astrology, it's used in tarot card reading, it's used in palmistry
19:35If I'm your palm now, for example, and I say, this line of yours
19:40That tells me that you have a very strong personality
19:44And you're very generous
19:46Your palm is always like this, not like that
19:49So you'll feel like, yes, because I've said something good about you
19:52Any astrologer won't say anything bad about you
19:54He'll always say good things and you'll feel like, yes, I'm like that
19:56And like I just told you, your palm is always like this, not like that
19:59You'll feel like, yes, I am that
20:01But everybody is that
20:02So they apply to everybody
20:04And if you pick up a newspaper and read Libra's horoscope for a month
20:09Keep reading, keep reading, keep reading
20:10If you read the exact same horoscope for cancer next month
20:13And you think that you're reading Libra's horoscope, that will apply to you also
20:16If you read someone else's horoscope and you think that you're trying to apply it to your day
20:20That will apply to you
20:21I've wasted so many years of my life reading horoscopes every day
20:26Me too. I made tricks out of it
20:30And this video of mine
20:31Great!
20:33I hope you've learnt a lot here, friends
20:36This was an educational video for you
20:38You can subscribe to Karan Singh's channel
20:40He has done a variety of tricks on a lot of people
20:43You can combine all these skills and see how entertaining the tricks are
20:49So, we'll meet in the next video, friends
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20:53Thank you very much!