Ep. 003: Tami LoPresti | Dragons and Crystals and Numbers, Oh My!
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This episode is a banger. Right out of the gate we're into dragon guides, signs from a crystal ball, and an impromptu tutorial on how to read one.
From there, we get into Tami LoPresti’s origin story; and she is not your next door Numerologist. She learned her craft from her mother, who may have picked it up.. in a cult? (Jury's still out, but probably yes.) Oh, and from a mystery book locked within the confines of the Philadelphia Library that Tami has never been able to track down.
In this episode, Tami breaks down how Numerology actually works; from the vibration of individual numbers to the archetypes hiding in your birthday. And then she offers a live mini-reading for both Killian and Amanda that are, frankly, wonderful.
We also get into repeating numbers, the real meaning of that scary ‘devil’ number, and why the number 8 might be the most misunderstood number of all.
In this episode:
Tami reveals how her dragon guides appeared in a crystal ball (~7:45)
How Tami came to numerology: following her mom around with a notebook (~14:30)
The blessing and burden of becoming a channel (~21:00)
How Merlin shows up everywhere she goes (and the Saint he’s connected to) (~24:00)
If we’re living in a simulation, your birthday is part of your code (~28:30)
A live reading for Killian (involving another dragon appearance) (~34:00)
A live reading for Amanda (the princess, the pattern breaker, and the eight) (~44:00)
What most people get wrong about repeating numbers (~59:00)
The weight behind the number 8 (~1:04:00)
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Facebook: @tami.lopresti
Facebook Community: Numerology & Spiritual Wisdom Group
Instagram: @tamilopresti_numerologist
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There Will Be Signs (00:00) What if the universe is in a constant state of sending you feedback? Welcome to There Will Be Signs, a podcast that celebrates the stories, synchronicities, and strange nudges that remind us there's more to life than what we see. Here we'll talk to deeply intuitive guests and offer practical ways to connect to the magic, whimsy, and unseen helpers that exist around you every single day — because you are supported, dear listener. It may not always feel that way. There will be signs.
Killian (00:33) Welcome back.
Amanda (00:35) Hi!
Killian (00:37) So good to see you again. I had a thought after our last episode — remember we were talking about signs through songs that get stuck in your head? I mentioned I always get the Lion King theme stuck in mine, and I always thought that was kind of goofy. But Tracy, our guest last week, asked me in this pure, non-judgmental way, "well, what are the lyrics?" — and I was like, maybe I should actually look.
So I did. The verse that gets stuck in my head is: "from the day we arrive on the planet and blinking, step into the sun, there's more to see than can ever be seen, more to do than can ever be done. There's far too much to take in here, more to find than can ever be found, but the sun rolling high through the sapphire sky keeps great and small on the endless round. It's the circle of life, and it moves us all, through despair and hope, through faith and love, till we find our place on the path unwinding, in the circle of life."
Amanda (01:40) That is beautiful.
Killian (01:41) It really is. What's interesting is that my nature is to want my cake and eat it too — to want to do everything, experience everything. When you have that drive, there's a part of you that's always a little dissatisfied, because you're in one experience while thinking about all the others you could be having. I don't live there constantly, but I do think my guides are probably saying, "hey girl, slow down — there's too much to do here, this is your one human experience, just be in it, let it unfold. This is the circle of life. Maybe you'll come back for another one, maybe not, depending on what you believe — but slow down." So maybe that song actually was a sign for me all along, and I've just been writing it off as cheesy. Wanted to share that.
Amanda (02:44) I don't think it's cheesy at all. I find such comfort in music — I always have it on, in the car, walking, cooking, whatever. It's part of my life soundtrack. I think in music more than smell for memory, even though smell is the popular one people talk about. I always know exactly where I was or which friends I was with for a given song. Glad you have at least one song to the soundtrack of your life — I'm sure there are multiple.
Killian (03:24) It's fun to lean into these when something's constantly stuck in your head or you keep circling back to it — to reframe it as maybe a message, and unpack what the lesson is. It gamifies the human experience a little: what can I learn from this moment?
Today we're speaking with someone skilled in a framework I'm honestly not that familiar with — Tami LoPresti, a numerologist. Let me read her bio: Tami is a surprisingly accurate and intuitive numerologist with over 20 years of practice. She offers readings, numerology-based coaching, classes, courses, and meditations. She's also a writer — she had her own column in Riverhouse Witch Magazine for three years until they paused publishing, and she's currently writing a book about repeating numbers and their meanings. She's a crystal collector, enthusiast, and seller, an artist, and an exceptional graphic designer. She's certified as a Level Two Usui Shiki Ryoho Reiki practitioner, and she's walked on fire at UPW in Miami with Tony Robbins. She's obsessed with learning new things constantly so she can use that knowledge to help and guide others.
What are you curious about going in?
Amanda (05:17) Honestly, I can't get over the fire-walking — my feet are so sensitive, I can't imagine. Beyond that, I don't know much about numerology besides "make a wish, 11:11," and I like numbers, finding patterns. I feel like if you look at it as signs, there's magic to find in it.
Killian (05:43) Agreed. My numerology knowledge is mostly limited to angel numbers — you look one up on your phone, like "what does 444 mean versus 333." And like we talk about a lot on the show, I'm curious whether there are numbers considered darker, an omen rather than a sign — I feel like our culture has lost touch with that, being so focused on staying positive.
Amanda (06:24) It reminds me of origin stories in general — like, how did 666 become "the devil number"? It was probably just hanging out being fine, and then something happened.
Killian (06:43) I actually saw an Instagram post recently unpacking that, saying 666 isn't actually a dark number — I don't remember the details, but it made me think of Tami and wonder if there are numbers that genuinely aren't great. Well — I see Tami's in the waiting room, let's bring her in.
Killian (07:06) Hi Tami, so happy to have you here — this feels like a long time coming.
Tami LoPresti (07:07) Hi, how are you? It does, I agree.
Amanda (07:19) What a cool background — is that a dragon and the world?
Tami LoPresti (07:23) Yep. I found out I had dragons as guides maybe a year or two ago, and ever since, they've been showing up everywhere.
Amanda (07:38) Scrap all the other questions — how did you discover dragons were your guides?
Tami LoPresti (07:45) I have a friend — she was a client, then became a friend — who's a crystal ball reader. We were on a call, and apparently she'd been looking into her crystal ball the whole time without me knowing. She said, "you have dragons." I said no, I don't think so — I'm the mother of dragons [as in daughters], but not an actual dragon guide. She said yes, you do, and showed me a picture of her crystal ball — clear dragons in it. Then they started showing up everywhere, including in my own crystal ball.
I'm the mother of dragons because my two daughters are "the conqueror of the dragon" in numerology — which sounds like you're defeating dragons, but actually means you're working with dragons. They're your friends, walking with you.
Killian (09:54) Wait, I have to ask — is that crystal ball on screen right now yours?
Tami LoPresti (09:57) This is my friend's, from when they first showed up for her. I can show you when they showed up in mine too.
Killian (10:16) I've never done a reading with someone who used a crystal ball — that's so cool.
Tami LoPresti (10:21) I hadn't either — I just met her and thought, "you do crystal ball readings? I want to learn about that."
[Amanda pulls out her own crystal ball on camera, and Tami walks both of them through how to read one — looking for "inclusions," the cloudy imperfections inside the ball, which is what actually helps images show up, contrary to the assumption that a clearer ball is better. Tami demonstrates using a candle underneath hers to illuminate it while turning it and asking a question, photographing it as she goes, then reviewing the images afterward for shapes that answer the question.]
Killian (14:06) Amanda and I were just talking before you came on about how, between the two of us, we've seen so many different intuitives and frameworks, but numerology is one I don't have explicit experience with — we know the surface-level stuff, angel numbers. The fact that your numerology told you about dragons was a "whoa" for me — it can go that deep. Tell us how you came to it and what it can do.
Tami LoPresti (14:33) I was kind of born into it. My mom studied it when I was a baby — she's a little secretive about where she learned it, because I'm pretty sure she was involved in a cult at some point, at least a little. My grandmother — my dad's mom, not my mom's — was in a cult, and they studied it together.
My mom practiced it my whole life. I always wanted to learn, and she kept saying I wasn't old enough, mature enough, whatever enough. Finally at 30, after a broken relationship, I moved back in with her for a year and just followed her around with a notebook — "mom, what does the one mean? What does the two mean?" That's how I learned. I've been practicing over 20 years now.
It's funny — my mom doesn't really care about it, and she's almost embarrassed by it, some kind of religious embarrassment, which I think is crazy. But now she tells everyone her daughter's an excellent numerologist, even though she won't call herself one.
My mom taught me — honestly — a fairly small amount, whatever she'd retained over 20 or 30 years. What happened next was that once you practice this specific type of numerology, you open up as a channel automatically — that happens to all of my students too, it's not optional, it just occurs. You become an open channel with your spirit guides, and messages come through you. My mom got me in the door, and the guides took me the rest of the way. I've since developed an entire 30-week program around it.
I can't find this specific numerology anywhere — no book, no other practitioners besides my mom and my sister, and neither of them has ever given a paid reading. My mom actually wasn't okay with me charging for it for a long time, though she's proud of how far I've taken it now.
I did ask if there's a book — she says there is, one she studied at the Philadelphia Library with another woman, a reference copy you couldn't take out, but she won't tell me the name or claims she doesn't remember. I also asked in a QHHT (Quantum Healing Hypnosis Technique) session whether there's a book somewhere, and they said yes — but when I asked where, they said, "no, we want you to write the book."
Amanda (18:35) That's exactly what I was going to say — time for you to write the book! This actually reminds me of the opening of A Discovery of Witches — she's a witch who doesn't really practice, and a book comes to her at the library, and everyone's stunned that it came to her specifically. Similar vibe to what you're describing.
Tami LoPresti (18:59) I haven't read that, but — I am kind of a witch, honestly. My real name is Tabitha; I go by Tammy because I got made fun of as a kid. People have asked me my whole life if I'm a witch, and I used to always deny it. Then someone finally pushed and asked me to just be honest, and I said, I guess I am — I don't know what officially classifies as a witch, but I'm pretty witchy.
Killian (19:45) You came to the right podcast. This is such a beautiful origin story — you were already in it, born into it, and I find it fascinating that your mom held it so tightly, which made it more of a challenge for you to actually get the information.
Tami LoPresti (20:01) It really is sacred. I asked her, "mom, why didn't you just give this to me?" She said it's a really big burden — a big deal to tell people about their lives and their plans, and she wasn't sure she wanted to burden anyone else with that. I understand it now, even though I didn't at first. The things you tell people really do change their lives, usually for the better, though not always — I've definitely made mistakes as I was learning, especially early on.
She never warned me that I'd start having an open channel — I don't think she fully understood it herself. When it started happening, I got scared, because I'd be giving readings and saying things I wasn't consciously thinking. I backed off and questioned the whole thing for a while — but then I asked myself, has it ever been negative? And the answer was no. Never negative, never scary in a doom-and-gloom way, even when it predicts something hard. It's always helping people. People come to me one way and leave another — I see it every single session, like watching the tape: they look different by the end.
I think it's an activation — I'm reminding people of the plans they had before they came here, information they technically already know but don't currently have access to. There's this weird remembrance feeling where they say "I don't know anything," and then, "yeah, actually I do" — they just can't locate where they know it from. Something activates that helps them get back on track.
Killian (22:50) That actually answers one of my go-to questions — how do you know the energy you're tapping into is benevolent, not something you've gotten mixed up with? Sounds like, in your case, it's consistently supportive and compassionate. I've also got a two-part question: why do you think numbers are so powerful, and do you have to be a channel to practice numerology?
Tami LoPresti (23:24) I'll start with the second part, since it was one of my own early questions — could everyone do this? I was selective when I first started teaching, choosing people I thought could handle it. Turns out everyone can — you don't even have to try, the channel opens on its own.
Something else strange happened too — Merlin started showing up. The wizard Merlin. I never thought I had any tie to him, even though I've always felt magical, come from a magical family. But the first time I taught the class, every single student started having Merlin show up — some heard him talk to them, some encountered statues of him on trips. He shows up everywhere I go too. I'd named one of my cats Merlin right before I started teaching the class, just because I liked the name from a list of witchy options. Someone later told me Merlin is believed to be tied to — even an incarnation of — Saint Germain. I'd had a giant poster of Saint Germain in my house growing up (I have a huge Italian family, so I assumed he was some uncle), and my mom eventually told me he's associated with manifestation and magic.
Saint Germain has shown up in my life a lot. When I first started practicing out of a room at a new age shop, another practitioner there — who channeled Saint Germain — asked if we could exchange readings. That reading turned out to be my actual initiation into numerology, which I didn't know was even a thing. My students have had similar experiences, being asked by "Merlin" during sessions whether they're serious about doing this work. I even channeled him myself once in a QHHT session, and was shown a past lifetime where I discovered numerology.
Killian (28:10) Circling back to the numbers themselves — how does numerology actually work?
Tami LoPresti (28:20) I believe we're in a simulation — took me a long time to wrap my head around that, still working it out. Your numbers are part of your "code" — not the whole thing, but your birthday is part of what you're programmed with this lifetime. Numbers matter because they're the fabric of the universe; you can prove that scientifically. Numbers carry vibration, and every number has a different one.
I don't tell my students this upfront, but after a while they start telling me — "the numbers feel alive." That's exactly why I have them walk with each number one at a time at first, feeling its energy before moving to the next, and then noticing how numbers influence each other when combined. When I write out a chart, it genuinely feels like the numbers are talking to me, competing for attention. Once I understood they carry a living frequency, I realized you can actually "dial" them — dial a number up or down to help navigate your life.
Amanda (31:07) How does a vibration actually feel to you, for a given number?
Tami LoPresti (31:11) It's not something I could conceptualize in advance — it's just a feeling that develops. In my class, the first level has you spend a full week with each number, just walking around noticing it in people — "I think that person has a one." A one is about determination, motivation, leadership — controlling, but mostly over themselves. Ones also correspond to the crown chakra, so they'll have a strong connection to God/source. You don't have to add or subtract most of it — it's visible right in a birthday.
Amanda (33:00) The only parallel I know is people adding up house numbers — "your house is a six, that means X."
Tami LoPresti (33:11) Yes — I do that with addresses, dates, anything, turning them into a story. Same with repeating/angel numbers.
Killian (33:37) What you've built sounds so unique — would you be open to a small example reading, so we can see it in action?
Tami LoPresti (33:45) Sure, I just need a birthday.
[Tami draws out Killian's chart live on the call.]
Tami LoPresti (33:57) You have the dragon number too — you're the tiger. You have a dragon guide, at least one.
Killian (34:03) I didn't want to say anything, but a dragon has been showing up in my meditations a lot over the past year.
Tami LoPresti (34:13) There are three levels of being human: spiritual, mental, and physical. Anything in the spiritual and mental columns is a superpower or gift for this lifetime. Anything in the physical is an obstacle — these are always in direct opposition, so you can grow through them. This column is your goals for the lifetime, and the circled one is your main goal.
You have the 18 — the conqueror of the dragon — which for you shows up as your life purpose. You're a protector; people will feel safe around you and like you have their back. You're also a teacher, with a lot of family energy and focus. You're the wanderlust explorer — someone who loves travel, new adventures, spontaneity, and stays connected to a lot of people at once; you're the person people go to first when something happens. You're a strong leader, very determined, motivated, strong-willed, can be stubborn — and you carry some imposter syndrome, times where you don't believe in yourself, probably including moments with this very podcast.
You're also the humanitarian — you care deeply about people, authentic, wanting everyone to succeed, heartbroken by things like homelessness, the type to pull over and sit with a stranger who's struggling. But you do that a little too much — you're a people pleaser, always giving more than you're taking, which builds resentment over time even though you don't mean for it to.
Killian (37:23) That's the biggest thing I'm working on right now.
Tami LoPresti (37:26) It's very strong in your chart — you're trying hard to set boundaries, and you have the ability, everyone does, it's just not prominent in your chart. So — be careful with drugs, alcohol, and earthly vices generally: vanity, sex, materialism, all of it. You'll also have some hard relationship stuff that can bring you down. But you have a lot of good numbers — these are just the warnings.
You also have the dragons, so they're not going to let you fail. When it comes to dialing numbers up and down — you have a lot of people-pleasing, but also a lot of business savvy, connection, and opportunity in every direction. You can dial up your connection and business sense and dial down the people-pleasing — the guides are saying that's specifically how you create boundaries, even though it's not how everyone does it. Leaning into your business gives you structure that naturally creates rules — "I don't have time for that" — which becomes a boundary.
Killian (40:16) That resonates — with two little kids right now, my people-pleasing goes almost entirely into family. The only way I've been able to create a real boundary for myself is framing it as work: closed office door, "this is my work time." If I frame it as personal time, I won't hold the boundary — but if it's a project I'm accountable to, with a community around it, I will.
Tami LoPresti (41:03) Exactly what they're saying — turn that up, turn the personal-caretaking down a notch, and you'll raise your vibration to a self-respect level. When you respect you, other people respect you.
Killian (41:24) One other thing that really moved me — you mentioned wanderlust, and I'd just told Amanda before this that I have this part of myself that wants to do and be everywhere, and can't, which has been one of the harder parts of my human experience.
Tami LoPresti (41:43) You do try, though — which can lead to overwhelm. Every number has a positive and negative side. What you're describing is the four/eight combo — specifically your four. My mom always described the four as a compass: connection and opportunity everywhere, things coming fast, hard to decide what you actually want, prone to "grass is always greener." Trouble staying present. Luckily your five (and your one) pulls you back into structure — the five plus your business/family focus ties you to the present. Even though it can feel like walking through mud sometimes, that's actually your salvation, or you'd be pulled in every direction. Right now you want to build family, build business, and create something lasting — leave a footprint. Those are your big goals.
Amanda (43:24) Gotta book another session. Can I do a mini one?
Tami LoPresti (44:28) [After the ad break] I can see why you two work well together — you match really well. You're going to have some conflict, though — I can already see it. You're both very strong voices with solid ideas of what you want, so those can clash sometimes, though not a lot. Amanda, you could get bossy —
Amanda (44:47) Me? I feel like the passive one — Killian has direction, I have zero direction.
Tami LoPresti (44:47) Killian has powerful energy — a powerhouse who feels like she can win any situation. You're both people-pleasers and passive underneath, but you have a different combination — the princess. It's a great combination actually, another kind of force: "I always get my way, and my way matters." But you have a strong conflict in your chart, this extreme people-pleasing that fights against it: should I be pampered — yes, absolutely; do I feel like I deserve it — no, not at all. That flips back and forth depending on your mood, which fluctuates a lot because of your strong energy.
What's really grounding for you: wanting to make the world a better place for having been here. You're a creative with this whole beautiful world inside your head that you're trying to bring to life. If I had to guess who's behind this podcast, I'd say you're the creative and Killian is the manpower — same kind of energy, different roles.
Amanda (47:40) I'm just the chatty sidekick, honestly — everyone calls me creative because I'm a Pisces, but I don't paint or write books. I'm good at creative problem-solving, not "artsy" creative.
Tami LoPresti (47:58) You're very good at pulling answers from the air — you're also an open channel, someone who pulls information exactly when you need it. You really are creative — you could paint, draw, bake, cook, garden if you chose to.
Amanda (48:45) I do bake! Here's my little floral bouquet from this week, for example.
Killian (48:51) I'll jump in here — Amanda, you express deep creativity constantly: your aesthetic, how you set up your home, that broomstick-making party you organized. You just have to own it.
Tami LoPresti (49:20) It's very strong in your chart. You're also a strong leader — someone who can't be a follower even if you wanted to, even though you feel like you have that passive energy.
Amanda (49:44) I do feel like "too many cooks in the kitchen" — I'll just say "you guys figure it out."
Tami LoPresti (49:52) That's your creative side — wavy and flowy, but also very structured; you honor structure, you do well with it. You're also full of integrity throughout your chart — it matters deeply that you do what you say and say what you'll do. You won't respect people who don't follow through, who exaggerate or lie — that will be a real turn-off for you.
You're also a compartmentalist — which I used to think was bad, but it's actually beautiful. You manage life by putting one thing on a shelf, working on the next, cycling through in a circle rather than letting things cross-pollinate. That makes you feel safe and secure, and you create that same security for others — you're a model people look to, "if she can do it, I can do it."
Your hardest stretch was probably the pandemic — not knowing the ground under your feet is brutal for a strong three, which you have a lot of.
Amanda (52:32) It really was — the whole structure of my life changed, friends moved away or started families, and I went into a bit of a depression. It wasn't just the lack of socializing, it was not knowing how to keep up and adjust.
Tami LoPresti (53:04) You're good with structure and need to feel solid ground — you build that for yourself and others, but when it's unsteady, you're not okay until you regain it. Both of you have a pattern of falling into depression sometimes — normal for these numbers, because you carry the weight of the world; you're both humanitarians, people-pleasers, deeply aware of the world around you. Amanda, you're better at shutting things out than Killian is —
Amanda (53:57) I just go to sleep — Pisces possum nature.
Tami LoPresti (54:04) That's my escape too. You both have a strong family focus and business sense, and you're both teachers — that's shared. You're also the adventurer/explorer, though not the wanderlust-explorer type who goes fully off the beaten path.
Amanda (54:44) Correct — I travel constantly, but always with a tour guide. I need structure and direction, not "find the cafe locals go to."
Tami LoPresti (55:10) Right — Killian would go off-script and end up in a prayer circle with strangers, having the time of her life. You'd still have a great time, but you need a solid plan with backups. You love spontaneity, but you're not spontaneous yourself.
Amanda (55:38) We tried that once — an unplanned birthday trip, "we'll just figure it out" — and we missed everything other tourists got to see, because we assumed we'd wing it and didn't.
Killian (56:01) I'm the opposite — I have an allergy to planning. If I'm traveling, I'll happily just sit at a coffee shop and watch the world go by; that's the story I get.
Tami LoPresti (56:22) You'd never feel safe with that, Amanda. On the flip side, you love spontaneity when you're the one surprising someone else — you'd be great at surprise parties — but you wouldn't want to be surprised yourself; you'd want your hair and makeup done, no candid photos, thank you.
Killian (57:11) This was so cool to see in action.
Tami LoPresti (57:14) You two fit perfectly together — that bit of conflict is actually complementary, just different visions sometimes.
Amanda (57:28) I think we communicate those differences really well, though, Killian.
Tami LoPresti (57:31) You're both good communicators, steady, willing to compromise — great energy that way.
Killian (57:44) That was so exciting to watch. I know we're running long, but a couple more quick questions — it sounds like birthdays are the main "entrance," but basically anything can become a number — addresses, dates, launch times?
Tami LoPresti (58:01) Yes — someone yesterday gave me the exact date and time a website became his. I told him what that meant, and he ended up booking two more readings with me — the dates of those (411, then 511) meant something too, which I want to point out to him next time. That's a message from your guides.
One more thing I want to say: I don't call them "angel numbers" — I call them repeating numbers, because "angel numbers" as commonly understood are usually vague ("your angels are with you") and don't give an actual message. Your guides are far more dynamic than that. If you learn what repeating numbers actually mean, you can genuinely communicate with your guides through them — and once you get the first message, they stop showing you that number and move to a new one. People who tell me they've seen the same number for ten years straight just haven't gotten the message yet; the guides aren't showing it to say "this is your number," they're showing it because you're not getting it.
Amanda (1:00:00) Read a dictionary, learn what the number means!
Tami LoPresti (1:00:03) Exactly — it's real communication, not just something cool and fun. I am writing a book about it, though I haven't finished it yet.
Killian (1:00:20) Do you have a favorite number, or one you'd tell someone to look for if they want a specific day or time to feel aligned?
Tami LoPresti (1:00:38) Everyone loves 11:11 — it just means you're on track, especially when you're stressed or overthinking; your guides are saying "we're good, everything's fine."
My personal favorite is 13 — probably because I'm a rebel. It's a rebirth number — think of it like an earthquake, everything gets shaken up, but everything on the other side is good. It's a catalyst toward a better life.
Killian (1:01:46) Is there a repeating number whose real meaning would surprise people?
Tami LoPresti (1:01:51) 666 — think of it as "opposite world," which applies to lots of numbers, but especially this one. People think it's the devil number; it's actually the number of creation, arguably the most beautiful number there is. My mom and I have talked about this for years — if people understood that six is genuinely the most beautiful number, they'd never fear it again. Six is the number of Gaia — earth, nature, animals, creation, the artist and musician. That's the energy in your chart, Amanda — your background six is why I called you creative.
Eight, on the other hand, would be the "worst" — it's a karmic, pattern number tied to trauma and poverty on one side, but manifestation and abundance on the other.
Amanda (1:03:37) Wait, what does it mean to "walk your eight"?
Tami LoPresti (1:03:39) It means you've had real trauma — things other people can't imagine — and it means you're a survivor. I have it too, so I understand it directly.
Amanda (1:03:52) I've had other psychics mention that it's generational, passed down — and that you're meant to break the pattern.
Tami LoPresti (1:04:05) Exactly — the eight is the pattern number; turned sideways it's the infinity symbol. My mom always says: you make a mistake, and you make it again — but once you break the pattern, you break it forever. All three of us on this call have it strongly. You come into this life, look around, and say, "I see how it's always been — not doing it that way anymore."
Amanda (1:04:54) Even in my own family — my husband came with me to visit relatives abroad, and they told him, "you married the happiest person in our family, we don't know where she came from." The rest of the family carries their trauma much more visibly.
Tami LoPresti (1:05:26) That comes from your eight too — it can show up as victim mode, or as someone who survives hard things and looks for the silver lining, then teaches others to see it too. That's who you are — the "guided sufferer": you take what you've gone through and build a bridge so no one else has to walk it alone.
Amanda (1:06:07) Killian actually said almost exactly that in a birthday voicemail once — I cherish it.
Killian (1:06:33) Since there's no book yet for this specific style, what's the best way for someone to learn more or connect with you?
Tami LoPresti (1:06:57) I teach Wizard School, a 30-week program to become a certified numerologist — I even help set up your business before you graduate, so you're already making money by the time you finish. You don't have to practice it to benefit, but the impact you can have, just by seeing someone for who they really are and magnifying their good — it's powerful.
Amanda (1:07:54) Businesses would love this — imagine bringing you in to map out team roles based on people's charts.
Tami LoPresti (1:08:02) I've thought about that. I had a client whose husband was an innovator — great at creating new projects and teaching them, terrible at running the day-to-day afterward. His company kept him stuck managing what he'd built instead of moving to the next project, and he was miserable — not sustainable for someone like that. Amanda, you'd actually be really good at building and maintaining systems.
Amanda (1:09:38) Shocking — I feel like I have zero skills there. I'm a producer: I finish one piece of content and move to the next.
Tami LoPresti (1:09:50) You like to keep moving and teach, but you're also genuinely good at building structure and maintaining it once it exists — more hands-on than technical, though.
Amanda (1:10:16) Technology specifically is not my strong suit.
Tami LoPresti (1:10:39) Killian, you're very good at networking — connecting people, maintaining relationships, making people feel safe and seen. You can juggle a lot at once, but you'll hit paralysis if you get overwhelmed, so be careful there.
Killian (1:11:11) That lands for me. It's funny — early in my career I thought I was the worst networker, because I hated traditional networking events, which felt salesy and forced. What I've realized since is that real networking, for me, is just building genuine friendships and maintaining strong personal relationships — not showing up to a function and performing it.
Tami LoPresti (1:12:23) Exactly — it's about connecting with people and having them want to connect back. You're very good at that.
Killian (1:12:43) Where can people find you?
Tami LoPresti (1:12:50) My website — tamilopresti.com. Facebook is really the only social presence I have going right now; I'm working on the rest. I also have a podcast on YouTube, beyond numerology, where I interview spiritual practitioners and people who've had near-death experiences, among others.
Amanda (1:13:32) Who should come find you specifically — what kind of client are you the right fit for?
Tami LoPresti (1:13:39) People who feel lost — like they don't know their purpose anymore, or life has gotten away from them. I tend to get middle-aged and older clients, though younger ones too — a lot of people either starting something new and needing direction, or starting to feel unimportant as they age. What they get from a reading, even just one, is that I revive them — remind them why they're here and that it all matters, that they matter. If every person could just be truly seen, they'd come alive again. I try to say something in a chart reading that no one's ever said to them before — something they didn't think anyone knew about them — so they walk away knowing someone actually sees them.
I've had people come to me with scary diagnoses who don't even tell me — the guides tell me first. One woman, I said "I feel something in my throat, I can't talk," and she said, "I have throat cancer." We talked about how not using her voice, not standing up for herself, was connected to it. A lot of people go through things they don't need to, just because society convinces them that what's right about them is wrong. If something feels right to you, it's for you — even if society disagrees.
Killian (1:16:44) I love that we can use numbers as breadcrumbs when we're feeling lost. Is there ever a specific number that comes through in a reading — like "watch for this one, it's meant for you"?
Tami LoPresti (1:16:53) Not usually one specific number assigned like that — though if eights show up, it'll feel like a warning, and you'll know it when it does. I do have a free repeating-numbers guide, a little ebook, that I can share for the show notes so people can start deciphering numbers when they see them — it's intentionally simple so people will actually read it.
One of the things people get most confused about is why they're here at all — feeling trapped, like a prisoner. I felt that way too, until I had a near-death experience and was told: we choose all of this, on purpose. Everything makes sense looking back, even if you can't see it in the moment. If you can trust it while it's happening, you'll be so much happier — ask "how could this be good?" even when you can't yet see how, and trust that everything is happening for you, not against you. Life isn't supposed to be easy — nobody actually has it easy, no matter how it looks from outside.
Killian (1:18:53) It's hard on my heart seeing people go through real atrocities in the news or my feed — for my own life I can find the lesson, but I don't know how I'd hold up in those shoes. That's the mystery of it for me.
Tami LoPresti (1:19:30) What I love is that you can take two people, put them in the exact same circumstances, and they'll have completely different experiences and perspectives on what they went through. You have to choose to see the flowers out the window instead of only the terrible things. Same with the world — I haven't watched the news in about 20 years. People assume that means I don't know what's going on, but you'll always know what you actually need to know; people will tell you whether you want them to or not.
We should really strive to live with trust — that the whole universe is on our side, that we're not alone in this, and the more we trust it, the more it flows. We don't have to see every hard thing as purely bad — bad things teach us too. Not everyone comes here with pure intentions, and that's also necessary, in perspective. It's not the worst thing in the world — it's actually part of why the world keeps spinning.
Killian (1:21:35) Right — that's part of the lesson of the simulation, the tension and conflict we're here to rise above.
Tami LoPresti (1:21:45) I always feel hesitant to call it a simulation outright, but I can't really deny that it probably is.
Killian (1:22:07) Tami, this has gone so long over time, but I'm so grateful — this was inspiring and eye-opening, a framework I personally didn't have much experience with, and clearly there's so much more to learn here.
Tami LoPresti (1:22:26) Thank you for having me. I knew when I heard the podcast was called There Will Be Signs, I thought, that's exactly where I should be. Maybe once the book's done, we'll see.
Killian (1:22:34) We'd love to have you back one day.
Amanda (1:22:37) This is your new home away from home.
Tami LoPresti (1:22:49) Thank you so much.
Killian / Amanda (1:22:51) Bye, Tami! We'll miss you.
Killian (closing note) Thank you so much for being here and making it all the way to the end of the episode. If you enjoyed listening, please help us get the word out — pump us up in the algorithm by liking, subscribing, and reviewing. Much love — see you next time.
