Why 'When' is Problematical in Psychic Readings of Any Kind The question that works best is: If I [fill in the action the Querant intends to or will take], will X [the desired outcome] happen in Y (a stated time span)? So, 'If I don't call him, will boyfriend come to his senses and take me out to dinner in three months?' The story line is filed in one place 'out there,' and the time line regards the movement of celestial bodies, which is irrelevant to the story line from 'out there's' point of v...