A past life reading explores the lives a person's soul is believed to have lived before this one, often used to explain a present-day fear, talent, pattern, or connection to someone in their current life.

A reader typically tunes in intuitively rather than working from a chart or calculation, describing images, feelings, or impressions they connect to a previous life. Many readings focus specifically on one relationship or one persistent pattern the client wants to understand, rather than attempting to cover every past life at once.