What’s in our future?

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Updated: August 4, 2011 4:20PM

This year is going to be huge in transitions, psychic Cindi Muntz, of Bolingbrook, says. Things might be rather calm on the weather front, but not necessarily in the earthquake arena.

Muntz is part of a professional team called Researchers Investigating the Paranormal (RIP). The team travels throughout the country communicating with spirits at residential and commercial sites, Muntz explained, and many times getting them to “move on” and quit their haunting.

When The Herald-News asked Muntz if she could make predictions about the new year, she said she could — but not on her own. She uses “spirit guides,” or guardian angels, as she said most know them, to scout out the information and relay it to her.

Here is what Muntz said her spirit guides predict for 2011:

Celebrities

Muntz said her spirit guides laughed when asked about the Tom Cruise-Katie Holmes family. They talk about the marriage being a façade, she said, and not a real marriage.

George Clooney, the steadfast bachelor, will be getting married this year to a gorgeous olive-skinned brunette, Muntz said her spirit guides told her. She added that he is dealing with some health issues revolving around chronic headaches this year.

Michael Jackson will continue to be in the news this year, as well, Muntz said, even two years after his death, with some kind of additional evidence linked to his death.

This year will also be the beginning of the end of “American Idol,” Muntz predicted, with the new lineup of judges not quite taking hold of the public’s interest.

Oprah Winfrey will almost be bigger and better than ever this year, the last year of her popular Chicago talk show and the first year of her OWN cable channel. She’ll be making more money and will be more influential than ever, Muntz said. There will be something interesting with Oprah and a radio station, as well, and with a book coming out this year.

Muntz gets pictures of large adhesive bandages when she asks about the star fallen from grace, Lindsey Lohan. She will do well working on her sobriety, Muntz said, but will have to work very hard to repair her reputation and damaged relationships in Hollywood. Muntz said she sees marriage in Lohan’s near future, but not this year.

Kendra Wilkinson, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie will be inundated with false stories made up about them, Muntz said. They will not be true.

Politics

Regarding the current deep partisanship of national politics, Muntz said that will not change. A true bipartisanship, where both parties work together, will not be achieved this year.

There are going to be a lot of questions about our president, she said. His enemies are going to be on the lookout to pick him apart, she said, and in doing so will stumble on to something that will be very “impactful” to him.

Weather

The Joliet area is in for one more big snowstorm this season, Muntz said, before the weather begins to shift.

Across the world, global warming has now taken hold and will not be able to be reversed. Muntz said she sees more than one world government actively controlling the weather through some kind of technology — something that puts waves out, she said.

Earthquakes

Although many major earthquakes occurred across the globe throughout 2010, Muntz said there will not be major quakes this year. However, the Midwest will begin experiencing more earthquakes than it has in the past. The tendency for costal areas to have earthquakes will move to the center of the continent this year, she predicted.

Catastrophes

Muntz said she sees a large airplane coming apart over the sea along a costal area in the U.S. this year. There will be many deaths, she said. Muntz said her spirit guides also showed her a train derailment in the U.S. in a forested area.

Terrorism

Muntz said she couldn’t get any information on specific terrorism activities, but she said there are groups that will be blamed for certain activities that were not responsible for them. We won’t get the true story on those, she said.