To my good friend Tiffany,
Past life readings are Cascade of Light's special area of expertise, so I will leave giving you one of these in her very capable hands, if or when she is prepared to help you in this manner.
Putting a person in direct contact with their spirit guide is usually done by way of a mediumship reading, which as you probably already know is not allowed on Mystic Boards.
Spiritalk can offer you general advice as a substitute for an actual spirit reading, either here or preferably on her own excellent forum, which can be visited using the following internal link.
Mediumship Understanding and Development forum
http://mysticboard.org/vi ... .php?f=107
I am not a trained medium myself, but I do know from my past experiences as the leader of a home psychic development circle that knowing your spirit guide's name too early in the process can frequently cause you to become so focused upon learning more about their identity, that you can all too easily be distracted from the messages which he or she is attempting to communicate, as well as getting in the way of properly preparing yourself beforehand so that you can take maximum advantage of the lessons being taught later on.
So what often happens is that your guide either chooses to delay giving you their real name (if indeed it is felt to be in your best interests to know what it is at any time in this current lifetime) until a time of his or her own choosing, or more likely they will give you a pseudo name which they feel you would be comfortable with for the immediate future, until they are ready to reveal their true identity at some later stage in the process.
This is not an attempt to deceive you or hide their true identity from you, but more to do with them knowing much more about your personality and soul development schedule, when compared to what any person who is presently living on the Earth plane would know about this.
My advice for what you may feel that it is worth with me being a non medium (?), is to direct these questions to the Mediumship and Understanding Development forum and to Spiritalk.
She is infinitely better qualified than I will ever be to help you to develop and deepen your relationship with your spirit guide in a safe and relaxed manner. Basically however your guide will be the one who chooses when or if it would be the right time for you to know their name.
I am now handing this posting over to Cascade (Cassie) for a past life reading as well as advice in this specific area to be given, if or when it is felt by her to be the best time to offer you one of these.
Kindest regards,
EoT :smt006