Decan Posted June 18, 2019 Posted June 18, 2019 (edited) Interesting topic! Though with regard to some aspects a bit freaky too. To be a dilettante is not a bad thing, at least for me; I don't know if I could be professional enough one day, it could be a further step at some point, hmm I'm a bit reluctant, or I would need a special training or valium lol 🤪 Edited June 18, 2019 by Decan
Rabbithorns Posted July 3, 2019 Posted July 3, 2019 There are some questions I won't consider - mainly predictive ones. I feel the future is too fluid and complex to predict. I've never been given a prediction that came true, and I can't claim to see the future - even through the cards. Mainly, if the question is leaving the client's responsibility in the hands of the cards, I just help them rephrase the question so they are not expecting me or the cards to rescue them. I think that's because I believe the cards can uncover aspects of a person's story that he isn't seeing, but once he sees those hidden aspects, he can move forward. But if he had asked for a prediction, he won't engage in his story empowered as much.
Barleywine Posted July 3, 2019 Posted July 3, 2019 I try to stay away from anything that could be "actionable" in a legal sense: questions about health, litigation and investment matters where my advice could prove disastrous if misused. However, I believe those questions can be approached in a less literal way that sheds light on them without creating risk; it's all in the wording. In fact, come to think of it, I like to avoid giving advice in most situations, preferring to offer insights for clients to make their own decisions about how to react. But I'm in a fairly unique position; I almost always follow Eden Gray's guidance about not asking the sitter to tell me the specific question or topic of interest before the reading (although it may come out in bits-and-pieces as we proceed). I see it as a matter of privacy, but it also allows the sitter to have a personal "communion" with the cards through the shuffle, without any subjective bias on my part. However, that gets into a different topic: "how tarot works." Rather than going back and revisiting each post here, I will say that I agree with katrinka on most points.
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