Comments on 78 Notes to Self: A Tarot Journal: Confessions

Yeah, it's usually annoying when others attempt to...

2006-12-10T00:32:00.000-05:00

Yeah, it's usually annoying when others attempt to superimpose their own rules and/or ethics on another. I don't have any problem at all with anyone saying, "I won't do 3rd party readings and here's why..." but to suggest that tarot reading is tantamount to wiretapping is, well...ahem. Here's where psychic ability and tarot reading skill diverge. If one is psychic enough to tell me what my mother is eating for lunch, then I should think the CIA would be really interested in that person's talents. For that person, yes, by all means place limits on oneself by refusing to read for 3rd parties. For your average (if there is even such a thing) tarot reader, it's far from that detailed and all one can ask is that the reader use discretion.

I just want to commend you for reading your own wa...

2006-12-09T21:21:00.000-05:00

I just want to commend you for reading your own way, and want to comment on how annoyed I get at times when people bring up #3. I agree that people shouldn't "snoop," but honestly, I'm not one to do that, and I should hope most aren't. But I have no problem doing a reading on a third party if I feel it concerns me personally. And when it's friends or family or love interests, and I care enough to do a reading on the issue, it is always my concern.

Your experience with the repeated readings is cons...

2006-12-08T11:15:00.000-05:00

Your experience with the repeated readings is consistent with what other readers report: either you get nonsense or the message is confirmed. I agree that asking the same question the next day or so is not the same question anymore, the river of life has moved.

Re: Yes/No questions. I should have included that! Well, that's a topic for another post. As with timing, many readers say Yes/No questions should be avoided because you may as well flip a coin. But there ARE times when a simple yes or no is precisely what you need. I have seen many Yes/No methods, I'd be interested to see yours, Roswila.

The third (or fourth) party question is most delicate, I think, and truly up to the discretion of the reader. I do think we need to be careful and responsible as readers. I have refused to do them for seekers at times. Just because I CAN do them doesn't mean I ought to. I totally agree with taking each request individually and intuitively.

OK: 1) I don't ask the same question within the s...

2006-12-07T23:07:00.000-05:00

OK:

1) I don't ask the same question within the same reading or within hours, because the same question can't be asked twice. I really believe you can't step in the same river twice. Not that I haven't tested the Tarot. But I usually just get confused or have the initial answer confirmed. A day or so later, I may ask about the same thing, but by then it is truly not the same question at all.

2) Clarifying questions? All the time! It's why I developed a "yes/no" answer system when I can't get the clarity I crave and/or really need. (Yes/no questions are another issue we Tarot readers need to be aware of. I personally think they need to be used extremely judiciously as otherwise we upset our delicate intuitional relationship with the cards.) Sometimes the Tarot lets me know, in no uncertain times, I cannot have the clarity I seek as it simply is not available yet. Most of the time, though, I do find out something helpful.

3) Third party questions? I'm very careful with this one. For myself a little less so as I can trust myself to keep whatever I may "learn" to myself and to know it is entirely provisional and may be inaccurate. (Though I find I get most help from the Tarot by keeping the reading about my own life/self.) But when I was reading for others? Very judiciously, based on why they wanted to ask about a third party and what they were asking, and given my intuitive take on whether it should be done. Sometimes I'd even ask a "yes/no" of the Tarot to see if we should be asking about a third party.

Thanks for raising these important issues!