I don't have a page for that, but I should. Thanks for the gentle kick in the pants, I'll see about creating one.
In person, over Zoom, or through Email are all good with me. Email takes me the longest by far though, because while I tend to not talk overly much, I write like a crazy man, so it ends up being a lot!
I agree that Zoom is great for Tarot. It allows both the reader and the querent to be in their own favorite places and makes scheduling super easy. It also opens everything up geographically.
But, I'm not so sure about recording a reading. I would not record a reading that someone gave me.
Let me explain...
The querent wants to know if his ex-girlfriend is going to come back to him, and he really wants her to do so. Cards are pulled and their clear answer is no. Some querents will want to come back a day or a week later with the exact same question. Because they are so broken up by the breakup that they aren't thinking rationally, the question has sort of become an obsession.
I would not take that second, or third, or sixth reading request. I'd view doing so as unethical, driven by the querent's temporary irrationality over the breakup.
Another way this manifests, particularly when we are reading for ourselves:
We ask the cards if our now ex girlfriend will come back to us, as we desperately want her to do.
We pull cards for ourselves, and the cards show that she will not. But we, due to our temporary irrationality over the breakup, convince ourselves that we don't really understand the reading we have done. So we pull 'clarifying cards' we pull em' until we get enough out on the table that we can somehow work our desired result into the reading.
Of course the reading went sideways and invalid as soon as we jumped beyond our spread with these extra cards, so it's nonsense, but our temporary irrationality will drive us to do it.
When reading for ourselves it is important that we avoid doing this.
So I guess that's what I'd wonder about re: recordings of a reading. I could see, some querents anyway, if they had gone through something really devastating, become a bit obsessed with the recording. Just as one could become obsessed with getting readings on a particular question over and over, or pull clarifying cards over and over.
To be honest, I'd be a bit concerned about the potential of that happening.
But, I wouldn't stop someone from recording a reading if they wanted to do so. I simply wonder if doing so is wise.
Oh wow - this is something I hadn't even thought about in this context. Yes - I can see that happening. And all that does is dig in that energy deeper rather than letting them fully grieve and have it begin to dissipate.
Wisdom.
I suppose recording the reading lets the querent concentrate rather than divide bandwidth by taking notes. Sometimes if I've been taking notes I lose some of the track of the reading itself, and/or, I'll think of a question later on that I didn't think of then. But I do like to refer back later on - particularly to look at other factors surrounding the question.
My mother-in-law used to read for people and she'd give them recordings because inevitably they'd call and, as you've pointed out - try to ask again hoping for another answer. She'd always say "The answer I gave you is still the answer and it's on that tape." Some folks don't want regular readings - they want a therapist. She also kept a hand written directory of therapists and clergy she'd recommend for them.
I suppose that like a lot of things, a recording of a reading could be used for good, as you describe. That would surely be valuable. Or for ill, if the querent obsesses over it.
Ultimately I guess it is like all tools, it just depends on how it is used.
It's cool that your mother-in-law used to read Tarot. Did she teach you?
She taught me more than I previously knew. I kind of kept relearning over a course of years - a little here a little there - but never considered myself very good at reading for others. My mileage was that mostly people needed someone to listen to them - not even really to give them advice as much as just listen to them.
As a personal development tool I find tarot useful.
Thank for you for this wise and compassionate guidance. Feels like an important consideration to bear in mind, and act on.
Thank you for your kind words! I'm glad that you found some value in this post!
Do you keep a specific page for reading requests and do you prefer in person or do you do long-distance?
I don't have a page for that, but I should. Thanks for the gentle kick in the pants, I'll see about creating one.
In person, over Zoom, or through Email are all good with me. Email takes me the longest by far though, because while I tend to not talk overly much, I write like a crazy man, so it ends up being a lot!
I think Zoom or Skype would be great because that can be recorded and then the person has it to refer back to.
Oh, golly, I don't know.
I agree that Zoom is great for Tarot. It allows both the reader and the querent to be in their own favorite places and makes scheduling super easy. It also opens everything up geographically.
But, I'm not so sure about recording a reading. I would not record a reading that someone gave me.
Let me explain...
The querent wants to know if his ex-girlfriend is going to come back to him, and he really wants her to do so. Cards are pulled and their clear answer is no. Some querents will want to come back a day or a week later with the exact same question. Because they are so broken up by the breakup that they aren't thinking rationally, the question has sort of become an obsession.
I would not take that second, or third, or sixth reading request. I'd view doing so as unethical, driven by the querent's temporary irrationality over the breakup.
Another way this manifests, particularly when we are reading for ourselves:
We ask the cards if our now ex girlfriend will come back to us, as we desperately want her to do.
We pull cards for ourselves, and the cards show that she will not. But we, due to our temporary irrationality over the breakup, convince ourselves that we don't really understand the reading we have done. So we pull 'clarifying cards' we pull em' until we get enough out on the table that we can somehow work our desired result into the reading.
Of course the reading went sideways and invalid as soon as we jumped beyond our spread with these extra cards, so it's nonsense, but our temporary irrationality will drive us to do it.
When reading for ourselves it is important that we avoid doing this.
So I guess that's what I'd wonder about re: recordings of a reading. I could see, some querents anyway, if they had gone through something really devastating, become a bit obsessed with the recording. Just as one could become obsessed with getting readings on a particular question over and over, or pull clarifying cards over and over.
To be honest, I'd be a bit concerned about the potential of that happening.
But, I wouldn't stop someone from recording a reading if they wanted to do so. I simply wonder if doing so is wise.
Oh wow - this is something I hadn't even thought about in this context. Yes - I can see that happening. And all that does is dig in that energy deeper rather than letting them fully grieve and have it begin to dissipate.
Wisdom.
I suppose recording the reading lets the querent concentrate rather than divide bandwidth by taking notes. Sometimes if I've been taking notes I lose some of the track of the reading itself, and/or, I'll think of a question later on that I didn't think of then. But I do like to refer back later on - particularly to look at other factors surrounding the question.
My mother-in-law used to read for people and she'd give them recordings because inevitably they'd call and, as you've pointed out - try to ask again hoping for another answer. She'd always say "The answer I gave you is still the answer and it's on that tape." Some folks don't want regular readings - they want a therapist. She also kept a hand written directory of therapists and clergy she'd recommend for them.
I suppose that like a lot of things, a recording of a reading could be used for good, as you describe. That would surely be valuable. Or for ill, if the querent obsesses over it.
Ultimately I guess it is like all tools, it just depends on how it is used.
It's cool that your mother-in-law used to read Tarot. Did she teach you?
She taught me more than I previously knew. I kind of kept relearning over a course of years - a little here a little there - but never considered myself very good at reading for others. My mileage was that mostly people needed someone to listen to them - not even really to give them advice as much as just listen to them.
As a personal development tool I find tarot useful.