Satori
Do you supply your querents with a question idea if they sit down and say, "I don't have a question....."
My metaphysics teacher TinaMichelle always tells her clients, "The more specific your question, the more specific your answer. Ask a general question, get a general answer."
So, what are the best questions you've heard over the years, including the questions you may have helped your sitter devise. I have heard and created so many different questions, many of which sort of get created on the spot. I definitely have edited the yes/no questions into a more specific but more open-ended question. And boy do I wish I had written them all down.
My most used question? I ask everyone when we start a reading, What do you want/need to know? And so begins the process of creating a question for the reading. I don't like to spend more than 3 minutes on question formulation, but I can tell you, that when the question is right, the reading sings.
I can also tell you that when someone has no question I abandon my more free form reading style and adopt a spread. I do not use spreads that often, but if someone has no question I find that having the positions all nicely labeled ahead of time gives me a framework to work from.
Now does this mean I never ask Tarot a yes/no question? Course not. In fact, when I ask yes no questions I am usually doing a reading for myself! But I don't use them exclusively. My own personal favorite questions for Tarot are Show Me questions.
So in the spirit of sharing I might do this:
Show me the Sitter in this situation: Card 1.
Show me the influences around the Sitter in this situation: Cards 2-3-4
Show me the conflict: Card 5
Show me what is hidden: Card 6
Show me the best outcome: Card 7
or alternately
Show me the two best outcomes/courses of action for my client: Cards 7 and 8 (Giving the client a choice is important, right?)
So you see, this is not a question, this is a spread in a way. This is a conversation, and usually I don't say out loud to the sitter, Show ME.......I am asking the Tarot after all, so I do this sometimes silently. And I answer the sitter out loud telling them what I am being shown.
Thank you for sharing your method and your questions with me!!!
Please be advised, I am working on an ebook/book of Tarot questions, and I may either A)use your question in the book, or B)rework it and use the idea. You posting a question in this thread means you don't mind if I do either!
My metaphysics teacher TinaMichelle always tells her clients, "The more specific your question, the more specific your answer. Ask a general question, get a general answer."
So, what are the best questions you've heard over the years, including the questions you may have helped your sitter devise. I have heard and created so many different questions, many of which sort of get created on the spot. I definitely have edited the yes/no questions into a more specific but more open-ended question. And boy do I wish I had written them all down.
My most used question? I ask everyone when we start a reading, What do you want/need to know? And so begins the process of creating a question for the reading. I don't like to spend more than 3 minutes on question formulation, but I can tell you, that when the question is right, the reading sings.
I can also tell you that when someone has no question I abandon my more free form reading style and adopt a spread. I do not use spreads that often, but if someone has no question I find that having the positions all nicely labeled ahead of time gives me a framework to work from.
Now does this mean I never ask Tarot a yes/no question? Course not. In fact, when I ask yes no questions I am usually doing a reading for myself! But I don't use them exclusively. My own personal favorite questions for Tarot are Show Me questions.
So in the spirit of sharing I might do this:
Show me the Sitter in this situation: Card 1.
Show me the influences around the Sitter in this situation: Cards 2-3-4
Show me the conflict: Card 5
Show me what is hidden: Card 6
Show me the best outcome: Card 7
or alternately
Show me the two best outcomes/courses of action for my client: Cards 7 and 8 (Giving the client a choice is important, right?)
So you see, this is not a question, this is a spread in a way. This is a conversation, and usually I don't say out loud to the sitter, Show ME.......I am asking the Tarot after all, so I do this sometimes silently. And I answer the sitter out loud telling them what I am being shown.
Thank you for sharing your method and your questions with me!!!
Please be advised, I am working on an ebook/book of Tarot questions, and I may either A)use your question in the book, or B)rework it and use the idea. You posting a question in this thread means you don't mind if I do either!