zan_chan
Hi gang,
Just a quick story. You very likely will not be the least bit interested, so feel free to proceed to the "back" button at any time.
The gist is that last saturday night, I read for a stranger for the very first time. By stranger, I mean someone who I absolutely don't know anything about. One of my friends has a new coworker who he brought along to hang out at my place, and she couldnt help but notice my collection, and asked for a reading.
From the very beginning, she was very apprehensive to tell me much. I asked her if she had a question, and of course she said no. So I asked her just to choose a general area of life (eg, work, relationship, home) because I didn't feel very comfortable attempting a general reading for her. I'm not sure why, but something about the way she asked me to read for her made it clear that she was really in need of it.
So she picked relationships, and wow! I started reading and just found a flow I had never really found before. She got very wide-eyed at first, and giggled nervously a bit. I guess I was a bit in the zone, and didnt even notice until the end that she was in tears. She said I was about 90% accurate, and wanted more clarification about whether or not to stay with her boyfriend or not, so I did a decision spread. By the end of that, she was full-out weeping. Once she had calmed down she started telling me that she has never believed in anything spiritual before, but in that short time I had managed to completely change her mind.
It was such an intense experience and such an awakening for me to the kind of force tarot can be.
Overall, it was an excellent introduction to the world of reading for strangers. Hope I can be that "on" every time. And the funny thing is that despite all the fancy decks I've been buying, it was Robin Wood that I used for the reading. Just wanted something simple and clear, and was it ever.
Um, I guess I don't have a question or anything. Just wanted to share my experience. Its constantly amazing to me how much joy I've been getting from tarot since the first moment I discovered it. I really do think that it and I are going to be together a very long time.
Thanks for reading to the end! :-D
<Zander>
Just a quick story. You very likely will not be the least bit interested, so feel free to proceed to the "back" button at any time.
The gist is that last saturday night, I read for a stranger for the very first time. By stranger, I mean someone who I absolutely don't know anything about. One of my friends has a new coworker who he brought along to hang out at my place, and she couldnt help but notice my collection, and asked for a reading.
From the very beginning, she was very apprehensive to tell me much. I asked her if she had a question, and of course she said no. So I asked her just to choose a general area of life (eg, work, relationship, home) because I didn't feel very comfortable attempting a general reading for her. I'm not sure why, but something about the way she asked me to read for her made it clear that she was really in need of it.
So she picked relationships, and wow! I started reading and just found a flow I had never really found before. She got very wide-eyed at first, and giggled nervously a bit. I guess I was a bit in the zone, and didnt even notice until the end that she was in tears. She said I was about 90% accurate, and wanted more clarification about whether or not to stay with her boyfriend or not, so I did a decision spread. By the end of that, she was full-out weeping. Once she had calmed down she started telling me that she has never believed in anything spiritual before, but in that short time I had managed to completely change her mind.
It was such an intense experience and such an awakening for me to the kind of force tarot can be.
Overall, it was an excellent introduction to the world of reading for strangers. Hope I can be that "on" every time. And the funny thing is that despite all the fancy decks I've been buying, it was Robin Wood that I used for the reading. Just wanted something simple and clear, and was it ever.
Um, I guess I don't have a question or anything. Just wanted to share my experience. Its constantly amazing to me how much joy I've been getting from tarot since the first moment I discovered it. I really do think that it and I are going to be together a very long time.
Thanks for reading to the end! :-D
<Zander>
