Fulltime Tarot Reader

Thread originally posted on the Aeclectic Tarot Forum on 06 Nov 2002, and now archived in the Forum Library.

amber_wish	06 Nov 2002
Hi, anyone here a fulltimer? I would like to know your starting out experiences. blessings

Page	06 Nov 2002
Hi Amber_wish, I'm not doing any readings at the moment but it's something that I would like to get back in to BUT not fulltime again. I found it a bit too much by the end of the week. + I started off doing tarot reading then moved into clairvoyant readings. Anyway when I first started off I noticed that all the people that I saw in one month all had the same problems or sitituations, which I found strange. + I didn't time my readings BIG mistake. The reason for this was because I didn't want it to cut the reading short and wanted to help the client. later I started to just do 1hour max. I'd be quite happy just doing 3-5 readings a day otherwise greed can take over. I had my first experience of greed when I was working at a fair and I was more focused on making the money back that I paid to rent the table, which is not the right thing to do nor was it in my nature. If you want any tips just keep it pro. one woman cooked dinner for me and tried to milk me for a another reading. maud

amber_wish	06 Nov 2002
Quote: Originally posted by Maud Hi Amber_wish, I'm not doing any readings at the moment but it's something that I would like to get back in to BUT not fulltime again. I found it a bit too much by the end of the week. + I started off doing tarot reading then moved into clairvoyant readings. Anyway when I first started off I noticed that all the people that I saw in one month all had the same problems or sitituations, which I found strange. + I didn't time my readings BIG mistake. The reason for this was because I didn't want it to cut the reading short and wanted to help the client. later I started to just do 1hour max. I'd be quite happy just doing 3-5 readings a day otherwise greed can take over. I had my first experience of greed when I was working at a fair and I was more focused on making the money back that I paid to rent the table, which is not the right thing to do nor was it in my nature. If you want any tips just keep it pro. one woman cooked dinner for me and tried to milk me for a another reading. maud Hi Maud, Thanks for your reply. Yes, I find that at the fair too...some pple's problem are just so over whelming that the alloted time just isnt enough. By far, I did most of them within the time given and only a couple that I felt had to be given more time...I am sure the universe took note of that. I mean I not charge them for the extra mins...unless it's way over the top. Ya, I guess doing full time we gotta be pretty discipline..otherwise we be flat out. Tarot isn't the only thing I do...I have actually given up my career "to walk the talk" this is now 18months and it's no joke...Tough!...almost no support from fellow light workers. I am still going thru tough times but I feel I just gotta trust the universe that everything will be alright and provided for. This even sound silly to me..ironically. blessings

Dark Inquisitor	07 Nov 2002
Quote: Originally posted by amber_wish 18months and it's no joke...Tough!...almost no support from fellow light workers. Could you tell us more about the reasons it is so tough, & exactly how fellow light workers are not very supportive? Curiously, Tarotphelia

amber_wish	07 Nov 2002
Quote: Originally posted by Tarotphelia Could you tell us more about the reasons it is so tough, & exactly how fellow light workers are not very supportive? Curiously, Tarotphelia Well, first I find co-lightworkers rather unfriendly, they not really wanna be friends or share experience unless of course u book a session and pay for it. Finding a place to do readings or teach workshop is also hard. I had thought the Holistic world is a family where unconditional love flows freely...now after all the blank walls I been hitting...I view it as only my fantasy. I joined a workshop to learn more on healing but the Facilitators upon finding out that I do fulltime healing work picked on me and change the syllabus...so I did not get to learn what I signed up for. Now I have decided not to say I am a Fulltimer if I attend a workshop..that is if I do a workshop again. Just not been very encouraging and the coldness I find very strange. Now, I work by myself...things have change a little since I connected with my Reiki Master recently..we do not reside in the same country. Blessings amber_wish

HOLMES	07 Nov 2002
what defination of a lightworker are you using ? me as a lightworker,, if i lived in the city i would be hesitant of who i let in my inner circle.. for sometiems one get the person who is alwasy calling you for help and advice and becoming a light leech. a lightworker is a person who send light to other and works with light. they are not saints, (i;m a tarot reader not a saint,, i am a channel not a saint). so one must understand they are people who have their own lives and such. you must know this as you a full time healer so you must know about sending energy from hands and light , and how to use guides in healing. example a person was so good at fashion that people would go to her for advice how to decorate an office, at first she loved it and began to feel tired though for they were draining her of energy without nothing in return in the name of friendship. so she began to ask for consultating fees ,, her freinds were surpised but agreed, and words spread and made a career out of it. so it is only right that a lightworker or tarot reader would ask for a fee for a stranger. i had a teacher in huna kane when i was winnipeg,, i thought once i paid for my fee she would help me get to huna kane prationer,, but of course i was idealistic. she gave me one session and then said for future sessiosn i will need payment. and since i was already poor i coudnt' continue.. and i was mad for it for a while until i understood the power of energy and how much it drians one person out. i can't speak for your workshop experience, as i wasn't there i was going to say perhaps the facilator changed it due the nature of the course direction that happesn correctly (some facilators have trouble keeping to the guidelines,, and sometiems they are flexible) the change was to more beginners then experience healers wasnt' it ? i suspect that the facilator thought you were more experienced and didn't need it while the r est of the shop needed base knowledg.e i think the thing is your doing both at the same time.. full time healer,, and tarot . i would do the tarot full time til you learn what you want ot learn in the healing styles. that way i build up a clientele , get some experience and such . (not all workshop people are the same like your former leader, and the thing is to approach these with open mind. example of that is when we went to hear rosemary altea speak in toronto my mom and me. the morning was spent listening to her speak. and i left for a minute sesing something was up and when i was in the hall someone was screaming at rosemary altea. it was about how in the brochure that it said that rosemary would be teaching healing and she hasnt' yet. rosemary said as a speaker i follow my own flow and i was helping people the way i felt i should and everyone in the audience was supporting her. and the woman was still amd at her. and rosemary said true healing is just touching a person and sending love... the other forms and techiques and level i teach at my school in uk (ok i forget where eheh) and that afternoon she got into readings people i was mad for i didnt' get anything (i had a preconvied notion that she would line us up and read for everyone of us.. eheh , so she looked at me but i was sitting there looking miserable and so she passed me by least i think i looked miseralbe i was tired already from my sleeping disorder ) after i recollected the whole experience, how a person lead a workshipk, their style, their experiences, their schedule. you sound like you want to teach and probaly did :O) i never taught myself.. but to use a difernt exampel i went all the way to winniepg and went to many differnt tarot readers and seen their style.. while they reading me , my mind was focosed on the way they present themselves and how much they knew,, how long they read for. so i can groom myself :O) ah for a place to read, or do a workshop, the workshop i had in winnipeg on huna kane was a person house that the teacher borrowed,, it was big enough with a basement and such. so can you read from your home a big risk,, pros free place to read form as you have it already cons THEY KNOW WHERE YOU LIVE ehee

amber_wish	07 Nov 2002
Quote: Originally posted by HOLMES what defination of a lightworker are you using ? me as a lightworker,, if i lived in the city i would be hesitant of who i let in my inner circle.. for sometiems one get the person who is alwasy calling you for help and advice and becoming a light leech. a lightworker is a person who send light to other and works with light. they are not saints, (i;m a tarot reader not a saint,, i am a channel not a saint). so one must understand they are people who have their own lives and such. you must know this as you a full time healer so you must know about sending energy from hands and light , and how to use guides in healing. example a person was so good at fashion that people would go to her for advice how to decorate an office, at first she loved it and began to feel tired though for they were draining her of energy without nothing in return in the name of friendship. so she began to ask for consultating fees ,, her freinds were surpised but agreed, and words spread and made a career out of it. so it is only right that a lightworker or tarot reader would ask for a fee for a stranger. i had a teacher in huna kane when i was winnipeg,, i thought once i paid for my fee she would help me get to huna kane prationer,, but of course i was idealistic. she gave me one session and then said for future sessiosn i will need payment. and since i was already poor i coudnt' continue.. and i was mad for it for a while until i understood the power of energy and how much it drians one person out. i can't speak for your workshop experience, as i wasn't there i was going to say perhaps the facilator changed it due the nature of the course direction that happesn correctly (some facilators have trouble keeping to the guidelines,, and sometiems they are flexible) the change was to more beginners then experience healers wasnt' it ? i suspect that the facilator thought you were more experienced and didn't need it while the r est of the shop needed base knowledg.e i think the thing is your doing both at the same time.. full time healer,, and tarot . i would do the tarot full time til you learn what you want ot learn in the healing styles. that way i build up a clientele , get some experience and such . (not all workshop people are the same like your former leader, and the thing is to approach these with open mind. example of that is when we went to hear rosemary altea speak in toronto my mom and me. the morning was spent listening to her speak. and i left for a minute sesing something was up and when i was in the hall someone was screaming at rosemary altea. it was about how in the brochure that it said that rosemary would be teaching healing and she hasnt' yet. rosemary said as a speaker i follow my own flow and i was helping people the way i felt i should and everyone in the audience was supporting her. and the woman was still amd at her. and rosemary said true healing is just touching a person and sending love... the other forms and techiques and level i teach at my school in uk (ok i forget where eheh) and that afternoon she got into readings people i was mad for i didnt' get anything (i had a preconvied notion that she would line us up and read for everyone of us.. eheh , so she looked at me but i was sitting there looking miserable and so she passed me by least i think i looked miseralbe i was tired already from my sleeping disorder ) after i recollected the whole experience, how a person lead a workshipk, their style, their experiences, their schedule. you sound like you want to teach and probaly did :O) i never taught myself.. but to use a difernt exampel i went all the way to winniepg and went to many differnt tarot readers and seen their style.. while they reading me , my mind was focosed on the way they present themselves and how much they knew,, how long they read for. so i can groom myself :O) ah for a place to read, or do a workshop, the workshop i had in winnipeg on huna kane was a person house that the teacher borrowed,, it was big enough with a basement and such. so can you read from your home a big risk,, pros free place to read form as you have it already cons THEY KNOW WHERE YOU LIVE ehee I also have no idea why the facilitator change the syllabus...no the class was not meant for beginners....it was intensive from like Mod I, II and finally III....the 3rd module was hardly touch on. I do not believe everyone is out there to take advantage of us to give free readings...as least not in my personal experience. Lets not minced the word "light workers" , I am talking about other facilitators. I am talking about no sharing amongst us all - out of fear ! As to me wanting to teach....yes I do and have taught. I prefer to have a stable venue not trying to find a place each time I have a class. I prefer not to work out of my home. Anyway, this had been in the past. Now things have moved on....I just wanna know what others may have been through. I thank you for your input. Blessings amber_wish

DeLani	07 Nov 2002
I live in a mid-sized college town where just about everyone is a massage therapist, reiki master, or some other kind of "lightworker." We have 2 massage schools, at least 3 reiki masters giving classes, 4 or 5 yoga schools, 3 or 4 tai chi instructors, 3 belly dance instructors, etc, etc... Needless to say, while there are some who are very nice and friendly, there is also a lot of "competition." Such as Reiki masters who charge ludicrous prices for their classes and won't so much as speak to you about reiki unless you take their classes. But, fortunately, I seem to be about the only Tarot reader. I mean, there are a lot of people who buy and read the Tarot, but not professionally. There are angel card readers, soul card readers, palmists, channellers, you name it, but luckily I'm the only (well-known) Tarot reader. And it helps that I used to work at the only metaphysical shop in town, so I do get references from them. I still don't have enough "clientele" built up to go full time. I'm still working a part-time day job to pay the bills, but I do hope that one day I will be able to support myself through classes and readings. Getting my book published will help a lot too! My plan is to set aside a day or afternoon to be available for walkins at the shop, and maybe that will evolve from there. Good luck, DeLani

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