People who don't usually ask for readings

Thread originally posted on the Aeclectic Tarot Forum on 27 Jan 2004, and now archived in the Forum Library.

ros	27 Jan 2004
What do you think it means when people ask you for a reading that don't usually want one? Do you think they feel something is different & don't understand what the energy surrounding them is OR do you think that they are bored & want to see what's going on? I have some people that know I read cards & ask for a readings at the oddest times or when I never think a person would be interested in getting a reading again, they ask. I feel that they may be stuck & don't want to say anything? Thanks for any replys.

ol_crazy_Legs	27 Jan 2004
Well it could mean that that person is begining an intrest for that kinda of thing. You should be able to tell by there actions how serious they are about doing a reading. I never give readings to ppl who think that Tarot is a joke. But if there doing it for fun... why not... so long as there serious about it.

WolfyJames	27 Jan 2004
It's possible that they have a very serious matter in mind and that they worry a lot. Even skeptical persons will ask to be read in such circumstances. Actually, these persons are to be taken more seriously than the ones who keep asking for readings (and often ask the same question again and again). Be serious with them and give them a fair reading. If you're good, it's possible they will come back more often, for matters less serious.

sagitarian	28 Jan 2004
When people don't know who else to turn to (in my experience) they turn to the psychics and witches for help, and this has gone on for centuries. When someone doesn't have enough money to pay a doctor, they find a home remedy to help the sickness. Home remedies, in the old ages, would've been considered as a witches potion. A lot of people to this day turn to alternative medicines to help bring relief and cures to their bodies (Acupuncture, along with many others). When someone has lost someone close and want to contact them, or feel the need to know an outcome in a relationship, or if they will ever find someone, they turn to the psychics. A person who i used to work with used to say "we are underpaid counselors". I don't know that I feel like that, but, I do see the point made. Often my clients cry, b/c something that was said in the reading really touched them, and they open up, and explain their tale. I listen with a caring heart, and try to answer the questions that they have come to ask me as best as I can. But now, I'm straying off the subject... Some people don't "look" like they would be willing to get a reading, other people do it as a special thing (Like a gift certificate to have a reading done, or someone willing to pay for them to have a reading, or two friends come in and decide to do it together on a whim), other people wouldn't normally go to a reader, but their own feeling of the need for an answer becomes so desperate that they seek out a reader; And some people (I found this often happens with husbands :)) are pressured into it by a close friend/relative. As far as what do I think it means? Hmmm...never really thought of what it means, more that either their doing it to "see what it's like" or they are desperate for an answer, or to get in contact with a deceased loved one. Not sure if I answered your question, a very interesting one though, and thanks for posting it!

ncefafn	29 Jan 2004
Has anyone here found that, of this group of "those who don't usually ask", that the men seem to be a bit more aggressive? I mean, with a Bronson-Eastwood attitude of "go ahead, prove it"? Kim

Alissa	29 Jan 2004
Quote: Originally posted by ncefafn Has anyone here found that, of this group of "those who don't usually ask", that the men seem to be a bit more aggressive? I mean, with a Bronson-Eastwood attitude of "go ahead, prove it"? :D I had a querent who fits this profile to a T once upon a time. I was reading palms for an all day event, and he was one of many that day. He sat down with a cocky attitude, professed himself immediately to be a skeptic and doing this "for fun," then asked me, "Which hand?" "Your dominant one, or the one you write with," "What about the one that I shoot with?" he asks, mimicking he's holding a gun. I laughed. "Yes, definitely your shooting hand."

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