Reading via the internet

Thread originally posted on the Aeclectic Tarot Forum on 19 Jan 2004, and now archived in the Forum Library.

Osher	19 Jan 2004
On a 'friends' site I attend, I offered to do readings via the internet. However, although I had a deluge of requests, I also had some people get very upset. These were other Tarot readers. Have others had smiliar experiences?

Nevada	19 Jan 2004
Did they say what about it upset them? Nevada

velvetmirage	19 Jan 2004
I do a majority of my readings online and belong to a very active forum where I offer free readings on a regular basis. I'm not sure why anyone would be upset, unless they felt you were stepping on their toes, but I know at the forum I belong to I'd be glad to have someone else offer readings. Everytime I post a "readings offered" thread, I get hit with 10 or more requests!

Aerten	19 Jan 2004
Well, not with anyone being upset per se, but I've had discussions about online tarot readers with friends and most of them seem to think it's a very lazy person who won't leave their house to get their cards read. None of them are into tarot, though, so I think they were just making fun of tarot as a whole. Happiness, maybe they were just spiteful because they don't know how to set up a PayPal account, or they have their own "in-person" tarot services and feel that online readers detract from their success in business?

Osher	20 Jan 2004
One of them felt that you cannot give a proper reading via the internet, and so it was debasing Tarot to a degree. As a Wiccan, she felt more strongly attached to Tarot she explained.

miss_apples	20 Jan 2004
Happiness Im sorry to hear that. I wonder if the person that said that you cant give a proper reading over the net has ever recieved or givin a tarot reading over the net. Because I am still suprised on how accurate my readings I give and recieve are on here. I recieved a reading on this forum recently where she had a lot of the exact same cards in the exact same places in her reading to me that I did for myself with the same spread and the same question. Aerten...I cant believe someone said the thing about people being too lazy to go out and get a reading. A lot of people just cant get out of the house whenever they want and go get a reading.

Indigo Rose	20 Jan 2004
Quote: Originally posted by miss_apples Aerten...I cant believe someone said the thing about people being too lazy to go out and get a reading. A lot of people just cant get out of the house whenever they want and go get a reading. [/b] I agree and will add that in the US there are still many communities that shun Tarot readers. They will not allow such businesses to exist. A case and point is a few years ago there was a Tarot reader who set up a shop in the small town I am now. THey were gone in a matter of months from the pressure from the community. When I lived in L.A. it seemed there was a Tarot shop on every corner. Big cities often have such businesses, but forget the rest of America. It is hit or miss to find such places throughout the country. In fact, it amazes me when I read posts from AT members from Australia, and England at how open it is there. SO.....internet readings are very valuable to a lot of Americans. I also agree with Miss Apples about the accuracy of the readings I have both given and received via the net. I think TAROT transcends cyberspace. Blessings, Indigo Rose

Lee	20 Jan 2004
Quote: Originally posted by Happiness One of them felt that you cannot give a proper reading via the internet, and so it was debasing Tarot to a degree. As a Wiccan, she felt more strongly attached to Tarot she explained. This reader is certainly entitled to her own opinion, however it is not up to her to decide what debases Tarot for other people. She can only do that for herself. So if she or anyone else tells you that something you're doing is "debasing Tarot," please remember that they have no authority to dictate to you what is or isn't the "correct" way of doing readings. Also, I don't see what her religion has to do with it. Who cares? Because she's Wiccan, that means she gets to tell me I can't read on the internet? I don't think so. I do professional readings on the internet, and it's worked out just fine. -- Lee :)

miss_apples	20 Jan 2004
Quote: Originally posted by Lee Also, I don't see what her religion has to do with it. Who cares? Because she's Wiccan, that means she gets to tell me I can't read on the internet? I don't think so. -- Lee :) I totally agree with you there. I think its people like that who makes their religion look bad when they say that their religion gives them the right to tell others how to conduct themselves on certain subjects.

Aerten	20 Jan 2004
Quote: Originally posted by miss_apples Aerten...I cant believe someone said the thing about people being too lazy to go out and get a reading. A lot of people just cant get out of the house whenever they want and go get a reading. Exactly! Isn't that just awful? I've never gotten an online reading myself, but I'm sure it isn't much different from doing it in person (minus the ambience). Hurumph!

KelarSkye	21 Jan 2004
In response to the person who told you that she was Wiccan and therefore felt she had more of a right to dictate how you read tarot...apparently she isn't too up to speed because tarot isn't Wiccan. Wiccans may use tarot, but in no way is tarot exclusively a Wiccan tradition. So there is a problem with her contention right off the bat. On top of that, I have both given and received very accurate readings online. The one I got in person was rather not helpful. Simply because someone has set up shop doesn't make them more authentic. I follow my intuition when deciding who I would like to read for me. Some people feel right and some people don't. It's very individual. Besides, my opinion on the concept of personal energy is that it can be accessed even at a distance because it isn't personal proximity, but connection on another plane that matters most. Kinda like the "Somewhere Out There" rendition in the movie The American Tale (sorry for the somewhat obscure reference to explain things :-) Kelar

TemperanceAngel	21 Jan 2004
but kinda not as well... Before I joined AT, I was a tad suspicious about reading via the internet and now I do it all the time :) I think it is being part of progress. How wonderful that I can read for my friends in Europe, UK, USA and anywhere else I have forgotten (Oz, of course!) It's cheaper than a phone call, reliable and I still think as accurate as if the person was there with you :) XTAX

Centaur	22 Jan 2004
Happiness, I think that this comes down to the fact that everyone is different and has different approaches to tarot, how it works, and when and how it should be done. Personally, I do not have a problem with readings over the Internet. Infact, I have received perhaps the most perceptive readings from very talented friends of mine over the Internet. I do not understand why she felt that Internet reading was somehow debasing tarot. I would just let that one fly over my head, as it seems she was attacking you on the basis of what SHE believed to be true. What YOU believe is a very different thing, therefore stick by your own beliefs. C

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