Barleywine
As I work my way back into professional reading, I've come to the realization that my favorite spread, the Celtic Cross, is just a bit too elaborate to shoehorn into a 30-minute reading session. With a 5 minute introduction, that leaves about 2.5 minutes per card, which seems like short shrift for a sitter who is looking for some depth. When I arranged with the shop owner to do readings there, I told her that my experience with the CC is that they average around 45 minutes, and that has been holding true. But charging $45 instead of $30 is a bit more than the local market for readings can bear. So I'm going to switch to my seven-card stripped-down version of the CC that I consider a "personal destiny" spread without all the time-line embellishments.
For those who read "on-the-clock" in public, how many cards can you comfortably cover in a half hour and still give fair coverage to the essential details? Do you have any "tricks" that speed things up without getting too shallow? It's the card-by-card and combined analysis that's the issue, since ten cards is a lot, even if some only require brief mention in the narrative.
For those who read "on-the-clock" in public, how many cards can you comfortably cover in a half hour and still give fair coverage to the essential details? Do you have any "tricks" that speed things up without getting too shallow? It's the card-by-card and combined analysis that's the issue, since ten cards is a lot, even if some only require brief mention in the narrative.