rabidwolfie
If this question has been asked before, I do appologise, I've not looked for it.
At work, I did a tarot reading for a friend of mine, mostly for fun because at that point it had been over a year since I'd done anything with my cards except among family.
She was surprised by how much information I was able to give her about her situation, & she talked one of her friends into reading for them, & quickly word spread.
Now I have at least three people per day coming up to me asking me for a reading, mostly just to see how accurate I am. I don't mind, I find true enjoyment in it so long as I don't get hecklers. I refuse to even let people with negative attitudes toward me even touch my cards. However...
I have to limit myself to one reading per day, which people don't seem to understand. I don't know why, but for some reason, every time I do a reading for someone, irregardless of the deck I use, it takes a lot of energy from me. Several other people at work also do tarot (though none of them say so openly after seeing what I go through) & all of them have told me that they could do readings all day & it takes nothing from them but time.
I don't understand why this is.
How I do a reading is I will hand the questioner the deck & tell them to shuffle. Then I take the cards directly from the top of the deck into the selected pattern & amount. That done, I write position & card on a peice of paper which I then write the basic meaning of each individual card.
After all this is done, I will then take a new sheet of paper & write down in a paragragh my interpretation & what each card means in each position.
I do it this way because if I try to do an oral reading, I can't make sence of things & I need time to look them over. Once I start the interpretation, I just write down what comes to mind, whether or not it makes sence to me. To date, they always make sense to the questioner.
I don't think it's the writing itself that drains me, as I write all the time. Usually in spiral bound notebooks. Is there something I'm doing wrong? Something that I'm missing? I don't want to have to turn people away but I may start doing just that. I feel tired all the time lately & it's begining to affect me in & outside of work. Any helpful suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
At work, I did a tarot reading for a friend of mine, mostly for fun because at that point it had been over a year since I'd done anything with my cards except among family.
She was surprised by how much information I was able to give her about her situation, & she talked one of her friends into reading for them, & quickly word spread.
Now I have at least three people per day coming up to me asking me for a reading, mostly just to see how accurate I am. I don't mind, I find true enjoyment in it so long as I don't get hecklers. I refuse to even let people with negative attitudes toward me even touch my cards. However...
I have to limit myself to one reading per day, which people don't seem to understand. I don't know why, but for some reason, every time I do a reading for someone, irregardless of the deck I use, it takes a lot of energy from me. Several other people at work also do tarot (though none of them say so openly after seeing what I go through) & all of them have told me that they could do readings all day & it takes nothing from them but time.
I don't understand why this is.
How I do a reading is I will hand the questioner the deck & tell them to shuffle. Then I take the cards directly from the top of the deck into the selected pattern & amount. That done, I write position & card on a peice of paper which I then write the basic meaning of each individual card.
After all this is done, I will then take a new sheet of paper & write down in a paragragh my interpretation & what each card means in each position.
I do it this way because if I try to do an oral reading, I can't make sence of things & I need time to look them over. Once I start the interpretation, I just write down what comes to mind, whether or not it makes sence to me. To date, they always make sense to the questioner.
I don't think it's the writing itself that drains me, as I write all the time. Usually in spiral bound notebooks. Is there something I'm doing wrong? Something that I'm missing? I don't want to have to turn people away but I may start doing just that. I feel tired all the time lately & it's begining to affect me in & outside of work. Any helpful suggestions would be greatly appreciated.