Do you read for others "without" their permission?

[Grizabella]

Originally Posted by tarotbear

There is - in my mind - IMHO - quite a difference between 'Do you read FOR others (without their permission)' and 'Do you read ABOUT others (without their permission)' for someone else.

The Former would be a close friend tells you about a problem they are having and later you go do a reading about it and tell them the results afterwards.

The Latter would be those nosy, intrusive questions people ask about others with no purpose other than to find out info they should ask the person directly or is none of their business in any situation.

Yes, and I was just going to throw in that I have enough to worry about without spending idle time just reading about other people to see what I can snoop out. My point in saying "yes, I do" in answer to this thread is that of course none of us is a hermit literally speaking. We all have people involved in our lives and therefore, a reading for or about someone is going to include those people most of the time.

[ilweran]

Yes I have, very occasionally - for example someone I work with went away to stay with friends when she was pregnant and ended up in hospital with nobody really knowing what was wrong, I did a reading on her situation because I was worried. I think thats the only sort of time I would - if I was worried but unable to get more information because of distance or other circumstances. Luckily in that case the reading was positive and everything did turn out alright.

[fairybugg]

Originally Posted by Sulis

You can also read about fictional characters though, I found that a really good way to practice.

This has proved to be extremely helpful to me.

[videojob8]

Originally Posted by Tarot by G

So do you read for others without them knowing?

Is there bad karma in doing this?

[Grizabella]

Originally Posted by videojob8

Is there bad karma in doing this?

It depends on who you ask. I don't believe there is but others seem to. I think it's the intent that matters and I think it also depends on whether you secretly feel it's wrong and in that case, your conscience would cause you bad repercussions.

I consider myself a good Tarot reader. But there's no such thing as 100% accuracy and I'm not egotistical enough to think that every single thing I might see in the cards about someone would be 100% true. Therefore, why waste my time trying to "snoop" on them with the cards? I'm just not that interested. In reading for others, I trust myself highly, but in just reading to snoop, I wouldn't be so sure at all. I think my nefarious intent would probably screw up my "Tarot signal".

[The crowned one]

Originally Posted by videojob8

Is there bad karma in doing this?

IF you believe in karma, it would depend on intent.

[momentarylight]

Originally Posted by Tarot by G

I am just curious? So do you read for others without them knowing? Or do you always get permission?

I guess that most people have read for or about others at some time in their tarot journey, without the knowledge or consent of the 'others' - whoever they may be.

People think about others a lot of the time. We are forever trying to understand others, get to know them better, work with them, get along with them, love them and so on. We don't ask for permission to do that.

I don't see that reading for or about them is always much different from this.

It IS a little presumptive of people to think that they have special 'magical' gifts through tarot that somehow give them special access to another individual's innermost secrets or motivations. Quite a few tarot reader struggle enough with projection anyway, and many don't even understand projection as a possible risk.

If I read about another 'without his or her knowledge or consent' (a very rare thing now), I know quite clearly that I am really reading about myself - my own feelings, fears, concerns, curiosity, sense of obligation and so on. The cards might help clarify my OWN thinking, not open the door to the other's thinking or motivations any more than the usual human wisdom and intuition.

The same applies to reading about situations. The cards open the door to my own inner wisdom when it might be blocked by something quite ordinarily human.

[EricthoDeSalamander]

I'll admit that I do read ABOUT people sometimes, especially when it comes to particular social situations and what to do when I happen to encounter said situation/person. Do I deliberately "snoop" through others dirty laundry? No. So no, I don't think it's unethical, especially when comes to understanding a particular person/situation better.

[iAmRiotEyes]

It's probably not ethical but it's for practice. Celebrities, friends, neighbors, it doesn't matter, I'll read for them. I don't get into really personal things though. I like to see how events turn out as "feedback" on how accurate I really was and gain experience. I mean I could do readings here for people but by reading for others who don't know I don't have to type up these long reports.

[gregory]

For practice I prefer fictional characters anyway ! And ideally - TV soaps. You find out how you did in a matter of hours