The only people who really objected to my doing it, and quite vehemently too, were my Mom and current bf. They tried their all to stop me, but it didn't work. My bf saw it wasn't working and learnt to keep his thoughts to himself, my Mom never stopped trying to stop me as long as she lived.
Otherwise, the reaction I get sometimes is discomfort or fear, just that look in their eyes, they almost take a step backwards when you tell them you read the cards. People sometimes just go: "Me, I would NEVER have my cards read, I'm too afraid of what they might say."
At that point I try to tell them that it is not like that, and that the future is flexible and what the cards say will happen is just one possible future among many, and they can change that future. Which if course is not the traditional view of how the future works in our society.
When the get scared like that I try to explain all that, but I don't think anyone has ever believed me. I just get the look, like "OK, this person is not quite as sane as I had thought"
And if I tell people I feel I channel the answers somewhat (which I do feel is part of the process for me) the look intensifies.
For myself I am coming to realize that you change others, and you can't make them see somethign they are too uncomfortable to look at. I'm about to think just accept taht I can't change others and maybe it's not even right to try unless they ask you for more info on it. We all have the right to view the workings of the Universe as we want to, accurate or not. I know I would not want someone coming up to me and telling me that my views of life are all wrong and I need to change them.
Even if I was wrong I would not know it and I sure would consider it nervy of someone to come up and tell me how I should think.
So I think when it comes to Tarot I will just accept our right to all be different from now on and not try to change people. That is G-d's job to make them ready to see in new ways. And then they will be curious and seek the info out.
I still do think Tarot should be much more mainstream and I honestly do think it should be taught in school, along with other more spiritual subjects (spiritual not religious necessarily), like when we learn the parts of human body in elementary school, why not also teach about the subtle body, energy fields, the chakras...Yes and Tarot.
Tarot to me is a vital life skill that enhances all areas of life. I don't feel that everyone should be exposed to it at least. And in a positive way that dispells the myths surrounnding it.
Babs