SuperBall
So wrote Eliot in "The Waste Land" about Madame Sosotris, the wisest woman in Europe. I have another issue for the community. I was reading someone yesterday, A knock at the door came during my reading and the Querent's first impulse was to look at me and say, "Quick! Cover it up!" before answering the door. A grown, taxpaying adult person. I did as they asked me out of respect for them, and I didn't really mind doing it. I don't venerate them, they are after all, a pack of cards.
I admit that I used to be wierd about them. I still haven't told my family back home that I read cards. I don't feel like its their business, and I don't want the drama that goes with a religious family 'birthing a sorcerous devil-worshipper' (don't even act like you don't know people like that!) I learned a lot from my teacher about this, and now I just do what she does. I'd sit across from her and read her cards, and someone would happen by and comment. She'd just smile up at them and say, "Yes, he's turning my Tarot cards, and he's very good at it, too!" I felt great, and she happily and politely told off a scoffer. She's not always near by to protect me, though.
Has anybody else in the community ever taken or currently take flak for their Tarot cards? What do you do? I love mine, I'm proud of my gift, and my deck and book go everywhere with me. I'm not ashamed, but I never quite have the right words to say. Should you say anything? I've only been reading a year, I'm not necessarily new to my gift, but I'm new to explaining it to people. Any tips on dealing with the sometimes-friendly curious???
I admit that I used to be wierd about them. I still haven't told my family back home that I read cards. I don't feel like its their business, and I don't want the drama that goes with a religious family 'birthing a sorcerous devil-worshipper' (don't even act like you don't know people like that!) I learned a lot from my teacher about this, and now I just do what she does. I'd sit across from her and read her cards, and someone would happen by and comment. She'd just smile up at them and say, "Yes, he's turning my Tarot cards, and he's very good at it, too!" I felt great, and she happily and politely told off a scoffer. She's not always near by to protect me, though.
Has anybody else in the community ever taken or currently take flak for their Tarot cards? What do you do? I love mine, I'm proud of my gift, and my deck and book go everywhere with me. I'm not ashamed, but I never quite have the right words to say. Should you say anything? I've only been reading a year, I'm not necessarily new to my gift, but I'm new to explaining it to people. Any tips on dealing with the sometimes-friendly curious???