Umbrae
Over the years I've found that starting with them face-down and then turning them as I’m reading has benefits, in most (but not all) cases.
For starters – the sitter is not there all panicky staring at the Death card, palms sweating while I’m talking about how wonderful the 6 of Cups is. “But what about this?”
“I’m not there yet”
“But I wanna know.”
“I’ll get there…”
“Am I gonna die?”
“No you’re not gonna die, I want to focus on these cards…”
“Everybody dies. Why are you avoiding talking to me about Death…”
Get the picture?
It helps keep me from being overwhelmed by the all the ‘stuff’, helps provide focus for both ME and the SITTER.
But with established sitters, where you’ve done a handful of reading for them, sometimes face up is cool.
If I’m doing an Umbrae’s Relationship Spread, that’s all face-up from the get-go.
So to answer your question – it all depends on the reading. But usually, I start with face-down.
Oooo ooo ooo I almost forgot. So you start with them all face-up. The sitter sits there quietly not saying a word – you’re trying to talk about that there 6 of Cups and Death keeps pulling YOU away from where you’re supposed to be.
Focus – it’s all about focus. Starting out face-up looks impressive (all them pretty pictures from that oooo so cool deck), but trust me – in a professional reading situation – you need all the focus you can get.
So learn – face down.
For starters – the sitter is not there all panicky staring at the Death card, palms sweating while I’m talking about how wonderful the 6 of Cups is. “But what about this?”
“I’m not there yet”
“But I wanna know.”
“I’ll get there…”
“Am I gonna die?”
“No you’re not gonna die, I want to focus on these cards…”
“Everybody dies. Why are you avoiding talking to me about Death…”
Get the picture?
It helps keep me from being overwhelmed by the all the ‘stuff’, helps provide focus for both ME and the SITTER.
But with established sitters, where you’ve done a handful of reading for them, sometimes face up is cool.
If I’m doing an Umbrae’s Relationship Spread, that’s all face-up from the get-go.
So to answer your question – it all depends on the reading. But usually, I start with face-down.
Oooo ooo ooo I almost forgot. So you start with them all face-up. The sitter sits there quietly not saying a word – you’re trying to talk about that there 6 of Cups and Death keeps pulling YOU away from where you’re supposed to be.
Focus – it’s all about focus. Starting out face-up looks impressive (all them pretty pictures from that oooo so cool deck), but trust me – in a professional reading situation – you need all the focus you can get.
So learn – face down.