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jmd said:There is also, for those two 'levels', an assumption that an increase in the number of cards used is somehow indicative of greater reading skill. In my personal experience, this may in fact be quite incorrect. A reader who enters the divinatory 'space' may narrate a whole hour's reading (as an example) using only a single card.
A reader who only ever uses up to three cards in their reading is nonetheless presumed to somehow be, by the TCBA, inferior to those who use greater number of cards in a spread.
That's why I don't understand why some readers identify how many cards as related to how much they will charge the client. I could go on for at least a half hour with just one card and the majority of my readings are 3-6 cards so yeah (and I still do larger spreads like Celtic or Zodiac but it's often not necessary...
As an aside I do have certification but it is for a good and useful reason (and ultimately not for me -- I don't need an organization telling me I can read (the stamp of approval) when the people that most count are my clients).