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With the example of the [tarot] Five of Swords as outcome (I don't read oracles so couldn't provide any suggestion on that medium,) in my opinion, it doesn't necessarily mean that the cards are advising the seeker not to go there or that there is no real answer to the question. I'd suspect it could be saying that if she keeps going the way she is going, she'll win...but it will cost her dearly in some way. (i.e. be careful what you ask for because you are about to get it--but it will be painful or upsetting in a way she is not expecting it to be.)
So, maybe it's worth thinking about whether or not you are trying to take on too much onus in "helping" your seeker(s) and where you might consider setting firmer boundaries about what the role of a card-reader is for you.
Just some thoughts offered only for sake of discussion, of course.
I think it's easy to move beyond simply reading cards to feeling the need to give advice (which, admittedly, many seekers are looking for--just listen to their questions: "Should I do this?") But card reading is actually just reading the energies shown in the cards and tying those energies together to give a picture of: 1.) what is going on in the seeker's life (Present), 2.) where that energy came from (Foundation/Past), and 3.) where things are headed if she changes nothing (Future/Outcome)...then telling your seeker that the cards are showing this trend of energy. It's not really a card-reader's job to extrapolate why that might be the case or what the seeker "should" do to deal with it. That is up to her to decide and act upon, because it is really her destiny to forge, using the trend of energies shown in the cards to guide her.Amanda_04 said:So essentially, this is *my* problem for believing it to be my responsibility to always find an answer. And it's not that there isn't one, just not one for me or the cards to answer.
So, maybe it's worth thinking about whether or not you are trying to take on too much onus in "helping" your seeker(s) and where you might consider setting firmer boundaries about what the role of a card-reader is for you.
Just some thoughts offered only for sake of discussion, of course.