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There may have been a thread on something similar to this...and if there is, I apologize that I was too lazy to look for it.
Last night, at teh end of my tarot meeting group, we had a chance to practice readings. I ended up doing three of them with the Deviant Moon.
(I have yet to receive a reading, but I digress)
Anywho...this one sitter kind of hovered and asked for a reading. I gave him one and even when I went through each of the four cards and explained my interpretation of them, he refused to get it. He kept saying, "But these cards [he gestures to the three cards in a row--first one 8 of Swords reversed, last two upright aces of Pents and Swords, respectively] say yes but when you add in this card [the base card, which was Strength reversed], it means no."
I shook my head and repeated my interpretation; I actually got a rather positive inference from the cards.
Again, the sitter said, "You're not getting it. If I do this [he repeats his question], then this will occur. So the cards are telling me no."
I shake my head again and repeat my interpretation. Again. Politely. And I go through each card and the card combos that stood out to me, adn explained why they did so, and what it meant--again.
THe querent once again says, "But if you look at these cards [points to the three cards in a row again], they mean yes. And then this card [points to STrength rx again] makes it no."
I say, "Sir, I'm not doing a yes/no spread and even if I was, these cards would not indicate a yes or a no. I am doing a situation/advice/outcome interpretation, and the base card indicates the hidden influences that you may not know about with regard to your question. But if you are getting that these cards are telling you 'no', then perhaps you should go with that."
(hey...I don't know what his spirit guides may have been telling him. *shrug* Although he did seem to have a lot of...um...mentally spiritual activity, if you catch my drift)
He simply shook his head, expressed regret that I didn't give him a clear answer, thanked me, and left.
*sigh*
After he left, some people who were watching the reading (it was an open area), the woman I'd read for previously said, "something was off about him. I got a weird vibe." I did too, but I didn't want to say anything. This dude's energy was way scattered.
What do you do when a sitter just refuses to accept your interpretation? What can you do? You can't force them to accept what you say, even though they pay you to do just that (this was a free reading as part of the group--maybe that's why he was so resistant?).
Oh well...this gives me experience for when I start reading in the store in a couple of weeks.
Just a brief vent. Thx for letting me share.
T.
Last night, at teh end of my tarot meeting group, we had a chance to practice readings. I ended up doing three of them with the Deviant Moon.
(I have yet to receive a reading, but I digress)
Anywho...this one sitter kind of hovered and asked for a reading. I gave him one and even when I went through each of the four cards and explained my interpretation of them, he refused to get it. He kept saying, "But these cards [he gestures to the three cards in a row--first one 8 of Swords reversed, last two upright aces of Pents and Swords, respectively] say yes but when you add in this card [the base card, which was Strength reversed], it means no."
I shook my head and repeated my interpretation; I actually got a rather positive inference from the cards.
Again, the sitter said, "You're not getting it. If I do this [he repeats his question], then this will occur. So the cards are telling me no."
I shake my head again and repeat my interpretation. Again. Politely. And I go through each card and the card combos that stood out to me, adn explained why they did so, and what it meant--again.
THe querent once again says, "But if you look at these cards [points to the three cards in a row again], they mean yes. And then this card [points to STrength rx again] makes it no."
I say, "Sir, I'm not doing a yes/no spread and even if I was, these cards would not indicate a yes or a no. I am doing a situation/advice/outcome interpretation, and the base card indicates the hidden influences that you may not know about with regard to your question. But if you are getting that these cards are telling you 'no', then perhaps you should go with that."
(hey...I don't know what his spirit guides may have been telling him. *shrug* Although he did seem to have a lot of...um...mentally spiritual activity, if you catch my drift)
He simply shook his head, expressed regret that I didn't give him a clear answer, thanked me, and left.
*sigh*
After he left, some people who were watching the reading (it was an open area), the woman I'd read for previously said, "something was off about him. I got a weird vibe." I did too, but I didn't want to say anything. This dude's energy was way scattered.
What do you do when a sitter just refuses to accept your interpretation? What can you do? You can't force them to accept what you say, even though they pay you to do just that (this was a free reading as part of the group--maybe that's why he was so resistant?).
Oh well...this gives me experience for when I start reading in the store in a couple of weeks.
Just a brief vent. Thx for letting me share.
T.