Well, I'm perfectly happy to take money for a Tarot reading. A card reading is draining and it requires an exchange of energy - the client is taking my energy when I read for them. Consequently the client needs to pay me for my energy in some form of energy in return. They could give me groceries, or they could give me a nice home-cooked meal. They could fix my bike or sew me a dress, but perhaps they are not comfortable doing those things. Money is a stand-in for that energy exchange and it's one that I can direct toward buying that dress, or buying what I need to fix my bike.
It's still just a way of recognizing that energy exchange and of correcting for the imbalance that a reading creates. That's all. It's no more moral than is any other action - but people can easily make it immoral. The money itself doesn't care either way.
That is fine, and this is not a criticism ...
When I give out stuff ( whatever ) ... 'The Universe' ( or whatever you want to call it ) does not seem to require that what is returned to me has to come back from the same source.
I gave some stuff away ..... someone else gave me stuff back. My friend decided she was not going to pay me the money she owed me ... and I won $400 on lotto ( hope she does that again ! ) . *
When I moved away from my home, I let someone stay in it for free, although I could have charged rent. My car blew up, then my friends car blew up on me, she said doesnt matter it was crap anyway, lend me the money to buy a new one ( okay - 'lend' is different). But then she had to pay me back in small amounts. I moved back home, no money, no car, but them my ex-boss bought one for me ... for 'all the extra stuff you did for me and my family when you worked for me.
Here is a great one ... my friend had twins, she was alone and needed some help, so I got involved ... then I got to have an amazing 'baby experience' that I never had before ( twins ... phew! )
... and so on.
( By the way, I live on the most wonderful place and in amazing environs ... the land was free too ... but I know many people cant believe I live the way I do ) .
* Talk of the 'devil ' , she just turned up and wants me to drive her to the city tomorrow. I said ok. She got an inheritance and said she will pay for the trip. and lunch and buy me something special I have wanted, that I have not been able to afford .... hmmm, I cant decide what is yet .