DarkElectric
Umbrae makes excellent points, as always.
One of these, with which I wholeheartedly agree, is that deck choice is important. Clients will respond more positively to a deck they like, as opposed to one which has images they find subtly (or not so subtly) disturbing.
I've always had excellent results with the lovely Gilded Tarot. My clients love it. And I also use the Connolly on the truly terrified. I discovered that early on. It's especially good to use with clients who are concerned that a reading is something that their religion would censure. Eileen Connolly is a Celtic Christian, and the Christian imagery in the deck can be reassuring to people who are concerned about faith based conflicts.
Also, many times clients come to us with preconceived notions of what the reading experience is "all about" based on either past experience from other readers ( this can be bad, good, or indifferent, depending on who they saw) or if total newbies, many times their impressions are formed by the media. And the job of the media is to sensationalise and entertain, so a skewed perspective is definitely possible.
Anyway, when I meet a fearful client, the first thing I do is talk to them honestly, ask why they're afraid, of what, and what are they expecting? More times than I care to recount I'll get a horror story about one of those SHUCKSTERS, you know, the ones who initially charge $10. for a reading, and then, all of a sudden..."You have a black aura. I see a HORRIBLE curse surrounding you. For $500. I can remove this curse, with my special bla, bla, bla,(insert mojo here,) but it might not work the first time if it's stubborn. We'll need to redo it in that case..." And people fall for it.
I had one woman burst out in tears when she begged me to tell her if her "black aura" meant she was going to die, or have bad luck forever. Of course, there was no black aura, and she was infinitely relieved when I assured her of that.
Yes, this ever so popular scam is perpetuated in every state in America. Not that every fearful client has had an "experience" with one of these people, but word gets around. My advice is not to rule out that the client has either met, or heard of someone like this, and it colours their judgment concerning readings.
Yes, these shucksters and con artists are one of MY pet peeves, because I hate people victimising the innocent, and their thieving tactics cast aspersions on the rest of us. AND the bad press these people generate many times causes unnecessary fear in clients, as I've seen in the field.
One of these, with which I wholeheartedly agree, is that deck choice is important. Clients will respond more positively to a deck they like, as opposed to one which has images they find subtly (or not so subtly) disturbing.
I've always had excellent results with the lovely Gilded Tarot. My clients love it. And I also use the Connolly on the truly terrified. I discovered that early on. It's especially good to use with clients who are concerned that a reading is something that their religion would censure. Eileen Connolly is a Celtic Christian, and the Christian imagery in the deck can be reassuring to people who are concerned about faith based conflicts.
Also, many times clients come to us with preconceived notions of what the reading experience is "all about" based on either past experience from other readers ( this can be bad, good, or indifferent, depending on who they saw) or if total newbies, many times their impressions are formed by the media. And the job of the media is to sensationalise and entertain, so a skewed perspective is definitely possible.
Anyway, when I meet a fearful client, the first thing I do is talk to them honestly, ask why they're afraid, of what, and what are they expecting? More times than I care to recount I'll get a horror story about one of those SHUCKSTERS, you know, the ones who initially charge $10. for a reading, and then, all of a sudden..."You have a black aura. I see a HORRIBLE curse surrounding you. For $500. I can remove this curse, with my special bla, bla, bla,(insert mojo here,) but it might not work the first time if it's stubborn. We'll need to redo it in that case..." And people fall for it.
I had one woman burst out in tears when she begged me to tell her if her "black aura" meant she was going to die, or have bad luck forever. Of course, there was no black aura, and she was infinitely relieved when I assured her of that.
Yes, this ever so popular scam is perpetuated in every state in America. Not that every fearful client has had an "experience" with one of these people, but word gets around. My advice is not to rule out that the client has either met, or heard of someone like this, and it colours their judgment concerning readings.
Yes, these shucksters and con artists are one of MY pet peeves, because I hate people victimising the innocent, and their thieving tactics cast aspersions on the rest of us. AND the bad press these people generate many times causes unnecessary fear in clients, as I've seen in the field.
M_M~
