shadowdancer
I have just had a two day reading festival and it went well. Quiet (compared to all previous festivals) but I was happy. A friend of mine went to see another reader at the festival and told me afterwards he felt unhappy.
Basically he was told some intense stuff:
He would become seriously ill
His daughter would have a heart attack
Another family member (daughter or daughter in law) would have an unplanned pregnancy.
He said there was some positive stuff but he came away feeling very negative with the above comments really sticking in his mind.
I am not judging or commenting on the reader or the info. It would not be professional for me to do so, especially as I was not privvy to the whole reading. After all, he may well now be forearmed to be careful regarding health. Others may see that as being inappropriate - that it has crossed the line of our limitations in such matters. We all have different styles and different ways of working. It just made me wonder: what are our boundaries? How do we put across issues as shown above whereby we don't cause distress? Or do we not mention them?
No right or wrong answer - but I am curious as to how we all feel about our personal ethics etc.
Personally, I would not have picked up specifics like that. It would have to be an amazing combination of cards to get all of those issues, and if I had - I would perhaps not have been so blunt, but that is just me. Would I be in the wrong if I didn't lay on the line what could be seen as serious issues? Or would I be doing the right thing by softening the message?
Davina
Basically he was told some intense stuff:
He would become seriously ill
His daughter would have a heart attack
Another family member (daughter or daughter in law) would have an unplanned pregnancy.
He said there was some positive stuff but he came away feeling very negative with the above comments really sticking in his mind.
I am not judging or commenting on the reader or the info. It would not be professional for me to do so, especially as I was not privvy to the whole reading. After all, he may well now be forearmed to be careful regarding health. Others may see that as being inappropriate - that it has crossed the line of our limitations in such matters. We all have different styles and different ways of working. It just made me wonder: what are our boundaries? How do we put across issues as shown above whereby we don't cause distress? Or do we not mention them?
No right or wrong answer - but I am curious as to how we all feel about our personal ethics etc.
Personally, I would not have picked up specifics like that. It would have to be an amazing combination of cards to get all of those issues, and if I had - I would perhaps not have been so blunt, but that is just me. Would I be in the wrong if I didn't lay on the line what could be seen as serious issues? Or would I be doing the right thing by softening the message?
Davina