berrieh
This is from another thread, but it was not wholly on topic to get into:
...quoted with firemaiden's permission.
I think this is an awesome question. So, folks. What makes an accurate reading. (And sorry if this belongs in "Talking Tarot." I couldn't decide between the two forums, but the initial thread it springs from is in here.)
I'd love to hear thoughts on this. I think the "being understood" feeling is such a great way to describe it... it's like there's this *connection* when a reading is really good, and I can feel it as a Reader, and a few times, I've felt it as a Sitter. I can even feel it when I read for myself sometimes.
What's the word for it, though?
And is validating the past important? I think it is, personally, as I like to look at it and validate it if possible (especially in live or paid readings). Do you validate the past in your readings for others? For yourself?
I sometimes look at the past cards in Spreads for myself for eons, much longer than I look at the future cards. How about you?
firemaiden said:Maybe we could all take a minute to think about what an accurate reading really is? What does it mean to say a reading is dead on? I mean, how can you really know if it was accurate?
Isn't it up to the querant to apply it however? I mean if a reading is predicting the future --- how will you know if it makes sense until the whole future is over, like in 100 years?
And if you are predicting the past... well, that's just silly, only the querant knows his past... the past is done already.
If you are analysing the present, well -- I guess it's up for grabs.
Seriously, what does it mean to say a reading is right on?
The best I can understand, is either a reading resonates or it doesn't. You feel understood, or you don't...
Honestly, I am also very wary of the terms 'accurate" or 'inaccurate' with regard to a reading. You'll know if it was accurate when you receive that lava lamp, ten years later.
...quoted with firemaiden's permission.
I think this is an awesome question. So, folks. What makes an accurate reading. (And sorry if this belongs in "Talking Tarot." I couldn't decide between the two forums, but the initial thread it springs from is in here.)
I'd love to hear thoughts on this. I think the "being understood" feeling is such a great way to describe it... it's like there's this *connection* when a reading is really good, and I can feel it as a Reader, and a few times, I've felt it as a Sitter. I can even feel it when I read for myself sometimes.
What's the word for it, though?
And is validating the past important? I think it is, personally, as I like to look at it and validate it if possible (especially in live or paid readings). Do you validate the past in your readings for others? For yourself?
I sometimes look at the past cards in Spreads for myself for eons, much longer than I look at the future cards. How about you?