Share Your Experience?

[brenmck]

My questions are:

How long did you live with the Tarot before you began reading for others?

Did you have a mentor/tutor?

Do querents often expect their reader to have a background in astrology?

Thanks in advance for your response.

brenmck

 

[Alta]

How long did you live with the Tarot before you began reading for others?

longer than most, more than 30 years

Did you have a mentor/tutor?

yes, and she made a huge difference in my confidence

Do querents often expect their reader to have a background in astrology?

no

 

[tmgrl2]

I had a mentor for work with color and handwriting readings...a long time ago...a psychic. Then I let much of that work go as I went into my professional life.

Then in 2004, I found Tarot...or it found me ....it was a powerfully moving tool in my life...I began reading online shortly after I got into it...then last fall, I began reading for people live...they would give me gift certificates or I would read for free...people I worked with or those they sent to me.

Then late fall, and early winter, I retired and began reading "professionally."

I don't need to read for money, but I do charge. I use a sliding scale. I read at home in my office by referrfal only. Tarot is a labor of love ...it is a spiritual event for me...reading.

So...my experience is limited, but my mentor, a member here at AT, has given me a great deal of encouragement and guidance...So...yes I have a mentor...

Plus I have several very close online friends here at AT that have been traveling along the journey of reading and I have learned much from them through our PM exchanges.

Of course, all of AT and the members are a constant source of guidance and learning.

Astrology. I haven't been doing this that long, but ...

No...no one asks me about astrology when I read...we talk about what Tarot is and what they think it is and what they expect from a reading...the process of building rapport is so crucial to reading for live sitters.

I do use some numerology...I use birthdays for the year cycle that my sitter is in at the time of the reading.

I know many people love the cards and the study and, then again, more people read online, but not everyone reads for live sitters nor reads for compensation.

Reading live is a whole different ballgame from doing readings online ...even when you read for someone you know.

Now I am having people that have been referred making appointments, so I know little or nothing about them when they come to me. That's just fine.

I guess ...it's like any passion. Writers MUST write. Singers MUST sing.

I MUST read the Tarot. When time passes and I haven't read, up pops someone asking for a reading and we're off.

Blessings to you, brenmck!! Savor the experience of Tarot.

terri

 

[Emeraldgirl]

How long did you live with the Tarot before you began reading for others?

About 4 years.

Did you have a mentor/tutor?

Sort of. I had my friends mum introduced me to tarot and give me my first deck but I moved away.

Do querents often expect their reader to have a background in astrology?

I haven't noticed but I only read for friends and family and a few parties so far.

 

[Barbaras Ahajusts]

25 yrs ago

<How long did you live with the Tarot before you began reading for others?

Did you have a mentor/tutor?

Do querents often expect their reader to have a background in astrology?>
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25 yrs ago, my sister bought me my first deck. It only took a couple of days to start reading. I had a strange sensation from the palm of my right hand that told me what cards to chose. Now I am able to lay hands on peoples chest to feel what they are going through.

I have never had a mentor, just people I have deeply respected. But when I did an Internet Relationship spread for someone new in my life today, I found the mentor/teacher/guide/"etc" yelling out to me! Does this count?

No one has ever ask me about astrology during a reading. When I do field these questions, I let them know where to find out more information. I'm to lazy to con anyone! LOL.

Barbara

 

[greycats]

Our family was a quick read

How long did I live with the tarot before I began reading for others? About half a day. A member of the family (not myself) got a deck as a gift and we all read for each other (directly from the little white book, of course). I was about the last one to take a turn because I was busy with housework. Once I got the deck in my hands, though, I could hardly put it down.

I never had a mentor.

I've had people ask me about astrology, but not in connection with the tarot. Mostly they seem to think the two are different, unconnected divination systems. I explore astronomical astrology which, in fact, is difficult to apply to tarot, so I'm not tempted to tell them otherwise.

 

[Psychebleu]

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[huredriel]

How long did you live with the Tarot before you began reading for others? Probably a couple of days

Did you have a mentor/tutor? Certain members here at Aeclectic

Do querents often expect their reader to have a background in astrology? I don't think so ..... although I am trying to understand more about astrology as I think it helps

Not sure if this is in connection with *professional* readers or not ..... but I don't charge as yet.

 

[Baroli]

My questions are:

How long did you live with the Tarot before you began reading for others?

Did you have a mentor/tutor?

Do querents often expect their reader to have a background in astrology?

Thanks in advance for your response.

brenmck

I started to read when I was in college, it was a big mistake because I didn't have a clue as to what I was doing, thus the readings came out poor (the cards teaching me a lesson). Then I walked away from them, but they were always in the back of my mind in a file called "For Use Later." LOL

I picked them up again recently after talking with someone who mentioned she read the cards. I resisted until I started dreaming about Tarot cards, they literally called to me. So perhaps one can say the cards have been my mentor, as well as Mary Greer's book on Tarot. I try to constantly learn about them and being older, I take the cards seriously.

No, I don't think sitters/querents necessarily want you to have a background in astrology, although having a little knowledge helps. I prefer using what little knowledge of numerology that I have besides looking at the pictures. It sometimes will help me understand the person I am reading for.

Baroli

 

[brenmck]

Thanks!

Thanks to everyone for very interesting sharing of experiences.
The people I've met, read for, and who have read for me on this Forum have all been a tremendous bonus to my study of Tarot. I never would have imagined the life-changing encounters I would have when I bought my first RWS.

~brenmck~