Aoife
We don’t talk that much here about the actual reading Event and process.
So, putting my head above the parapet once again, here is my personal view:
I need to preface this by saying that my readings are not a commercial transaction. If they were, I would possibly feel differently. I also rarely read for people I don’t know quite well.
I am not interested in delivering straight, predictive readings. I don’t believe they’re of much use, and they tend to allow the Querent to be a passive recipient. Much as its delightful to have my ego stroked by such recipients’ awe, there’s a risk that I could start to believe my own hype. And besides, I’m no longer prepared to do all of the work.
The reading Event, I believe, should be an interactive process... a subtle balance of power.... with the aim of self empowerment.
Hence,
~ The reading Event is not about me, its about the Querent..... their life, their experiences, their inner wisdom and strategies.
~ I’m not there to provide the answers... my role is to highlight the routes, the signposts, the anomalies.
~ My aim is to find the triggers for the querent to make their own connections.
~ My responsibility is to ’tune in’ to the Querent, not to deliver an impeccable litany of meanings.
~ My responsibility is to find the Querent between the cards.
~ The ’meanings’ are specific to the Querent, not the cards. It is not for me to determine what has meaning.
~ My ‘readings’ largely take the form of questions.
~ I aim to do less than 50% of the talking.
~ The best measure of success is when the Querent feels they’ve accessed their own inner wisdom, drawing to conscious thought transferable ideas and strategies.
Acknowledgement to Umbrae: I pinched his term, the reading 'Event'.
So, putting my head above the parapet once again, here is my personal view:
I need to preface this by saying that my readings are not a commercial transaction. If they were, I would possibly feel differently. I also rarely read for people I don’t know quite well.
I am not interested in delivering straight, predictive readings. I don’t believe they’re of much use, and they tend to allow the Querent to be a passive recipient. Much as its delightful to have my ego stroked by such recipients’ awe, there’s a risk that I could start to believe my own hype. And besides, I’m no longer prepared to do all of the work.
The reading Event, I believe, should be an interactive process... a subtle balance of power.... with the aim of self empowerment.
Hence,
~ The reading Event is not about me, its about the Querent..... their life, their experiences, their inner wisdom and strategies.
~ I’m not there to provide the answers... my role is to highlight the routes, the signposts, the anomalies.
~ My aim is to find the triggers for the querent to make their own connections.
~ My responsibility is to ’tune in’ to the Querent, not to deliver an impeccable litany of meanings.
~ My responsibility is to find the Querent between the cards.
~ The ’meanings’ are specific to the Querent, not the cards. It is not for me to determine what has meaning.
~ My ‘readings’ largely take the form of questions.
~ I aim to do less than 50% of the talking.
~ The best measure of success is when the Querent feels they’ve accessed their own inner wisdom, drawing to conscious thought transferable ideas and strategies.
Acknowledgement to Umbrae: I pinched his term, the reading 'Event'.