Tarot Tips: The Benefits of Follow-Up Readings
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http://TarotSchool.com ISSN: 1529-0565 Vol. 9 #7 / September 1, 2017
In this Issue: - Welcome
- Tarot Tip: The Benefits of Follow-Up Readings
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THE BENEFITS OF FOLLOW-UP READINGS
by Grace counselor; the questions start flying like fastballs. “Are you really a psychic?” “So what am I thinking? I know you can read my mind.” “What are the winning lottery numbers? I’m sure we all have many stories that we could exchange about questions like these. I think there is a widespread misconception that tarot readers have all the secrets and answers to everything. Obviously, this is not the case. Many of us are here to help our clients with life’s challenges and roadblocks, but sometimes they don’t realize that their questions can’t all be answered in one reading. I always tell my clients, "Tarot readings are used as a guide and shouldn’t be the sole basis for making important decisions." I once had a client who desperately wanted a new job. Her reading showed that there was potential for a career shift. She got The Fool, Two of Wands and the Eight of Pentacles. I told her she could have a new job if she worked at polishing her skills and stepped outside of her bubble to meet new people. She seemed pleased with her reading, but came back a month later frustrated and defeated. The first thing she said was that she didn’t get the new job that came up in the last reading. I asked her what steps she had taken to try and get a new job and she said, “Nothing.” Her reasoning was that because the tarot cards showed that she would have a new job, she believed that she wouldn’t have to do anything for the new opportunity to fall in her lap. That reading was a lesson for both my client and myself. Now I always explain to the client about doing the work. Just like the weather, tarot cards can constantly change. I’m known for showing my clients some tough love, but I tell them they have to get out there and let the tarot cards work for them. In the example about the job, by getting a reading she was given a hidden insight that she could have used to help her work situation. Sending her resume to a potential employer or going to an after work mix-and-mingle are examples of ways she could have used the reading to her benefit. With the first reading, my client didn’t do the work, so I gave her another reading; this time I used the seven-card job spread called the Umbrella. The Umbrella Spread 1) The first card is the result of your efforts while looking for a job: The Moon, which showed her frustration and lack of drive while looking for a job. 2) The second card is other people’s help in your search for a job: Five of Cups. This still revealed that she wasn’t asking for help during her job search and that she was still focusing on the unhappiness at her current job. 3) The third card is what your experience while searching for a job is going to be like: Eight of Swords. She is trapped in fear and her thoughts are holding her back from actually looking for a new job even though she says that is what she wants. 4) The fourth card is what surprises you can come across while searching for a job: Two of Cups. I interpreted this as her meeting a new love interest or going into a business partnership with someone. 5) The fifth card is what type of career should you look at: The Ace of Wands. She can possibly start a new business. It showed that she is creative, and if she worked a little harder and was more passionate in her endeavors, she would be very successful. 6) The sixth card is the outcome and perspectives of your search: Six of Pentacles. Again, if she put in some effort, she would gain the success of finding a new job that she is happy with that could bring her more prosperity and balance. 7) The seventh card is what her distant future looks like for a successful career: Nine of Cups. She can have more happiness, success, fulfillment of accomplishments and financial stability. After this reading, two months later she came back and thanked me. She found a new job that she loved in her field of study that could lead to promotion opportunities, along with an increase in salary. She was excited about the guy she met while printing off resumes at Office Depot. She is now one of my regular clients. With this client, it took two readings to help her figure out what she needed to do. There may be other times when it will take more than two readings or maybe even more than three, but it’s all about giving your clients the information, and having them use it to their advantage. Intuition is key. About Grace: Recognizing her psychic gifts from age seven, Grace is an intuitive counselor and Reiki master who has been reading for over 15 years. She is available for in-person, phone and Skype readings. Phone: 248-890-3113 Facebook: Grace Intuitive Email: [email protected] Tarot School Aphorism THE 2018 READERS STUDIO WEBSITE IS LIVE!! ReadersStudio.com (poster art by the fabulous Ryan Edward) PsychWise: PSYCHE OR PSYCHIC? by Katrina Wynne, M.A. (excerpted from Life is But a Dream – Jung, Process Work and the Dreamtime in Tarot, presented at the 2017 Tarot and Psychology Conference presented by The Tarot School.) The word “psychic” is a common term in our world of
reading cards. Often, we associate it with an enhanced ability or skill to tap into information or communicate messages from a source other than the cards set before us, sort of a layering of meanings validated in more than one dimension. You may have come across the assumption from the general public that all card readers are psychic, or found yourself differentiating between being intuitive in contrast to being a clear psychic channel. Here is what popular dictionaries say about the term “Psychic”: • Cambridge Dictionary — adjective – 1) having to do with the mind and the emotions rather than with the body; 2) If a person, experience, or event is said to be psychic, the person’s abilities or the nature of the experience or event cannot be explained by modern science. noun – a person believed to have abilities, especially involving a knowledge of the future, that cannot be explained by modern science. • Wikipedia.org — A psychic is a person who claims to use extrasensory perception (ESP) to identify information hidden from the normal senses. The word "psychic" is also used as an adjective to describe such abilities. Some famous psychics include Edgar Cayce, Miss Cleo, John Edward, and Sylvia Browne. Wikipedia describes the etymology of the term “psychic” as a Greek word for the human mind, derived from the word “psyche” meaning “soul”, which can be associated with “breath” and even spirit, as well as conscious life. Psyche in Psychology In psychology we are embarked on the study of our individual soul’s journey as well as the collective system or network which can include the conscious and the unconscious realms. This work with the conscious/unconscious processes is much closer to what Swiss analyst, Carl G. Jung meant when he used the word “Psychic” to mean…of the Psyche. Jung was highly influenced by the philosophy of Plato who wrote that after death, when the soul separates from the body, the Psyche is better able to gain wisdom and experience the Platonic forms (see Wynne’s August 2017 article on “Archetypes”). Plato’s teachings later evolved into what Greek philosopher Aristotle expressed as the “three souls” (psyches). As we look at Jung’s contribution, the evolution of these three souls appears roughly as three levels of consciousness. Jung described the Psyche as comprising these three levels of consciousness: • Conscious • Personal Unconscious • Deep or Collective Unconscious As you can see, Jung combined these three concepts under one title, the Psyche, then proceeded to describe attributes of this totality as “psychic.” In other words, every aspect of consciousness, from mundane awareness of everyday life to the deep dreaming of our collective unconscious, is a function of being psychic for it is of the Psyche. We all have Psyches and thus can be described as psychic at any moment when referring to our conscious or unconscious process. In my psychotherapeutic studies a distinction is made that describes “conscious” as being what one is aware of in any moment. The “personal unconscious” is what you may know, but are not thinking of or recalling at that moment, while the “collective unconscious” is a greater topic better saved for a future article. Suffice it to say that when we as readers are accessing information that is within our conscious knowing or memory, such as card knowledge, we are utilizing the conscious mind, drawing from our personal unconscious memory banks. But tapping into the collective unconscious is what we typically describe as psychic reading. As you can see, Jung would not limit the term psychic to the deep unconscious alone. “Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate.” — Carl G. Jung For me, the goal of working with Tarot and other oracle cards is to find a channel for bringing our dreamy unconscious material to the surface of our awareness, and, hopefully, in a way that inspires our clients to do the same. By raising awareness individually, and especially collectively, we move away from fatalistic belief systems and allow ourselves to feel and act more powerfully, responsibly, and more alive. Raising awareness is the key, from Jung’s point of view, for it opens the door to what he called our “Individuation” process…a topic for a future Tarot Tips article. Resource: For empowering ways of reading Tarot cards applying Jung’s concepts please read An Introduction to Transformative Tarot Counseling by Katrina Wynne, M.A. It is available as a Kindle e-book on Amazon.com or it can be ordered directly from Katrina: https://tarotcounseling.wordpress.com/products-books/book-transformative-tarot-counseling/ Katrina Wynne, MA, CTM, CTI, CLC is an internationally renowned Transformative Tarot Counselor™ and trained psychotherapist with 45 years’ experience living the wisdom of Tarot. Contact Katrina at: www.TarotCounseling.org - website www.MySacredJourney.org - weblog www.OracleSoup.org - podcast www.Facebook.com/katrina.wynne/ Best Practices for Professional Readers ARE PRO BONO READINGS COSTING YOU? By Gina Thies www.tarotadvisor.com / www.facebook.com/tarotreaders www.tarotcoupling.com / www.oraclesoup.org It’s an all too common tactic for readers to offer free or sample readings to would-be prospects, in the hopes of turning these leads into paying clients. Some practitioners offer their reading services to charitable organizations as a donation or as a way of volunteering. Just as open houses in real estate rarely bring same- day purchases, free readings are hard work for very little return. There are some successful practitioners that have made pro bono readings work for their business but they are exceptions to the rules. It is understandable that the strategy of offering your services free of charge seems like a great lead generation tactic. I don’t have statistics either way, but I do have experience on how it worked when I worked as an independent contractor on a psychic site. So how would a free reading cost you money? The most relevant way is that pro bono services aren’t tax deductible. The first thing to know is that there are distinctions between donating your professional service and volunteering. If one sits online in a forum or on a social media site for 1.5-2 hours answering questions for free, the expenses incurred for internet connection, electricity and other things to contact prospects potentially put you in the red. Also, since you aren’t spending advertising dollars in most cases, you may be at risk for not being able to use that time as a deduction. Publicity and exposure have value but only if it’s a business expense. The hours spent consulting for free are not viewed by the IRS as a deductible. The IRS gives specific qualifications for pro bono expense that you may be able to use. Sure, giving back to the community or serving those less fortunate may feel good to the soul but may be hurting your profit. 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