Comments on: The Ethics of Tarot Reading

By: Clare

Clare — Sun, 02 Mar 2014 04:27:29 +0000

Thank you so very much for the reply! Your information will help A LOT!

I will definitely get a business paypal organized and check out those links!

Kind thoughts and many blessings to you,

Clare xx

By: Brigit

Brigit — Mon, 17 Feb 2014 04:42:56 +0000

Hi Clare,

I highly recommend taking payment before you do the reading, usually with PayPal (secure for both buyer and seller). Make sure it is very clear on your webpage what you offer and how and when you will respond to your clients. Check out https://biddytarot.com/what-to-expect/ and https://biddytarot.com/tarotreading/brigit/

Hope that helps.

Brigit

By: Clare

Clare — Thu, 13 Feb 2014 09:38:52 +0000

Hi Brigit, I love your advice for giving tarot readings via email. I have been thinking about starting to do readings via email as my health is hindering me from giving them in person, I can’t talk for too long before I have difficulty breathing and speaking. I was wondering how you ethically deal with the payment process? I want people to feel secure, and know they are going to get what they pay for, but I also don’t want to get taken advantage of. No idea how to go about the technical aspect of this and you seem to be the right woman to ask

Any advice would be much appreciated!

Many thanks and blessings to you, in anticipation,

Clare Markwick

By: Brigit

Brigit — Sun, 02 Feb 2014 22:41:26 +0000

Courtney, that’s some very good advice. Thanks for sharing. There will be different points with different people where it becomes information overload or they’re just not ready to process what might be difficult information.

By: Courtney

Courtney — Sat, 01 Feb 2014 20:45:21 +0000

One thing I have learned doing Tarot for others is that people have different tolerances to information. For some, I find they can be quite shaken by the experience. So I have learned to ask if they would like more information on something. Some people actually say “no, not right now”. If they are getting shaken up I try to pick up on that and ask them if they would like to continue.

I’ve talked to a couple of people who have had their cards read by people who actually were likely psychic and told them WAY too much and so will never do tarot again.

By: Brigit

Brigit — Tue, 30 Oct 2012 23:41:55 +0000

Rebecca, you work in a very interesting space! Magick can be so powerful as a compliment to a Tarot reading. I think it’s great you provide suggestions for free, rather than compelling your clients to make an additional purchase. Good on you!

By: rebecca watson

rebecca watson — Mon, 29 Oct 2012 20:49:05 +0000

great article! as both a tarot reader and a hoodoo practitioner, ethics are paramount to my practice. it really burns my butt when i hear of yet another person being scammed by a reader for hundreds of dollars for a fake ‘curse removal’ etc…..my clients know i practice magick, yet upon doing a reading i find that 90% of them don’t need magickal help, they just need a reading and possible spiritual/psychic cleansing-cleansing which can be done by themselves at home for free! as tarot readers we often walk a fine line ethically, and i’m glad to see there is so much being done to educate the public about the wonderful art of tarot as a dignified and professional practice.

By: Brigit

Brigit — Mon, 29 Oct 2012 04:16:35 +0000

Hi Daniel,
Thanks for sharing. I think if you do see an answer very clearly, say it, but also say that this is just one opinion or one piece of information available to the client/your friend. At the end of the day, it is the client who is making the choice, based on all the information available to them, and part of that will be your reading.
Hope that helps!
Brigit

By: Daniel

Daniel — Mon, 29 Oct 2012 01:52:15 +0000

really interesting article!
I have my own code of ethics and boundaries and I am sure they are different for every person. But I never considered about letting people work out / decide what to do themselves. Something I will put into my tarot learning now. I just do readings for friends but if it looks like there is a clear answer to their question, I say it. Instead phrase answers where they still make the decision, I shouldn’t be making the decisions for them. Just giving insight and suggestions. interesting article and something to add to my study

By: Brigit

Brigit — Sun, 21 Oct 2012 09:22:43 +0000

Well put! It’s important to set your own personal boundaries about what you feel comfortable reading on, and what you don’t.

And yes, there are many different ideas of what Tarot is all about. I think, often, people are just misguided, so as ethical readers, we can provide more information about how we personally use the Tarot cards.