Thrown into the Deep End - Lesson Learned
I was given the green light to start doing practice readings for friends & family - so a friend took me up on an offer. His question was really vague, and this is where the reading turned into a learning moment: Question phrasing is really important! The cards were pulled with "What does the Universe want <Sitter> to know?" I don't want to say he was "elusive", but he was coming across and being either super open, a blank slate, or vague. But let's be honest, no one volunteers for reading unless they've got something on their mind...
The cards pulled:
Well, that got my attention... I knew instantly that there was a focus that he needed to divulge, but he still seemed to be a little vague and elusive. There weren't any "relationship" cards or "financial" cards in this spread, so by default it felt like it was "Professional/Career" in contextual nature. Also, I've found the (11) WHIP to represent "management" in previous readings and practice. Would others have interpreted this immediately as a "Professional/Career" focused spread as well?
I pulled a 3-card spread to "clarify" to clarify my impression/interpretation:
There it is - thank goodness - this confirmed for me it's work related and he's been considering retirement. It provided must needed clarity and context for that intense first line! When I asked him about this, he admitted that indeed, this has been weighing on him heavily, but at only 56, he's not afraid to even look into it as a possibility.
We dove deeper into into and pulled additional cards to help come up with a plan to make that happen, and what it might look like - BUT MY QUESTIONS ARE:
Would you have interpreted it immediately as Professional/Career also? If so, why?
When you have a sitter who is that vague, what is the best way to phrase "What does the Universe want <sitter> to know" so that we are more efficiently using our time? We could have eliminated the time we spent with that shocking first line!
Thank you for any insight, feedback and mentoring your can provide this newbie...
(I am using Erika Robinson's Lenormand of Hope Deck)
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