Some aspects of our time together are fixed: we will start on time, and end on time. Since we will be on the clock, we want our time to be as productive as possible. Arrive prepared. Bring thoughtful questions that offer opportunities for direction. I consider the following guidance best practices for querents.
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Craft your questions a week prior to our meeting. Set aside 1/2 hour dedicated specifically to the process of conjuring a question to ask the guides. Use a pen and paper to draft and journal your way toward a salient few questions. As you write, turn away from technology, put your phone on silent and in another room if possible. Create questions informed by your circumstances and somewhat composed, but open ended.
If you seek spiritual guidance on the path forward in a sticky situation, spend some time mapping out the lay of the land. What are the hotspots? Where are matters cool, or stable? What is your goal in the situation, who are the prominent players in the mix, and how are they related? Sort it through, then compose your questions.
Write your questions on a piece of paper and carry them with you, in your pocket until the day of your reading. You might reflect on them as the days pass. If you want to dream about them, read the questions immediately before going to sleep.
On the day of the reading, read your questions out loud, first thing in the morning. Take your questions with you to the reading, but leave them in your pocket during the consultation. Consider bringing some water with you, too. Water keeps things moving, including messages and information. In my opinion, its easier to communicate when you are hydrated.
During the reading, be forthcoming with details about your circumstances. The more I know from you, the more accurately I can read the cards for details you may be missing. Approach the reading as you would any private consultation: forward moving, in good faith and collaboration. While I do not permit recordings, I do encourage note taking. Beyond generating an extraneous record of our time together, the gestures of writing by hand enhance your integration of the important details.
After the Tarot reading set your questions and your notes from the reading aside and drink your water. Spend 15-30 minutes feeling and thinking about your experience. You might write about these sensations and thoughts, but don’t refer to the notes you wrote during the reading. The information you receive after the reading, is just as potent as the things I might say during our time together. Pay attention for affirming signs in your environment, consider how the spiritual advice resonates with your daily habits.
The next day, return to to the notes you took during and after the Tarot reading. What details did you remember? Which ones stand out as surprising since you wrote them? The idea is to integrate the information into your experience.
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I might have titled this post “Plans are not for suckers.”
It’s good to be prepared with a road map, as long as you are willing and able to change the route when necessary. In other words, emergence happens along the way, be fluid. When I think about having a plan and deviating from it, I turn to the Situationist International. They would meet up in a large urban center then follow a map from a different city! …Imagine being in Paris, and following the streets to Trafalgar Square!!! These sorts of plans can be very productive.