How to prepare for a tarot seession?
Many people, especially those new to the new-age field, wonder how to prepare for a tarot session. While many intuitive readers are eager to book an appointment, few professionals take the time to explain the correct procedure for receiving a tarot reading.
One of the Best Ways for How to Prepare for a Tarot Session is to Relax Beforehand
For a tarot reader to connect with a client, that client must be relaxed. Several professional readers will recommend that their clients perform a short meditation, progressive relaxation, or prayer before a session begins.
When an intuitive reader connects, they are working primarily with their client’s energy. If that energy is chaotic, stressed out, or in a panic, those feelings may interfere with the reader’s ability to receive information accurately. This rule has a few exceptions, but this is true for most card readers and intuitive advisers.
Likewise, taking the time to do progressive relaxation or meditate before a session helps the energies within the room be more calm, relaxed, and at ease, which may help create a more inviting environment for spirit guides and other spiritual beings.
Be Open Minded During Your Tarot Reading
When a tarot reader connects in a session, they may not be “right on” about everything. That doesn’t mean they aren’t close, and it doesn’t mean that the information may not be necessary or important at some point in the future. A client doesn’t have to volunteer information to a reader, but a client does need to be open-minded enough to register what is being said.
The job of an intuitive reader is to pass along the information they receive. Recognize that a reader is human and will make mistakes in interpreting the information they receive. The information may be correct, but the adviser may be misinterpreting it.
Most professional readers encourage open-minded skepticism as this keeps clients from blindly following everything they hear. Intuitive advice should be taken as food for thought and not law.
Learn to Listen to Your Tarot Adviser
Questions can help keep the reader on track. You should never ask a question you aren’t willing to hear the answer to though! Always be honest with your tarot reader and do your best to both listen to what is being said and be an active participant of the conversation.
You should also sit with the arms and legs uncrossed, as crossing the arms and legs is a defensive body posture that can shut a reader down before the session even begins. This shutdown can happen either literally because the energy is blocked or because the reader unconsciously registers the client’s defensiveness
At All Times Be Honest With the Reader
As previously mentioned, another important factor in knowing how to prepare for a tarot session is being truthful during a session. Being open-minded is not the same as lying or accepting everything as fact. It’s okay to indicate that the information isn’t making sense, or it would be helpful to have more information.
Try to avoid directly saying the word “No” when possible. “No” carries such a strong negative vibration for so many people that most readers aren’t sure how to handle it when a client utters that word. For many professional tarot readers it’s like slamming a door in their faces.
Record the Information of Your Session
Always write down information that is said during a session. If possible, use a recorder to tape it. Most people have a short attention span and difficulty remembering. These clients won’t remember many of the things which are said or discussed during a session. The problem is many readers make distant future predictions. This means that most professional tarot readers doing future-oriented sessions predict things that are five, sometimes ten years or more into the future. There’s almost no way to measure accuracy without keeping notes.
It’s always nice when readers can keep predictions to a few months or years out. Even then, having a session record is crucial as it allows a client to refer back to what is said. Additionally, if a client decides to see multiple readers, they then have a way to measure which information for them seems to be consistent.
Finally, keeping a record is important even if your reader isn’t predicting the future. Not all of my readings, for example, involve making future predictions. In fact, most are about healing from the past and better understanding the present so that a client can move forward in life. In the case of these introspective sort of tarot sessions it can be helpful to have notes to remind the self of what was learned so it can be pondered even deeper after a session.
Asking Good Questions is Improtant When it Comes to Knowing How to Prepare for a Tarot Session
Finally, asking good questions can help to keep the tarot session focused and on track. The more focused the client, the more focused the reader and their reading. Good questions generally are specific and open-ended.
- Try “What if” questions. They allow the intuitive reader to make the most of their gifts.
- Avoid timing questions unless it’s specific. It’s better to ask, “Will the house sell within three months?” instead of “Will the house ever sell?”
- Clients shouldn’t ask “yes/no” questions unless they want to hear the answer.
- Asking for private information about another person is usually unethical and is best avoided. It’s okay to ask, “What are my boyfriend’s intentions?” It’s not okay to ask, “What is the name of the girl he’s cheating on me with?”
- It’s always okay to ask for the best way to avoid problems and pitfalls
Now that the tips for how to get a reading have been revealed, it’s time to stop letting fear get in the way of receiving one. Not only could the session be fun, but something important may be learned.
