Often, in online discussions of card reading. it's suggested that people "reframe" (IOW change) their question to "what do I need to know about _______?"
It's better to ask clear, specific questions:
"Will I get this job?"
"Is X going to ask me out?"
"Where is my jade pendant?"
"Does my dog get separation anxiety when I'm not home?"
Etc.
And also remember that the cards will answer what you ask literally. If I order makeup from Sephora and I want to know if I'll get it before the end of the week, I should ask that. Not "What do I need to know about the makeup I ordered from Sephora?" There's a big difference in a want and a need. I don't need to know whether I'll get the makeup by the end of the week. I won't waste away and die without this information. Even in a looser sense of the word "need", like a job that requires employees to look well put together and wear a little makeup, every makeup-wearing person on the planet who is not unhoused already has a stash of it. So I don't need to know anything, and the cards will reflect that.
But I still won't know if the package will show up on time.
People who ask you to reframe your question into something nebulous and non-specific are not experienced readers. They might be dilettantes parroting something they saw at a random website, or forum mods trying to enforce some ill-informed rule. But never good, experienced readers.
Bravo for saying this. As you know I feel so much the same as you - stop dumbing down the cards and their systems, they work perfectly well if you take the time to learn them! A REAL reader spends long hours over the course of years to become truly proficient with a system - stop listening to these “read the cards in an hour” hack readers.
ReplyDeleteThoroughly agree. I wish more people spoke out about this.
ReplyDeleteWell we have three here doing so- it is a start!
DeleteYes! We even do predictive readings and - dare I say it - "third party" readings. These are the questions people ask. If I was one for rephrasing, everything would take twice as long and nobody would be happy.
DeleteThey've turned reading cards into something completely unrecognizable. Compare any book on cartomancy from the 1700's to the 1960's and the examples are questions about other people and/or what will happen. Then sometime in the 70's or 80's people started reinventing cartomancy. That would be great if they'd improved it, but they've only managed to make it vague and kind of pointless.
DeleteIt's about them role playing Grand Poobah therapist, not reading cards.
Thanks, y'all.
ReplyDeleteIt's one thing to pick up a four year old's plate and cut their meat for them. But you don't do that to an adult.
Rephrasing someone's question is like that. It's actually rude AF if you think about it.