The hardest tarot reading ever goes something like this: a woman wants to know if he’s going to leave his skank of a girlfriend (her words, not mine) and come back to her.
The cards show a not-so-pretty picture. (Sorry, but trying to spin the Three of Swords as a good thing is not how I roll. Plus, some men do like so-called “skanks.” Apologies again.)
The woman gets mad and says that “all the other tarot readers said he was going to dump that woman and come back.”
She has no interest in hearing anything more. It doesn’t matter if he’s living two states away and expecting his third child. It doesn’t matter one bit if they have not talked in six years. All she wants is to have her fantasy confirmed. So she’ll hang up in a huff and go off to find a reader who’ll do just that.
I cannot tell you how difficult it is to tell someone what they don’t want to hear.
It’s never fun and most of the time, you end up feeling like a real asshole. Even if you are trying to help them by being honest, you’re the “bad guy.”
It is all too easy to fall into the trap of returning fire with fire. Maybe they tell you that they are disappointed in your reading and you feel the sarcasm starting to roll off your tongue. That does nothing for them…or you. Don’t become fluent in bitter, no matter what is coming down on the other end of the tarot line.
Instead, remain honest about what you see – but stay in compassion mode. Take nothing personally. After all, they may be suffering and perhaps getting hope from a reader who is willing to keep them hanging on to the past may be the only thing that keeps them hanging on to the present (I know, it’s not healthy but it’s not yours to judge. Really.) You do not know their story – all you know in that moment is their pain.
Leave your judgements at the door, even as you are being judged and hated on. Bless them and send them on their way – and hope upon hope that you are dead wrong and “all those other readers” are right.
Blessings,
Theresa
© Theresa Reed | The Tarot Lady 2014
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I’m Theresa Reed (aka, The Tarot Lady). I’ve been a full-time tarot reader for 30+ years — which, in my industry, makes me pretty badass.
I’m definitely not your average Tarot expert — I drop the F-bomb, I quote rappers, and I’m obsessed with pop culture + reality TV. Folks come to me for straight-talk + tough-love — without the woo-woo fluff. 
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