Hoist the Questions

Hoist is a fun word.

It’s kind of pirate-y and fun. As in “Hoist the colors” just like Pirate baseball fans used to do. Now they hoist traffic cones and in a city where parking chairs are sacrosanct (IYKYK) it kind of makes sense.

But back to Tarot. I’ve been thinking about open readings. Open readings are the ones with no particular question or topic in mind. From the readers side of the table, these can be challenging to do. For the client, it can be a great reading if for no other reason it can raise questions to be asked.

It’s like we were talking about in “Tarot and the Art of Not Knowing” the other day. Sometimes you don’t have any clue there are gaps in what you know.

Open readings are often validating, reassuring, and let you know you are going in the right direction. I did a thank-you reading for a blog supporter recently that was exactly that. All minor arcana cards, lovely validation energy included with the reassurance that any hiccups along the path at hand were likely to be short-lived.

Great news for the sitter. As the reader, these readings always leave a little niggle or two behind. What if it didn’t help? What if they thought it was scammy and trite and vague like a bad newspaper horoscope?

Questions are key. Some of the best parts of reading come when the person getting the reading starts answering questions. Of course, this part is easier in-person, but the conversation is equally valid when it happens over time through email. Email is as valid for communication in Tarot as it is in work and business. Its as valid as any written document or printed page…although I still think pen and paper carries a little extra magic somehow. But that’s beside the point.

The point is, whenever you get a psychic reading, hoist the questions! It helps to dial in a general reading to better meet your individual needs even when that message is really just “You are doing great kiddo. Keep up the good work.”

Thanks for reading. See you at the next sip