Congratulations, Barefoot Fool!!!
and that is a funny story. I remember you live in Vermont and I know we had hoped to get together when I was living up there, but alas, it never came to be and we moved home to NY again - Finger lakes area.
Maybe one day when I am up there visiting though, perhaps, as I do get up there about once or twice a year. I'd LOVE to meet you in person.
so, **PAT**~*PAT*~*PAT** on your back--you deserve it! way to go!
and, that story about the guy was funny.
Be prepared--you'll get a lot more like him! trust me! But, you handled him like a professional!
Hello forum!
Well I'm here at my retail job and being annoyed with the general lack of leadership and respect. So...tarot readers, how many of you have gone on from self-readings to reading for general public?
I would love love love to hear your stories of taking that first step. And advice! Everything and anything you want to share
mainly I'm thinking on where do you read? Do you charge? How's the clientele? What got you going in that direction? What about your general education level? & tarot education?
Thanks for sharing
i will be back in about an hour to share mine too
but i haven't taken that step yet
You know, I can't recall my 'first' payed reading at all. Not right now anyway. But, I remember how excited I was when I found a position reading in a store setting, as I knew that would bring about a larger clientelle for me (it did) and it just sounded really exciting. I loved reading in the store.
I walked into the New Age shop to inquire about the Vermont laws for tarot reading. figured the owner could point me in the right direction--since in NY, you had to have a business license to do so. She was shocked to learn about that and asked me to read for her employee. (I came to find out that the owner NEVER has her cards read--which I find to be funny now, considering she owns the shop!) I read for the employee and she was quite impressed with the reading and came out and told the owner that who looked at me and offered me a job on the spot! I wasn't looking for a job there--just inquiring about the laws. At the time, there was a tarot reader, who was also psychic there reading in the store. He had worked for this shop for many years, and after I left, she asked him, "What do you think about her? What are your vibes on her?" And, he told her, "Hire her. She'll be great. She has good energy!"
(I found this out months after I started working there too). I did build up my clientelle list while there, and worked for about 2yrs. there reading. The store owner and I became fast friends, and though she still will not let anyone, including me read the cards for her, she told me she always has a spot for me if I ever want to come back there and work--even if I'm only there for one day a year.
It was great fun. Not very great for me financially, because I would spend my paycheck (payed well there) on things in the store--but what fun!!!
I am pretty much self taught, though I did take a one day card reading class with my friend.
Its pretty much like on here when you offer readings for feedback only-save the fact that you RARELY get feedback from your customers. The only type of feedback you get is if they come back to you for another reading. Then you KNOW you must have done well before! And, especially if they ask for you by name- when they call to reserve a reading.
Probably the best feedback I ever had and still can recall was when I read for a woman who failed to tell me before the reading that she was a professional reader who refuses to read for herself. She told me afterwards (and I was a bit surprised and then worried), and she took my card because she told me it was the best reading she had ever gotten from another reader. Made my day!
You do get stinkers too though. People who are addicted to getting readings and remember every reading you ever gave to them word by word and will even begin to recite what you said in a reading for them 3 mos. ago, 6 mos. ago, a year or two ago.
THOSE are the scary customers....and thankfully few and far between.
