Common questions when reading for others

[Deanne]

I think your target age range has a lot to do with it; most of my friends (and Tumblr followers) are late teens early twenties, so they all want to know how the school year is gonna go for them.

Good point! I'm still figuring out what my target audience is, but I do advertise myself as taking an analytical approach to the cards - maybe that draws in more questions about finances and planning for the future than about relationships.

LOVE. Especially "Will my ex take me back?" or "What does my crush/ex/boyfriend really feel for me?"... I don't mind though. I'm a sucker for love I guess lol.

I honestly wouldn't mind getting more love questions I wouldn't like getting only those, but ideally I'd prefer to do readings on a variety of topics - keeps things interesting!

I personally do help clients phrase and optimize the question before I start a reading. The phrasing and topic of a question are hugely important to what comes up.

What i do find is that likely most questions are on the future. What will happen with this or that in the future? Will I get married one day? Will I have a career?....

That is what people seem to think Tarot is FOR, to predict the future. I am not such a fan of these questions. I try to get the querent to rephase.

I explain that ALL Tarot can do in regards to the future is to tell ONE possible future amongst many. The most likely one, but not at all the only one. I try to convince them that it is a much better use of the cards to ask how to create what they want than to just ask what MAY happen.

And that the future is ours to create, we can make of it what we want.

So if someone wants to get married instead of "Will I ever get married?" I prefer to ask "What can I do that will help ensure that I get married one day? (then they can folow the advice and achieve it) OR instead of "Will I get a raise next month?", "What can I do that will help me to get a raise next month?"

I prefer to see Tarot as a tool to actively create the life you want than to passively sit back and wait to see what may or may not come.

Babs

I fully agree with everything you've said
I get quite a few "Will I make more money at work soon?" kind of questions. I always suggest changing the question to something like "How can I increase the likelihood of earning more at work?" or even expanding outside of that to "What can I do to bring in more money?"
If the client doesn't want to, I'll still read on the original question, but I find they are usually open to the changes (and grateful - many don't realize you can even use the cards in that way!)

 

[Deanne]

And the reasons i dont take love questions because for
1. They sap me quicker than any other questions. I think because the questions are so emotionally charged.
Also most are predictive and sometimes i dont like those and also dont do for much feedback, and most ppl i see ask about people they barley know, which is not an issue really but it just saps harder on me if they dont know them and cant pick up on anything because of this.

ll digress from my other experiances and thoughts but advice wise if you want to go pro get used to hearing and answering all questions under the sun, then set your guidelines as a reader for what you answer or dont answer then what you specialise in. But dont get burntout on it and rest if and when you need too :

I hadn't thought about certain types of questions being more draining, but that definitely makes sense. I can see how more emotional questions could take more out of me. I haven't really encountered this yet (as I don't really have many clients yet), but I'll keep it in mind.

And thanks for the tip about specializing! I don't feel the need to limit myself to/from any topics yet (as I want to get more work, not less!), but if I'm doing well down the road I can think about which areas I prefer and advertise more of those.

 

[Tigerangel]

In my experience I would say in simple terms, love is first, career/finance second and spirituality third in percentage to what's asked for in a reading.

 

[DesertDream]

I hadn't thought about certain types of questions being more draining, but that definitely makes sense. I can see how more emotional questions could take more out of me. I haven't really encountered this yet (as I don't really have many clients yet), but I'll keep it in mind.

And thanks for the tip about specializing! I don't feel the need to limit myself to/from any topics yet (as I want to get more work, not less!), but if I'm doing well down the road I can think about which areas I prefer and advertise more of those.

I feel ya. If i only gave readings to people who 100% followed my guidelines id have nobody to read for LMAO.
But boundries are important for me or else i give poor readings and start getting resentful. But once you do more readings i think youll definatley learn what focus group you do the best with. I dont know if youve done readings here but you can offer certain types of readings and see who bites. Reading on here has taught me SO much. Idk if i could handle going pro atm. I see myself flipping over the card table in the street then chain smoking 20 cigs and swigging whiskey that or a blunt ROFL

Ah the life of a psychic........

 

[nisaba]

The state of the workplace, the state of the relationship, spiritual paths, connection to land or ancestors seem to be far and away the most common issues people ask about. Then there are other, more quirky ones, like the guy who wanted me to read on where a known paedophile would settle after release (ie, in his area or not), the wealthy woman who wanted to know if she would outlive her husband not so she would inherit but so that he wouldn't, and so forth.