GryffinSong
<surprised> What, get them to do the reading? What are you there for? Why not just give them a deck and have done with it? I'm genuinely surprised.
I often start a reading in just this way. It's the beginning of a conversation, and getting their impressions gets them involved in the reading, and often gets their own intuition and knowing kicked into high gear. I start with their first impressions, we talk about them, and then I give them my take, or additions. It becomes a conversation, and in my opinion, is much more deeply satisfying than sitting back and having someone else tell me what's what (or vice versa).
But I'm not paid for it, and I prefer an active, engaged querant to an audience where I'm to simply tell them about their life.
Different approaches, different styles, different people.