Jen P
Well, she wasn't a paying customer but a vague friend. But agreed, i would slightly react differently when it was a paying sitter. I would be a little more patient.
It was a very neutral deck but she has one at home too... so she saw the image of her own 10 of swords card in her head.
Actually the first thing I said when i laid out the spread was: what a beautiful reading!
But that didn't help. Then she took my other deck of cards and started laying out herself. Without asking a question of course... So the cards were totally different.
Oh well, I won't read for her ever again, even if she asks it nicely. Many readers around, she doesn't need me.
You totally did the right thing!!! Not a paying sitter - how dare they touch your deck without your permission! Grrrrr. Yes, people with only a touch of tarot knowledge are a dangerous thing. You were in the right, of course, and she was just not ready to hear the message.
Nope, it wasn't mumbo-jumbo.
Thanks Torann - sweet of you to say.