How to become a professional tarot reader

Tarot card reading goes in and out of favor with the public on a regular basis. When it’s hot, you can earn a lot of money, maybe even enough to live on. When readings are not in vogue, as with any freelance career, you’ll need to keep your day job.

Either way, if you are good at:

1.reading the cards

2.relationship with people

3.marketing yourself

you can be sure of making money.

How to be a popular card reader

The first thing to remember about card reading professionally is that your customer can tell if you are sincere or not. You have to be honest. You have to really want the best for your client.

Second, you should always reassure your client that everything that comes up on the cards is not set in stone. Tell her that only she determines her own destiny. Remind her that the cards are simply patterns that reflect. They do not dictate what will happen to you.

If you get a “bad” card, for example, don’t just tell the customer the “bad news.” Let him know that now he has a chance to overcome a problem. Frame the interpretations of your cards in a way that encourages her to find solutions to the problems in her life. You want to energize your client, fill her with hope and ambition, no matter what cards come up. Take a look at the Tarot section of the Psychic Tea Shoppe – all the readings, even the “reverse” cards, are hopeful.

Get a job

You can approach this from many angles.

1. Get hired by an Internet-based company or by phone. The company receives customers and forwards them to them.

When you work for a phone company, you must have a dedicated phone line with no add-ons like call waiting. Log into your company computer when you want to work and sit by the phone with your cards for as long as you are online.

2. Become autonomous. Like any professional, you will need business cards and a website. You can run ads in local periodicals if you are going to read for people face to face. If your customers reach out to you on the phone or the web, you might consider advertising on the Internet.

3. Join a networking group, be it a local group in person or an Internet group.

Freelance Tarot card reading opportunities include:

  • Reading at parties
  • Rent a booth at “psychic” or “new age” conventions and do readings and promotion from there
  • Setting up a table at a restaurant or bookstore, sometimes paying the establishment a percentage of their profits and other times letting the bookstore use their services to attract more customers to the store.
  • Set up a reading site on the Internet (requires a business credit card and Paypal account)
  • Set up your own Tarot reading phone business (again, you must get a credit card / Paypal account)
  • Read Tarot cards in person from a shop. You can arrange for your storefront to be part of an existing store and pay the rent. (For safety reasons, do not read to clients outside of your home and do not go to anyone else’s home, unless it is for a well-populated party.)

Legalities

There are many city laws, ordinances, restrictions, and rules on the books, no matter where you read your Tarot cards. If you are reading for money, it is absolutely necessary that you do the legal research first.

Keep records and pay taxes. I would suggest a computer based accounting program. And make backups every night! Store backups off-site in case of fire or theft, or purchase storage space on the Internet.

You’re in an unconventional business and without excellent record keeping and flawless tax returns, you’re going to create problems for yourself.

And finally, I would suggest buying an economic liability insurance policy.

Read people

Being a professional Tarot card reader is an incredible opportunity to observe others, get out of your own problems and needs, and make your clients feel good about themselves. Watch them come in, sit down, have a little talk. Don’t be afraid to ask questions or let them talk about a problem. Get their attention, make a connection. You will get better card reading.

The flip side is this: don’t allow yourself to be taken advantage of. When people start talking, they often can’t stop. Set a timer when the customer sits down. You are going to have many types of people as clients. Some will have big problems. Don’t take it personally if someone gets mad at you. And get the customer out if he’s rude or disrespectful.

Be good at reading the cards. Be intuitive with people. You will be a fabulous Tarot reader.

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