Tarot, confidentiality, and the one time I broke it.

It can be a tricky business being a Tarot reader, listening to people’s inner most secrets- sometimes I am left wondering if confidentiality really is the best way forward.

As yet I have only broken the confidentiality rule once.

An ex-partner of a friend of mine booked in to see me. He’d told my friend he intended to- and she decided to warn me of his name. Now this was her choice, and as soon as he arrived, I let him know that she had told me he had booked in.

He was not the easiest of people to read for. He only had one focus- get his ex, my friend back. He was definitely hoping that I would feed back that he was indeed her one true love. I kept very focused, kept only to the cards, and parked my personal opinion on the situation. But he really only wanted to persuade me what an amazing chap he was- and wasn’t really interested in the reading.

A few days later my friend messaged me. Her ex had contacted her and told her all about the reading- but none of it was accurate. Now I’m keeping the details lose as I’m not sharing publicly anything more than the bare bones- but I’m sure you can imagine that he suggested my reading fully supported him as the love of her life.

I’ve no doubt he thought my confidentiality was secure- but not if you are going to deliberately misrepresent what I have said to manipulate someone else. I quickly told my friend the gist of the reading and had no qualms about doing it.

The other confidentiality I hit is when I read for people that know each other, and don’t know the other party has come to me. My name will often go round workplaces, family or friendship groups- so it happens a fair amount.

I’m quite happy with this- I read the cards, make no judgement, and never mention that I’ve read for a known person unless the other person already knows. I always read for my clients highest good, and I’m not offering an opinion so I feel no conflict of care.

There was one time this was pushed to its limit. I was reading for a chap and the lady he was hoping to be in a relationship with (it was complicated- as it often is) and neither knew the other was coming.

I stuck to my job- reading the cards- and ignored the fact I knew both of them. Then the gentleman said she had mentioned a Tarot reader, and how helpful they were. He jokingly said “I might have to book in and see what all the hype is about”. I had to breath very deeply not to let my face show it was me. By the next week it was much easier- they had compared readers, worked out they were both seeing me, and it was lovely not to have to try so hard to ignore things I already knew!

We all read differently, and have different ways of reading. I’m sure some readers would feel uncomfortable with these crazy readings where I am reading for multiples in the  same situation.

But I’m very single minded, and quite comfortable zoning into the cards and leaving anything I know out of my readings.