It’s in the Cards

So – did the deck come into her life because she was already slated for the final disaster or did it cause it? In other words, did the deck cause the deaths it predicted or did it just draw clients who were already doomed?

What would have happened if she faced the predictions honestly right from the beginning? Would the cards have continued to ‘haunt’ her if she had ‘come clean’? Of course, then it would have been a different story.

Flavio – I agree, there are some right-on moments. Part of the discussion with Isaac was surprisingly intelligent and touching.

Gouri – You asked why the reader didn’t lie with the ‘magik’ deck. To me there was a sense of compulsion about it—like its message was filling her head so full that there was no room for anything else. Just my take on it. Good question.

Is sugar-coating unethical? First, this is not a black and white issue. Is a glass half empty or half full? If you tell a person the opposite of what the cards say then I don’t think you are doing anyone a service. If you are honest, but also look to the cards for how a person can best work with and learn from the situation, then you are, to my mind, assisting them. Also, what you first perceive as a tragedy (say the Tower, Moon, 10 of Swords, and Death) might be something else altogether.

I had a reading like that and nearly panicked, but it turned out the client was a Hospice nurse and she was feeling really burned out dealing with death and people’s grief every day. Once I got that (by asking her where all this darkness was in her life—since it was too pervasive to be unknown to her) we could focus on what she could do about it.

Most people are relieved and grateful to know that someone else perceives the difficulties they are going through, as Isaac expressed so well in the story.