An "Ask Genn" Crystal Reading is a personal reading from the Crystal People, like a tarot reading via living crystal.
In an "Ask Genn" crystal reading, rather than using a tarot deck to determine the energies presented for your reading, I use the crystal chosen for you and read its unique characteristics.
While this may seem a little confusing at first blush, it actually is pretty straight-forward. I will detail the process further in the post.
The room was not dark, there was no mysterious woman dressed in shawls and exotic clothes wearing finger symbols wielding tarot cards (though how you would do both those I’m not quite sure). There was no veil of mystery. There were just seven other women and myself, sitting around a dining room table with a box full of tarot and divination decks. My first group tarot reading - it was a bit scary, a bit intimidating and a bit exciting. I am not a professional reader. Since I don’t have all the cards memorized (heck I’m lucky if I can remember my name some days), I use the books and my intuition. I don’t charge for my readings. I do them because people ask and I enjoy the process. My best friend was my first guinea pig and I’d been reading for her for several years when she asked if I’d be willing to read for others in her family.
We gathered around her grandmother’s old wood table. I brought candles, tarot decks (and books) and faith that this group of women would make the night interesting. I have an opening spiel I say to all the people the first time I read for them. It goes something like “this is for entertainment purposes only. If you take away something more than entertainment great, it is not evil; you get from the cards guidance if that is what you choose to find.” I also give a little talk about the two “shocking” cards of Death and the Devil. These women are all Christians and I knew these two cards would upset or intimidate them. I wanted them to have a positive experience so before we even started readings I explained about those two cards.
In the Tarot, the symbol of the scales of Justice implies some type of "balance". But, so does the juggler balancing coins in the 2 of Pentacles card--or the "middle of the road" energy of Temperance.
What about grief and sorrow? We have the 3 of Swords (impaled heart), 9 of Swords (sitting up in bed, head in hands) and 5 of Cups (spilled goblets and a downcast posture).
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