Hi Krista!!!

I’ve just started doing readings at my local witchy shop. I’ve been able to do tarot card readings for my friends but this is the first time I’ve done tarot and mediumship for strangers. Do you have any advice on how to prepare myself for reading people I don’t know?

- Joyce, Toronto

Hi Joyce!

Personally I find the less I know about a person I read the better. You’ll gain more confidence in your abilities over time when you experience those ‘How did you know that??’ moments. To get there tho it’s very important for you to connect to your Spirit Guides. They are the ones who will bring you the information you need once they have received it from the strangers Spirit Guides.

You will have 2 specific guides that I call ‘The Primary’ and ‘The Secondary’ reading with you. Imagine that 2 high beings have agreed to guide you while on Earth. ‘The Primary’ is in charge of how you connect to yourself and The Divine Energy. ‘The Secondary’ is in charge of how you connect to people. Their only purpose is to see you succeed so they will never deceive you.

To connect to your spirit guides just start talking out loud to them. Yes, choose your time and place carefully on that for sure. Imagine them like a big brother and sister who love listening to you and describe to them what you saw in the reading and what you think that means to you. For example I would see stitches and my first thought would be ‘surgery’. I would ask the person if they were getting surgery and if they had, I would associate it to a past event. If they were going to have surgery, then it was referencing an event to come. I would say to my guides what I was thinking and eventually when I would see stitches I would know it meant one or the other. I realized I was teaching them how to communicate to me!

Each day before you start reading, prepare a specific prayer or mantra that you will use every time before you read. Create it in a way where you are asking your Spirit Guides to bring you the information they gathered from the person being read. Tell them to give you the information as black and white as possible. Spirits don’t think like we do but they will figure out the best way to get you information.

I used to be a big movie/tv fan when I was a kid and in the first few years of me reading publicly, I would be shown scenes to get an idea across. Have daily conversations with your Spirit Guides out loud. No one has the power to read your mind. But over time you will create a psychic connection to them and you’ll see the information pour in!!!