Ty for the welcome..
You are right Dragonflies, I was hesitant to introduce the Goddess into my readings fearing my existing clients will think I have "turned". I dont follow and 1 religious teaching, I rarely even refer to the angels by name in a reading. I use the cards to confirm the messages that come though and just let myself be guided what way I go.
After I open channels I usually start with a random card from a random deck to confirm I am connected with the client and not me. Then typically I begin with an angel deck 3, 5, 10 cards, I just let the story tell itself.
After this that Ill explain to clients that I like to draw from a Goddess deck not instead of angels but as a compliment. The message is what is important not the picture on the cards Im drawing from.
I know some people will have come specifically for an angel reading and would be uncomfortable with the Goddess cards, Ill gage this and ask if this is something they are comfortable with.
On rare occasions Ill finish of with a 3 card tarot draw, but dont base a normal reading from them.
My Tarot cards are a generic no name deck I picked up cheap forever ago..lol, they are responsible for my angel cards. My passion was to learn the tarot as a teen, I learned, I can do a spread or two and read them, but I dont feel them talking through me. its more like reading words from a page in someone else's book. On one hand I learned but was still disappointed... soo I blamed the cards and set out to by some Rider-Waite at a psychic fair here..
OMG what a drama.. to cut a long story short, I kept picking up this deck of cards I diddnt want and never heard of before then.. after about the 5th time, and looking like an idiot I paid for them and left..lol
Every time I go out to buy a good deck of tarot I come home with something else.
You must try a deck of Goddess cards, they are so empowering when reading for women.
Strangely even my Goddess cards are not the ones I set out to buy. I was after Doreen Virtues, ( love, love love her ) wanting to keep my sets the same.
Mine are "Goddess Oracle: A Way To Wholeness Through The Goddess And Ritual" by Marashinsky and Janto.
I dont go into the rituals with most of my clients, its not really what they are looking for when they come to me, but they seem to enjoy the powerful fem message they help find. I love delivering it.
I have bones also..lol. they deliver a very practical rune kind of message usually, they work really well when reading for men, as an alternative to the Goddess draw... Im still training on them
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Great meeting you.