I also think it depends on how well the reader connects with you. I have found that sometimes when a reader is not connected, and as you give them details, you will get the negative aspects dependent on the situation. In other words they are not really using their intuition, just the basic meanings of the cards that "seem" to fit the details, not picking up anything under the surface.
I have been lucky in that the majority of readers I have come across are able to pick up on my situations perfectly. Perhaps it is because I try to go in with an open mind, open to what message may come through. Of the rare few that have been overly negative, I believe that my own intuition is strong enough to allow me to sit back and analyze the situation to glean the proper message from it. ;)
As far as reading myself goes, I do find it hard to trust in my own onjectivity BUT I must admit that Ii do keep a journal and I have found that although I may not have grasped the specifics at the time, the cards I pulled were always applicable to things that were affecting the situation at the time, but that I was not properly focused on due to my emotional attachment. Like always thinking the courts referred to the OTHER people in my sitaution as opposed to qualities of myself that needed changing.
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