I will stress to the client that no reading is set in stone and that no reading should be allowed to hinder free will.

I will never judge the client; It's not my place.

All readings will be strictly confidential unless the client gives me permission to do otherwise if the need arises.

I am not a member of the medical profession and will not attempt a diagnosis or treatment.  If necessary, I will direct a client to seek medical attention from a qualified professional.

Clients will always always be treated with the utmost respect and compassion.

I will not do readings regarding death or pregnancy.

For legal reasons, I will not offer readings to minors.  Under special circumstances, along with written parental consent, exceptions will be made.

If for any reason I am not able to do the reading, I will discontinue it.  By the same token the  client has the full right to terminate the reading at any point.

I will not read for someone that has had a large number of readings recently.

Discussion of prices and payment will be settled before the reading.  There will be no hidden charges.

While readings may be beneficial, they should be considered to be for entertainment purposes only.

I will not do readings for (or regarding) a third party.

I am doing more and more readings these days face to face within my Reiki group of classmates and other circles that I am part of. These readings are always in the open and in front of everyone present. I am beginning to feel uncomfortable about it and one of these days I will ask to be one-to-one and alone with the querent. I am beginning to feel the querent's privacy is being invaded, but as these meetings do not take place in my own home/environment, I am still compelled to do it in front of the others.
I always stress that they should not ask a Yes or No question and so far they have all been following that suggestion nicely.

We do it for 'entertainment' and I have not asked nor been offered any money for my readings.

I have read all the postings on the tarot ethics and so far I agree with most, if not all, of them.

I was tempted to give a reading to my 16 year old nephew the other day, as he was having some issues at school, but I could not connect even after laying the cards down........ I thought a boy this young does not need a reading...... I kept on looking and looking at the cards and could not even do a mental reading for him...... While I was looking at the cards, I got carried away and started doing a reading for a friend of mine in the psycic circle. I felt weird about it as to how I did get carried away. I kept the details of the spread and told her about it.  She was very interested to know but I had to warn her that the initial spread was laid down by having my newphew in mind. After the reading, her feedback was quite positive about the reading and she resonated with the cards and the reading as a whole.

Just wanted to share this with you.
cedars

I really like the idea of "giving it to them straight".  Letting the querent know that Tarot is for guidance only and not a "set in stone" kind of thing.  I guess you really have to put that legal stuff in there too.  That is, if you plan on getting paid to do readings.
I have not made up my mind about that yet.  It is a difficult subject and not always easy to know what the right or best thing to do is.  Ahhh, I've got time to figure it all out I guess.  

I got a question though:  What about letting the querent know that sometimes Tarot speaks to what is really on the heart rather than the question asked?  That has happened to me occasionally during self readings.  I will ask a question and Tarot takes me in a completely different direction, not really answering what I asked, but showing me something more important and meaningful at that point in time.  Maybe I'm just weird?? LOL

Blessings and Peace,

Reikiwitch929

Hallo, Reikiwitch929!

Not weird at all! In fact, it has happened so consistently to me that I tend to tell my seekers in advance of what to expect. They will usually ask about love chances with a possible partner and the cards will come out with the conflicts they are going through at that moment. They usually prove they are in no right frame of mind to start a relationship, anyway!

Gem, sorry to butt in unexpectedly. I just signed in today and I'm having trouble keeping up with everything I'm interested in, specially your course. I promise to sit down and do my homework as soon as I find out how far advanced everything is: I wouldn't want to bore you all by posting about the Fool at this stage! Still, any tips about how to join the course this late will be much appreciated.

Thank you! ;)

You work through the course at your own pace There is no rush. It actually seems to work better if everyone takes their own time when they can fit it in with their real lives

It's lovely to have an enthusiastic learner!  Makes it all so worthwhile!