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Plan a reading session start to finish
Sitting down to read for yourself or a friend and wanting more than shuffling and hoping.
Help me plan a reading session as a structured practice. Give me: 1. **Framing the question.** Two or three questions to ask before drawing anything, to work out what is actually being asked. Include how to redirect a question that is really asking for a prediction. 2. **Scope.** What this session will and will not attempt, stated explicitly, so it can be said aloud at the start. 3. **The sequence.** Preparation, the draw, first impressions before interpretation, interpretation, and closing. Give rough timings. 4. **Recording.** What to write down so the session is useful to reread in three months. 5. **Limits.** A short script for what to say if the person asks about illness, death, pregnancy, money, or legal trouble. Cards are not the right tool and the session should redirect to a professional, kindly and without drama. Finish with the single most common way a session like this goes wrong. Who the reading is for: Rough subject: Time available:
Making it yours
- Paste your own material where the prompt asks for it. Everything above that line is instruction, not content.
- Delete any rule that does not apply to you. A shorter prompt that fits beats a thorough one that does not.
- If the answer comes back vague, add a line saying what you do not want. Constraints work better than encouragement.
Reading practice. Designing a spread that fits the question, planning a session, and seeing the pattern you drew.
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