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REVIEW: Professional Tarot by Christine Jette
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Professional Tarot: The business of
reading, consulting and teaching -
by Christine Jette
This book really fills a niche;
there are untold numbers of books on
how to read the cards, but this is the only one to date to give advice
on how to make a business of it.
Christine Jette offers a lot of useful advice here, and is particularly
good on a couple of issues: 1) a reality check on whether or not this
is something you want to do for a living and 2) talking to people who
are potentially at risk.
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This is a well laid-out book, and includes self-analysis tools for you
to decide that kind of reader you will probably be. Practical
considerations get plenty of play here as well as the soft, fuzzies -
how to build your clientele, how to advertise, where to set up and so
on.
This is NOT a book on how to interprete Tarot cards. This presupposes
that you already know how to interprete the cards, so don't look for
Tarot lore here.
Chapters on building an online or telephone business are fairly good,
although the author doesn't mention any of the rather 'scammy' groups
you might be sucked into; a warning to the beginning professional might
be in order here.
Taxes, incorporating, licensing (if required in your area), organizing
your work space - all covered. This is a great resource if you're
thinking about turning your hobby into a money-maker.
(There are a couple issues the author either ignores or glosses over -
I'll talk to these issues myself in a later article.) |
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