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When we do a reading, it is very important to make sure that we are in a right frame of mind. Being confused, while being natural for the client, is not desirable for the reader. However, it is not logical to assume that as a reader you may not have other things on your mind. It is however required that as a reader you are in a frame of mind where you are focused towards the reading process.

That is why many readers follow a variety of rituals and meditations before a reading – these provide you with a lot of focus and help you concentrate on the task at hand. However, after a reading is completed, closing the reading is also equally important.

Let us look at the ways that one can open and close a reading to ensure a smooth and focused reading process.

Opening The Reading: Rituals and Meditations

Opening The ReadingSeveral Tarot card readers use a variety of rituals and meditations to ‘get into the groove’, so to speak, for a reading. These rituals provide a very fantastic way to create a concentrated effort of the mind that is geared towards the reading process.

These rituals often include prayers and meditations. Some Tarot card readers prefer to have slow music playing in the background, while some prefer to have herbs, candles or incense burning in the background. Some Tarot card readers also prefer to have crystals like Rose Quartz placed around the desk or table where they will be doing the reading.

When I begin a reading, I do a combination of a prayer and a meditation. The meditation helps me ground myself and align my energies towards the reading process. The prayer is mostly made up of a variety of affirmations and requests. I request the Universe for permission to read for the client, and I also request the Universe to protect and guide me during the process. The affirmations I say are more like a way of telling myself to remain non-biased to the answers that the cards tell me – because I have a lot of difficulty in accepting answers which don’t sound ‘logical’ :).

I call this process ‘Opening the Reading’.

Closing the Reading: Closing a Chapter

Closing The ReadingWhen the reading is over, I spend some time meditating and releasing the energies that have accumulated around me. I also combine this with a prayer that basically gives thanks to those energies for helping me, and then telling those energies that they are now free to go.

This process of ‘Closing the Reading’ helps me slowly ease myself from the very focused and concentrated frame of mind that I usually go into while I am doing a reading. If I had to use a very simple way of explaining, I would say that it brings me back to Earth! 🙂

Advantages and Benefits of Opening and Closing a Reading

There are several advantages that one can achieve from the process of Opening and Closing the readings.

As mentioned before, this is a way of letting yourself and the energies around yourself get focused to the task at hand, namely, the reading.

The process also helps you to get into a good frame of mind while doing the reading. I have discovered that when I say the prayer while Opening the reading, I tend to forget my own thoughts and pay more attention to the reading process. It has proved to be a good way for telling myself to let go of my personal thoughts while I focus on the clients issues.

The prayers I say while Opening the reading also help to remind myself to remain unbiased and to not question the judgement of the cards and their answers. Although, I must confess that my ‘logical’ mind often does not agree with many of the answers provided by the cards, I have seen with experience that those are the answers that have always worked out and come true for me. I guess, over a period of time, I have learnt to tell my ‘logical mind’ to shut up and I have started to unquestionably believe what the cards are telling me :).

When I Close the reading, it is again a way of telling myself to zone out of the frame of mind I am in while doing the reading.

I find that after the reading, I do end up feeling a bit tired. Closing the reading helps me regain a lot of my strength and find myself out of the ‘zone’ that I was in.

The prayers that I say while Closing the reading also help me express my gratitude to the Universe and its myriad energies that help me interpret the cards in a much better fashion.

In Conclusion

No matter how one looks at it, the meditations, prayers and affirmations that one says before and at the end of the reading help you create a frame of mind more suited to the reading. They also help you to create a space and time where you are more aware and avidly listening to your intuitions, and therefore being able to help your client in a much better manner.

Your Turn…

Do you open and close your reading? If not, why?

If you do, then what are your favorite rituals, meditations and affirmations when you open and close your reading? Why do they make sense to you?

Please share your thoughts in the comments section below.