My Ethics in Divination

Hello everyone. I've been going back to the basics of much of my practice, so I wanted to share something I have kept with me for some time: my ethics regarding divination. It is written mostly regarding cartomancy, which is my main method, but I keep the same ideas when using other tools.

This obviously doesn't mean to be the ethics you or anyone else should be following, but the ones I do because they make sense to me. If they resonate with you, great, but the idea is to ensure we all have a standard that ensures our self-respect, the respect for our practice, and the people who ask for help.

• Just because you can, doesn't mean you must: This is paramount for me. Being able to see something beyond what my eyes can see doesn't give me the right to see it. Do I have the right to know this? I ask myself.
• Don't read for people who are not there: When someone asks me about a reading about someone else, I politely decline. Instead, I offer "how about how you can help this person better, or understand them better?" If someone is not in there, I will not read about them to respect their privacy.
• Read for free for family and friends: I am lucky enough to have a lot of people who love me and that I love back, so I don't see why they should pay anything after years of love, kindness, and support.
• Offer free readings (sparingly): Even though I have done business and charged for readings, there is always someone who needs it but cannot pay for it. When I see someone like this, I make an exception because I know how it feels when you need help but don't have the resources. I still do, honestly.
• Call for spiritual help as needed: Although I have my guardians and guides, I don't call them all the time for clarity. I take responsibility to try first, knowing they will come if I need them. For protection and wisdom, yes, anytime, but if I can't understand something, I make an effort first before asking for help.
• Don't read for people who are afraid or don't believe: My sessions are aimed at helping people. If they are not peaceful, they are too scared of it to even try it, then I politely decline out of respect to them and their comfort. If they do not believe in it, to the point of saying, "Sure, let's go, but I don't care about this," then I decline as well out of respect to myself and my practice. Some nerve and some skepticism at first is good, healthy, even, but that's it.
• Don't make readings about love for myself: Similar to the first and second, I don't look into what's happening in my relationships unless they are there with me. I will and do read about how I feel, how to heal, how to best support our love, and so on, but not about "do they love me?" because I believe real love is based on honest, open communication, so this feels like going behind someone else's back.

There have been times when I had to make exceptions to each and every guideline, different case-by-case situations that made me more flexible, but that's what guidelines are for. They give me a structure, keep me grounded most of the time, but know I can and will do otherwise if needed.

Kinky regards, K!

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