you don't have a curse on you!

There are a lot of scammers out there - in every age, size, shape, and colour, and from every culture and profession under the sun. But some images of the con artist stand far above the rest. They’re the stereotypes we’ve come to know so well - used car dealers, telemarketers, street corner watch sellers, politicians and of course psychics and tarot card readers. Unfortunately, sometimes stereotypes hold true. Some tarot card readers are con artists.

What a disgrace. As a tarot card reader myself I find it shameful and clearly compromising to the genuine practice of the psychic arts. But it’s nothing new, and unfortunately quite widespread. Having said that, I’d like to stress that most psychics and tarot card readers are absolutely legitimate and seek only to help their clients with the gift/technique they’ve mastered - the same as any other professional.

Fortunately, it’s usually pretty easy to spot the frauds. Here’s a big tip - if you hear the magic words “You’ve got a curse on you”, you’ve found yourself a tarot con artist. Another phrase to watch for is “You’re a good person, but people are jealous of you and someone (or more than one person) has put a curse(s) on you”. Or sometimes it goes “You’ve got a great darkness over you, a battle between good and evil. But with my magic candle/crystal/chanting/whatever-it-might-be, I can solve your problem”. Don’t believe them!

Just last month, from my hometown of Toronto, a 76 year old tarot reader vanished (they say to Vancouver). She was just about to be extradited to the US for defrauding $220,000 USD out of rather innocent 26 year old store clerk with boyfriend trouble – and apparently a great darkness that was difficult to lift.

Really – if someone tells you there’s a curse on you or that they can make bad situations disappear or that they can fix your life in any way and it’s only going to cost you $20, $100, $2,000, $220,000 . . . watch out!! You’re being scammed. These con artists will milk you for whatever you can come up with. And it’s the same tired routine over and over again.

I’ve had it tried on me. The reader told me I was carrying a couple of curses from two jealous supposed friends. For $100, she could get me two crystals and a priest to pray over them. My life would soon be great. When I said I wasn’t interested, she told me she knew I’d be back – my life wouldn’t get better till I did. What idiotica!

And a friend of mine, also in Toronto, was told by another reader that it would cost $1,500 to remove his darkness. And another friend of mine, this time in LA, was told her life wouldn’t get better until she gave the reader her entire monthly disability cheque – in other words, what she lived on.

The behaviour of these con artists is disgusting. But it’s up to you not to give them your money. Just say no. They aren’t trying to help you. They’re trying to rob you.

Occasionally people do put curses on other people. But generally if they do, they don’t keep it secret, they let you know themselves. What’s the fun of cursing someone if you don’t make them squirm? But there’s a bigger reason for telling someone that you’ve cursed them – because it won’t work if you don’t.

It’s up to you and only you whether you’ll accept someone’s words of negativity. They have no supernatural power over you or anyone in your family. Even if they tell you God or the Devil or whomever it is you believe in is on their side – it’s not true! They cannot bring bad energy or demons into your life unless you let them. And even then, you’re the one bringing them in.

But I don’t even want to go too far down this discussion path. In almost every single case, there is no curse or cursers to be found. Don’t believe the tarot con artist when they tell you there is. I’m serious!

Tarot card reading is a legitimate, fun and often therapeutic tool for self-awareness, self-growth and at its best, a larger perspective on your life and life in general. Most of all it should be something that empowers rather than disempowers you. It need never be dark or scary or the secret domain of the select few.

To know what you might expect from a legitimate reading, take a look at my article – Getting A Reading. Or if you’re really curious, get yourself a deck of your own and play. You’ll learn pretty fast how the cards work. You’ll know then not to fall for the tricks of a con-artist reader.