Story of my Life, before I became a Tarot Reader...
I didn’t know what I actually wanted to do in life, and so I wanted to take some time-off and think about my life. But I never told anybody from my family about the "time-off" as I knew nobody would understand. And everyone will just talk and talk and talk indefinitely until they change my mind to think, what they wanted me to think.
So I took this year off, but I didn’t know whether I would find my answers in a year, that was another reason why I didn’t share that I was taking some time off. This time, that I took out was when I discovered that the family I was thinking I had; wasn’t actually the family they were. Well not to blame my mom and sis, they’re all kind and loving. But something about my father was quite shocking and unsettling. He was my favourite member from our family, nobody could dare say a word about him in front of me during those days. That was how much I loved him. But the moment I paused to self-reflect. He started getting uneasy, and started saying things that were quite hurtful and painful.
It took a long time for me to actually accept who he really was, honestly on the inside he was a nice man. But covered by a lot of layers of societal programming, patriarchal beliefs and anti-feminist thinking made him too rigid to understand anything I was thinking.
After a while every conversation that I had with my father, well I can’t say conversation - you can say arguments/ fights; the only thing he could tell me was “get out of my house” which was heartbreaking. Because it came from the mouth of a person I loved the most in our family. Honestly I admired him a lot, a lot more than I admired my mom and sister at that time.
All fights and arguments led just to one thing, “get out of my house” whenever I tried to reason with him, for saying NO to a prospective matrimonial match, or when he suggested to go out some where. Or restricting me from going to any spiritual classes. Which I took a lot at that time, as it gave me peace of mind.
And so one fine day I walked out of the house, as I didn’t have any freedom to do anything in life. I was restricted from doing my business, I was restricted to go learn and take some classes, Not allowed to go out with friends, not allowed to go out shopping without lengthy explanation of where I was going or what I wanted to buy. The day I left I had Rs. 1500/- with me, I didnt have access to any bank accounts that were in my name, I didnt have access to my own adhaar card, or PAN or driving license.
But still I left not knowing what to do with my life.
Good thing is I had my aunty's home, she lives in London so I had her home always open for me. I shifted to her place and started living and working from there. I just had my laptop, and thanks to Docomo high speed internet, I had good internet to work with on my laptop.
A lot of elders were terribly unhappy with what I did, as “I was not being a good daughter” but I knew what price I had to pay, to “be the good daughter” and I wasn’t ready to pay that price anymore. All my life till I was 25yrs old, I was a very very good girl listening to every elder. Doing what everybody wanted me to do, not doing what they didn’t want me to do. And one fine day I just thought “when will I do what I really want to do!” That day I STOPPED listening to all elders, and I started living a life of my own.
After reading this story, if you feel I haven’t been a good daughter, well I could do the best I could. I wont stretch myself any further
And please don’t be sympathetic, Ive outgrown those hard days. Took self-healing extensively.
Reason to share this story is so that you get to know me better, and after reading this to its fullest. If you still feel you like me, you’re welcome to my world.
This is the story of me beginning my journey as a Tarot reader, I started learning Tarot in 2005. And soon I realised that Learning from a reputed place/ person/ class was essential. So I took courses Ive already shared that in one of my reels.
Now fast forward some time after that. I started reading professionally. My readings used to be extremely spot-on and accurate from early times. That it scared me, I felt it was creepy that what I said came true. But I still continued doing it as I felt thrilled by TAROT itself. I initially had a problem with charging people money. You must’ve read my life story which I shared, I wasn’t working and was at home trying to do tarot readings. For what I wasn’t supported. Later after I left my parents’ house, I started doing readings and charging seriously.
I would like to share, about my life at that time. As I told you I left my parent’s home with just Rs. 1500/- in my pocket. So I obviously had to start charging people. After I left my parent’s house I still had not learned how to manage a business. But I still started doing it. Sometimes I earned quite well, sometimes it wasn’t that good.
I also was managing my groceries myself. That was the first time in my life I was managing my money and expenses by myself. One day I had the last Rs. 500/- note in my purse left. And I was having this strong feeling to eat “Sabudana khichdi” I find it really yummy(its ok if you don’t like it, I am very fond of it). And that day I went to store to ask the price of Sabudana for 500gm. This was the year 2013. I was craving it so badly, yet I found out that it was Rs. 100 for 500gm or 1kg(Im not sure) so I didn’t buy. I was quite disappointed as I had the money; but as I was doing readings like as a freelancer I never knew when was the next client going to drop in. So the morey I had Rs. 500/- was the last 500/- I had at that time.
So I had to conserve the money I had. That was the day I cried for the first time because I couldn’t buy myself the food that I loved. Later after few days a client booked an appointment and I was happy that somebody had finally booked. He was a guy from Vapi, some businessman. Who got an entire session with me, I meticulously conducted the entire session and then came the time for him to pay. To which he said “I have parked my car at a wrong location, let me first go and check it”. I let him go for a while, thinking his vehicle should not get ruined parking at the wrong location. I kept the bill ready, thinking he would come and pay me. Waited for 15mins straight and he still didn’t come back. That’s when I realised that he might have just run-off after taking a free session from me.
I went downstairs and didn’t see him. He had got away getting a free reading. I was devastated, that day I just burst to tears. I was broken inside, because after a lot of hope this new client had come for reading. But I ended up with no money. I honestly had a different level of conversation with God that day. With tears, heartbreak and lot of negative thinking that day ended finally. That was the LAST day I felt ashamed to charge for my Tarot Readings. I know you might think that I might have cursed that man, but that’s not how I was raised by my mother. She always taught me to be kind, loving and compassionate. She always spoke kindly with me, even after I had tried to pick a fight with her. So I never cursed that man. But I knew Karma is a thing. And he would be stung by it; I didn’t have to do any cursing. After that day I hiked my price, to what the prices of Tarot Readings were at that time in Market.
And that was the day after which I realised that I seriously needed to Learn how to do Business. Because doing Tarot Readings accurately isn’t equal to making money. I needed to learn the art of doing a Spiritual business. And because I am good at what I do. I DESERVE TO GET PAID FOR IT. So I took a Course to learn Online Business in June 2014 by Brigit Esselmont it was called “Grow your Tarot Business Online”. Later another Course by Brendon Burchard, again on how to do business. I don’t remember his courses’ name.
Fast Forward to now, when I have already learned and mastered the art of doing Online Business. I was doubted for many many years for “not earning well” firstly because I don’t like to brag about how much I am earning. That I don’t do even do now. Earning is a personal thing, you do it to support your lifestyle. It has nothing to do with showing it off to other people. But honestly I am not bothered by it, Ive learned world operates that way. When you share how much you earn , how much you’re successful; people start valuing you more. I operate opposite way lol. I try not to share my income, and when people walk way. Its like a win for me, having people around me who just value me for who I am. This is exactly what I want in life.
Presently I have a few Friends, & maintain relationship with few family & loved ones. That’s it! People who value me are important to me. If you read this fully, till here.. means I am important to you. Thank you for that. Hope you have a Blessed Day & Life.
How I started Doing Readings?
I have shared with you the time when I felt like taking a year off after my college got over. I would like to share a bit further about that self-discovery period. The year off time almost felt like life coming to a jolt. Very very hectic life suddenly felt paused. You might have expected me to say it felt calm, but it wasn’t. Lifestyle came to a halt. Calmness and peace still wasn’t there. For most people who think, you will get peace if you leave your job or company; well you won’t directly. That’s not how it works. Getting into something you didn’t want to do, is just the mask. When you keep doing what other’s like you to do, it shows greater problem. That you haven’t learned how to access your inner world. Most mass of people will keep getting your answers, about what they need to do in life - is from outer world, from statistics, people and trends. You’ll feel to keep doing what everybody is doing to feel safe and accepted.
That’s what I too was doing at least till I had taken the break. But after taking a break I felt that blank-screen, nothingness and lack of satisfaction with life. As I still didn’t know what I was meant to do in life. Slowly I started following what I liked. Drawing & painting has always been my passion. So I started drawing. Well that helped, connect me to my core. Then came 2005, Feb 2005 I accidentally came across Cosmic Chat show on Zoom Tv. Where Simon Singh was a host and Suneeta Menon a Tarot Reader, used to read for people’s problems and give them solutions with Tarot Cards. That show highly intrigued me. I was in love with Tarot cards. Not just love for tarot but my life had several problems at that time. My family had several problems, they seemed never ending. So my hope was to get a tarot reading from Suneeta Menon via that show. I wrote a few letters to them. But my reading was never done on that show. So I decided to take things in my hands. I asked my aunty who lives in London to buy me a Tarot Deck. As my small Town #valsad didn’t have it. Everywhere I went and described Tarot Cards. They showed me playing cards. So I had to ask my aunty to get me the deck. Also I wasn’t aware of Flipkart at that time, where I would’ve found it. Back then I wasn’t shopping online as I didn’t have access to my bank account.
So when I got the deck I tried to go through the book first, it was the “Tin of Tarot” a purple box which had Thoth styled tarot cards. Only majors had pics of characters. Minors had just playing card like card pics. Which made it extremely difficult to know what they meant. But still I started learning readings. I firstly started doing my own readings. And to be honest the initial readings were quite disturbing and mind-shattering. As Tarot shows you what is inside of you, that is attracting the mess in your outer world. Honestly initially I couldn’t bear the mirror Tarot was showing me. I also got afraid of the cards, that there might be spirits talking through the cards. And might affect my life in an adverse way. So I shoved my Tarot cards away in a corner for a while. I wanted to forget about them for ever. But truth is disturbing. And when somebody shows you the truth, you won’t be able to run away from it forever.
After a few months of hide and seek, I again had the courage to pull them out. This time wanted to stick to the learning process. So that I can master the cards. I was also learning Tarot from online website. At that time it was quite difficult to find one. But I still tried. Met a Tarot Teacher who cleared my doubts and taught me how to get a hang of readings.
Did take a few courses from American Tarot Association. And kept learning, and as I kept learning I also kept doing reading practices. Initially charging really low prices. Like just Rs. 11/- initially. Of course people didn’t value it, and I was generally made fun of; because I was charging really less. But I still kept doing it, getting ridiculed by my customers actually motivated me to raise my prices. Slowly I started getting feedback, which I wasn’t expecting. On the inside I laughed thinking “They liked the guidance Id given๐” well I just learned tarot to solve my own problems, to get answers to my own questions and to make predictions for my own future; which to me wasn’t clear at that time. Doing readings for others and getting positive feedback, where people start depending on my advice wasn’t part of the plan. Ok let me tell you why I wasn’t trusting my own self as a Tarot Reader initially, as in my childhood I used to be much careless and reckless while talking to people. I never used to think before I spoke, so most of the times people around me didn’t trust my answers. But growing up and learning tarot changed that.
Slowly I started increasing my charges as more and more people started pouring in. When I left my parent’s house on 2012, I was charging Rs. 500/- per hour at that time. I felt it was ok to charge that much, that way I would be able to help more people in need. It felt noble, good and reasonable at that time. But then happened that incident about a client from Vapi who came and ran off without paying. Which gave me enough boost to raise my prices to a good level. So that I never find any cheap people on my way. Fast forward to now, I have hiked my prices good enough to match market rates of good experienced Tarot Readers. Because as years have passed, Ive also become more and more polished in doing my readings… As a beginner my readings used to be quite raw and loose around the edges. Now the readings are more dependable, to the point and help bring transformation my client’s life. If you want to read reviews of my clients try to go to my Soul’s Purpose business page.
I have always been asked this question or given this advice “Do your services for free, money will come along; as you get blessings from people you help”. Initially I used to be stumped by that statement; but then I started asking them the same question. Why don’t you do your job for free, don’t take salary. Offer it as a free service, money will come along as a blessing. A School teacher shouldn’t take her salary. Students and their parents will bless them in return. A doctor should never charge their patients, when their lives are saved; they’re automatically going to get blessed. A Lawyer should offer his services for free, when justice is served automatically money will pour in as a reward from the universe. Isn’t it, if that is how my profession is supposed to work. You too do it the same way. If you’re not ready to do the same for yourself, than why question to pay me for my work.
Later I did learn how to do proper business so I started getting better income and stability.
After years of carrying my tarot cards along with me wherever I was going, I stopped carrying my cards with me everywhere. I stopped giving tarot readings on the way, while I was travelling. I stopped taking my cards when I visited my friends or family. I stopped giving readings to people who I knew. Which was again taken to heart. Wherever I went… whether it was my day off or some occasion, I had travelled, was tired or sleepy. I was just supposed to give hours and hours of readings. Which are exhausting and because I am not prepared for the spiritual session, I wasn’t 100% sure of the quality of the Readings I gave. So I stopped doing them. Now I offer online readings only, via email/ phone call or via Zoom. Which are always pre-booked sessions. I stopped doing readings for all people who are close to me, who are in my close family/ friend circle; as I found my readings for all unknown people were always the best and most accurate.
So if you feel you need to get a reading from me you will have to head over to www.souls-purpose.com to book one. You can get reading as soon as after 24hrs after booking. Will share more of my life story later.. for now Bless you for reading my story. Whether you get a reading from me or not, you’re still going to get the blessings. As you are a pure soul.
- Loads of Love Priti
