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The Hanged Man. Upside Down.
A Fortune Teller’s Tales: Episode 2
I opened up the email. There was a picture of a woman, eyes drooping with a forlorn countenance. There was another photo in the email, that followed the first. It was a man, looking about the same age as the woman, but smiling happily, holding the shoulder of a woman who was cropped out of the picture. These were followed by a written question.
Fortune Readings is what I do, in several ways. One way is by email. I ask Seekers to send me their questions, their head shot, and arrange payment for the reading. Then I will email back their Fortune Reading, in 1 or 2 days, as soon as I can, with their answers into the future. I do several of these a week, and most always, with clients that I have never talked to, or heard their voice. Just their head shot.
She looked Italian…perhaps. A “Girl Next Door” kind of attractiveness. Jeans and a simple blouse…well a shirt really. The highlights in her hair helped soften her potentially dramatic contrasts on the rest of her appearance. I did not know where she was from; it could have been Italy, Jersey, or Chicago. Or maybe she wasn’t Italian. The man had a similar look ethnically, but I am just guessing. The email address seemed to be Italian, though. As I scrolled down past the 2 contrasting photos in her email, I found her question.
“Can you please tell me when my husband will come out of his coma? I miss him and love him very much. I have been waiting for him for some time, and I love him very much.”
I took a deep, slow breath in and exhaled the tension out. It had stiffened my neck suddenly, as I digested this request, and tried to find a way to delicately do this very personal reading, with just a photo. Usually, the question are, “Does he (or she) love me?”. Or “When will we get back together again?”, which I guess is a bit similar to her question, but not really. Every question is important to my Seekers, but they are rarely this serious.
Life and death serious.
These type of readings are very difficult. The emotions and stakes are very high. People are seeking hope, and the tendency is to try and find it for them. But you don’t want to mislead them into disappointment, either. So I try to tell the truth, as honestly as I can, as gently as I…
