My Tarot Code of Ethics

A tarot professional strives to uphold the highest ethical standards in all services rendered and to act affirmatively toward maintaining public trust in the tarot profession. This mission is grounded in the use of the tarot as a tool to assist clients with tapping into their own intuitions, spirituality, or creativity.

As a tarot reader, I strive to be professional, communicate clearly about the process, maintain confidentiality, and be transparent in my policies and procedures. For further information on how I do that, please read the articles below.

Article One | Professionalism

Adherence to Applicable Laws: A tarot professional will take the initiative to be knowledgeable of all applicable laws including but not limited to fortune-telling statutes and local municipal codes that may cover their business or the practice of tarot—legally my readings are classified as “entertainment only.” As an intuitive tarot reader, I read in a way that falls outside the scope of the supernatural and does not claim or purport to tell fortunes, foretell with any certainty future events, or disclose in unequivocal terms the mental faculties of any persons.

Role of the Tarot Professional: My job is to provide a client with information that serves to empower the client toward making their own decisions within the framework of the client’s own personal beliefs and practices.

Limitations: As a tarot professional, I will never claim the ability to cure another of ailments or provide financial benefits, nor will I purport to offer legal, medical, or financial advice.

Referrals to Qualified Professionals; A tarot professional owes a reasonable duty of care to her client, and if an inquiry touches upon legal matters, even by a tangential connection or in passing, the tarot professional will refer the client to seek the counsel of a licensed attorney. If an inquiry touches upon health or medical matters, even by a tangential connection or in passing, the tarot professional will refer the client to seek diagnosis by a licensed medical doctor. If an inquiry touches upon financial or real property matters, even by a tangential connection or in passing, the tarot professional will refer the client to seek advice from a qualified financial consultant, analyst, or real estate professional. 

Duty to Reject Subsequent Reading Requests; If at any time a tarot professional believes or has reason to believe that a client is using tarot readings to substitute — and not merely supplement — counseling from a qualified mental health professional, then she has a duty to reject subsequent reading requests from the client and to refer the client to seek qualified mental professional support.

No Dishonesty, Fraud, Deceit, or Misrepresentations: As a tarot professional, I do not use tarot in a way that purports definitive and absolute knowledge of the future. I do not represent myself as having communication with or access to any supernatural or psychic phenomena. I will never guarantee any specific outcome, positive or negative.

Third Party Consent: I do not provide reading services on inquiries into the personal affairs, business, intentions, mental faculties, or activities of third parties who are not present for the reading. My readings are querent-focused. 

Article Two | Communications

The Reading Process: I make reasonable efforts to communicate the reading or interpretive process to the client. I will do so to the best of my ability, including answering follow-up questions for a reasonable length of time.

Disclosures: A tarot professional makes reasonable efforts to disclose to all clients that tarot readings cannot replace the counseling services of a mental health professional, and a tarot professional can never guarantee his or her accuracy in the interpretation of a reading. Also, if and when tarot practice would be explicitly barred by a jurisdiction’s applicable laws, then the tarot professional must communicate to the client in clear, unambiguous terms that such readings are for entertainment purposes. See also Article Five: Disclosure Statement.

No Duty to Retain Records: A tarot professional does not owe a client any duty to retain the client’s reading records. A tarot professional may, at the discretion of his or her customary practice, retain records or files on client readings—for more information on those protections, see Article Four: Confidentiality.

Article Three | Fees

Statement of Fees. I state my service fees before the start of a reading and cannot later raise or increase the stated fee unless prior contractual terms allow for the increase. I strive to clearly communicate my fee schedule and payment terms prior to the commencement of any reading.

No Pressure for Additional Services: I will never pressure, compel, or even imply to clients that additional paid services are needed after the reading. I will never purport to possess the power to manipulate the outcome of events through supernatural or occult means.

Referral Fees. If I make a referral, then I will disclose whether any referral fees have been paid as compensation or consideration for the referral.

Article Four | Confidentiality

Duty of Confidentiality: Although there is not likely to be a legal evidentiary privilege between a tarot professional and client, a tarot professional nonetheless agrees on her own accord to be bound by a duty of confidentiality. I will not reveal personal or private information relating to a client reading unless that client has given informed consent.

Reasonable Diligence to Protect Confidentiality: I exercise all reasonable efforts to prevent the inadvertent or unauthorized disclosure of or access to information relating to my clients. Exceptions: Tarot professionals may reveal personal or otherwise private information relating to a client reading if the tarot professional reasonably believes it is necessary to prevent substantial bodily harm or death, or a court order overrides the confidentiality. Threats or any communications outside the scope of client sessions and/or exceeding the bounds of common civility are also NOT protected by confidentiality.

For more information on how your digital information is used, read my Privacy Policy and my Tarot Terms of Service.

Article Five | Disclosure Statement

A tarot professional cannot predict the future with certainty, and you should not rely on a tarot reading to make any decision that would affect your legal, financial, or medical condition. If your inquiry involves the law, finance, or medicine, then you should seek the advice of a licensed or qualified legal, financial, or medical professional. Tarot reading cannot replace qualified mental health care; it can only facilitate making your own decisions and choices in a given situation. Legally, the tarot readings I offer are designated as entertainment purposes only.

Be advised that my services are only offered to those who are of a sound mind who are 18 years of age or older; by requesting my services, you are hereby verifying these terms.