Is it normal for readings for myself to
Question
Is it normal for readings for myself to be easier than readings for others?
Answer
Yes, it's normal — and it comes from where the information sits, not from your ability.
Reading for yourself: you already hold the anchor. You know what the question is really about, what happened last month, what you'd be embarrassed to admit, and which answer you'd like. The cards land on material that already has a context to attach to, so a sentence like "someone at work is holding something back" connects to a specific Tuesday in your head. Most of the work in a reading is not interpretation, it's recognition — and self-recognition is fast.
Reading for someone else: you hold only the question. You get a name, a situation, maybe a date. There's no shared memory to connect the card to, so each seat stays more generic: "delay" means something to them that it doesn't yet mean to you. When a seat stays blurry, the mind fills the gap — and the thing doing the filling is your own projection, not the card. That's the second reason others feel harder: for yourself, the projection is at least accurate, so it doesn't cost you anything to notice.
What actually makes others' readings readable:
| Instead of | Do this |
|---|---|
| One spread on a big life | Name the actual question in one sentence — "should I take this job," not "where is my life going" |
| Reading the whole deck for them | Two or three positions on a question they actually asked |
| Guessing what a seat means | Point to a document, a date, a conversation they can go look at |
| Filling in what you don't know | Say "this seat is empty here — what does it look like on your table?" |
If you want to practise that, a good exercise is one specific question from one other person, three positions, and each seat tied to something they'd have to go check. Say the word and I'll pull it that way.