I don’t know this for sure, but I imagine that most people who learn tarot think about reading professionally. Reading tarot is certainly an option as a career. But it isn’t for everyone. And, most professional readers will tell you, it is not as glamorous as you’d imagine.
Amber K and Azraiel Arynn K’s book, Heart of Tarot, is primarily a primer on adapting Gestalt techniques to tarot reading. However, there are several chapters devoted to the issues of reading professionally. The authors begin this section suggesting first that the reader examine her motivations and, second, consider whether or not she has the necessary skills, such as:
Am I really, really skilled at
