Wednesday, April 9, 2008
Legislate Fortune-teller for what?
From SFGATE
S.F. may soon see psychics regulated / Pioneering proposal would ban trickery
I read this little bit old article about the legislation towards fortune-tellers. This rules psychics to acquire permits to do their business for $500, and requires them to post rate cards and a phone number.
On the background of this issue, there are fraud cases like,
Let's back to the story, the point of this is there are swindlers using fortune-telling stuff to delude the victim, They are disguising themselves as fortune-tellers.
And in this industry, the customers consult with fortune-tellers are so serious that they tend to spend a lot money. Swindlers take advantage of the point.
This kind of people deprive fortune-tellers of citizenship. That's why this legislation is made in order to put up a obvious boundary between swindlers and fortune-tellers. I think this rule is to support real fortune-tellers.
Lastly, I put the line of this article.
To SFGATE
S.F. may soon see psychics regulated / Pioneering proposal would ban trickery
S.F. may soon see psychics regulated / Pioneering proposal would ban trickery
I read this little bit old article about the legislation towards fortune-tellers. This rules psychics to acquire permits to do their business for $500, and requires them to post rate cards and a phone number.
On the background of this issue, there are fraud cases like,
Police fraud inspectors say dozens of San Franciscans lose large amounts of money every year to fortune-tellers who charge $500 and up for weekly visits and who dupe clients with sleight-of-hand demonstrations of their "powers."And there are some questionable psychics who have done a classic curse removals, in this way.
The tricks, banned under the new law, include the knot in the thread (the fortune-teller makes a knot disappear) and the blood in the glass (the fortune- teller asks a client to spit into a glass of water, then secretly adds black dye to show the client is cursed).I felt some strangeness. For me, as a Japanese, the ways of fortune-telling are different than Japanese fortune-tellers. it seems more ritual here. And lately, fortune-telling has become more casual. That is, there are no women fashion or lifestyle magazine without horoscope.
Also banned would be the hair in the grapefruit (the client rubs a grapefruit on his body and covers it with money, and the fortune-teller then plants a hair inside the grapefruit to prove the money is cursed, and keeps the money) and the buried money in the graveyard (the fortune-teller promises to bury a client's "cursed" money in a graveyard, but keeps it instead).
Let's back to the story, the point of this is there are swindlers using fortune-telling stuff to delude the victim, They are disguising themselves as fortune-tellers.
And in this industry, the customers consult with fortune-tellers are so serious that they tend to spend a lot money. Swindlers take advantage of the point.
This kind of people deprive fortune-tellers of citizenship. That's why this legislation is made in order to put up a obvious boundary between swindlers and fortune-tellers. I think this rule is to support real fortune-tellers.
Lastly, I put the line of this article.
Peskin said fortune-telling is an "age-old industry that is welcome in San Francisco" and said he did not want to discourage legitimate, modestly priced psychics, seers, tarot card readers or sellers of fortune cookies, a plate of which was on the table where Peskin spoke.
To SFGATE
S.F. may soon see psychics regulated / Pioneering proposal would ban trickery
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// posted by horoscopes @ 1:50 PM 
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I appreciate this discussion.
I'm a Tarot Reader in the SF Bay Area (www.BayAreaTarot.com), and don't consider myself a fortune teller or a psychic. But other people think of me that way--and even look for me online using those words.
Most of my work is at parties and events, where I'm paid by a host or a company to entertain clients with compelling readings of Tarot cards. I'm usually sitting alongside henna artists or caricaturists.
Because Tarot follows an established system, when done correctly it is empowering for the person getting a reading--and easy to question anything you don't understand.
And there are some established Tarot organizations that abide by a code of ethics. I belong to TABI (Tarot Association of the British Isles), for example.
It's always good to ask for references and to determine if someone is a member of any central organization before paying them!
Good Luck! ;)
Elise
I'm a Tarot Reader in the SF Bay Area (www.BayAreaTarot.com), and don't consider myself a fortune teller or a psychic. But other people think of me that way--and even look for me online using those words.
Most of my work is at parties and events, where I'm paid by a host or a company to entertain clients with compelling readings of Tarot cards. I'm usually sitting alongside henna artists or caricaturists.
Because Tarot follows an established system, when done correctly it is empowering for the person getting a reading--and easy to question anything you don't understand.
And there are some established Tarot organizations that abide by a code of ethics. I belong to TABI (Tarot Association of the British Isles), for example.
It's always good to ask for references and to determine if someone is a member of any central organization before paying them!
Good Luck! ;)
Elise
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# posted by 
: December 11, 2009 at 7:45 AM
: December 11, 2009 at 7:45 AM
Hi - I'm the Chairman of the Tarot Association of The British Isles and, as eastbaytarotblog wrote, we do have a Code of Ethics.
In fact, we were contacted by UK Trading Standards for our input into their work to codify standards for Tarotists who trade on ebay.co.uk
Working to a Code of Ethics certainly helps a client clearly understand what to expect.
All members are expected to abide by the Code of Ethics, but all members are invited to personalise the code by adding their additional standards.
We're really proud of that ;-)
Alison Cross
TABI Chair
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In fact, we were contacted by UK Trading Standards for our input into their work to codify standards for Tarotists who trade on ebay.co.uk
Working to a Code of Ethics certainly helps a client clearly understand what to expect.
All members are expected to abide by the Code of Ethics, but all members are invited to personalise the code by adding their additional standards.
We're really proud of that ;-)
Alison Cross
TABI Chair
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