I’ve been sharing a viewer-requested video series over on my YouTube channel that focuses on Kipper card readings and some simple spreads I use when working with that system of cartomantic divination.

A viewer who had been tuning in and watching (not the viewer who put in the request, but another) asked me if I offered private Kipper readings to clients.

At this time, I’ve only had one client who expressed interest in working with Kipper (she started out as a cartomancy coaching client, but also purchased a reading).

When she approached me, she said she wanted to work with me—specifically using Kipper—because she’d seen some of my Kipper reading videos on my YouTube channel (and, as I write this sentence, I’m getting a sense of déjà vu, and seeing a pattern emerging…).

When our work together was complete, she moved on. And I haven’t had anyone express an interest in Kipper—until now.

I have to say I was intrigued by the question, and wanted to know more about the prospects of such a venture. So, I thought it would be good to go right to the source—the Kipper itself.

Taking the Roaring 20s Kipper* (one my personal favorite Kipper decks) in hand, I shuffled the cards, asking this question: “What do I need to know about conducting private Kipper readings to clients as a service offering?”

How Kipper Answers the Question

Drawing for a Line of 5, I pulled Prison & Restriction, Success in Love, Younger Woman, Good News, and Unexpected Reward.

Opening the line up, Prison & Restriction talks about the possibility of limitation and restriction in the beginning or at the start (beginning and start of the line). It can suggest that interest in Kipper readings might be confined or isolated (prison being a place of confinement and isolation) to a few people.

Next is Success in Love, a card that talks about success and a good outcome. It can also talk about having faith and trust in the process.

Prison & Restriction + Success in Love could be read to say that the Kipper readings would be confined and/or limited (Prison & Restriction) to those who love (Success in Love) the system.

Coming to Younger Woman, my first thought is that she represents that former student and client (Younger Woman represents a woman younger than me, and this was the case) I mentioned earlier; as a matter of fact, she was the only student and client to date to request Kipper as the system for study and reading.

With that in mind, Prison & Restriction + Success in Love + Younger Woman can be read to validate that Kipper was limited and/or confined (Prison & Restriction) to my relationship (Success in Love) with that former student and client (Younger Woman, who is not facing those cards, which symbolically represents the past).

Younger Woman can also talk about talent, creativity, and fun; these could be the elements I need to bring to the table, so to speak, in providing Kipper readings to future clients (and Younger Woman looks to the right, symbolically representing the future).

Following Younger Woman is Good News, a card that talks about receiving positive news.

It’s also a card of communication (in all forms). What comes to me first is to write up posts (playing on a letter coming in the post) about Kipper (like this article, come to think about it).

Then I see that Younger Woman + Good News offers the message to have fun and to be creative with those future posts and communications.

Rounding out the line is Unexpected Reward, a card that talks about improvement that happens suddenly and unexpectedly—a wonderful follow-up to Good News, I would say!

I look at the image, seeing a pair of hands holding coins, suggesting either making changes or handling changes in the future. I also see the possibility of a change in activity, as well as money changing hands.

The trophy and the blue ribbon can suggest a “win” (achieving a triumph, a victory, and success), and that the overall experience of providing Kipper readings would be “rewarding.”

I love seeing the progression of the line, moving from limitation and restriction (Prison & Restriction) to changes made and improvement (Unexpected Reward).

It looks like that it would be worth the investment of my time and energy to incorporate Kipper into my business more, so, for the YouTube viewer who asked the question (as well as any other interested parties), be on the lookout…

 

 

 

 

*The Roaring 20s Kipper (with 1920s directions) is by Lynn Boyle; you can learn more about the deck over at her Aquarius Wellbeing shop on Etsy.