Word of mouth is perhaps the best way to choose a reader. If someone else has had a good experience then it might be worth following their recommendation. The internet is full of tarot readers – some are wonderful, others are not so good. After word of mouth, the next best way for you to assess a reader is by their presence on the internet, especially by reading reviews. Do they have a blog or website that clearly shows they have studied the cards and understand their meanings? What is their level of experience. Do they seem well rounded and have their feet on the ground? As human beings we all have our own areas of expertise and interest, our own way of approaching readings. Take your time to explore and then pick the reader in San Diego, who feels right for you.
When someone asks me for a reading, I believe it is my sacred duty to do the very best I can for my client: to get myself out of the way, to make no judgements or assumptions or project my own ideas onto them. I am essentially there as a translator. I remove myself from this reality and enter another in which the universe speaks to me through the cards and my role is to relay that to the client as clearly as possible. It is a honor and a responsibility that I am happy to share. As always however, you are in charge of your own life. Take what you can from a reading with an open heart and make the decisions you need to make for yourself.
Warning: If a “psychic” tells you that you have been cursed or have some dark energy surrounding you and that for a few hundred (or some time thousands of) dollars, and will remove it for you by lighting candles, RUN AWAY!! Such a person, is part of an hereditary sydicate, with bosses who set them in storefront with quotas.
Trust your own intuition and let it guide you to who and what feels right