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How To Pose A Question in Deste
How To Pose A Question in Deste
-------> We should feel calm and relaxed in a realm and quite environment with no phone calls, music,
-------> We should NOT feel angry, anxious, disappointed, stressed or even extremely happy about what
we want to know or how things will turn out.
-------> We should NOT pose a question RIGHT AFTER a heavy argument, separation, divorce,
bankruptcy, death, suicide, imprisonment, marriage, getting fired or legal argument reviews.
-------> We should NOT pose a question about (our or their) pregnancies, grave illness and forthcoming
deaths.
It would be more thoughtful asking about the progress of any therapy involved and suggest giving
priority to medical remedies or health experts.
-------> We should not pose any questions under the influence of psychoactive substances or alcohol
or when unfit due to injury, fatigue, medication, sickness or other similar causes.
1) You should avoid words that may include a negative sense of meaning while posing
your question e.g. “not”, “no”, “don’t”, “doesn’t”, “didn’t”, “never”, “none”, “nowhere”,
“nothing”, “anything”, “no one”, “ever”, “cannot”, “will not”.
Will I break up with Jane? ---> Will my relationship with Jane last?
Will I have a car accident? ---> Will I be safe while driving during this particular travel?
Will I be rejected to the Master in Science I chose to join? ---> Will I pass the course?
Will my business declare bankruptcy? ---> Will my business pull through this crisis?
Will the bank reject the loan petition as they did before? ---> Will the loan be approved?
How long will be in the same rank in my job? ---> Will I be/get promoted?
Will my house be sold in auction being performed? ---> Will I save my house from debts due?
3) You should avoid questions that involve two options, two parts or two separate
questions in one question.
E.g. Will my daughter (1st question) be successful in her exams OR (2nd question) shall we
finance her studies abroad?
Does Nick want me OR Mary?
Shall I work in Athens OR should I look for a job in Thessaloniki?
Should I ask for a divorce OR give my marriage another chance?
If my business partner finds out that I misuse our financial status, will he spare me OR end up in
Court of Justice?
Will I win this argument in civil Court OR my legal expenses will surpass the amount of
recompense?
4) You should avoid questions that you already know the answers.
- I am aware and fully informed by doctors and health experts that a relative of mine suffers
from cancer and his lifetime due is 3 – 5 months.
---> There’s no point in asking if his lifetime is going to be extended for two more years.
- My landlord has asked me to leave the house I live in while handing me over a lawsuit with a
6months period limit as a firm deadline to be met.
---> There is no sense in asking if I have enough time to pack my stuff and leave the house.
- The couple had a fight, he has packed his things and left the house.
She is asking if they are going to get married next year.
---> It would be better asking if you are going to get back together or whether the argument
is going to be settled.
- He is beating her to death every day, gets all the money out of her and spends it with his
friends messing around.
She is asking if he loves her.
---> NO, HE DOESN’T LOVE YOU! NOT AT ALL!
- In my last interview, An unpleasant dispute occured which ended up in a fight with the
company’s manager about the salary offered. Nevertheless, I had been fully informed about
it before the meeting.
He asks if he is going to get the job.
---> No, you won’t get that job.
6) Questions posed should be specific and not general.
7) You should name the person for whom you spread the deck.
All interpretators do not know you in person.
We are not being present when you spread your decks.
Make it easy for us and then you may help yourselves while interpretating the cards
according to the numbered position they show up.
8) You should call the persons after the figures shown in cards according to age,
natural figure and colors or features of character beforehand.
Make it easy for us and then you may help yourselves while interpretating the cards
according to the numbered placed they show up.
“Deste,
I want you to tell me and show me, Cathy being birth of Jane, if I am going to
have sex with John, being birth of Mary.
I call myself after Urmiaa and John is being called after Dare.”