THE HANDSHAKE
(BOOKINGS)
Choose the length. Choose the theme. Bring the matter to the table.
Dusty at the Table works with the Tarot de Marseille to look at the structure of a situation: the pattern, pressure, blockage, movement, warning, timing, and road ahead.
This is not random fortune-telling.
This is not spiritual fluff.
This is a Telling from the table.
The Marseille is the map.
The table is where the matter lands.
The road is yours to walk.
Step 1: Choose Your Length
15 Minutes – £25.00
*Format: Recorded MP3 audio reading, delivered by email.
A short, sharp Telling for one clear question or immediate issue.
Choose this if you need a quick read on a choice, pressure point, repeated pattern, or conflict.
30 Minutes – £40.00
*Format: Recorded MP3 audio reading, delivered by email.
A deeper Telling for one situation with more movement, pressure, history, or people involved.
Choose this if the matter has more layers and needs a clearer map
60 Minutes – £70.00
*Format: Live Zoom session via appointment.
A full Hour at the Table for bigger life patterns, identity, burnout, direction, or threshold work.
Choose this if the issue is not small and needs the board cleared properly.
Step 2: Choose Your Theme
| Reading | Best For | Options |
|---|
| The Ticket Booth | Choice, opportunity, first move | 15 mins / 30 mins |
| The Wall of Death | Pressure, risk, instability | 15 mins / 30 mins |
| The Ghost Train | Repeating patterns and cycles | 15 mins / 30 mins |
| The Dodgems | Conflict, mixed signals, other people | 15 mins / 30 mins |
| The Hall of Mirrors | Identity, roles, self-distortion | 60 mins |
| The Winter Quarters Refit | Burnout, recovery, rebuild | 60 mins |
| The Traveller’s Gate | Life direction, heritage, threshold | 60 mins |
Before You Book
Each reading uses a fixed main spread.
If the table needs more information, I may draw one or two additional clarifier cards at my sole discretion.
Clarifier cards are not guaranteed, not always needed, and cannot be requested as part of the standard spread. They are only used if I feel the reading needs them to make the message clearer.
The clearer the matter you bring, the sharper the Telling.
Before You Book
Before booking, please make sure you have selected the reading that best fits your situation.
Please also read the booking instructions so you know what details to send after payment.
The Ticket Booth
Choice, Opportunity & First Move
The Ticket Booth is for the moment before you step in.
This reading is for choices, opportunities, invitations, new roads, uncertain beginnings, and situations where you need to know whether the gate is worth entering.
It does not look at the whole journey. It looks at the entrance point: what is being offered, what it may cost, and what your first move should be.
Choose this if you are asking:
Should I engage with this?
Is this opportunity worth entering?
What do I need to know before I say yes?
What is the first sensible move?
Book The Ticket Booth
15 Minutes – £25.00
*Format: Recorded MP3 audio reading, delivered by email.
2 Marseille cards + possible clarifier if needed
*Before paying, please read the booking instructions: Read the Booking Instructions
Book The Ticket Booth – 15 Minute Session
30 Minutes – £40.00
*Format: Recorded MP3 audio reading, delivered by email.
4 Marseille cards + possible clarifier if needed
*Before paying, please read the booking instructions: Read the Booking Instructions
Book The Ticket Booth – 30 Minute Session
How the Ticket Booth Works
15-Minute Spread: The Ticket Check
Card Spread:
Card 1 – The Offer
What is really being presented, whether obvious or hidden.
Card 2 – The First Step
The next move, caution, or action needed before you proceed.
Possible Clarifier – The Signal at the Booth
*Drawn only if the offer or first step needs sharper confirmation.
30-Minute Spread: The Entry Gate
Card Spread:
Card 1 – The Offer
What is being presented on the surface.
Card 2 – The Price
What this choice asks of you in time, energy, emotion, risk, or commitment.
Card 3 – The Hidden Catch
What may not be obvious yet.
Card 4 – The Road If Entered
Where the situation is likely to lead if you step through the gate.
Possible Clarifier — The Stamp on the Ticket
*Drawn only if the reading needs a final confirmation, warning, or timing note.
The Wall of Death
Pressure, Risk & Instability
Some situations move fast. Some have too much pressure behind them. Some feel exciting, risky, unstable, or close to tipping.
The Wall of Death reading is for moments where you need to understand the pressure before you act. It looks at where the wobble is, what needs a steady hand, and what line you need to hold.
This is not a disaster prediction. It is not fear-based.
It is a pressure map.
See the risk clearly before you ride straight into it blind.
Book The Wall of Death
15 Minutes – £25.00
*Format: Recorded MP3 audio reading, delivered by email.
2 Marseille cards + possible clarifier if needed
*Before paying, please read the booking instructions: Read the Booking Instructions
Book The Wall of Death – 15 Minute Session
30 Minutes – £40.00
*Format: Recorded MP3 audio reading, delivered by email.
4 Marseille cards + possible clarifier if needed
*Before paying, please read the booking instructions: Read the Booking Instructions
Book The Wall of Death – 30 Minute Session
How The Wall of Death Works
15-Minute Spread: The Pressure Line
Card Spread:
Card 1 – The Pressure
Where the risk, wobble, speed, conflict, or unstable point sits.
Card 2 – The Hold-Firm Point
What needs control, caution, discipline, protection, or steadiness.
Possible Clarifier – The Loose Bolt
*Drawn only if the pressure point needs more detail or the warning is not yet clear.
30-Minute Spread: The Wall Ride
Card Spread:
Card 1 – The Wall
What you are actually up against.
Card 2 – The Speed
How the situation is moving, escalating, or gathering momentum.
Card 3 – The Wobble
The weak point, blind spot, emotional swerve, or risk factor.
Card 4 – The Safe Line
The strategy, boundary, or next move that keeps you steady.
Possible Clarifier — The Warning Light
*Drawn only if the safe line needs a sharper caution or a clearer next move.
The Ghost Train
Repeating Patterns & Cycles
The Ghost Train is for patterns that keep coming back.
This reading is not for a brand-new situation. It is for the issue you have seen before: the same emotional scare, the same disappointment, the same kind of person, the same argument, the same fear, the same road dressed up in different scenery.
It looks at the track you keep travelling, the scare that keeps appearing, and where the exit may be.
Choose this if you are asking:
- Why does this keep happening?
- What pattern am I stuck in?
- Why do I keep meeting the same situation in a different form?
- Where is the exit from this loop?
Book The Ghost Train
15 Minutes – £25.00
*Format: Recorded MP3 audio reading, delivered by email.
2 Marseille cards + possible clarifier if needed
*Before paying, please read the booking instructions: Read the Booking Instructions
Book The Ghost Train – 15 Minute Session
30 Minutes – £40.00
*Format: Recorded MP3 audio reading, delivered by email.
4 Marseille cards + possible clarifier if needed
*Before paying, please read the booking instructions: Read the Booking Instructions
Book The Ghost Train – 30 Minute Session
How The Ghost Train Works
15-Minute Spread: The Track & Exit
Card Spread:
Card 1 – The Track
The repeated pattern, emotional route, or familiar loop.
Card 2 – The Exit
What needs to change, stop, or be recognised to begin stepping off the loop.
Possible Clarifier – The Thing in the Dark
*Drawn only if the repeated pattern has a hidden trigger that needs naming.
30-Minute Spread: The Ghost Train Route
Card Spread:
Card 1 – The Track
The route or pattern you keep travelling.
Card 2 – The Scare
The trigger, fear, shock, or repeated disruption.
Card 2 – The Scare
The trigger, fear, shock, or repeated disruption.
Card 3 – The Carriage
What keeps you inside the cycle: attachment, belief, habit, hope, guilt, or avoidance.
Card 4 – The Emergency Exit
The practical or emotional way to begin leaving the loop.
Possible Clarifier – The Exit Sign
*Drawn only if the emergency exit needs a more practical or immediate instruction.
The Dodgems
Conflict, Mixed Signals & Other People
The Dodgems is for situations involving other people.
This is the reading for conflict, mixed signals, emotional pushback, workplace friction, family tension, relationship uncertainty, awkward dynamics, and situations where people keep bumping into each other without dealing with the real issue.
It does not ask:
Who is the villain?
It asks:
Where is the collision point?
Choose this if you are asking:
- What is really going on between us?
- Why does this keep becoming a clash?
- What pressure is the other person bringing into this?
- Where is the real friction?
Book The Dodgems
15 Minutes – £25.00
*Format: Recorded MP3 audio reading, delivered by email.
2 Marseille cards + possible clarifier if needed
*Before paying, please read the booking instructions: Read the Booking Instructions
Book The Dodgems – 15 Minute Session
30 Minutes – £40.00
*Format: Recorded MP3 audio reading, delivered by email.
4 Marseille cards + possible clarifier if needed
*Before paying, please read the booking instructions: Read the Booking Instructions
Book The Dodgems – 30 Minute Session
How The Dodgems Works
15-Minute Spread: The Bump Point
Card Spread:
Card 1 – Their Impact
The other person’s pressure, behaviour, influence, or role in the situation.
Card 2 – The Collision Point
Where the friction actually sits.
Possible Clarifier – The Spark Point
*Drawn only if the collision point needs more detail.
30-Minute Spread: The Dodgem Floor
Card Spread:
Card 1 – Your Direction
What you are trying to do, protect, avoid, or move toward.
Card 2 – Their Direction
What the other person appears to be pushing, resisting, wanting, or avoiding.
Card 3 – The Collision
Where the real clash, misunderstanding, pressure, or mixed motive sits.
Card 4 – The Boundary Line
What needs to be held, said, stopped, or made clear.
Possible Clarifier – The Brake Pedal
*Drawn only if the boundary line needs a clearer stop, slow down, or move message.
The Hour at the Table
These are full 60-minute sessions.
They are not for quick questions. They are for larger patterns, bigger life shifts, and matters that need the board cleared properly.
The Hall of Mirrors
Identity, Role & Self-Distortion
This is for when you have spent too long performing for partners, family, work, social approval, survival, or expectation — and you no longer know which part is you and which part is the act.
It looks at masks, roles, self-image, perception, and the pressures that have shaped how you are showing up.
This is not about blaming you for the role you had to play. It is about finding what is real underneath it.
Book The Hall of Mirrors
60 Minutes – £70.00
*Format: Live Zoom session via appointment.
7 Marseille cards + possible clarifier if needed
*Before paying, please read the booking instructions: Read the Booking Instructions
Book The Hall of Mirrors – One Hour Session
How The Hall of Mirrors Works
Card Spread:
Card 1 – The Face Shown
The role, image, or version of self being presented.
Card 2 – The Face Hidden
What is being suppressed, hidden, or privately carried.
Card 3 – The Distortion
Where perception has become warped.
Card 4 – Who Holds the Mirror
The person, pressure, expectation, or situation shaping the reflection.
Card 5 – The Real Signal
What is still true underneath the performance.
Card 6 – The Role to Drop
The act, defence, habit, or mask that has become too costly.
Card 7 – The Road Back
The direction that restores clarity and self-possession.
Possible Clarifiers
*Up to 3 clarifiers may be drawn if needed:
The First 30-Day Move – the first practical step back to yourself.
The Cost – what the role is costing you.
The Warning – what not to ignore.
The Winter Quarters Refit
Burnout, Recovery & Strategic Rebuild
This is for when the wheels have come off, the canvas is torn, and “just keep going” is no longer a strategy.
It looks at what broke, what still holds, what must be retired, what needs repair, and what can realistically carry weight again.
This is not a motivational speech.
It is a repair map.
Book The Winter Quarters Refit
60 Minutes – £70.00
*Format: Live Zoom session via appointment.
7 Marseille cards + *up to 3 clarifiers if needed
*Before paying, please read the booking instructions: Read the Booking Instructions
Book The Winter Quarters Refit – One Hour Session
How The Winter Quarters Refit Works
Card 1 – What Broke
Where the system, routine, confidence, or emotional structure failed.
Card 2 – What Still Holds
The remaining strength, resource, support, or useful structure.
Card 3 – What Must Be Retired
What cannot be carried forward.
Card 4 – What Needs Repair
The area needing attention before forward movement is sustainable.
Card 5 – What Can Carry Weight Again
What is worth rebuilding around.
Card 6 – The First Road Out
The first realistic movement away from collapse or exhaustion.
Card 7 – The 90-Day Refit
The practical strategic focus for the next phase.
Possible Clarifiers
Up to 3 clarifiers may be drawn *if needed:
- The Hidden Drain – what is still taking too much from you.
- The Immediate Boundary – what must be protected first.
- The Next Practical Step – the first realistic move toward repair.
The Traveller’s Gate
Life Direction, Heritage & Threshold Work
The Traveller’s Gate is for major life direction.
This reading is for the big threshold: the old road behind you, the gate in front of you, and the question of what you are carrying as you step forward.
It is especially suited to inherited pressure, family patterns, identity shifts, personal calling, major crossroads, and the moment where staying the same may cost as much as changing.
This is not a fixed-destiny reading.
It is a map of inheritance, pressure, choice, and direction.
Book The Traveller’s Gate
60 Minutes – £70.00
*Format: Live Zoom session via appointment.
9 Marseille cards + *optional final clarifier if needed
*Before paying, please read the booking instructions: Read the Booking Instructions
Book The Traveller’s Gate – One Hour Session
How The Traveller’s Gate Works
Card Spread:
Card 1 – The Old Road
The pattern, background, or path that has shaped you.
Card 2 – The Inherited Load
Family pressure, old belief, expectation, or burden carried forward.
Card 3 – The Gate Before You
The threshold or decision now presenting itself.
Card 4 – The Fear at the Threshold
The fear, hesitation, or resistance around crossing it.
Card 5 – The Road Calling
The direction with genuine pull or meaning.
Card 6 – The Price of Staying
What is lost, repeated, or reduced if nothing changes.
Card 7 – The Price of Moving
What change will cost in courage, comfort, security, or identity.
Card 8 – The Lantern Forward
The guiding signal, strength, or truth to carry forward.
Card 9 – The First Step
The immediate action or commitment required.
*Optional Clarifier – The Road Sign
A final warning, confirmation, or practical marker if needed. This card is optional and drawn only if the reading needs one final road-marker.
Reading Format
Please note the format of each reading before booking.
15-Minute and 30-Minute Readings
All 15-minute and 30-minute readings are recorded as a private MP3 audio reading and delivered by email to your nominated email, which must be confirmed by you when booking.
These readings are NOT live sessions.
After payment, please email me with your name, the reading you booked, your question or situation, and the email address you would like the MP3 sent to.
The reading will then be recorded and sent to your nominated email address.
60-Minute Readings – The Hour at the Table
All 60-minute readings are conducted LIVE by Zoom.
These are full Hour at the Table sessions and are arranged by appointment after payment.
Also, all the information you need is on the Booking Instructions page. There is information there to assist you with framing your questions so you get the most guidance from your reading.
After Your Payment
Payments: Your payment is settled securely via the PayPal Gateway. I never see, nor do I store, your financial coordinates. The sanctuary of the Table begins at the gate.
Submitting Your Information: Promptly after payment (or alongside your payment), please submit the requested information with your question via the form form on the Contact page (also known as “The Gate”). The correct form to use for this is the “Submit Grist Paid Grist Order Form”. The link is in the menu or Click Here. There you can provide your name, the reading you booked, your question or situation, and your availability for the Zoom session.
What You Receive: For recorded readings, you receive a private MP3 reading sent by email to your nominated email address, which needs to be confirmed by you after booking. For live readings, the session is held online by private appointment.
Important Note
Readings are for guidance and entertainment purposes only. They are not a substitute for legal, medical, financial, psychological, or any other professional advice, nor do they make decisions for you or tell you what you should do.
If your matter involves urgent legal, medical, financial, mental health, safeguarding, or emergency issues, please contact the appropriate qualified professional or emergency service.
What’s on the Table
Nothing on the table is there by accident.
Dusty at the Table is not built around theatrical paraphernalia or mystical window dressing. The objects on the table are visual markers. Each one represents a kind of situation, pressure, warning, ending, blockage, or road that a person may bring into a reading.
They are there to remind us what the graft is really about: finding where you stand, what is affecting the road, and what needs to happen next.
The woodblock represents the working ground. Before anything can be read, the question has to land somewhere solid. No floating nonsense. No vague spiritual fog. The matter comes to the table and is looked at properly.
The wooden box and cloth hold the cards. The box keeps the craft protected; the cloth marks the reading space. When the cards come out, the question has entered the room properly.
The black cat represents the cat in the yard or fairground – the one that watches, listens, and catches what is creeping under the boards. In a reading, the cat stands for the hidden problem: the thing quietly chewing away at the situation, the nuisance, the pest, the pattern that needs to be found before it causes more damage. The cat has grit and is a grafter.
The lantern is lit when the table is open. It does not promise an easy road. It shows enough light for the next step. Sometimes that light shows a way forward. Sometimes it shows what must be avoided.
The skull represents the hard truth that not every situation is meant to be repaired. Some roads end. Some bridges need burning. Some relationships, jobs, habits, or old patterns have served their purpose and must be laid down before anything new can move.
Behind the table are the three lights: red, amber, and green.
Red is the warning light. It is the stop signal, the dashboard alert, the sign that something needs serious attention before you go any further.
Amber is the waiting point. It does not mean yes and it does not mean no. It means pause, watch the timing, check the gauge, and do not force movement before the road is ready.
Green is movement. On the dashboard it is a sign things are working and It means the road has energy, the situation has motion, or the way forward is clearer – but even a green light still asks you to keep your eyes open.
Together, these objects form the language of the table.
The Woodblock represents the Marseille tarot – the original woodblocks.
The Wooden box is where the cards are safely stored
and wrapped in the cloth for protection.
The The cat finds the pest. The cat has grit and does the graft.
The lantern shows the road.
The skull names the ending.
The lights tell us whether the situation says stop, wait, or go.
This is not decoration. It is the table’s way of reminding us why we are here.
The lantern is lit. The table is open.
Bring the matter – and let’s read the road.
The Weather Glass
At times, I use the crystal ball as a weather glass before the Marseille cards are laid or as I go through the reading.
Not for random predictions. Not for theatre. The crystal is there to read the atmosphere around the question – the fog, the pressure, the stillness, the heat, or the crosswind.
If I use the crystal, it is part of the graft.
Then the Marseille tarot comes to the table and maps the structure: the pattern, the blockage, the movement, and the road.
The Marseille is the map. The crystal is the weather glass.
The road is yours to walk.
About The
DEGREE OF THE WORK
The Entry:
Rules of the Table:
This isn’t about guessing the future; it’s about seeing exactly where you’re standing so you can make your next move with your eyes open. Choose the degree of the work that fits the weight of your situation.
Why I do this Graft
I don’t sit at this Table because I enjoy seeing people in a crisis. I sit here because I believe that no one should have to walk a jagged path without a map.
I realise this because I’ve had to break my own mirrors before.
In the old Celtic tradition, they talked about the Anam Cara – the soul friend. This wasn’t someone who told you what you wanted to hear to make you smile. It was someone who loved you enough to tell you the absolute truth so you didn’t walk off a cliff.
That is my handshake with you. I am your scout. I will find the louse on the bonnet and I will name the ghost in the train, but I do it so you can walk away from this Table with your head up and your feet on the ground. You have my word and my focus.
The Sanctuary of the Table
1. A Judgmentless Board: The 1650 Masterblocks have no interest in your shame or your “mistakes.” They are geometric tools. They don’t see “good” or “bad”; they only see Inertia and Friction. You can be honest here because the board doesn’t care about your morals—it only cares about your movement.
2. The Private Room: This is not a fete performance. There is no crowd. Everything discussed over this wood stays in the grain of the wood. Whether we are talking about your career, your family ghosts, or the “hitch” in your marriage, the conversation is strictly between the specialist and the traveller.
3. The Invisible Backbone: My training in NLP and Counselling is my “Safety Net.” It ensures that this remains a grounded, professional sanctuary where the truth can be told without the ceiling falling in.
The Trinity of the Work:
Grit, Graft, and The Open Road
Before we sit at the Table, you need to understand the tools. This is not a performance;
it is a refit.
THE GRIT (The Texture of Truth)
The Grit is the rough, honest truth of your situation. It is the sand you need under your boots so you don’t slip in the dark. I will never polish the board for you; if the road is jagged, you will see the edge. Without the friction of the truth, you have no traction.
THE GRAFT (The Labour of the Table)
The Graft is the work we do together. It is the quiet, focused labour of finding the real signal in the cards and hitching your trailers. I bring decades of study and the logic of the woodblocks; you bring the willingness to face the board. It is a handshake of effort.
THE OPEN ROAD (The Result)
The Open Road is the goal. It is that moment the mud is behind you, the wheels are turning, and you finally have the freedom to move on to the next place. We use the Grit to see the board and the Graft to do the work, but we don’t stop until the path is clear and you are back on the road.
“The ink is 400 years old. The logic is even older. If the board is rattling, we don’t pray for a miracle; we perform a refit.”
Dusty at the Table
The Handshake:
The Travellers Toll
1. Contributions: The contribution is settled securely via the PayPal Gateway. I never see, nor do I store, your financial coordinates. The sanctuary of the Table begins at the gate.
2. Be Specific: In ALL instances I require clear, specific questions. I don’t answer vague questions about “the future.” I map specific crossroads. Tell me the real story, and I’ll give you a real answer. If you hide the truth, the map will be blurred.
3. Your Telling: To give your Telling the focus it deserves, please send your details within 48 hours of payment – ideally alongside your Handshake. If I don’t hear from you in that window, the session will be placed on hold to keep the Table open for others. We will pick up the thread as soon as your dispatch arrives.
4. Focus on the Living: I am a psychic and trained spirit medium, but I have put the ghosts to rest for this work. At this Table, we talk about your life right now. If you’re looking for a séance, you’re at the wrong stall.
5. The Work is Final: I do not sugar-coat the truth. I will tell you what the cards indicate and what you need to hear, not necessarily what you want to hear. If you are looking for someone to confirm your own expectations, you are at the wrong Table. Because of the time and labour involved in the Telling, and because the graft is bespoke, there are no refunds under any circumstances once we have shaken hands and started the work – even if the readout is not what you hoped for. (Please refer to my Policies & Ethics page.)
6. The Terms of Entry: Travellers are advised to consult the comprehensive Policies and Ethics documentation in full. By purchasing or utilising any services provided at this Table, you are deemed to have read, understood, and consented to be bound by all terms, conditions, ethical boundaries, and logistical mandates in their entirety.