City repeals fortune-telling prohibition
The art of palm reading passed from grandmother to mother to daughter in Nella Forest's family.
Tarot cards first came into Forest's hands as a 4-year-old when she watched her mother spread them out on the kitchen table.
Her mother taught her about the Major Arcana or the subjects of the tarot deck and the Minor Arcana or the adjectives.
Forest, who describes herself as a Wiccan high priestess, has been reading tarot cards, palms and ruins in Casper since arriving in 1995.
Until Tuesday night, Forest was violating a city ordinance.
Filed under Consumer Protection, part of a municipal code prohibited anyone from receiving payment for telling, revealing or reading the past, present or future.
Forest charges clients $6 for 20 minutes of reading in her shop, Pan's Grove, on Walnut Street or at fairs around Wyoming.
"I never guessed that could be illegal," said Forest, who learned of the rule after the Star-Tribune published an article about it in 2006. "I was shocked." Full Story
Related: religion, wicca, pagan, spells
Tarot cards first came into Forest's hands as a 4-year-old when she watched her mother spread them out on the kitchen table.
Her mother taught her about the Major Arcana or the subjects of the tarot deck and the Minor Arcana or the adjectives.
Forest, who describes herself as a Wiccan high priestess, has been reading tarot cards, palms and ruins in Casper since arriving in 1995.
Until Tuesday night, Forest was violating a city ordinance.
Filed under Consumer Protection, part of a municipal code prohibited anyone from receiving payment for telling, revealing or reading the past, present or future.
Forest charges clients $6 for 20 minutes of reading in her shop, Pan's Grove, on Walnut Street or at fairs around Wyoming.
"I never guessed that could be illegal," said Forest, who learned of the rule after the Star-Tribune published an article about it in 2006. "I was shocked." Full Story
Related: religion, wicca, pagan, spells
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