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When I first started reading this, I thought, "Oh no!", unable to imagine
how Miss Manners would respond to such idiocy.  I shouldn't have been so
pessimistic that Miss Manners would do anything less than being direct
while remaining unwaveringly polite:

DEAR MISS MANNERS:  I do psychic and tarot readings for the public.  I
consider myself a professional whose duty it is to assist others, rather
like a psychologist.

Many times I find myself placed in intolerable situations.  I am torn
between honesty and kindness.  I oftentimes discover that something
terrible
will be coming into people's lives, such as death, betrayal, loss or
divorce

My customers deserve the very best and I wish I could be totally honest. 
Is there anything in your vast knowledge and experience that covers the
proper
etiquette for a psychic reading?

GENTLE READER:  Much as she appreciates your desire to count your work
among
the healing professions, Miss Manners is afraid that you will reject their
method for softening bad news.  It would probably ruin your business.

A compassionate doctor giving a bad prognosis will emphasize the
impossibility of predicting anything with certainty, recommend getting
other opinions and then turn to providing what practical assistance he or
she can offer.  The best way to mitigate the effect of your predictions
would be for you to follow that example by stressing the uncertainty of
life's outcomes and your own fallibility.