Sacred Reader Ethics Agreement
Reading at Star of Danu means more than having intuitive ability. It means offering guidance with judgment, kindness, honesty and respect for the client’s autonomy.
1. No fear, dependency or false certainty
- No curse, hex, possession or supernatural-danger tactics used to frighten a client.
- No paid “curse removal,” protection scheme or invented emergency.
- No guarantee that a supernatural event or predicted outcome will occur.
- No telling a client they need you, repeated sessions or a payment in order to be safe.
- No coercive upselling or manipulation during vulnerable moments.
2. Professional boundaries
- Do not diagnose medical or mental-health conditions or prescribe treatment.
- Do not tell clients to disregard licensed medical, mental-health, legal or financial professionals.
- Do not present spiritual guidance as legal advice or professional financial advice.
- Do not represent Sacred Live Readers as an emergency or crisis service.
3. Client agency
You may offer interpretation, intuition and perspective. The client remains responsible for their own life and decisions. Your language should support agency rather than replace it.
4. Privacy and confidentiality
Protect client information. Do not request unnecessary private contact information. Do not share session content, screenshots, transcripts or personal details outside the platform except where authorized by policy or legally required. Star of Danu does not record or transcribe phone or video readings and does not offer audio or video recording features. Written chat readings are saved as text transcripts in the customer’s My Readings area. Readers and customers must not independently record sessions without appropriate authorization from Star of Danu and all participants. This includes screen recording, audio capture and recording with external devices. Star of Danu does not offer a recording feature and cannot technically prevent every form of external recording.
5. On-platform relationships and payments
Do not move a client off-platform to avoid platform payment, commission, safety controls or review systems. Do not solicit gifts, private transfers, secret fees or separate paid protection services. Refunds are controlled through Star of Danu’s platform policy, not private side arrangements.
6. Respectful conduct
No harassment, threats, discriminatory abuse, fraud, impersonation, sexual exploitation, illegal content or misuse of a client’s vulnerability. Readers must also report serious client misconduct through the platform process rather than retaliating.
7. Safety escalation
If you reasonably believe there is an imminent threat of serious harm, stop treating the situation as an ordinary reading and follow the current Star of Danu Safety Escalation Procedure. Human safety comes first.
8. Reviews and marketplace integrity
Do not buy, trade, threaten for, script or manipulate reviews. Do not retaliate against a client for a lawful review. Star of Danu may investigate suspicious review activity.
9. Profile truthfulness and content rights
Keep your experience, tools, biography, images and claims accurate. Only upload content you have the right to use. Approved profile content may be displayed and promoted by Star of Danu under the final Reader Agreement.
10. Compensation, fees and payouts
Sacred Readers set their available fixed-session rates, subject to the Star of Danu Marketplace Rules. For each paid reading, Star of Danu first deducts direct third-party transaction and communication costs actually attributable to the reading, such as payment processing and applicable video, phone or messaging service costs. The amount remaining is Net Reading Revenue. Net Reading Revenue is split 70% to the Sacred Reader and 30% to Star of Danu.
After each completed reading, Reader Studio will show the gross call amount, each direct-fee category deducted, Net Reading Revenue, Star of Danu’s share and the reader’s share. Extensions use the same calculation. Refunds, chargebacks (when a customer disputes a card payment with their bank or card issuer), reader-granted free minutes and Star of Danu-funded promotions may create clearly labeled adjustments under the current platform policy. Star of Danu controls customer refunds and will not hide deductions behind an unexplained platform-fee line.
Star of Danu may update these terms as the service, provider costs, legal requirements, or tax requirements change. Readers will be asked to accept material updates before continuing to offer sessions.
11. Enforcement
Violations may result in coaching, content changes, temporary unavailability, suspension, investigation, payout holds where legally permitted, or removal from the marketplace depending on severity.
Review before you apply
This public copy is for review only. If you are selected to move forward after your conversation with Star of Danu, you will sign the current Ethics Agreement in Reader Studio with your other required onboarding documents. Star of Danu records the signed version and completion date in Reader Compliance.
Refunds and your earnings
Star of Danu sends customer refunds; you do not refund customers directly. Your unpaid earnings are recalculated when a payment is refunded. Full refunds leave no earnings from that payment. Partial refunds leave a 70% Reader / 30% Star of Danu split on the remaining net payment after applicable actual fees. Star of Danu bears fees not covered by the remaining payment.
Already allocated or transferred payouts require a separate administrator review under your accepted agreement; Dispute Resolution Center does not automatically debit your bank or reverse a transferred payout. You can respond privately to a case and receive its recorded decision. This operational explanation does not modify a previously accepted agreement.
Payments & tax update
This addendum forms part of the Reader Agreement when accepted in Reader Studio. Existing signed documents are retained.
1. Who provides the reading
You are the independent provider of your readings. Star of Danu LLC operates the marketplace and collects customer payments for your sessions on your behalf. You set your session rates and schedule under the Reader Agreement and applicable marketplace rules.
2. Our obligation to pay you
Star of Danu is obligated to settle and pay your earnings for completed paid sessions, subject to the itemized fees, refunds, disputes, lawful withholding and specific holds described below and in your Reader Agreement. We deduct actual attributable third-party payment-processing and communication costs. The remaining Net Reading Revenue is split 70% to you and 30% to Star of Danu. Extensions follow the same calculation. This addendum does not change that split.
3. When you are paid
The workweek runs Monday through Sunday in Eastern Time. Earnings eligible for release are scheduled for the second Monday after that Sunday, leaving one full intervening week for reconciliation. For example, work performed Monday October 19 through Sunday October 25, 2026 is scheduled for release Monday November 2, 2026. A release to your connected Stripe account is not a guarantee that your bank receives the deposit that day. Stripe processing, bank holidays and banking requirements can affect arrival.
4. If part of a payment needs review
A hold is limited to the documented amount associated with an affected session or another specifically identified lawful obligation. A refund, chargeback, suspected fraud, processing restriction, legal requirement, or verifiable fee adjustment may justify review of that amount. Star of Danu will identify the affected session, amount, and reason in Reader Studio or by written notice as permitted by law, and will release verified amounts when the hold no longer applies and the earnings become eligible for release. Other verified, undisputed earnings remain eligible for the normal payout cycle unless a separate lawful account or processor restriction applies. A platform funding shortage does not eliminate Star of Danu’s payment obligation.
5. Refunds and disputes
Star of Danu handles customer refunds and disputes under its published policies. Full refunds leave no earnings from that payment; partial refunds recalculate earnings on the retained net payment after actual attributable direct fees, using the agreed 70/30 split. Fees not covered by retained funds are borne by Star of Danu. Any adjustment after earnings have been transferred requires administrator review and an itemized written notice identifying the affected session, supported amount, and reason, with a reasonable opportunity for the reader to contest the proposed recovery. Lawful recovery may be pursued by invoice or by a previously authorized and properly disclosed adjustment to future eligible payments, limited to the supported amount. We do not unilaterally debit the reader’s external bank account. No double recovery is permitted. Nothing here authorizes recovery of Star of Danu-funded goodwill credits from reader earnings.
6. Your tax records and Form 1099-K
Star of Danu is responsible for the applicable marketplace payment information reporting for these transactions and intends to issue Form 1099-K through Stripe where required. The gross payment amount may be the full amount customers paid for your sessions before fees, commission, credits or refunds. It is not your bank deposit or your taxable profit. Your annual breakdown separates gross payments, refunds, direct fees, the business share and recorded reader earnings. Your tax preparer determines the treatment of deductions and any adjustments. We do not also report the same settlement payments on Form 1099-NEC. Other payments, if any, are reviewed separately.
7. Keep your secure tax details current
Provide and maintain accurate legal name, tax identification information, address and required certifications through the secure Stripe workflow. Never send your SSN or full tax ID through ordinary email or Reader Studio messages. Complete Stripe requests promptly. Withholding will be applied when legally required. You remain responsible for your own federal, state and self-employment tax obligations. A reporting threshold does not make otherwise taxable earnings tax-free. Electronic delivery is available subject to your consent; request paper delivery through the available Stripe or Star of Danu process.
8. How this addendum works
This Payments & Tax Addendum becomes part of your Reader Agreement when you electronically accept it. It controls if an earlier payment or tax-reporting provision conflicts with it; other accepted terms remain in effect. Your original signed agreement and earlier records are preserved. Reader Studio records this addendum's version, your electronic signature and acceptance time, and provides a completed copy.
Reader cancellations and missed appointments
If your reader cancels a confirmed appointment before it begins, you receive a full refund regardless of how close the appointment is. Card payments return to the original payment method; payments from My Balance return to My Balance. No customer cancellation or no-show fee applies. Your cancellation notice and My Appointments show the next steps; refunds may require bank processing time.
If neither the reader nor the customer attends, the customer receives a full refund and no no-show fee is retained. The reader earns no payment for an unprovided reading. Reader cancellations within 24 hours and missed appointments are recorded for reliability review. Genuine emergencies and technical problems may be reviewed and excused by Star of Danu. Readers should cancel promptly in Reader Studio and contact hello@starofdanu.com for emergency review.
Available Now is a commitment to answer
Mark yourself Available Now only when you are ready to answer and join paid sessions. After a verified missed immediate session’s full response window, Star of Danu sets your status to Unavailable and alerts you. Each unexcused verified miss reduces your private reliability score by 20 points for 30 days, down to a minimum of zero. Other reliability factors may make your score lower. Phone sessions receive the required three attempts; text and video use the existing five-minute joining window. We do not charge a monetary fine or deduct a refund processing fee for the miss. Your client receives a full refund.
Repeated missed Available Now sessions: new bookings are automatically suspended after 3 verified, unexcused misses within any rolling 7 days OR 5 within any rolling 30 days. The second miss in 7 days, or fourth in 30 days, includes a final warning. Suspension prevents self-reactivation and new booking acceptance until Star of Danu reviews and restores booking access. Your Studio, earned funds and existing appointment records remain accessible; existing paid appointments need individual review. Score recovery or passage of time does not lift suspension. After reinstatement, suspension counts start fresh, while existing unexcused score deductions retain their own 30-day expiry. Request emergency or technical review at hello@starofdanu.com.
Known platform/provider failures are excluded from automatic missed-session consequences. Genuine emergencies and disputed technical issues can be reviewed and excused by Star of Danu; contact hello@starofdanu.com. After reviewing the alert, mark yourself available again only when ready and only if booking access is not suspended. This policy is applied prospectively; it does not create penalties for sessions missed before activation.