StaarCon 2024

In this session you will become acquainted with a dynamic reading style and be introduced to the Nine Card Tableau. You will be familiarized with the different interpretative layers and see examples of how to gather information from the spread. At the end of this session, you will practice with a reading for yourself.

Learn some astrology basics in this three-session intensive.
Astrology is an ancient language of symbols and meaning that provide a framework of understanding life’s magic and difficulties. It’s a tool of evolution.

Once that you are familiar with the spread, it’s time to adapt it to your reading needs! You will learn how to glean advice and prediction from the cards, and how to adapt the layout that you know to fit the specifics of your question. You will learn the keys of timing with this reading system and practice reading for a partner.

Learn some astrology basics in this three-session intensive.
Astrology is an ancient language of symbols and meaning that provide a framework of understanding life’s magic and difficulties. It’s a tool of evolution.

Meet the Nine Card Tableau’s big sister: The 5×5 Tableau. Learn to tackle a large spread with ease and incorporate new techniques to go deeper in your interpretations and aim for longer periods of time in your readings. In this session, you will practice reading a 5×5 in groups and have the opportunity to apply what you’ve learned and ask questions.

For this session you will need a tarot deck (I advise bringing a mini-deck if you have one, so you can comfortably lay the 5×5 Tableau). You will be given a handout, but you can bring material to take notes if you wish.

Learn some astrology basics in this three-session intensive.
Astrology is an ancient language of symbols and meaning that provide a framework of understanding life’s magic and difficulties. It’s a tool of evolution.

Join Madam Adam for a modern take on the major arcana of tarot, the life journey they symbolize, and how they influence the minor arcana.

Lip print reading is a fascinating and emerging field of energy analysis that can reveal a lot about a person’s personality, mood, and well-being. It is based on the idea that the shape, size, and color of the lips reflect the inner state of the individual.

This is part 1 of a 2 part series.

Whether you know nothing about astrology, or you’ve been a pro for years, the first session will help you focus on a few simple astrology tools to personalize your tarot readings.  

Lip print reading is a fascinating and emerging field of energy analysis that can reveal a lot about a person’s personality, mood, and well-being. It is based on the idea that the shape, size, and color of the lips reflect the inner state of the individual.

This is part 2 of a 2-part series.

In the second session we will learn charm-casting.  You’ll be amazed at how easy it is.  Then of course, we will combine the charms with a tarot reading!

This session will teach the basics of lithomancy (reading crystals) and several methods to combine crystal divination with cartomancy.

Are you ready for some self-care, self-love, and self-healing?

The Crystal Breath Movement w/Caliente is a workshop that will take you through a combination of movements that will help express and release any pent-up or unexplored emotions, followed by a unique breathwork technique that will awaken and deepen your awareness and love within and culminating with a healing crystal meditation that will leave you feeling grounded and rejuvenated.

Come with an open mind and an open heart!

Please make sure to bring water, make sure to wear comfy clothes to move in, (no shoes or sneakers required), and if you have any, bring your crystals.

This deeply relaxing and centering experience blends divination with a meditative sound journey, a unique opportunity to come together to explore and manifest clear intentions for our experience at StaarCon 2023!

The session unfolds as Jenny guides you through a simple introspective Major Arcana pull and symbol meditation technique before you surrender to invisible waves of gentle sound from Himalayan and crystal singing bowls, gongs, chimes, and other healing instruments.

*Please bring a Tarot Major Arcana deck (or alternate oracle that you are already familiar with) and, if possible, a yoga mat or beach towel and a sweater + socks or blanket to ensure maximum comfort while reclined during your sound bath experience. If you are not physically comfortable resting on the floor for the sound bath, chairs will also be available.

This special StaarCon event is open to everyone. The session will begin immediately after our Opening Ceremony.

Christiana will lead us in a hands-and-feet-on exploration of the tarot images as energetic partners in our journey through life. Bring drums, clapping hands, stomping feet, singing voices, and a desire to make magic for the weekend and for your life.

Feeling blocked? You may need to unblock and redirect your energy flow!

Learn about the Universal energy field, the human energy field and how holistic interventions can balance body (physiological), mind (psychological) and spirit (metaphysical/spiritual) to correct the flow of energy, facilitate healing and achieve improved health.

There is more to divination than listing sets of keywords. Learn how to combine divination systems respectfully by allowing each oracle to have its say in the conversation according to its own language. For this class, please bring at least two different divination systems with you so you can practice what you learn.

In this fascinating presentation, Marion will walk you through the 4s in the tarot and show how each of them shows up in helping us to navigate and gain understanding in times of loss and grief.

Bring the tarot deck you are most comfortable using.

Join Madam Adam for a practical and modern take on the minor arcana of tarot. Learn how to get to the practical, base meaning of a card with confidence. 

You’ve read the books. You do the work, and you’re confident in your divination abilities. But when you’re caught off-guard, and your usual references are out of reach, what do you do? Come learn how Christine Cunningham Ashworth took what she learned from her brother Scott, among others, and made it work – her way. Learn how to trust your studied knowledge and apply your skills when you’re on your own.

The tarot deck, taken as a whole, represents the individual and each card some parrt of us; the 9 of Swords our despair, the 3 of Pentacles our productivity, etc. etc.  The tarot deck is also alive with traditional correspondences – elements, numbers, zodiacal and planetary associations.  

For example, airy swords are the elemental opposite of earthy pentacles.  So… if the 9 of Swords is an airy card, can we counter it with its earthy opposite number, the 9 of Pentacles?  Can we find a remedy for despair in the solitary works of beauty found in the 9 of Pentacles?

In this presentation, we’ll explore how we can bring together these two modes of interpretation, the qualitative and the esoteric, to design our own magical formulas for self-transformation and become the physicians of our own souls.

This is a nuts and bolts foundational primer on the advent of occult tarot, who the key players were, and how esotericism popularized during 18th century France continues to influence occultism in tarot today. We’ll be covering the implications of esoteric teachings hidden in plain sight and the five key influences in occult tarot architecture: Hermeticism, Pythagorean mysticism, Hellenistic Astrology, Renaissance Alchemy, and the Kabbalah. We’ll then explore how these five influences converge through the lenses of Gnosticism, Rosicrucianism, and Freemasonry, lending themselves to the esoteric tarot designs of modern history.

The tarot has been re-interpreted hundreds of times in order to provide new and increasingly unique ways for readers to connect with its imagery. In this presentation, award-winning card designer Stacey Williams-Ng walks us through her process in creating an entirely unique tarot, one that draws upon the stories embedded in American music to represent the arcana. How might a multi-card spread be even more specific (or even risk being a little off-base) when the images get re-imagined within tight themes?
This is going to be a fun and interactive presentation that not only pulls back the veil on the artist’s process but invites the readers in the audience to consider the ways that thematic tarot decks can provide eye-opening and fresh readings.

In this session, you will perform a tarot spread using the twelve houses of the zodiac. This strengthens your skills as a tarot reader and as an astrologer.

Come join Arwen for cocktails! No, there will not be alcohol, but you are welcome to indulge later in the bar if you so choose.

Have you dreamt of writing that book? Maybe not the NGAN (Next Great American Novel), but the kind of story YOU want to read? Bring your cards, your notebook, and a pen (unless you possess an eidetic memory) to learn at least one new way of meeting your characters. If we have time, we will practice a second method. Regardless, you will have all the information on the handout.

One thing is certain. Characters are the blood of any story. If the reader doesn’t like the character, they will not finish the book. (Insert VOICE OF DOOOOOM!) Let Arwen show you how to create a character who will leap off the pages of your story. Even villains need backstory. This deceptively simple spread can be used for any character including that baker down the street from where your main character works.

What are Gris-Gris Bags? How are they used? In fact, how is “Gris-Gris” even pronounced? Unveil the mysteries of this powerful spiritual amulet in a hands-on class with Mam’zelle Kamille. Join us to create your own Gris-Gris Bag while immersing yourself in the colorful history, traditional practices, and empowering personal blessings of this New Orleans spiritual staple.

In this class, we’ll start with general concepts of manifesting, then move on to using the moon’s phases and astrological signs to generate power and focus toward your specific manifestations.  We’ll cover how to create a manifestation altar with tarot cards, crystals, candles, and symbolic tokens to further focus energy on creation of the desired outcome.  Practical examples of common manifestations will guide you in applying the information after class.  Come learn how to be a master manifester!

Join your host, Christine Leiser, in the Bardic Circle. (Bring a drink from the bar if you like). Bring a story, poem, skit, game, song, or dance to share with the group. Don’t forget to bring your clapping hands, stomping feet, and singing voices. Come, be entertained, and entertain each other in reverence and mirth. Share your energy, and have a great time in the circle.

Join Mitchell, your ‘tarot coach,’ in this practical and fun workshop to improve your reading skills. You will break down your ‘reading senses,’ if you will, in layers, practice one layer at a time, and then reconstruct them. This practice can enhance any reader’s ability to give a more comprehensive, deeper, and thorough reading. Bring a tarot deck and something to log your notes and findings. And get ready to have fun.

Glam magic sheds your inhibitions and insecurities. Become the person you always desired you could be. 
I will teach you ceremonies and rituals that will transform you into a confident, sensual goddess. 
With potions and herbs, I will teach you how to attract others. With tarot, we can learn what is holding you back from the life you are capable of creating and how to live a life full of magic. 

In this interactive workshop, you will be guided to bring new insights to bear on the concept that we create our own reality. Nanette Saylor, Conscious Creativity Coach, and Hattie Parker, Astrologer/Numerologist/Aura Imaging Consultant, share their years of experience as they invite you to explore the nuanced challenges of figuring out to what extent we actually have free will. They approach this fascinating and sometimes confounding topic from differing and equally valid perspectives. You’ll participate in a guided visualization designed to help you gain greater personal awareness of your wishes, hopes, and dreams for 2024 and be introduced to the newly released VIBE 432 Energy Cards expressly designed to support the non-profit Vibration 432, Inc. that serves to offer healing to those experiencing depression. Using the cards, you will be guided in a practice of self-exploration that inspires uplifting states of being through the fulfillment of desired results.

Creation and magick are closely intertwined. A basic definition of magick is when it is performed to convey a specific desire and produce results using techniques that employ the supernatural, forces of nature, or a connection to Spirit. It’s essentially built on intention. Just as a writer, magician, witch, or spellcaster uses intention, focus, and rituals; the creative does the same in a form of ‘art’ magick. This magick speaks to our innate nature as makers and creatives. Creating is a powerful way to lead to discovery, creativity, healing, and spiritual connection.

Your panel facilitator is Nancy Hendrickson. Panelists include Stacey Williams-Ng, Erika Robinson, and Larie Trenkelbach.

Welcome to “The Petite Tableau: Expanded Spread,” a captivating Lenormand workshop that will help enhance your divination skills. This simple technique was born from the desire to unravel the mysteries of what lies ahead during a reading without having to shuffle and recast the cards.

Led by the seasoned expert Michelle Barrie, this workshop begins with a review of the foundational steps for interpreting the Petite Tableau in its conventional form, then delving into the possibilities of the future with the expanded technique. This spread creates an interesting “network” of repeated messages and connections and is a great way to receive clarity for the future.

Embrace the opportunity to enhance your Lenormand skills and witness the intricate threads that weave through the cards with “The Petite Tableau Expanded Spread.”

Once upon a time, in a town nearby, lived a group of tarot card readers who were renowned for their accuracy and intuition. They had practiced their craft for many years and were highly respected community members. One day, a new tarot reader arrived in town, bringing with her a cutting-edge A.I. system designed to enhance the reading experience. The system promised to provide more accurate and in-depth interpretations of the cards, and the town was abuzz with curiosity and excitement. But as the other tarot readers began to see the power of the A.I. system, they grew fearful. They worried that the quickly growing technology would replace the intuitive connection between reader and client and that the sacred traditions of tarot reading would be lost.

Would this fear become a self-fulfilling prophecy, leaving them obsolete in a rapidly changing world?

Attend this session to find out!  We will take a hard look at A.I. technology to identify how it may:

• Enhance and augment human abilities rather than replace them.
• Give you radically new methods to provide guidance to your querents.
• Unlock surprising levels of efficiency in your tarot business.
• Harness the power of social media to engage new tarot enthusiasts.
• Achieve a better work-life balance for life-long spiritual awakenings.

Skeptical? This entire session description was written by A.I. in under 1 minute.

Join us for the exciting opportunity to meet your Guardian Angel or Spirit Guide!

This is a relaxing, 45-minute Group Session based on Dolores Cannon’s teachings. Dolores Cannon is the Founder of Quantum Healing Hypnosis Technique (QHHT), which has helped thousands of people find their purpose in life and heal themselves mentally and physically through Past Life Regression and contacting their Higher Self. This class will give you a taste of the second portion of QHHT, which is to connect with one of your Angels or Spirit Guides and listen to any messages they may have for you!

Please drink water before and during class — hydration helps you connect better to your Higher Self. Please also have a notebook and pen.

This class is perfect for beginners and experienced individuals alike.

The four classic elements are literally everywhere. Both the physical world of nature and the inner world of the psyche are comprised – at the essential level – of Fire, Water, Air, and Earth. Perhaps it’s no surprise, then, that we would find the elements throughout popular culture as well!

Think about your favorite movies or television shows and you’re bound to recall some famous foursomes. Groups of four are a common trope in popular culture, and for good reason. Foursomes allow storytellers to craft believable characters, each based on one of the elements. The dynamics between these “elemental” personalities are often fascinating because we relate to them on a deeper, more primordial level.

Please join us for this celebration of the elements, where we’ll explore famous foursomes in popular culture. You’ll never look at the elements – or your favorite movies and television shows – the same way again!

Join Madam Adam as they break down “The Grid”, Madam Adam’s formula for understanding any tarot card in a practical, modern and efficient way. Learn to find a base meaning for the cards to leave more room for intuition.

Embark on a transformative journey with our unique class that seamlessly blends astrology and tarot, unlocking the cosmic mysteries of your life. 

Delve into the celestial tapestry of the influential astrological aspects shaping your destiny. Uncover the cosmic alignments at your birth, unraveling the significance of planets, houses, and zodiac signs. Then, witness the magic as these celestial insights seamlessly intertwine with the archetypal energy of tarot cards. Discover how each card mirrors and amplifies the astrological forces at play, providing profound revelations about your path, purpose, and potential. 

Elevate your understanding of self with this illuminating fusion of astrology and tarot.

We all know that many tarot consultations are about romantic relationships.  Very often, what the cards show us about those relationships is not a pretty picture.

If you are a beginner at tarot reading you might find it hard to give bad news. If you have been reading tarot for a while you surely know that the querent already knows (or strongly suspects) whatever it is that you are about to tell them on the matter.

It is hard to be the bearer of bad news, it is even harder to hear people suffer over someone who clearly does not care for them anymore.

The cards can be used to identify different types of relationships.  In this workshop, you will learn to read about relationships and deliver meaningful but tactful messages.

Details of the session will be available soon.

Most people believe that a career as a tarot reader looks like a full calendar of private one-on-one readings with some online content to educate seekers and drive business traffic. 

This is a fantastic way to set up shop but listen up! Professional tarot readers can significantly increase their earning potential by offering tarot parties and live-event services. This requires an additional set of skills in your tarot toolbox. 

Join Amy Forman for this information-packed workshop. Amy, a master of the live events world, will be sharing her insights and top tips. 

You will learn how to communicate with agents and clients to get more bookings. You will learn to advocate for your comforts and preferences on the job. 

Amy will also cover topics such as costuming, themed events, payment and fees, and the differences between party readings and hour-long in-depth sessions. 

Perhaps most importantly, you will learn the energy work needed for sustaining longer events, rapidly shifting from one person to the next, and protecting yourself from or recovering from psychic burnout. 

In this captivating journey, we will dive into the enchanting world of oracle card readings. Together, we will explore the unique symbolism, intuitive wisdom, and transformative power that oracle cards offer. Discover how these mystical cards can guide and inspire you on your spiritual path, unveiling the secrets within and connecting you to the divine. 

In this session you will master the art of grounding, protecting yourself, and cutting cords to create a balanced and harmonious energy field. You will develop the foundation of a successful reading practice and work on connecting your intention with the energetic resonance of the cards.

This session will help you sharpen your discerning eye to recognize the vast array of mystical decks that resound deeply with your heart and soul.