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A Wonderful Weekend
The newsletter this week is a recap of StaarCon 2022. What a delightful weekend it was!
StaarCon 2022, our first hybrid conference, is complete. The month-long AfterGlow is now in session, as people hang out in the lounges, get ready for scheduled live events, and watch replays of classes from StaarCon.
While not without technical challenges, StaarCon 2022 was an overwhelming success.
That success would not have been possible without each sponsor, each presenter, each vendor, and each attendee.
We are grateful to every one of you.
John and I are already hard at work planning StaarCon 2023! Watch for some exciting announcements coming soon.
Our regular Tarot Topics Weekly Newsletter will return next week.
Please check out our list of upcoming events, I hope to see you soon, either in person or online.
Readings with me are available by appointment, either in person in Palm City or on phone, Skype, FaceTime, Zoom or Messenger. Please do not hesitate to reach out to schedule. You can book directly on my website, or call or text me at 561-655-1160.
The StaarCorner: Enjoy the AfterGlow
The StaarCon AfterGlow lasts until February 22. You can watch recordings of all classes in your ticket level during that time. You can also meet with people in the lounges and attend the scheduled lounge events. The virtual exhibition hall remains open.
If you or someone you know wants tickets to the AfterGlow, they are available through February 15.
See Me in the Tampa Bay Area
I will be in the Tampa Bay Area February 17 through February 20. During this time, I will be available for house calls and psychic house parties. I will also be taking private appointments at my AirBnB in Wesley Chapel.
To reserve your time, please call or text 561-655-1160.
Your Tarot Friends are your Best Friends
Did you read my two-part series in the Cartomancer Magazine entitled “Your Tarot Friends Are Your Best Friends?”
There is nothing like a conference, a meetup, or an online study group, to remind us how wonderful it is to connect with people from around the world who speak our spiritual language.
When we gather with tarot friends, we have fun, we learn about ourselves, and about life, and we become better tarot readers.
Join us For a Members-Only Livestream on YouTube
On Thursday, January 27 ,7 pm to 8 pm ET, all members of my YouTube are invited to a special members-only class called “What We Know and How We Grow”.
If you are not able to join the livestream, you can watch the replay at your convenience. However, you must be a member of the channel to watch the livestream or the replay.
Bring your tarot cards, and your willingness to see how much you know about tarot, and how much you know about yourself. We will do a series of exercises designed to strengthen your tarot skills and foster personal growth and healing.
To join the livestream or watch the replay, Use this link.
Use this link for more information about membership.
The Week in Review
This week I was all about StaarCon!
From Around the Web
Looking for a great book to read, or a new tarot deck?
Check out the websites of a few of our StaarCon presenters and vendors.
Marieke Lexmond writes series of fantasy novels which use tarot to create a rich and exciting world. She is developing a tarot deck as part of the project.
SoulTopia is the home of presenter Michelle Welch, as well as a great place to shop both in person and online. If you are in Texas, check out one of their three brick and mortar locations.
Our headliner Sasha Graham has books and decks, events and classes!
StaarCon is grateful to the Cartomancer Magazine for their support of our event.
Remember to shop with our favorite publishers, who are sponsors of StaarCon.
Guidance on the Journey
We gather, both in person and online, to receive information, support, fellow and guidance. Some of us are professional instructors. Yet, we are all each other’s teachers. The tools we use, such as tarot, Lenormand, runes, and staves, are also our teachers.
Nature teaches us as well. We learn things from our dreams, and from our challenges.
The important thing is that we are always learning, and always growing.
Upcoming Events and Tours
Card and Craft Academy
Classes presented by Christiana are available right now at Card and Craft Academy!
Christiana’s Eleven-Card Celtic Cross
Finding Meaning in the Minor Arcana
The Major Arcana, Magical and Mundane
Personal Tarot: Reading for Yourself
Sharing Wisdom: Reading for Others
The Meaning and Magic of Tarot Reversals
Journey Through the Major Arcana
Your Journey Through the Minor Arcana: Numbers, Elements and Truth
Your Journey Through the Tarot Court
Tarot Stories, Trends, and Blends
Tarot Readings for Personalities and Relationships
Fearless Wisdom Tarot Workshop
Tarot Keywords and Interpretations Workshop
Tarot Spreads Tools and Techniques Workshop
Tarot for Magic and Mediumship
Tarot Communication for Clarity and Depth
Weaving the Tarot Reading Story
Catch up on your missed Zoom webinars and more!
cardandcraftacademy.com
About Christiana Gaudet
Card and Craft, Inc.
Southeastern Tarot Artists and Readers, LLC.
Christiana Gaudet
3559 SW Corporate Parkway
Palm City, Florida 34990-8152
On the web www.christianagaudet.com
Online classeswww.cardandcraftacademy.com
StaarCon information www.staarcon.com
Private telephone, Skype, FaceTime and in person readings and instruction are available by appointment.
Tarot parties at your home or office are available throughout Florida.
Call or text toll free 866-99TAROT (866-998-2768)
Palm City 772-301-0232
or call or text 561-655-1160
for more information or to schedule your event.
Agent inquiries are welcome.
Tarot Topics Newsletter
Volume 5 Issue 4
January 26, 2022
Celebrating StaarCon
This week we are celebrating our first-ever tarot conference!
StaarCon begins this Friday.
The idea for StaarCon began more than two years ago. Our goal was to produce an annual tarot conference in South Florida, to be held each January. Of course, current circumstances have forced us to move our first event to an online only platform.
We have chosen Accelevents to be our conferencing platform. We are pleased with how robust and interactive this platform is!
One thing many of us learned during this past year is how important our online connections are. Most of us have enjoyed a Zoom birthday party or visited with friends via FaceTime.
We know that attending an online conference is not the same as being there, but it certainly is the next best thing.
The second annual StaarCon is scheduled for January 21 through January 23, 2022, to be held as a hybrid event. We will be in person at the Doubletree Hotel and Executive Meeting Center in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, and streaming live online on the Accelevents platform.
Tickets for this weekend’s conference are still available. If you haven’t yet gotten yours, here are some things to consider.
We are proud and pleased to have some of the best teachers and authors from around the globe presenting at StaarCon 2021, as well as some exciting fresh new talent.
StaarCon 2021 includes a full online psychic fair, with readers and exhibitors. You can shop for card decks, books, and other wonderful items. You can have a reading with our many talented readers.
Our lounges will open for networking and conversation, using video and chat.
All classes included with your ticket package will be recorded and available for you to watch for thirty days after StaarCon 2021 ends, on Accelevents.
We will also have discussion groups, ceremonies and entertainment!
You can visit the StaarCon website to learn more, and to get your tickets. If you have any questions, please call or text me at 561-655-1160.
The StaarCorner
The last episode of StaarCast features a fascinating conversation with Frank Kwiatkowski. If you want to know about how Frank finds spiritual healing, awakening, and Beatles songs with tarot, you must listen to this episode!
You can watch the video on YouTube, or download the episode wherever you get your podcasts.
I am Available for Readings
So many people are asking me if I am busy this week in preparation for the conference. The truth is, I have been busy all year in preparation for the conference!
That means that, until the conference begins on Friday morning, I am still available to work with you.
We can do your reading by phone, Skype, FaceTime or Zoom. You can book directly on my website or call or text 561-655-1160.
If you haven’t yet gotten your New Year reading, there is still plenty of time to see what is around the corner, and to set your intentions and make your plans for a year of growth and success!
The StaarCon Mission
Here are the goals for StaarCon, for now, and for the future. These are good goals for us to embrace in our personal lives as tarotists, as well.
Educational Excellence
We will provide you with a true educational opportunity. Wherever you are in your journey as a tarotist, diviner or spiritual seeker, we want to help you get to the next level of understanding and confidence in your practice. We will do this by offering great teachers, and a variety of classes that are immersive, experiential and informative.
A Broad Scope of Topics
We are a tarot convention. Yet, those who love tarot enjoy many important mystical topics. At StaarCon you can learn about many types of cartomancy and divination, as well as spiritual practices from a variety of cultures.
Community Fellowship
We will create an environment that fosters the growth of community, as well as personal growth. At StaarCon you will make new friends, expand your network, and renew longstanding connections. The fellowship created by the study of sacred art and spiritual symbolism is like no other.
Appreciation of Our Artists
We will shine a light on the artists of tarot and cartomancy. It is through the inspiration and talent of our artists that we are able to connect with Universal wisdom in our divination practices. At StaarCon you will have an opportunity to meet some of our most treasured artists, and to appreciate their creations.
The Week in Review
This week I took a deep dive into the Justice card of tarot on my blog.
As we look toward February, there will be an entirely new schedule of free tarot meetups and classes on my YouTube channel. Plan to join us there!
From Around the Web
Check out a few of our StaarCon presenters!
John Hijatt has a Runic View of 2021 for us. He will be presenting about Bindrunes this weekend.
Marion Kirk has a great YouTube channel. She will be presenting about the connection between tarot and music.
Toni Puhle is the founder of the World Divination Association. Did you think tarot was the only tool for divination? Check out the wealth of possibilities beyond tarot!
Toni will be presenting Kipper Cards at StaarCon.
Cards for Your Consideration
This week, in celebration of StaarCon, it is time to consider all the cards, and all the ways we use them.
I got an oracle deck for a friend as a present. Her question to me was, “How do I use these?”
The great thing about oracle decks is that no prior skill or knowledge is needed. You can simply pull a card for reflection and focus.
Tarot can require study and can offer a lifetime of exploration and learning. Yet even a novice can find wisdom in a card they are seeing for the very first time.
Systems like Lenormand and Kipper often offer more fortune-telling than inspiration, yet can be fun, thought-provoking, and accurate.
There are also rune cards, and other types of cartomancy. One can even do readings with a regular deck of playing cards!
To be able to shuffle a deck of cards in divination is to invite the universe to speak with us.
Events and Tours
Tarot Topics Newsletter
Volume 4 Issue 3
January 20, 2021