Dive deep into Tarot's Court Cards during this three-hour intensive. We'll be doing interactive exercises, working with the Ancestors or the Beloved Dead, teaming up in break-out rooms, and divining the future using only the sixteen Tarot Courts. Bring as many tarot and oracle decks as you'd like, along with your pendulum. Be prepared to dig deep, get a little dirty, and have a lot of fun.
This is part 1 of a 4 part intensive session.
Dive deep into Tarot's Court Cards during this three-hour intensive. We'll be doing interactive exercises, working with the Ancestors or the Beloved Dead, teaming up in break-out rooms, and divining the future using only the sixteen Tarot Courts. Bring as many tarot and oracle decks as you'd like, along with your pendulum. Be prepared to dig deep, get a little dirty, and have a lot of fun.
This is part 2 of a 4 part intensive session.
Dive deep into Tarot's Court Cards during this three-hour intensive. We'll be doing interactive exercises, working with the Ancestors or the Beloved Dead, teaming up in break-out rooms, and divining the future using only the sixteen Tarot Courts. Bring as many tarot and oracle decks as you'd like, along with your pendulum. Be prepared to dig deep, get a little dirty, and have a lot of fun.
This is part 3 of a 4 part intensive session.
Dive deep into Tarot's Court Cards during this three-hour intensive. We'll be doing interactive exercises, working with the Ancestors or the Beloved Dead, teaming up in break-out rooms, and divining the future using only the sixteen Tarot Courts. Bring as many tarot and oracle decks as you'd like, along with your pendulum. Be prepared to dig deep, get a little dirty, and have a lot of fun.
This is part 4 of a 4 part intensive session.
​For centuries the tool of tarot has been delivered via cards with printed imagery, each containing scenes, characters, patterns, and symbols to serve as visual devices to communicate their meaning. But their true potential is realized when those images are transformed in the mind of each individual reader. This symbiotic duet between designer and reader is what provides the real magic and infinite possibilities. But now there is a third participant to the dance.
Session 1. I will use various cards to demonstrate the creative balance between established traditional representations and personal directions, in order to achieve new imagery that embraces more contemporary social values and circumstances.
For centuries the tool of tarot has been delivered via cards with printed imagery, each containing scenes, characters, patterns, and symbols to serve as visual devices to communicate their meaning. But their true potential is realized when those images are transformed in the mind of each individual reader. This symbiotic duet between designer and reader is what provides the real magic and infinite possibilities. But now there is a third participant to the dance.
Session 2.
I will also be showing segments from various animation projects that incorporate brief additional dimensions of time to what were previously static printed images of frozen instances. The purpose of these segments is for relaxation, meditative preparations for a reading, and also for general reference to various tarot associations.
​For centuries the tool of tarot has been delivered via cards with printed imagery, each containing scenes, characters, patterns, and symbols to serve as visual devices to communicate their meaning. But their true potential is realized when those images are transformed in the mind of each individual reader. This symbiotic duet between designer and reader is what provides the real magic and infinite possibilities. But now there is a third participant to the dance.
Session 3. The introduction of a new dance partner in the form of AI, artificial intelligence. AI will, like it or not, have a profound effect on the creative and production process, commercial repercussions, and no doubt also raise some interesting discussions within the community regarding the spiritual considerations of using such decks.
To better understand the significance, I will demonstrate the basic process behind the production of such imagery and be giving away to the in-person attendees sample signed prints of what may well be the very first samples of what will be an interesting, questionable, but inevitable future.
We will end with an open discussion regarding AI, where we can share our views, enthusiasm, or concerns, regarding its significance.
Join Michelle for a tarot-inspired meditative sound bath to help you set your intentions for the conference and the new year.
*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.
Join Christiana for the opening ceremony for StaarCon 2023! We will gather together as a community to create sacred space, set intentions, and perform divinations for our weekend ahead.