My Tarot friends and I are all excited about the upcoming Readers Studio. This is the seventh year that this conference has been held, and it continues to grow. The first few years it was held at a hotel in New York, but as it grew bigger, the venue needed to change. The conference hosts (the Tarot School's Ruth Ann and Wald Amberstone) sought advice on a new venue, and ended up with the Sheraton Hotel in nearby New Jersey.

I attended the first conference back in 2003 - this will be my first conference in the new venue. There are three presenters each year, from within the Tarot community. This years presenters are James Wanless (Creator of the Voyager Tarot), Rachel Pollack (author of Seventyeight Degrees of Wisdom, and creator of the Shining Tribe Tarot), and Geraldine Amarol (co-author of Tarot Celebrations).

There will be a luncheon with a guest speaker on both Friday and Saturday (the conference is Friday, May 1st through Sunday, May 3rd). Friday and Saturday evenings members of the Tarot community will be holding classes on various subjects.

There is also a Merchant Faire, where I will be able to meet many of the people that I have met on the Internet, such as artist/author Robert Place, and artists Ciro Marchetti and Joanna Powell Colbert.

There will be a meditation room for a quiet time out (conferences can get very hectic!), and this year there will be a spot set aside to remember individuals from the Tarot world that have recently crossed over.

This is such a good way to not only learn more about the craft of Tarot, but to network with other Tarotists, discuss new ideas, and look at the great products that are being offered.

I think that we should all look for ways to continue our education, no matter what field we are in. What classes do you want to take? How would you like to be supported? How can you support others?