StaarCast Variety Show

Serena Fox is a farmer, a shepherdess, a tarotist, an artist, and a teacher. She’s an herbalist, and a magical being.

If you took Marion’s class at StaarCon, you know that she finds a connection between tarot and music. You might have figured out, too, that she uses both tarot and music to hear the voice of spirit.

In this first episode of StaarCast since StaarCon, Christiana and Amie share some of their favorite moments from StaarCon. You will hear some of the things they learned about tarot, about running a conference, and about life in general.

Christiana is a popular psychic entertainer on radio and television, and at parties and special events. She is a headlining speaker at festivals and conferences throughout the country, and a sought-after teacher of tarot, personal growth and healing, and esoterica.

Christiana’s first book, Fortune Stellar: What Every Professional Tarot Reader Needs to Know is considered an industry standard for tarot professionals. The award-winning expanded Second Edition was released in December 2017. Her second book, Tarot Tour Guide, also in its second edition, is a beloved reference for beginners and experienced tarotists alike.

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Her passion is empowering and unlocking healing within people; then helping them birth their dreams into reality. She uses the tools of Tarot, music, life coaching, vocal coaching, and mediumship to empower people, help them find clarity, and manifest their dreams. Amie has been coaching for nearly 3 decades. She provides services to clients globally and is a popular presenter at international conferences and local gatherings.

Amie built her first successful business at the age of 11, and she hasn’t looked back since. She is a podcast producer who also scales events, businesses, and individuals. She also provides social media management and moderation.

During intermissions between clients and projects, Amie can be found with her husband Ryan homeschooling their three children, making music together, creating art, photography, cooking huge vegan meals, and laughing a lot!

Frank Kwiatkowski’s tarot origin story is different than most.

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Frank Kwiatkowski is a certified professional life coach and author of Rise & Shine: A Guide for Experiencing Your Midlife Awakening. He uses tarot as the foundation for his daily sacred mindfulness practice, and serves others as Tarot Coach and Mentor, assisting them to awaken to their intuitive gifts and live with greater purpose.

Frank teaches an online tarot course and facilitates local classes and workshops, including the “Magical Tarot Lab”, a series for tarot creation. He recently presented “Tarot & Synchronicity” to the Center for Jungian Studies of South Florida. Frank is currently having fun with the Beatles Song Tarot Project, working toward corresponding a tarot card to every song by the fabbest, greatest band of all time, The Beatles.

He lives with his wife, Dawn, and their three cats near Ft. Lauderdale, Florida.

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We are only weeks away from the very first StaarCon! It seems fitting to have Rose Robinson share in our excitement on this episode of StaarCast.

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Rose Robinson – Tarot and Lenormand Reader, Teacher, Publisher, Podcaster

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Amie Mouser is one of the producers of StaarCast. She is also a tarotist, healer, musician, and a presenter at StaarCon.

In this episode of StaarCast, Amie shares some of the moon magick she will be teaching at StaarCon.

Then, she surprises Christiana with some questions about the Preconference Intensive, and what conference attendees can expect from spending a day with Christiana studying how tarot actually operates.

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Amie Mouser – Reader, Life & Vocal Coach, Producer, Biz & Social Media Developer

Amie Mouser is a healer who wears quite a few hats!

Her passion is empowering and unlocking healing within people; then helping them birth their dreams into reality. She uses the tools of Tarot, music, life coaching, vocal coaching, and mediumship to empower people, help them find clarity, and manifest their dreams. Amie has been coaching for nearly 3 decades. She provides services to clients globally and is a popular presenter at international conferences and local gatherings.

Amie built her first successful business at the age of 11, and she hasn’t looked back since. She is a podcast producer who also scales events, businesses, and individuals. She also provides social media management and moderation.

During intermissions between clients and projects, Amie can be found with her husband Ryan homeschooling their three children, making music together, creating art, photography, cooking huge vegan meals, and laughing a lot!

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Mary K. Greer is an independent scholar, tarot author, and lifelong tarotist. While many tarot books add to modern collective tarot knowledge and practice, the work of Mary K. Greer set the stage for what modern tarot would become.

In this episode of StaarCast, Christiana asks Mary about how her tarot journey began, and about the historical origins of tarot.

They also discuss Mary’s love of the K-Pop group BTS, and the tarot archetypes to be found within their music.

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Mary K. Greer – Independent Scholar, Writer, Teacher, Professional Tarot Consultant

Mary K. Greer has been studying and reading Tarot for the past 50 years. She is the author of eleven books on tarot and on magic. She was first to write about reading Tarot for oneself.

Mary pioneered what she called the R.I.T.E. method: “Readings that are Interactive, Transformational and Empowering.” Featured at most Tarot conferences in the U.S. and abroad, Mary travels the world teaching Tarot and Lenormand cartomancy.

In 2007, Mary received the International Tarot Lifetime Achievement Award from the Association for Tarot Studies and is a research partner in Le Tarot Associazione Culturale (Italy). She also received the 2006 Mercury Award from the Mary Redman Foundation for "excellence in communication in the metaphysical field," and the 2006 Coalition of Visionary Resources (COVR) award for best divination book. She is also an ordained priestess in the Fellowship and Church of Isis.

Mary currently produces "Mary K. Greer's Tarot Blog" which focuses on tarot history and research, tarot in popular culture, and tips and techniques for reading the cards.

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Jaymi Elford is a tarot author, reader, and podcaster. She has truly created her own life inspired by tarot. She has written an award-nominated book about how you can do the same.

You might be surprised to learn that Jaymi has written a number of the little white books that accompany your tarot decks. She is also the author of the new Heaven and Earth Tarot.

Jaymi shares her wisdom and philosophies with us in this exciting episode of StaarCast.

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Jaymi Elford – Tarot Reader, Deck Creator, Author and Podcaster

Jaymi Elford discovered her first deck at 13 and has been reading for others since then. You can find her slinging cards at parties, events, or in one- on-one sessions with clients. Tarot is Jaymi’s personal inner compass. She reads the cards for herself to seek guidance and gain insight. When it comes to living a tarot inspired life, Jaymi has a simple philosophy: clear the clutter, locate your anchor, and allow magic into all aspects of your world.

Not only is Jaymi an accomplished reader, she’s a respected member of the international Tarot community. She has taught at Readers Studio, BATS, and the NorthWest Tarot Symposium (NWTS). Jaymi also produces various other tarot media — writing and editing books on Tarot, crafting innovative essays for magazines, and she has an addiction to producing little white books for other decks. Lo Scarabeo published her first deck, Triple Goddess Tarot in 2017. Llewellyn Worldwide released her first book, Tarot Inspired Life, in 2019. She is the co-host of two podcasts Tarot Visions, with Rose Red, and Cardslingers Coast to Coast with Melissa Cynova and Hilary Parry Haggerty.

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Michelle Welch is a lot of things. She is an attorney. She owns a spiritual shop in Dallas, Texas called SoulTopia. She is a tarot reader, energy healer and psychic medium. She is also the author of a brand-new book from Llewellyn which offers some revolutionary thinking about the way energy works, and the ways we can work with energy.

In this episode of StaarCast, Michelle and Christiana sit down to talk about the healing and empowering perspectives that Michelle shares in her book. This gives us a taste of what we can expect from Michelle Welch at StaarCon.

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Michelle Welch – Author, Intuitive Reader, Healer

Michelle Welch (Dallas, TX) is the author of The Magic of Connection published by Llewellyn Worldwide. She recently appeared on the Jenny McCarthy Show and The Morning After television show. She is also the owner and operator of the SoulTopia LLC, metaphysical stores, where she provides intuitive readings and healing sessions in addition to teaching classes on crystals, tarot, energy work, and intuition. She has also presented at Readers Studio, the Northwest Tarot Symposium, the World Divination Association, and the International New Age Trade Show. A former lawyer, Michelle is also the host of the SoulWhat podcast and the Michelle SoulTopia YouTube channel. She is also an ordained minister and holds many certificates in various divination and healing modalities.

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Maria Luisa, a former science teacher, was first introduced to tarot as a college extracurricular in the United States. Now she is a full-time tarot professional in Lima, Peru.

She shares her fascinating journey, and her perspectives on science and spirituality in this exciting conversation.

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Maria Luisa Salazar – Tarot Teacher, Tarot Reader and Author

María Luisa Salazar teaches, lectures and writes about tarot in both English and Spanish.

She is the author of the book Tarot el Puente Entre las Mentes, in English, Tarot, the Bridge Between Minds.

From her business, Los Misterios del Tarot, in Lima Perú, she offers tarot readings and instruction, and produces videos for her YouTube channel.

Maria’s tarot reading style uses coaching techniques to help her clients create positive possibilities.

Maria has lectured in the UK, Bolivia and Peru, and is excited to bring Los Misterios del Tarot to the United States.

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