StaarCon 6 Virtual will begin on the first day the staarcast.com website is open to members and will run for a full year. After opening day, there will be a series of virtual-only workshops, meetings, and panels. All in-person ticket holders will have access to the virtual conference. When the in-person conference begins, StaarCast members can watch the live track presentations streamed from the Lular conference room.
The classroom and the mindful room will host sessions that do not fit the streaming model, but virtual conference attendees won’t be left out. Each classroom and mindful room presenter will provide alternative virtual content. Some will participate in an interview explaining the subject they will present. Others will prepare prerecorded presentations for online viewing.
StaarCon 6 Virtual presenters will schedule their content during the entire year-long virtual conference. Look for meetings, workshops, and videos prepared and presented by StaarCon member speakers.
This year, live presentations will be available on a pay-per-view basis. More information on pay-per-view virtual viewing will be available soon!
StaarCon 6 Virtual is hosted this year on StaarCast.com for a three-day celebration of tarot, divination, and esoteric arts from October 2–4, 2026. The schedule is still being announced, with more sessions to come — but what’s already confirmed promises something for enthusiasts of every level, from curious newcomers to seasoned professionals.
Friday, October 2
The conference kicks off Friday afternoon with a full slate of programming before the festive Opening Ceremony.
The Gates Speak: Human Design & Tarot as a Unified DivinationDr. Alyassia “Asia” Taylor · 3:15 PM EDT In this workshop, Dr. Taylor introduces a fresh approach to the Human Design bodygraph by pairing each of the 64 Gates with corresponding Tarot archetypes. Attendees will explore how these two systems illuminate one another — deepening intuitive readings, expanding ritual practice, and opening new pathways for self-inquiry. Perfect for tarot practitioners, Human Design enthusiasts, or anyone curious about integrating multiple divinatory traditions.
Playing with a Full Deck: What 78 Cards Can Teach Us About EverythingHeadliner Christiana Gaudet · 4:30 PM EDT Christiana Gaudet invites attendees of all experience levels — from curious seekers to professional readers — to rediscover the joy and wonder in tarot through hands-on card exercises. This 90-minute session is designed to delight your inner child and engage your inner spiritual explorer. Bring a tarot deck and an open mind.
StaarCon 6 Opening CeremonyChristiana Gaudet & Christine Leiser · 7:30 PM EDT The official welcome to StaarCon 6, co-hosted by Christiana Gaudet and Christine Leiser. Full program details will be announced soon.
Saturday, October 3
Saturday is a full day of workshop programming, with more sessions still to be announced. Here’s what’s confirmed so far.
Numerology: Discover the Who, How & Why of Your Birth Date & NameMitchell Osborn · 10:15 AM EDT Mitchell Osborn leads an engaging exploration of three core numerological numbers — the Life Path, Expression, and Soul Urge — and how together they reveal your unique nature, potential, and motivations. The session also covers personal and universal years and months, as well as practical applications for everyday life.
A Tarot Journey into OzBrenda Elizabeth · 11:30 AM EDT Step beyond the rainbow in this immersive workshop that blends classic fairy tale storytelling with traditional tarot wisdom. Brenda Elizabeth guides participants through the world of Oz using the cards as a lens for insight and imagination. Bring your favorite deck and get ready for an enchanting experience.
Karen Winkel – The Big 3: Sun, Moon & RisingKaren Winkel · 2:00 PM EDT Most people know their sun sign, but there’s so much more to a birth chart. Karen Winkel explores the “Big 3” of astrology — Sun, Moon, and Rising signs — examining how these placements shape personality, drive, and emotional life, and how they interact to make each person uniquely themselves. Attendees are encouraged to bring a copy of their natal chart.
Confessions of a Tarot ReaderBex · 3:15 PM EDT After conversations with over 70 fellow tarot readers, Bex is ready to share what was learned. This candid session explores the quiet assumptions readers make about each other’s practices, the opportunities and challenges of social media and AI in the tarot world, insights from the intersection of tarot and clinical therapy, and an honest look at where the tarot community is heading next.
Pamela Chen – Presentation TBAHeadliner Pamela Chen · 4:30 PM EDT A 90-minute session from Pamela Chen — full details coming soon.
Bardic Circle at StaarCon 6 with Christine LeiserChristine Leiser · 7:30 PM EDT An open-mic-style evening gathering where all forms of creativity are welcome — music, storytelling, spoken word, skits, games, dance, or whatever magic you feel like bringing. You can perform or simply relax and enjoy. Cozy, welcoming, and pressure-free: just good people and good magic.
Sunday, October 4
Sunday is another full day, with additional sessions still being announced. Here’s what’s on the books so far.
From Words to Runic Wisdom: Building Divinatory Meaning from the Ground UpAerik Arkadian · 10:15 AM EDT This hands-on workshop traces the Elder Futhark runes from written symbols to divinatory tools. Aerik Arkadian guides participants through the cultural and linguistic roots of the rune poems, then invites small-group collaboration to develop modernized, intuitive meanings for each rune. The emphasis is on understanding how meaning is formed — not just memorizing what it is.
Introduction to LenormandMichelle Barrie · 2:00 PM EDT The Petit Lenormand is a 36-card European fortune-telling deck that’s been growing in popularity across the United States. Michelle Barrie offers a welcoming introduction to the deck and its secrets — ideal for tarot readers curious about expanding their cartomantic vocabulary.
StaarCon 6 Closing CeremonyChristiana Gaudet · 7:30 PM EDT Christiana, Aerik, and others close out another StaarCon live conference — and remind attendees that the community and content continue year-round at StaarCast.com.
Join the Fun
This year, StaarCon 6 Virtual will be hosted on StaarCast.com, the online home of the Southeastern Tarot Artists and Readers community. Visit the StaarCon 6 Virtual room to see the full schedule. Membership options will be available soon.
The StaarCast website is almost ready for visitors. We are fine-tuning the user experience to provide a more integrated experience for both in-person attendees and virtual attendees.
The Accelevents platform lacked several features that you will see at StaarCon 6. First, we have greater control over the views we present to live attendees and the virtual world. We aren’t forced into a single scene for in-house and livestreamed content. Remote viewers will see the presentation in a format optimized for remote viewing. Those attending in-person will be able to speak and interact with remote viewers. Presenters will be provided with a confidence monitor to help them keep up with the virtual audience in real time.
Remember, each in-person full conference ticket holder will receive a complimentary year-long membership to StaarCast.com. Those members of StaarCast in good standing during October will have access to the free conference events. Annual and monthly StaarCast members will have access to all the StaarCon 6 livestreamed events. Free StaarCast members can purchase access to each session individually on a pay-per-view basis.
In-person ticket holders will have access to the recorded sessions on the StaarCast website for each day they attend the live conference, provided they remain StaarCast members. The year-long access time limit has been eliminated. StaarCast events are continuously scheduled for the StaarCon community.
We hope these changes will enable more people to participate in the StaarCon and StaarCast experience.
The live programming on StaarCast will begin on Friday, October 2nd at 2 pm, streamed from the Esalen Room at the Doubletree by Hilton – Palm Beach Gardens in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. The first session is scheduled for 2 pm. Attendees may enter the room 15 minutes before the event. The second session is scheduled for 3:15 pm. The headliner for Friday is Christiana Gaudet. Her presentation starts at 4:30 pm. Regular sessions are scheduled to run for 45 minutes. Headliner presentations are scheduled for 90 minutes.
Saturday begins with a regular session at 9 am. Entry will be permitted after 8:45 am. At 10:15 am, join Mitchell Osborn for a 45-minute discussion of numerology. Then, at 11:30 am, examine the classic fairy tale “The Wizard of Oz” through a tarot lens with Brenda Elizabeth. Sessions start at 2 pm after lunch. Bex explores the current world of tarot and discusses the future of the practice at 3:15 pm. Saturday’s headliner, Pamela Chen, begins her session live at 4:30 pm. Saturday closes with the Bardic Circle at 7 pm. All StaarCast members in good standing may attend the Bardic Circle virtually, even if they don’t have a ticket for the virtual conference. Virtual attendees and presenters are encouraged to submit videos for consideration for inclusion in the program.
Sunday’s livestreamed program starts with a regular session at 9 am. Then join Aerik Arkadian for a deep dive into runic divination at 10:15 am. Lunch follows the session at 11:30 am. After lunch, regular sessions are scheduled at 2 pm and 3:15 pm. Sunday’s headliner will be Karen Rontowski, presenting her unique style of tarot and comedy. Finally, the closing ceremony begins at 7:30 pm.
These are just a few of the events scheduled for the virtual conference. Virtual events will be scheduled throughout the day and night during the live conference event.
Our busy web volunteers are entering the scheduled presentations for the StaarCon 6 Virtual Conference. The StaarCon 6 Virtual Calendar will now reflect the scheduled events in the warm-up to the conference, the conference events, and the AfterGlow events after the live conference ends.
This year, our video crew will have more cameras and better presentation options to improve the virtual conference experience. The recordings will be made locally to reduce sound issues in the presentation recordings and to ensure a better recording if internet problems arise. Our technical staff will have greater control over the scene, improving liaison between the virtual and in-person conference environments. The virtual participants will have greater inclusion in the live conference event.
This year, members of the StaarCast Community website will have the opportunity to purchase the virtual sessions à la carte through pay-per-view pricing if they don’t have access through a premium membership or a conference ticket. We are pleased to provide this much-requested feature.
StaarCast members will get a sneak peek at the panel discussions scheduled for the live StaarCon 6 Conference in October. The StaarCast site is currently hosting an informational blog, and the basic rooms are being prepared for the opening. The first panels will be announced soon after the site opens. Look for the panelists in a familiar Zoom-like format. Panelists will be able to engage with attendees and field questions from the virtual audience.
We hope to provide a wide variety of presentations and discussions to complete the StaarCon 6 experience.
The StaarCast 6 Virtual Conference, to be held on the StaarCast Community platform, will feature three distinct parts.
The first part, the virtual preconference, will feature panels and interviews with the upcoming StaarCon 6 presenters, both live and virtual. StaarCon 6 planning and discussion sessions will be available to StaarCast members. Look for workshops and entertainment during the StaarCon 6 Virtual Conference preconference.
The second part will be held during the live conference from October 2nd through October 3rd. All main-stage presentations will be live-streamed from the DoubleTree Hotel and Conference Center in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. A special collection of virtual presentations, live meetings, and recorded sessions will be available alongside the live events.
The last part will be the StaarCon 6 AfterGlow. Members will be able to watch recorded sessions and participate in meetings and workshops.
All StaarCon 6 ticket holders will have access to the StaarCon 6 Virtual Conference events during the month of October. Full ticket holders will receive an annual membership to StaarCast Community.
This week, the team focused on the StaarCon website, so there were no changes to the visible frontend of StaarCast Community.
The attendees from past StaarCon events were imported into their new home on StaarCast. They join the already imported presenters from past events. Attendees from past events will receive an invitation to accept a free membership to StaarCast when it opens.
Space was reserved for the intensive StaarCon 6 Live Stream Event in October. The main stage will be streamed live from Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, but that isn’t all! The Virtual StaarCon 6 event on StaarCast will feature virtual presentations from many of our presenters and artists. Every live event ticket holder will receive an invitation to join StaarCast to view the virtual event presentations.
Visitors to the site will notice a new tile in the list of rooms, available to members of the StaarCast Community website: StaarCon6 Virtual.
The StaarCon 6 Virtual Tarot and Divination Conference will open this spring and will feature the main stage live-streamed from the StaarCon 6 Tarot and Divination Conference to be held October 2, 3 & 5, 2006, in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida.
The virtual conference replaces the AfterGlow, a feature of StaarCon 2021 through StaarCon 5. We have removed the distractions and improved accessibility to enhance your experience. The new room, in addition to the Lounge and Meeting Hall, will host live workshops, panels, and discussions before, during, and after the live conference.
StaarCon 6 Virtual Tarot and Divination Conference will be a year-long event, opening with some of the favorite workshops held during the AfterGlow. Check each month for new events and workshops presented by your StaarCon favorites!
The virtual conference rooms will be ready for use soon. Again, thanks for your patience.
This past week, the team has added some color and style to the coming StaarCast Community website. This is the first week the StaarCast blog opens, and this article will be the first post!
All past ticket holders will soon receive an invitation to create a password to enter the site. This will be emailed to the email address attached to your ticket. If you no longer have access to that address, please reach out to admin@staarcast.com and let us know. Please include the year you attended and the email address you used to register for the conference. Past ticket holders will be able to view recordings for the year or years they attended, as well as the public events for all StaarCon conferences. They will also be able to host and attend meetings in the Lounge and in the Meeting Hall.
Beta testers, in addition to the privileges of prior attendees, will be able to schedule and record meetings for later viewing. After the test period, beta testers will be offered a Creator Monthly membership. The Creator Monthly membership will allow you to present premium meetings and videos in our pay-per-view content center.
Select StaarCon videos from past years will be offered in the pay-per-view content center, providing past presenters a revenue-sharing opportunity. A video must be of good quality to be considered for participation. Presenters from prior years who are interested in adding their past presentations to the pay-per-view center should contact John Gaudet at jgaudet@staarcon.com.
