
Forty Years with the Cards, and the Shadow Still Has Things to Say
Today we’re turning the spotlight on one of our presenters for StaarCon 6 and StaarCon 6 Virtual: Beth Conklin. If you’ve spent any time in the South Florida tarot scene, you almost certainly know her, and if you don’t yet, you’re in for a treat. Beth has been reading and studying tarot for more than 40 years, which means she was sitting with the cards long before most of the current wave of tarot creators were born. She teaches across Palm Beach County, the Treasure Coast, and North Carolina, and her classes range from tarot to meditation to past life regression to witchcraft and a whole lot in between.
Beth is of Native American and Eastern European descent, and she’s a member of B.O.T.A. (Builders of the Adytum), the western mystery school founded on the Hermetic Qabalah and the Tarot Keys. That lineage matters, because it shows up in how she teaches: she’s the kind of reader who can hold a card, walk you through forty years of personal practice with it, and then quietly point you toward the deeper symbolic current running underneath. She’s a tarotist, a teacher, and an artist, and she’s a returning friend of StaarCon, having presented at StaarCon 2024 and StaarCon 5 before stepping back onto the Live Track this year. We’re especially excited about this one: Beth’s session is the very first session of StaarCon 6 to be streamed live, kicking off the weekend’s live programming on Friday afternoon.
What is she bringing to StaarCon 6?
On Friday, October 2nd at 2:00 pm on the Live Track, Beth is presenting Tarot Shadow Work, a session that uses the cards as a stepping stone into one of the most rewarding (and uncomfortable) corners of inner work.
What is the Shadow Self? Different traditions answer that question very differently. Jungian psychology, esoteric tarot, indigenous wisdom, and witchcraft all have something to say about it. Beth will walk you through several of those theories, and then turn the conversation toward what to actually do about it: how to recognize your shadow, how to begin healing the parts of yourself you’ve kept in the dark, and how to integrate them rather than exile them. The tarot does the work it’s always done best in Beth’s hands: it gives the conversation images and language, so the shadow has somewhere to show up.
Bring paper, a pen, and a tarot deck you trust. This is a hands-on session, and you’ll want a deck that’s willing to be honest with you.
Where to find Beth between now and October
Beth keeps a quieter footprint online than some of our presenters, which feels exactly right for a teacher whose work is rooted in classrooms, circles, and direct relationships. The best way to follow along is on Facebook, where she posts as Shamoness. You can find her at facebook.com/shamoness. If you’re in Palm Beach County, the Treasure Coast, or western North Carolina, keep an eye on her page for upcoming classes; her workshops on tarot, meditation, divination, and past life regression fill up through word of mouth more than anything else.
About Beth
Beth Conklin has been reading and studying tarot for over 40 years. She is a member of B.O.T.A. Of Native American and Eastern European descent, she teaches classes in Palm Beach County, the Treasure Coast, and North Carolina on a wide range of topics, including tarot, meditation, various other forms of divination, past life regression, witchcraft, and more.
















