We want to share with you how excited we are that the 2024 Readers Studio is happening in just 44 days –– Friday, April 26th through Sunday, April 28th! (And we encourage you to experience Divination Day on Thursday, April 25th.)

We will be there and we hope you will, too!

The annual conference has been a very important part of our lives since 2003. We were just weeks away from the 2020 Readers Studio when the pandemic shut everything down, and to see it resurrected means a great deal to us.

During our 18 years as "showrunners," hundreds of tarot teachers have shared their cutting-edge work, book and deck deals were made, speaking careers got their start, creative treasures found loving homes, and life-long friendships were forged. Creating and holding that sacred space was a great honor but also took a huge amount of work and energy.

It was always our plan to revive The Readers Studio but our personal health, strength and energy are no longer up to the challenge of producing such a complex event. We reconciled ourselves to the prospect of bringing the conference to a close.

Then something wonderful happened…

We were approached by our friends and colleagues, Michelle and Roger Welch. In addition to running their SoulTopia metaphysical shops, they have been successfully producing The International Divination Event (TIDE) in Dallas, Texas and the Northwest Tarot Symposium (NWTS) in Portland, Oregon for several years. Knowing our situation and how important The Readers Studio has been for the tarot community, they offered to take it over! 

They also promised to honor our vision for the event by maintaining all the things that make Readers Studio unique –– the Master Classes, Divination Day, Study Groups, Meditation Room, Breakfast Roundtables, Tarot Incubators, Merchant Faire, and the many social events and opportunities to gather and celebrate. It will even be at the same hotel.

With a few exceptions, all of the instructors and experts who were scheduled to present at RS20 will be teaching this April. You'll also recognize many RS staff members who are returning to support the Welches and their team. And of course, you'll have the chance to reconnect with your friends from past Readers Studios and make new friends, too!

We hope you will join us as we "pass the wand" to Michelle and Roger at this year's Readers Studio. 

We are truly grateful to them for making it possible. 

Bright blessings, 
Ruth Ann & Wald Amberstone

****P.S. In case you are wondering, we are NOT retiring from running The Tarot School. We plan to maintain our full schedule of classes and courses for as long as we are able. We're also looking forward to hanging out with you at the 2024 Readers Studio!