Blogging Live From RS10

You can’t tell by the photo above but I am in a lovely hotel room in Queens, NY, attending the RS10.  For those of you who are unfamiliar with RS10, it’s the Readers Studio, a tarot conference sponsored by The Tarot School.  For 4 days, tarot readers and fans converge on the Marriot Laguardia to learn new techniques, meet other tarot lovers, take classes with famous tarot authors,  practice reading and more!

I started off this RS10 in a very Mercury retrograde fashion – when I booked my flight, I assumed I checked “morning flight” and forgot about it until I checked it a few days ago and discovered that I was booked for an evening flight!  This meant I would miss the bus ride into Greenwich Village on Wednesday night, much to my chagrin.  I used to live in NY many moons ago and was excited to spend time with old friends.  C’est la vie.  I got in at 11PM and settled in to my room with some chocolate covered strawberries and a glass of wine.  Perhaps I could fit Manhattan in at some other point….

Today was the first day of the conference and before things commenced, I spent the afternoon with my buddy Astrogrrl, a fabulous astrologer and all around cool chick.  We wandered the neighborhood surrounding the hotel and ducked into a Dominican restaurant for a fantastic lunch complete with extra strong mango margaritas.  I am a very food oriented person and my appetite is always demanding exciting fare when I am on vacation – this place did not disappoint.

I checked into the conference and was greeted very warmly by the staff.  Tarot people are friendly folk and there were plenty of smiling faces on hand to point me in the right direction.  Today’s class was a special presentation by Ruth and Wald Amberstone, the people behind the Tarot School and authors of “The Secret Language of Tarot”.

The Amberstones taught the eager group a very interesting class called “Color, Costume and Choreography”.  They presented new ways to get quick and accurate readings by looking at these details.  Tarot is rich in symbols and a reader can add depth to their readings by bringing more awareness to them.  We had time to practice with partners and we were all pretty impressed with the results.

By the time the class ended I was exhausted….between the flight, the margaritas and lateness (I hate eating later than 7PM), I was ready to drop.  Although the cocktail lounge was filled with fellow convention goers, I knew if I was to be any good for tomorrow I would need to call it an early night.  So here I am, blogging after a light dinner and getting ready to tuck in soon.

Tomorrow’s agenda promises to be intriguing.  (And if I am ambitious, I plan on trekking into NY to visit an old friend….we’ll see how lively I am tomorrow!)

Blessings!

Theresa