Its all about the publications!  We are delighted to announce a dedicated author book signing space at the conference.  Titles and authors appearing in person include: The Sherwood Tarot by Mark Ryan & John Matthews, The Fool’s New Journey by John Matthews, The Bee Tarot by Kristoffer Hughes and The High Priestess and The Empress by Susan Wands! Talking of books, I spent time at the London Book Fair this month, connecting with my publishing friends and securing goodie bags gifts for the conference.    It was lovely to see the Hekatean Path Oracle by our lovely Chri ..read more

They say January is the longest month of the year, but for me it went by way too fast, not only tying up loose ends with the Conference venue, but also working on a new project which is confirmed in the diary for 3-5th April 2025 (more on this later) the month went by in a flash. I am getting carried away with my new project, typical me, with eyes looking ahead of the immediate jobs to be done, I am getting over excited by my next adventure, it is something never touched on before but so important to the Tarot world, my Tarot peeps will love it, as a teaser, I am sharing this door (yes a rubbi ..read more

The first thing I did as we entered 2024 was to contact potential speakers and venue.  It is important to me that venue contracts are signed, and speakers lined up early in the year, that way I can breathe but still have plenty of room to play with if there are any hiccups along the way.   I have spoken to the venue today and hopefully contracts will be with me by next week.    As soon as my signature is on paper, I will announce my speakers. When speakers are confirmed and when I initially put the programme together, I always leave a gap because I know someone wi ..read more

New Year Reading and Cards for 2024 I am using the ‘The Good Karma’ Tarot by Kerry Ward published by Welbeck Publishing The year ahead is influenced by the Five of Cups, yikes!  However, it reminds us that we hold the key to shaping our year ahead.  Don’t look back, as what is done is done, so there is no point focusing on decisions which have not gone your way. January – Strength – All you need is within you to make a better life.  Take on the challenges you have been dreading and face your fears.   Small steps towards your goal each day will help you become brave and ..read more

December News Can you believe another year is almost at an end.   It has been quite a year with the anticipation of the 20th UK Tarot Conference, new venue, and speakers both familiar and new to us gracing my stage.   This conference was the absolute highlight for me and I know the Judgement theme touched many of you. Although you are familiar with me introducing the speakers, it is a rare thing for me to grab a spot for myself to speak, this year it felt right to share my story of how the conference began.  I honestly thought you all knew the background of my issues w ..read more

UK Tarot Conference Round Up The 2023 UK Tarot Conference has happened.  I am not going to lie, the build up has been full of frustration, mainly because the venue never answered emails without being chased, phone calls not returned and most of the time I was left in limbo. However, praise where praise is due, they pulled it out the bag from the moment we arrived, great venue, good staff and there was nothing else they could have done to make our time there better.  We will be going back next year without hesitation. Our pre conference event on Thursday evening at the Marquis Cornwal ..read more

I start planning the conference immediately after the last one finishes, we have now gone from counting the months to counting days! Final preparations are being made, most of the presentations and handouts are with me and the register for ‘in person’ attendance is well and truly closed.   The number of virtual attendees are higher than ever before, those of you who know me, know I have a phobia of the tech stuff, thankfully, I have an amazing team of Nick and Matt to ensure this runs smoothly, truth is, you are better off without me near any buttons! Our sponsors have been amazingly ..read more

  It is time to reveal a secret project I have been working on with the amazing Chris Butler.  I have spoken before about a deck of major arcana cards I created for the 10th anniversary, well of course I was not going to let 20 years pass by without something special.  I asked Chris if he would revamp my 10th anniversary deck, and quite rightly he said no, an artist never interferes with another artist’s work, however, he said “how about I create you something new”.  Well, I wasn’t going to say no was I. Chris has created a beautiful colourful major arcana deck which is so ..read more

The menus have arrived from the Marquis Cornwallis pub for our Thursday evening gathering. The hot and cold buffet choices look delicious, we will of course cater for vegetarian and vegans, I will be in touch beforehand to ask about any food allergies.  Normally our pre-conference gathering is around 30 people this year it is 50!  I am just glad I am not doing the washing up. This month Martin and I spent a long weekend in Brighton, it was wonderful to ‘bump’ into old friend Paul Hughes Barlow who strangely enough was very instrumental in helping me with the very first conference. Th ..read more

The Tarot conference is more than a place for learning, it is a gathering of kindred spirits, anyone who arrives as a stranger will leave as a friend. I have travelled as far as Canada to have dinner with a friend met via Tarot, I honestly do not think there is a place on the planet where I could visit and not know someone through Tarot.  However, nothing makes me happier than when someone I have met at my conference visits me at home. This month Robbie and Brandy spent a Saturday with me, and after a lovely lunch by the sea we spent time pouring over tarot decks. Steven Bright and his pa ..read more