Amberstone, Wald
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Wald Amberstone and his wife, Ruth Ann Amberstone, are co-founders of The Tarot School. Together they teach, write and publish about Tarot on all levels from divination to psychology to esotericism and magical practice. They are perpetual pioneers of new Tarot techniques and remain lifelong Tarot students. Ruth Ann began her career as a reader in 1974, and Wald picked up his first Tarot deck and began his Tarot studies in 1959. They were each awarded the honorary rank of Certified Tarot Grand Master in 1999.
More than a thousand students have taken live classes at The Tarot School since it opened its doors in 1995. Hundreds more from around the country have participated in Tarot Telecourses (an innovative program of classes given on the telephone), and students from all over the world have purchased recordings from The Tarot School Audio Course Series and study The Tarot School Correspondence Course. Tarot Tips, the Tarot School's email newsletter, has thousands of subscribers worldwide.
The Amberstones' first book, Tarot Tips: 78 Practical Techniques to Enhance Your Tarot Reading Skills is part of Llewellyn's "Special Topics in Tarot" series for readers and teachers. They have also contributed articles to Llewellyn's Tarot Reader almanacs for 2005, 2006 and 2008.
The New York Tarot Festival, presented in June 2002 by Ruth Ann, Wald, and the students of The Tarot School, was the first international Tarot symposium to be held on the East Coast. In April 2003, the Amberstones began producing The Readers Studio, an annual tarot conference providing cutting-edge practical techniques to intermediate and advanced students, professional readers, teachers and authors.
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- The Tarot School Correspondence Course
- Arcanum Magazine (published by The Tarot School from 1996-1998)
- Llewellyn's Tarot Reader (article contributions: 2005, 2006, 2008)
