It’s been such a great year. The forum has grown so much. Just a few days ago we reached another milestone with the registration of our 500th member!
As the forum enters it’s second year of life, I want to share a couple of updates and reminders.
To begin, (here it comes) I am now offering everyone the chance to become a subscriber to the Cult of Tarot.
What does that mean?
It means you have the chance to kick in a little bit to support the forum! It’s not a big ask, (subs start at $12 USD per year) but if enough people do it, it will really make a difference.
What do you get for a subscription? Well, here’s the deal.
This forum has been advertisement-free for members since the beginning. Recently, I started running google-ads, but they are only seen by guests viewing the forum. If you are a logged-in member you do not see those ads.
I intend to keep it that way. I thought about changing it so that only subscribers had a Google-ad-free forum, but I don’t want to do that. I know it might be an incentive to subscribe, but, I just don’t want to do that.
I also thought about making areas that are only accessible to subscribers. I don’t really want to do that either. I want all members to be able to continue using every part of the forum, to be able to buy/sell & trade, to be able to promote their decks and kickstarters, join reading groups, everything.
So what do you get for a subscription to Cult of Tarot? Well, honestly, about the same as if you don’t subscribe. But I did think of 2 things to offer.
First, if you have a Tarot or esoteric related product (decks, books, magazines etc) or service or blog or event, or a shop or website or whatever, and you choose the 3rd level subscription, you can run 3 promotional messages (ads) on the forum for one year. (1 at a time)
I know I said the forum would stay ad-free for members, but these would not be the random google-ads that guests see. My plan is to have tasteful and unobtrusive messaging from members. I will do my very best to not upset the flow of the forum and cycle all the ads through a limited number of ad-portals. I may be dreaming, but I’m imagining ads that actually enhance the forum experience.
Second, I have a little giveaway.
Everyone who subscribes between now and the end of June will be entered in a drawing to win one of my few remaining Cult of Weimar tarot decks. This is the Tarot deck I created based on the aesthetics of 1920's Berlin. I sold-out the first edition but I did keep hold of a few and will part with one of these rare beauties to a lucky subscriber.
(If you happen to already own one of these decks, and you are the winner, I will instead make you a gift of my upcoming Lenormand deck, The Friar’s Delight.)
If enough people subscribe, I will part with 2 decks for the drawing.
So there’s that. Think it over. Then have a look at the subscription site which is located at my fledgling unfinished website, Rabbit’s Moon Tarot, and see what you think.
Meanwhile in other news, if you haven’t filled out your personal member profile yet, you’ve probably forgotten about it so I’d like to remind you that it’s a good place to log some info about yourself and your decks and some other interesting things. It’s a nice thing to do.
Also, if you are new or even if you’ve been here a while, take a few minutes and share your Tarot Story if you haven’t already. And read the one’s that are there. Every story is so different, it’s just great to see. And especially if you’ve not yet posted anything or very much, sharing your Tarot story is a good way to get into the forum. I really encourage everyone to do it.
Thank you for reading this message. I cannot tell you all what this year has meant seeing all this activity, all the different people with so many ideas and talents and points of view.
It’s been great and I can’t wait to see what Year Two brings.
Thank you all for everything, and here’s that subscription link again!
Joan Marie
*you don't have to be a registered member to subscribe, but why not just join too? ✮
