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Conversations with the Cards
Nurture your Tarot-loving light as we gather together each fortnight with our cards to engage in conversations that aim to keep our connection with our decks lively, prescient, insightful, and exploratory.
Develop your own dialogue in respectful relationship with one another and the cards feeling empowered to participate irrespective of your ‘level’ of card-conversing ability.
Each conversation shall be instigated via creative prompts, questions, and pithy talks on a broad range of Tarot-related influences in a ritually-held circle that ensures ample time is provided for reading the cards for one another and sharing our own unique perceptions, wisdom's, experiences and reflections on life.
All Tarot decks and levels of experience are welcomed.
*‘The Tarot is a nomadic cathedral and constitutes first and foremost an apprenticeship in seeing.’*
Marianne Costa from **The Way of the Tarot; the Spiritual Teacher in the Cards**
**PLEASE NOTE: ATTENDANCE ON THE NIGHT FOR THIS CLASS COSTS $15 TO BE PAID AT THE DOOR UPON ENTRY.**
**The MTS is committed to providing events that align with and further The three objects of The Theosophical Society:**
* To form a nucleus of the universal brotherhood of humanity, without distinction of race, creed, sex, caste or colour.
* To encourage the study of comparative religion, philosophy and science.
* To investigate unexplained laws of nature and the powers latent in the human being.
However this being stated, the MTS does not endorse any health, spiritual, science-related, philosophical or theological /other assertions or claims made by any facilitator we host.
Social Night: Jazz Dinner at South Melbourne
**TUE 9 JUN - JAZZ DINNER NIGHT- 5:45 PM**
**Rising Sun Hotel**
📌 2 Raglan Street
South Melbourne VIC 3205
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Join us for a **JAZZ** music night, relaxed and cozy **dinner** evening at the iconic **Rising Sun Hote**l in the heart of South Melbourne 🌙
This award-winning bistro is known for its quality pub dining 🍽️, generous portions, carefully sourced ingredients, and warm classic Melbourne atmosphere ✨
Whether you’re coming to **meet new people**, reconnect with familiar faces, or simply enjoy a comfortable evening out — everyone is welcome 🌿
Group table booking under my name - please find me inside!
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Expect
🌟 Jazz live band
🍷 Cozy historic pub vibes
🍽️ Delicious meals & desserts
🥗 Vegetarian options available
🤝 Friendly conversations & new connections
😊 Relaxed and welcoming social atmosphere
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📍 Rising Sun Hotel
📌 2 Raglan Street
South Melbourne VIC 3205
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menu link:
https://www.risingsunhotel.au/menu
SomaPsycheSpace (Medicare/NDIS)
Somatic psychotherapy is starting to feel like the psychology of our time. Both ancient and emerging, it has proven distinctly helpful for people seeking to change unhelpful coping strategies, regulate dysregulated emotions, and reconnect with the body and authentic self. Especially for those who didn’t find the change they were seeking through conventional talk therapies.
This work combines physical practices with consciousness-expanding techniques. In deeply embodied states, the body can reveal an innate wisdom that guides us toward profound relaxation and can spontaneously complete, release, or integrate stuck, immobilised survival responses.
These experiences can cultivate peak states that support lasting transformation and deep healing.
Doing this sacred work in community adds another layer of richness, offering a deep sense of connection and belonging.
Because somatic work is not a one size fits all,
Adarsa is aiming to diversify the work, by offering an *Ouroboric,* high activation class and a *Lotus* gentle, regulatory class.
**Ouroboric Classes** (High Activation): Designed for those experiencing hyperarousal—anxiety, restlessness, racing thoughts, hypervigilance, and difficulty relaxing. These dynamic sessions provide a safe container to mine the body for the unhelpful stories it’s been carrying—through vigorous movement and breathwork—so we can go to the root of discomfort and allow it to shift.
**Lotus Classes** (Gentle Regulation): Created for those in hypoarousal states—shutdown, dissociation, numbness, fatigue, and depression. These nurturing sessions gently awaken the system and gradually build capacity for feeling and presence.
Each class integrates:
* Somatic practices tailored to your nervous system state
* Yoga and mindful movement
* Transformative breathwork
* Guided meditation
* Art therapy for integration
* Community connection and sharing
Join us in discovering which pathway serves your unique healing journey.
**Affordable Access Through Medicare & NDIS**
💚 **Mental Health Care Plan holders:** Access 10 group sessions with almost the entire class fee covered by Medicare.
💙 **NDIS participants:** Full class fees covered under your NDIS funding.
With Sharna Arti: a trained somatic psychotherapist of over 20 years, a psychologist, kundalini yoga teacher, certified holotropic breathwork teacher.
Email sharna.psych@gmail.com for details or see booking link here https://momence.com/u/adarsa-30Dbvn
Introductory Buddhist Talk & Group Meditation
Are you looking for an opportunity to learn more about Buddhism and meditation?
Come and join us for our regular Buddhist meditation sessions every Tuesday.
Every session will start with a short introductory and will be followed by a guided, 20 - 30 minute meditation.
Feel free to join us after the session for some social time and questions and answers. The evening is free of charge, but donations are always welcome.
More info can be found here:
https://diamondway.org.au/centres/melbourne
Conservation Events This Week
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Maribyrnong River Bank Clean Up
Join us for a relaxed morning of community connection, light activity, and caring for the Maribyrnong River.
**What to Expect:**
We will walk along the riverbank and surrounds collecting litter, enjoying fresh air, gentle exercise, and friendly conversation. After the clean-up, we will head to Myrtle Café together for a coffee and chat. This is an optional part of the event, and all are welcome to join.
**What to Bring:**
* Drinking water
* Sunscreen
* Closed shoes
* Gloves (optional – we also provide gloves if needed)
We will supply rubbish bags, and have gloves, extra sunscreen, and hand sanitiser available.
**Meeting Point:**
We meet at Footscray Wharf, near Waterside Metal Art in Footscray. This location offers shelter and free parking on nearby streets.
**Important Information:**
Please check the exact meeting point before attending. If you need help finding us on the day, call 0418 184 457 or 0415 635 063.
Our clean-ups take place once a month and continue in all weather, unless conditions are extreme. Please check the event page on the morning of the clean-up for any last-minute updates.
Heide MoMA and Sculpture Gardens - SUNDAY WALK
**Heide Museum of Modern Art & Gardens**
Our Sunday Walk this week takes us back to the beautiful Heide Sculpture Gardens and Park on the banks of the Yarra River.
An integral part of Heide is its Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) and the grounds featuring outdoor sculptures. With a long history as an artist's retreat and landscape gardens, Heide is a special place for a Sunday Walk.
**Start**: Meet at Heide main entrance, off Templestowe Road, Bulleen. We'll meet at the large sculpture display outside the Gallery Shop at the entrance to MoMA. (see main picture here).
Note the slightly later Start Time: **9.15 AM**
**Parking:** Turn off Templestowe Rd and head for the Lower Carpark (follow signs). If this carpark is full, drive past and follow the road to Banksia Park where there's plenty of extra space, then walk back to the Kitchen.
**The Walk**: We'll walk the gardens and parkland of the adjacent Banksia Park before heading back to the Kitchen Cafe for brunch. It's a slightly shorter walk than our usual (about 4 Km) but includes some hilly sections.
**Toilets**: Throughout the Park and at the Kitchen area.
**Coffee**: At the Heide Kitchen Cafe, where we can also enjoy brunch if you wish.
Databricks User Group Melbourne, June Meetup [Hosted by Vivanti]
Join us for an engaging evening at the next Melbourne Databricks User Group Meetup!
We have a great line up of speakers for the night who will be sharing their learnings from implementing Lakebase on Databricks as well as unpacking some of the latest feature announcements on the platform.
**Speakers;**
* **Shreya Sharma**, Solution Architect at Databricks: *A tour of Databricks' serverless Postgres for operational apps and AI agents and the headline features (branching, autoscaling, scale-to-zero, horizontal reads). Then a rundown of what's shipped in the last few months — Lakehouse Sync (Postgres → Delta CDC), scale-to-zero as the default, customer-managed encryption keys, and OTLP metrics/logs.*
Why Attend?
The Databricks User Group is your chance to:
* **Learn from experts**: Hear about the latest Databricks developments and best practices directly from industry leaders and experienced practitioners.
* **Network with peers**: Connect with other data professionals in Melbourne who are passionate about data, AI, and analytics.
* **Share knowledge**: Engage in discussions, ask questions, and exchange ideas with other members of the community.
Event Details:
* **Venue Host**: Vivanti Consulting, Level 20, Tower Five, 727 Collins Street, Docklands, VIC 3008
* **Date:** Thursday 11th June, 2026
* **Timing**: 5:30pm-8pm
* **Catering and Drinks provided**
RSVP today to secure your spot and feel free to invite colleagues or friends interested in Databricks and data-driven innovation. We look forward to seeing you there!
Golang June @ Atlassian
Hi Gophers! We're at Atlassian this June to talk carbon footprint calculations for Claude and building a custom Kubernetes PaaS in Go.
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**Agenda**
**5.45pm — Food & Networking**
**6:30pm — Intro**
**6:45pm — Talks**
**8.00pm — Wrap up then head out for kick ons**
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**Talks**
**🎤 Mia de Búrca**
**What I Learnt Writing a Carbon Awareness Skill for Claude**
(short talk)
Having recently left my senior IC job in tech, I wanted to take some time to pursue green software principles, in **particular** how they apply to our use of AI. Since I'm an engineer, and engineers learn by doing; I decided to build an MCP server using sustainable software practices, and have it serve up a skill that would let an LLM ask what **its** carbon footprint had been for the conversation so far.
The talk describes what I built and why, and how the implementation **and** infrastructure were a breeze **compared** to finding some real numbers to back up the carbon equivalence calculation.
**🎤 Ryan Djurovich**
**How I built Podplane - an Open Source PaaS running Kubernetes on Object Storage**
About Podplane:
Want to deploy your app easily and securely on AWS, Google Cloud, or Proxmox? Podplane is an Open Source Platform-as-a-Service built on Kubernetes with all state stored in Object Storage. It consists of a CLI, etcd alternative ([netsy.dev](http://netsy.dev)), auth server ([easy-oidc.dev](http://easy-oidc.dev)), and next-gen auto-scaler ([nstance.dev](http://nstance.dev)) - all written in Go.
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**Interested in speaking at an upcoming event?**
We will aim to have a mix of short (\~10min) and in-depth (20-30min) talks.
If you’re keen to give a talk on a topic, share a project, or idea, please let us know [bit.ly/GolangMelbourneSpeakersForm](https://bit.ly/GolangMelbourneSpeakersForm)
Melbourne Biz Apps User Group | Launch Event
**Join us at the Melbourne Biz Apps User Group: Launch Event!** 🎉
We've been working hard behind the scenes, and the day is finally here. Come celebrate the launch of Melbourne's newest Biz Apps community with us.
**🎤 Featured Session: Vendor Onboarding Agent with Copilot Studio**
*Presented by Dharanidharan - Microsoft MVP, Engineering Lead*
Vendor onboarding is one of those processes that quietly eats hours — manual document checks, back-and-forth approvals, risk assessments done in spreadsheets. There's a better way.
Dharanidharan will walk us through how to build an enterprise-grade AI agent that handles vendor onboarding end-to-end, from document upload through to automated risk assessment and manager and compliance approvals. Everything tracked. Everything auditable.
**Built using:**
* Copilot Studio for conversational onboarding
* AI Builder for automated document extraction
* Power Automate for risk scoring and approvals
* Dataverse and model-driven apps for full auditability
This is a reusable pattern for anyone working with document-heavy, compliance-driven processes. Real architecture. Real implementation.
**⚡ AI Bytes**
Before we dive in, we've got some fun community activities lined up to get you inspired, warmed up, and ready to geek out. Come ready to participate!
**🍕 Food, Drinks and Networking**
Good food, good drinks, and good people, and we'll have plenty of time on the night to mingle, connect, and meet your fellow Biz Apps practitioners in Melbourne.
**This event is for you if you:**
* Work in Power Platform, Dynamics 365, or Copilot Studio
* Want to see how AI agents are being built in the real world
* Are curious about intelligent automation at enterprise scale
* Just want to meet other Biz Apps practitioners in Melbourne
We can't wait to see you there! 🙌
Conservation Events Near You
Connect with your local Conservation community
Wild Ohio: The Best of Our Natural Heritage. Jim McCormac
June 17, 2026: Worthington Library. Wild Ohio: The Best of Our Natural Heritage. Jim McCormac. Worthington, Ohio. 7 pm.
CONNECTED Westerville Mastermind Group
Join the CONNECTED Westerville Mastermind Group for a dynamic afternoon of B2B networking! This event is perfect for professionals looking to expand their business connections, share insights, and foster collaboration within the community. Whether you are a seasoned entrepreneur or just starting out, this event offers a valuable opportunity to exchange ideas, build relationships, and grow your network in a supportive environment. Connect with like-minded individuals, explore potential partnerships, and discover new opportunities for professional growth. Don't miss out on this chance to enhance your business network and take your career to the next level with CONNECTED Westerville Mastermind Group! We meet the 4th Monday of every month from 11am-1pm. Welcome and general networking from 11am - 11:30am with core meeting 11;30 - 12:30 and a final round of networking from 12:30 - 1pm.
Blendon Woods Metro Park
Hi Ladies , Let's Hike Blendon Woods Metro Park .
We will meet at the nature center parking lot.
Hiking about 4 miles completing the blendon woods loop and the sugarbush trail .
Wear appropriate footwear and bring water for hydration .
ServiceNow Knowledge 26 Recap + Topgolf Happy Hour
Couldn't make Knowledge? Or want to debrief the dancing robots or Autonomous Workforce? Join us for a Knowledge '26 recap, insights sharing, a couple rounds of golf, and fun at Topgolf. As always, drinks and food will be provided. More details to come — mark your calendar, RSVP, and save your spot today!
Community Game Night at Two Dollar Radio HQ
**When:** Saturday\, June 13th \| 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM
**Where:** [1124 Parsons Ave, Columbus, OH 43206](https://twodollarradiohq.com/about-us)
Looking for a night of meaningful connection and great vegan food? Join us at [Two Dollar Radio Headquarters](https://www.google.com/viewer/place?mid=/g/11fkn49_yq&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj14_nkjsWSAxVt4ckDHdRCH4oQqdYPegYIAQgFEAI) for a special community gathering!
**What’s on the menu?**
While [2$R](https://www.google.com/viewer/place?mid=/g/11fkn49_yq&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj14_nkjsWSAxVt4ckDHdRCH4oQqdYPegYIAQgGEAI) typically serves a selection of [house-made sandwiches](https://twodollarradiohq.com/weekly-food) and vegan pastries, they are creating a **special menu** specifically for our event. You can also grab a coffee, tea, or a drink from their [full bar](https://twodollarradiohq.com/) of cocktails and beer.
**The Main Event:**
* **Play:** Bring a favorite game from home to share or dive into the ones available at the shop.
* **Connect:** Meet new and old friends in a space that values independent culture and plant-based living.
* **Support:** Help us champion a local, family-owned vegan business that doubles as a powerhouse [indie book publisher](https://twodollarradio.com/pages/headquarters).
**Parking Instructions:**
* **Street Parking:** There is free public street parking available on both sides of Parsons Avenue and on the surrounding residential side streets.
* **Lot Parking:** The [Columbus Metropolitan Library](https://www.google.com/viewer/place?mid=/g/126262ks5&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj14_nkjsWSAxVt4ckDHdRCH4oQqdYPegYIAQgKEAM) lot (1113 Parsons Ave) is located directly across the street and is available for guest use **only after the library has closed**. On Saturdays, the lot is typically available starting at 6:00 PM.
* **Bike Parking:** For those cycling, there is a bike rack conveniently located at the corner of Cline and Parsons.
Westerville Queer Coffee Meetup
WQC has weekly Thursday night social nights at the Westerville Java Central. Come and grab a coffee and connect with the community: low stakes, chill environment, and tasty drinks. No registration is required; come as you are.










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