Monday, October 27, 2025
Waxing Moon
Neptune, Saturn, Chiron, Uranus Retrograde
Welcome to a new week! And we’re in the final stretch of October, with Samhain and Day of the Dead at the end of the week. There’s big energy during a waxing moon, even with the retrogrades.
As we did last year in October, we are using The Halloween Tarot, by Karin Lee, with art by Kipling West. You can buy the deck from US Games here.
This deck has different names for the suits.
Pumpkins = Pentacles
Ghosts = Cups
Bats = Swords
Imps = Wands
If you’re new to the weekly readings, this is a spread of mine. It’s read from left to right, 5 cards. Any card that needs more interpretation can be built into further, above and below, with either more tarot cards, another tarot deck, or an oracle deck.
These interpretations are mine, based on my experience, intuition and responses to the artwork. You may have a different experience. This is an overview of the week as it stands now; every decision we make from the moment of the reading can change the outcome. If there’s something in the reading that worries you, you have the information ahead of time so that you can plan, make better choices, or handle it differently than predicted for a better outcome. Tarot sets out possibilities, which you change through your choices and actions.
Left to right, the positions are as follows:
1. The Collective Energy of the Week
2. The Week’s Challenge
3. The Week’s Opportunity
4. The Week’s Stretch
5. The Week’s Comfort
The Collective Energy of the Week – Four of Imps
This card has come up frequently all month, in various positions. Last week, it was in the Opportunity slot. In the October 6 reading, it was in the Stretch slot. This week, it is the collective energy for the week, which is a terrific position for it. It means the collective energy can be aimed at building something permanent and beautiful. Considering what’s going on right now, that’s an important message. At the same time, we can’t just sit back and expect it to happen because a card turned up. It’s up to us to MAKE it happen.
The Week’s Challenge – The Emperor
It depicts Frankenstein’s monster, which may feel uncomfortably relevant as to the self-styled would-be Emperor roaming around out there. But this is our reading, for our actions, and it reminds us to be responsible leaders. Each of us has the challenge of being a responsible leader in our own lives and community, no matter what is going on around us. The challenge this week is not to merely be reactive, but to be responsibly active.
The Week’s Opportunity – Page of Imps
Last week, this card was in the Challenge slot. This week, it moves to the Opportunity slot. This is about exploring something related to your sense of self and your passion. It needs to be nurtured and is not yet ready to share. While last week, this was a challenge (possibly because, with the other energies swirling around, you were tempted to share before its time), this week, you have the opportunity to sit with it and explore. You don’t want to share it yet. You want to spend time with it and enjoy it.
The Week’s Stretch – Three of Pumpkins
This week, we need to dig in and do the work, and take pride in it. Since it’s a three, we’re also not doing it alone. Ask for help when you need it. Give help when you can when it’s asked. Collaboration will get us farther than solo struggle this week, even though it might be hard to either ask for help, or put aside your own worries and give help. Do both, and everyone’s tasks will get done with skill and on time.
The Week’s Comfort – Six of Imps
With all the wands and focus on identity and the material world this week, it’s a comfort to know we are riding to victory. Often, the 6 of Wands (this card’s equivalent), has a single figure riding a horse in a victory parade. This card shows all six imps (and the black cat) riding to victory TOGETHER. That ties in to all the previous cards about building, responsible leadership, self-exploration, and working together. Doing the work together is the road to victory.
You will note that no bats (swords) or ghosts (cups) showed up in this week’s reading. It’s less about thinking and feeling, and more about being (imps/wands) and doing (pumpkins, Emperor).
Next week, we will be in November. Not only will we work with a different deck, but it’s time to work with a different spread! We’ve been working with this spread for over a year. I hope you feel comfortable enough with it now to try it on your own, should you choose.
Next week a new agricultural/soul year starts, and we’ll work with both a different deck and a new spread.
Did anything in particular resonate with you in this reading? Or did you have a completely different interpretation? I’d love to hear from you in the comments!