October 14, 2024: Community Tarot Reading for the Week

Monday, October 14, 2024
Waxing Moon
Saturn, Neptune, Chiron, Uranus, Jupiter Retrograde
Rainy and cool

Since our last reading, Pluto (the planet of transformation) has gone direct, while Jupiter (the planet of expansion) has gone retrograde. Which shifts the energy somewhat.

Once again, we’re using the Halloween Tarot, created by Karin Lee, with art by Kipling West. You can get the deck from U.S. Games Systems here.

In this deck:
Pumpkins = Pentacles
Ghosts = Cups
Bats = Swords
Imps = Wands

This is a spread of mine, that I’ve developed over the past few months. 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

This week’s cards:

The Collective Energy of the Week: Ace of Imps
This card would be the Ace of Wands in other decks. It’s about igniting a fresh fire, and pursuing a new sense of identity and confidence. A new project, vitality, energy, and enthusiasm are all connected to this card. Take your new idea and sense of self and run with it!

The Week’s Challenge: Knight of Pumpkins
This would be the Knight of Pentacles in other decks. Knights are about taking action and moving forward. The Knight of Pumpkins/Pentacles is the slowest, most deliberate, and most careful of the knights. They make certain of each step before taking it. Sometimes that can feel like plodding, and with the forward-moving energy of the Ace of Imps in the previous card, that can cause tension. Take a break! The Knight wants the project initiated in the Ace to work, and therefore they are making sure each step is complete and strong before taking the next one. The knight is dedicated to progress, just careful in the approach.

The Week’s Opportunity: The High Priestess
Look how joyful she is, standing on the crescent moon, holding her book of spells, the black cat watching over her. She’s between the two towers, one dark gray, one white, indicating balance and polarity. She knows how to navigate between the seen and the unseen. Most importantly, she encourages us to trust our intuition. The Imp is impatient for forward motion, the Knight is deliberate and careful, and the High Priestess tells us to trust ourselves above outer influences.

The Week’s Stretch: Nine of Ghosts
This card would be the Nine of Cups in other decks, often known as “The Wish Card” in that wishes you make when this card comes up are likely to come true. Our skeleton sits here, smiling, the black cat at his side, encouraged and supported by nine happy ghosts, with the moon smiling down. This is about satisfaction and prosperity, and wishes granted, especially in your creative and/or romantic life. Take a few minutes this week, and think about what you really want, not just what you think you should want. We’ve got a full moon coming up on the 17th, so the timing on this is good.

The Week’s Comfort: The Magician
The look on the cat’s face as the magician pulls the rabbit out of the hat always makes me smile. Each of the suits are on this card: pumpkin, ghost, bat, and imp. It’s a reminder that we are the magicians of our own lives, and that we have the ability to integrate the elements to pull our own special rabbit out of the hat, and manifest that which we imagine. In this position, it’s a reminder that having that ability can comfort and assure us, rather than intimidate us.

What do you get from these cards? Did you find a similar reading, or something quite different? I’d love to hear about it in the comments.