October 28, 2024: Community Tarot Reading for the Week

Monday, October 28, 2024
Waning Moon
Saturn, Neptune, Chiron, Uranus, Jupiter Retrograde

This is an intense week! Samhain, Day of the Dead, a Dark Moon, a New Moon, and all these retrogrades!

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 – The Fool
The Fool is back! Last week, it was our opportunity. This week, it has moved solidly into the energy of the week! Take a leap of faith and trust the universe. Wonderful things are afoot!

The Week’s Challenge – The Ace of Imps
This card was in the collective energy position two weeks ago, at the start of the October 14th reading. So why would this fresh fire in the belly be an obstacle this week? Could it be that we are so eager to take the leap that we are not being true to ourselves? There’s a hand holding onto the Imp’s tail, preventing the Imp from drifting away. Maybe, just maybe, the Fool offers us more than one opportunity, and we need to listen to our creative fire and inner wisdom to know off which cliff to take the leap! (This card is the equivalent of the Ace of Wands in other decks).

The Week’s Opportunity – Queen of Bats
This would be the Queen of Swords in other decks. This is an individual of discernment. She learns from her mistakes. She can make tough decisions with a cool rationality, and yet still be kind. The opportunity the Queen of Bats offers, in relationship to the two previous cards, is being able to discern which opportunity will fulfill the creative fire.

The Week’s Stretch – Five of Ghosts
This would be the 5 of Cups in other decks. This card ties in very closely with the previous three. The Queen of Bats will use her intellect and wisdom to make a good decision. That means we can’t say yes to everything the Fool encourages. Being true to ourselves and our inner fire (ace wands) means we will have to say no to something this week. Instead of being sad about the no, about what’s spilled, take joy in the “yes” of what is still there.

The Week’s Comfort – Nine of Pumpkins
This would be the 9 Pentacles in other decks. By making the decision best suited to our core creative self, taking a chance, and enjoying the “yes” instead of mourning what we had to say “no” to we are in a place of abundance and fulfillment. We might be on our own path, but it is the RIGHT one for us at this time, with tangible rewards.

Did you find this helpful? Or are the cards telling you something else? I’d love to hear from you in the comments.

Blessed Samhain!