Traditionally, Samhain is the time of year when the veil between the world of the living and the world of the dead is at its thinnest. This makes it an ideal time for many activities, including divination. Since 1993 I have done Tarot readings on October 31, usually asking some form of the question “what does the coming year hold?”
As any good reader will tell you, when you ask a vague question you get a vague answer. Still, when the curtain is pulled back it’s hard not to try to take in the whole wide view. Looking through my reading notes, I can see times when the Samhain reading was perfectly accurate, times when it’s still rather vague, and times when I clearly showed my inexperience in reading the cards.
Here’s the spread from last night. My interpretation is a bit too personal to post on a public website, but if any blog readers are also Tarot readers, I’d be interested in hearing how you’d read this spread.
I’m using the Robin Wood Tarot, which I bought in 1993. It was my first deck and is still far and away my favorite, because it combines modern Pagan imagery with traditional meanings.
Click the picture to enlarge it. The center card (covered by The Fool) is the 10 of Pentacles. I don’t read reversed meanings – as my Tarot mentor Dolores says, “there are 78 images in the Tarot deck – if you need more than that you’re getting awfully sophisticated.”
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