We have curated seven detailed tarot spreads. They range from spooky, fun explorations of your inner fears to profound, multi-card investigations of your ancestral legacy. Choose the one that calls to your intuition.

1. The Three Sisters: An Ancestral Lineage Check-In (3 Cards)

This spread honors your connection to your past, specifically focusing on your lineage. It provides gentle, yet powerful, guidance from those who walked before you.

• Card 1: The Seed (Past Wisdom). This card represents the core strength or wisdom passed down from your ancestors. It highlights a gift you may have inherited.
• Card 2: The Root (Current Blockage). This shows a lingering generational pattern or energetic debt that is currently holding you back. This is the shadow you are ready to heal.
• Card 3: The Blossom (Future Blessing). This offers practical advice on how to transform the blockage. It shows the blessing you will receive when you embrace the ancestral gift.

Interpretation Guidance: Look for common themes or suits between the first and third cards. If you draw a Swords card for the blockage, the healing often requires clear communication or intellectual clarity. Furthermore, write down the names of any ancestors who come to mind during this spread.

2. The Shadow Work Mirror (4 Cards)

Halloween is a time of masks and hidden identities. This spread encourages you to remove your own mask and look honestly at the shadow aspects of your personality. The shadow is not inherently evil. Instead, it is the collection of disowned parts of yourself yearning for integration.

• Card 1: The Face in the Glass (My Visible Self). This reveals how you present yourself to the world. It shows the conscious persona you wear daily.
• Card 2: Behind the Mirror (My Hidden Shadow). This is the core of your current unintegrated shadow self. It shows what you are avoiding or suppressing.
• Card 3: The Message in the Darkness (Why It Hides). This explains the root fear or past pain that caused this shadow part to retreat. This knowledge brings compassion.
• Card 4: Holding the Lantern (How to Embrace It). This gives you a clear, actionable step to integrate this hidden part. It shows how to turn a weakness into a strength.

Interpretation Guidance: If you pull a Queen or King in the second position, the shadow may be linked to an archetype of power or control. Conversely, a Fives card might indicate the shadow stems from fear of conflict or change. Approach the Shadow with kindness.

3. The Spirit Guide Check-In (5 Cards)

This Samhain spread is designed to open a dialogue with your main spirit guide or helping spirits. Remember to create a strong energetic container before pulling these cards. Ask the spirits to only communicate through the light.

• Card 1: Their Presence (Who is with me now?). This card reveals the energy or archetype of the spirit guide who is most active in your life today.
• Card 2: Their Teaching (The Lesson I Need). This indicates the main lesson, skill, or wisdom they are currently attempting to impart to you.
• Card 3: My Resistance (What I’m Missing). This shows where you are unknowingly blocking or ignoring their guidance. It highlights your blind spot.
• Card 4: The Best Channel (How to Communicate). This suggests the best way for you to connect with them. For example, a Cups card might mean meditation or dream work.
• Card 5: Their Future Gift (The Next Step). This reveals the outcome or gift that will manifest when you actively accept and follow their current teaching.

Interpretation Guidance: The presence of an Ace in Card 2 suggests a brand-new, potent opportunity is being offered. Furthermore, if you pull an Eight, the lesson likely involves movement, action, or seeking balance. Be open to receiving non-verbal signs after the reading is complete.

4. The Harvest & Hibernate Spread (6 Cards)

Samhain is fundamentally about assessment and rest. This spread helps you audit your recent harvest and plan your upcoming period of rest and incubation. It aligns your personal energy with the natural rhythm of the Earth.

• Card 1: What I Successfully Harvested. This names the biggest accomplishment or achievement of your past six months. Acknowledge your hard work and effort.
• Card 2: What I Must Release (Compost). This represents the project, habit, or relationship that is fully finished and needs to be composted for new growth. Let it go gracefully.
• Card 3: The Seeds for Next Spring. This is the long-term goal or intention that needs quiet, hidden attention during the winter months.
• Card 4: My Winter Fuel (Inner Resource). This shows the internal resource you already possess to get you through the dark season. It might be resilience, creativity, or humor.
• Card 5: Invitation to Rest (Where to Pause). This shows the area of your life that requires absolute stillness and a break. Respect this signal.
• Card 6: The Wisdom I Will Incubate. This reveals the specific personal insight or truth that will be revealed to you during this period of quiet reflection.

Interpretation Guidance: Look for Pentacles in the first position to confirm financial or material success. Conversely, many Swords in the middle positions suggest mental clutter and overthinking need to be released. This spread is an excellent preparation for the new calendar year.

5. The “What Haunts Me?” Halloween Spread (5 Cards)

This is the most directly themed, spookiest spread on our list. It uses the playful energy of Halloween to identify and name the specific anxieties, fears, or limiting beliefs that are currently haunting your subconscious mind.

• Card 1: The Lurking Ghost. This is the core, irrational fear or anxiety that pops up uninvited. It names the feeling of being haunted.
• Card 2: The Eerie Echo. This shows where that fear originated, perhaps a past trauma or an old story you were told. Understanding the source is key.
• Card 3: The Protective Spell I Cast. This represents the current coping mechanism or avoidance technique you are using to keep the ghost at bay. Is this spell working well?
• Card 4: The Silver Bullet. This reveals the exact action or mindset you need to use to finally banish this specific fear. The key is direct engagement.
• Card 5: The Haunted Treasure. This shows the gift or power that will be unlocked once you successfully transform the ghost. Every fear hides a strength.

Interpretation Guidance: A lot of Swords often signifies a ghost that is purely mental, easily banished by changing your thought patterns. Furthermore, if you draw a High Priestess, the haunting may stem from ignoring your own powerful intuition. Embrace the spooky fun of confronting your fears.

6. The Year’s Turning Wheel (7 Cards)

This spread offers a comprehensive overview of the cycle that is ending and the one that is beginning. Samhain is a Pagan New Year of sorts. It gives you a clear map for the next twelve months.

• Card 1: The Lesson Learned (Past Year). The most important piece of wisdom or experience gained from the cycle that is now closing.
• Card 2: The Strength Carried Forward. The power, virtue, or resource from the past year that will be most useful moving forward.
• Card 3: The Weakness Left Behind. The vulnerability, habit, or situation that you must intentionally leave in the past.
• Card 4: The Axis (Central Focus). This is the core theme or central energy that will dominate your entire upcoming Samhain-to-Samhain cycle.
• Card 5: The Path to Growth (First Half). Guidance on what to prioritize in the darker months (November to April). Focus on inner work here.
• Card 6: The Path to Action (Second Half). Guidance on what to execute and share during the lighter months (May to October). Focus on outward action.
• Card 7: The Final Outcome (The Next Harvest). The anticipated result or outcome of applying the lessons and following the guidance of the spread.

Interpretation Guidance: The central focus (Card 4) is exceptionally important. If it is a major Arcana card, the entire year will carry a deeply fated or transformative energy. Therefore, pay special attention to its meaning.

7. The Inner Phoenix Spread (9 Cards)

The Phoenix is the ultimate symbol of transformation, death, and rebirth. This detailed spread is for those who are ready to let a major part of their life completely die so a new, stronger version can rise. This is intense but highly rewarding work.

• Card 1: The Ashes. This shows the thing that is currently ready to be incinerated or released completely. It is the old structure that must fall.
• Card 2 & 3: The Pyre (The Fuel). These two cards represent the actions, beliefs, or circumstances that are currently feeding the old, dying part of your life.
• Card 4, 5, & 6: The Burn (The Process). These three cards detail the necessary steps, emotions, or processes you must go through to fully let go of the old structure. This might be painful but is ultimately necessary.
• Card 7 & 8: The Egg (The Potential). These two cards reveal the seeds of the new, rising self. They show the unique traits and strengths that will emerge from the ashes.
• Card 9: The Flight (The New Identity). This final card shows the magnificent, resurrected state of being. It shows the new, elevated identity that is waiting for you on the other side of this transformation.

Interpretation Guidance: The process cards (4, 5, 6) often reveal the most friction. For instance, if you see the Five of Pentacles, the process requires releasing the fear of lack. Consequently, if the final card is The World, the rebirth will lead to deep spiritual completion and mastery.