Glass Owl
Here are some Halloween themed spreads (or ones that work well with darker themed decks) that I have in saved in my Tarot Spread binder.
Please feel free to add your own favorites to this thread. Please keep in mind that when sharing spreads be sure to include the spread's title, author of the spread, and a link back to where you found the spread. Thank you.
Halloween Spread by Tracy Hite, ATA Treasurer, Networks Manager
"I knew early on that I wanted the layout to look like a Jack-o-lantern, and finally settled on a trick or treat theme. I wanted the "eyes" to be the tricks, thus using the cards to open my eyes and expose the tricks. That left the Jack-o-lantern's mouth for the treat cards."
(Cards 3 and 4 are at angles and the card 5 is turned sideways to create the mouth.)
--1-2--
3-----4
---5---
"The last question (the horizontal card at the bottom of the mouth) is where a jack-o-lantern's candle shines brightest. If you use reversals, you'll need to decide for yourself how to tell if that card is upright or not. One way would be to read it whichever way it's drawn; I chose to read it as upright regardless of how it landed in the spread."
1. How am I tricking others?
2. How am I tricking myself?
3. How can I treat others better?
4. How can I treat myself better?
5. How can I shine?
Morgana's Trick or Treat Spread
......5......
..3......4..
......2.....
......1.....
1. What do you want in your Halloween bag? (what is your goal?)
2. What costume are you wearing? (what role are you playing as you work toward that goal?)
3. Tricks (what is in your control - what 'tricks' can you do to work toward your goal?)
4. Treats (what isn't in your control - what 'treats' come to you without your effort?)
5. What do you take home? (what comes to you from this experience?)
"By the Light of the Moon" (A Halloween/Samhain) Spread by Wisp Wings
Shuffle and cut the cards as desired. Before laying out the spread, state aloud: "By the light of the moon on this hallowed night we seek these answers......."
*********3*****
*******2*******
*********1*****
(The spread should be half-moon shaped.)
1. "What tricks do you excel in? These are your talents you have or are able to develope in your life." (See this as "Strengths")
2. "What treats or gifts are you to receive? Perhaps this is a gift you have in your life that you need to harvest, instead of allowing to lay at waste in the field." (See this as Gift)
3. From the spirit world, what advice shall this realm impart to you. (Spirit Advice card)
The Haunted House Spread by Metafizzypop
The layout of cards is supposed to be shaped like a house.
--------7--------
----5-------6-----
3---------------4
1-------8-------2
1 - The Skeletons in the Closet - The secrets you keep from others.
2 - The Rats in the Basement - The secrets you keep from yourself.
3 - The Black Cat in the Parlour - What makes your claws come out?
4 - The Jack O Lantern in the Kitchen - What, or who, would you like to take a knife to and carve up?
5 - The Ghost in the Bedroom - What, or who, haunts your mind and thoughts?
6 - The Spider in the Bathroom - What totally creeps you out.
7 - The Bats in the Attic - What drives you to the brink of madness.
8 - The Front Door - The way out of all this insanity ......... or maybe, the way in.
Halloween P-P-F Spread Posted by le fey
"I used a cute variant of the past/present/future 3 card spread last year to good effect. I *think* it's from the Halloween Tarot actually. This is a paraphrase because I don't recall the exact wording."
1 Past - the Ghosts that haunt you from the past.
2 Present - the Goblins that spook you in the present
3 Future - the Pumpkins that are your future harvest.
Trick or Treat Spread by Aulruna
1. Costume: What you're wearing for the party - the situation.
2. Trick: The shadow/the unexpected
3. Treat: The positive side/opportunities
4. The Candy Bag: What you can take home - the outcome.
The Magic Cauldron Spread by Sammie
I originally found this spread at mydivination.com and I posted here at AT but I later discovered that the author is Sammie, who posted in this thread.
--2--
4---3
--1--
1. What is in the pot? Current situation or problem
2. What stirs the pot? What influences, agitates or stirs the situation
3. What needs to be added? What can be done to enhance the situation or solve the problem
4. What comes out of the pot? How the situation or problem will work out
Haunted Castle Spread by Sasha Graham
1. What sort of adventures should I embrace?
2. What authority issues do I struggle against?
3. What ghosts am I haunted by?
4. What is to be discovered in my darkness?
5. What lessons lie within my castle?
6. What is worth dusting off and resurrecting in my life?
Halloween Spread by Yvonne Rathbone
04------------07-10---
05-01/02-03-08-11-13
06------------09-12----
(Card 2 overlaps Card 1.)
1. The Skeleton. The bare bones of the situation
2. The Mummy. What covers the bare bones
3. Your Costume. Your mask, who you are in this situation
4. The Ghost. Something your past that is unresolved and impacts the situation
5. The Devil. Something bedeviling to you
6. The Vampire. Something that feeds you or feeds on you
7. The Jack O Lantern. Something that lights your way
8. The Black Cat. Something that will cross your path for good or not, what kind of luck you have
9. The Witch. How you can use your own magic
10. The Bat. The broader view or something you can not see
11. Frankenstein. What you are creating
12. The Werewolf. How the situation will change you
13. Your Candybag. The mix of goodies and duds that you will take home when all is done
Vampire Cross Spread by JudyZ
--4--
3-1-5
--2--
1. Around you is your coffin: what protects you.
2. Below is the ground: the foundation.
3. Behind you is your humanity: what you gave up to become what you are now.
4. Above you is the moon: what lights you way.
5. In front of you is the sun: the challenge you need to keep in mind.
I also adapted JudyZ's spread to fit the mythology of the tv show, Moonlight and here was the result: The Mick St. John's Vampire Cross Spread by Glass Owl
--4--
3-1-5
--2--
1. The Freezer
How/where you retreat from the world
What cools you down
What protects you
2. The Blood
What feeds you
What warms you up
What gives you strength to go on
3. Your Humanity
What is in the past
What you have lost or given up
What you miss or regret
4. Moonlight
What lights your way
What inspires you
What fills you with hope
5. Sunlight
Weakness I need to acknowledge to move forward
Obstacles I need to work through
Challenges that are on the horizon
The Dark Realm of Yourself Spread by WolfyJames
"I wanted to make a dark spread that would fit with the macabre world of the Gothic Tarot by Vargo. Here it is. It can be done with any dark deck you have. I guess this spread could be adapted to fit any unique and atmospheric decks."
7******9******8
5******1******6
3******2******4
1 - Your Dark Soul Card - the card that represents the querent in this dark realm.
2 - Why you are here? - the reason why the querent is in this dark realm.
3 - What have you learned? - so far, in this journey of the soul, what lessons you have learned from this place.
4 - What do you still have to learn? - the lessons you still have to learn from this dark realm.
5 - What are you hiding from the others? - the aspects of yourself that you don't show to the others.
6 - What is hidden from you? - the aspects of yourself that you're not aware of; can be external from the querent.
7 - Your Dark Guardian - everyone has a guardian, and this card is the querent's dark guardian; this card somehow represent inner aspects of the querent, for sometimes the guardians went through similar issues of the querent, so they're there to teach to the querent the lessons they've learned.
8 - How does your Dark Guardian helps you? - this is the tip given by the Dark Guardian to the querent on how to deal with these issues; the Dark Guardian shows here how he/she helps the querent.
9 - How to see, and to get to, the light? - This is the ultimate advice of the reading.
Season of the Witch Spread by Shade
Spread is shaped like a witch's hat
_____1
____2_3
___4_5_6
1. The Witch Herself - Significator - sets the tone for the reading, the special powers the querent has and their ability to transform energy
2. The Cauldron - something percolating in your life - the matter of the reading
3. The Spellbook - the plan, where things are currently headed
4. The Black Cat - forces that are here to assist you
5. The Skull - a message from your ancestors, advice form those who know best
6. The Broom - what you need to take your plans further
The Spell - in a recent workshop with Nattacia Zeviar I was inspired by the way she assigned herself a task based on her readings. I think of it as Homework. The spell cast by the reading is the way I can improve my life through action.
Please feel free to add your own favorites to this thread. Please keep in mind that when sharing spreads be sure to include the spread's title, author of the spread, and a link back to where you found the spread. Thank you.
Halloween Spread by Tracy Hite, ATA Treasurer, Networks Manager
"I knew early on that I wanted the layout to look like a Jack-o-lantern, and finally settled on a trick or treat theme. I wanted the "eyes" to be the tricks, thus using the cards to open my eyes and expose the tricks. That left the Jack-o-lantern's mouth for the treat cards."
(Cards 3 and 4 are at angles and the card 5 is turned sideways to create the mouth.)
--1-2--
3-----4
---5---
"The last question (the horizontal card at the bottom of the mouth) is where a jack-o-lantern's candle shines brightest. If you use reversals, you'll need to decide for yourself how to tell if that card is upright or not. One way would be to read it whichever way it's drawn; I chose to read it as upright regardless of how it landed in the spread."
1. How am I tricking others?
2. How am I tricking myself?
3. How can I treat others better?
4. How can I treat myself better?
5. How can I shine?
Morgana's Trick or Treat Spread
......5......
..3......4..
......2.....
......1.....
1. What do you want in your Halloween bag? (what is your goal?)
2. What costume are you wearing? (what role are you playing as you work toward that goal?)
3. Tricks (what is in your control - what 'tricks' can you do to work toward your goal?)
4. Treats (what isn't in your control - what 'treats' come to you without your effort?)
5. What do you take home? (what comes to you from this experience?)
"By the Light of the Moon" (A Halloween/Samhain) Spread by Wisp Wings
Shuffle and cut the cards as desired. Before laying out the spread, state aloud: "By the light of the moon on this hallowed night we seek these answers......."
*********3*****
*******2*******
*********1*****
(The spread should be half-moon shaped.)
1. "What tricks do you excel in? These are your talents you have or are able to develope in your life." (See this as "Strengths")
2. "What treats or gifts are you to receive? Perhaps this is a gift you have in your life that you need to harvest, instead of allowing to lay at waste in the field." (See this as Gift)
3. From the spirit world, what advice shall this realm impart to you. (Spirit Advice card)
The Haunted House Spread by Metafizzypop
The layout of cards is supposed to be shaped like a house.
--------7--------
----5-------6-----
3---------------4
1-------8-------2
1 - The Skeletons in the Closet - The secrets you keep from others.
2 - The Rats in the Basement - The secrets you keep from yourself.
3 - The Black Cat in the Parlour - What makes your claws come out?
4 - The Jack O Lantern in the Kitchen - What, or who, would you like to take a knife to and carve up?
5 - The Ghost in the Bedroom - What, or who, haunts your mind and thoughts?
6 - The Spider in the Bathroom - What totally creeps you out.
7 - The Bats in the Attic - What drives you to the brink of madness.
8 - The Front Door - The way out of all this insanity ......... or maybe, the way in.
Halloween P-P-F Spread Posted by le fey
"I used a cute variant of the past/present/future 3 card spread last year to good effect. I *think* it's from the Halloween Tarot actually. This is a paraphrase because I don't recall the exact wording."
1 Past - the Ghosts that haunt you from the past.
2 Present - the Goblins that spook you in the present
3 Future - the Pumpkins that are your future harvest.
Trick or Treat Spread by Aulruna
1. Costume: What you're wearing for the party - the situation.
2. Trick: The shadow/the unexpected
3. Treat: The positive side/opportunities
4. The Candy Bag: What you can take home - the outcome.
The Magic Cauldron Spread by Sammie
I originally found this spread at mydivination.com and I posted here at AT but I later discovered that the author is Sammie, who posted in this thread.
--2--
4---3
--1--
1. What is in the pot? Current situation or problem
2. What stirs the pot? What influences, agitates or stirs the situation
3. What needs to be added? What can be done to enhance the situation or solve the problem
4. What comes out of the pot? How the situation or problem will work out
Haunted Castle Spread by Sasha Graham
1. What sort of adventures should I embrace?
2. What authority issues do I struggle against?
3. What ghosts am I haunted by?
4. What is to be discovered in my darkness?
5. What lessons lie within my castle?
6. What is worth dusting off and resurrecting in my life?
Halloween Spread by Yvonne Rathbone
04------------07-10---
05-01/02-03-08-11-13
06------------09-12----
(Card 2 overlaps Card 1.)
1. The Skeleton. The bare bones of the situation
2. The Mummy. What covers the bare bones
3. Your Costume. Your mask, who you are in this situation
4. The Ghost. Something your past that is unresolved and impacts the situation
5. The Devil. Something bedeviling to you
6. The Vampire. Something that feeds you or feeds on you
7. The Jack O Lantern. Something that lights your way
8. The Black Cat. Something that will cross your path for good or not, what kind of luck you have
9. The Witch. How you can use your own magic
10. The Bat. The broader view or something you can not see
11. Frankenstein. What you are creating
12. The Werewolf. How the situation will change you
13. Your Candybag. The mix of goodies and duds that you will take home when all is done
Vampire Cross Spread by JudyZ
--4--
3-1-5
--2--
1. Around you is your coffin: what protects you.
2. Below is the ground: the foundation.
3. Behind you is your humanity: what you gave up to become what you are now.
4. Above you is the moon: what lights you way.
5. In front of you is the sun: the challenge you need to keep in mind.
I also adapted JudyZ's spread to fit the mythology of the tv show, Moonlight and here was the result: The Mick St. John's Vampire Cross Spread by Glass Owl
--4--
3-1-5
--2--
1. The Freezer
How/where you retreat from the world
What cools you down
What protects you
2. The Blood
What feeds you
What warms you up
What gives you strength to go on
3. Your Humanity
What is in the past
What you have lost or given up
What you miss or regret
4. Moonlight
What lights your way
What inspires you
What fills you with hope
5. Sunlight
Weakness I need to acknowledge to move forward
Obstacles I need to work through
Challenges that are on the horizon
The Dark Realm of Yourself Spread by WolfyJames
"I wanted to make a dark spread that would fit with the macabre world of the Gothic Tarot by Vargo. Here it is. It can be done with any dark deck you have. I guess this spread could be adapted to fit any unique and atmospheric decks."
7******9******8
5******1******6
3******2******4
1 - Your Dark Soul Card - the card that represents the querent in this dark realm.
2 - Why you are here? - the reason why the querent is in this dark realm.
3 - What have you learned? - so far, in this journey of the soul, what lessons you have learned from this place.
4 - What do you still have to learn? - the lessons you still have to learn from this dark realm.
5 - What are you hiding from the others? - the aspects of yourself that you don't show to the others.
6 - What is hidden from you? - the aspects of yourself that you're not aware of; can be external from the querent.
7 - Your Dark Guardian - everyone has a guardian, and this card is the querent's dark guardian; this card somehow represent inner aspects of the querent, for sometimes the guardians went through similar issues of the querent, so they're there to teach to the querent the lessons they've learned.
8 - How does your Dark Guardian helps you? - this is the tip given by the Dark Guardian to the querent on how to deal with these issues; the Dark Guardian shows here how he/she helps the querent.
9 - How to see, and to get to, the light? - This is the ultimate advice of the reading.
Season of the Witch Spread by Shade
Spread is shaped like a witch's hat
_____1
____2_3
___4_5_6
1. The Witch Herself - Significator - sets the tone for the reading, the special powers the querent has and their ability to transform energy
2. The Cauldron - something percolating in your life - the matter of the reading
3. The Spellbook - the plan, where things are currently headed
4. The Black Cat - forces that are here to assist you
5. The Skull - a message from your ancestors, advice form those who know best
6. The Broom - what you need to take your plans further
The Spell - in a recent workshop with Nattacia Zeviar I was inspired by the way she assigned herself a task based on her readings. I think of it as Homework. The spell cast by the reading is the way I can improve my life through action.