The Samhain Threshold Spread

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FORMAT:
Seven-card tarot / oracle spread.

CARD 1 — THE HARVEST
What did this past cycle actually give me?

CARD 2 — THE HUSK
What is empty, finished, or no longer feeding me?

CARD 3 — THE DEAD WEIGHT
What am I carrying because I am afraid to put it down?

CARD 4 — THE ANCESTOR / THE PAST
What lesson from the past deserves to continue?

CARD 5 — THE THRESHOLD
What am I being asked to face now?

CARD 6 — THE WINTER FIRE
What will sustain me through the darker season?

CARD 7 — THE SEED
What quiet beginning is already forming beneath the surface?

NOTE:
The “ancestor” position can mean personal ancestry, chosen lineage, teachers, community history, or simply one’s own past. It does not require spirit communication.

JOURNAL PROMPTS:

What ended this year that I have not fully acknowledged?
What am I proud to have survived?
What deserves mourning?
Which memories still nourish me?
Which inherited patterns do I want to continue?
Which inherited patterns stop with me?
What does “protection” mean in practical terms right now?
What do I need less of this winter?
What do I need more of?
What would make my home feel like a sanctuary?
What relationship with death, aging, or impermanence am I avoiding?
Who do I want to remember?
What story should not be lost?
What am I ready to lay down?
What am I carrying forward?