What Does the Death Card Mean?
endings ~ separation ~ profound change
Tarot Card Meanings for the Death Card
- Keywords
- Endings, mortality, profound change, letting go of emotional attachments, severing ties, it’s over, the end of an era or cycle, failure, loss. For some: transformation, renewal, rebirth, the breaking of old habits.
- Reversed
- Delayed endings, holding onto to what is decayed, resistance to letting go, a long terminal illness, depression, inertia, living unaware, going through the motions, resisting change, repeating mistakes.
- As People
- Funeral directors, hearse drivers, hospice staff, grievance counselors, debt collectors, bailiffs, bounty hunters, assassins, political extremists, despots, dictators.
Death Card Correspondences
| Key | 13 |
|---|---|
| Element | Water |
| Hebrew Letter | נ – Nun |
| Astrology | Scorpio |
| Octo 23 – Nov 21 | |
| Related to | The Emperor 13/1+3=4 |
| Count | 12 – zodiac trump |
| Yes/No | No |
Articles About the Death Card
When Death Means Death – a look at death and the tarot in the literal sense and how it affected my life, with the loss of my mother and my dog in the same week.
Meditation on Death – explores death from a Buddhist perspective with a focus on impermanence, putrefaction and rebirth.
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