A Deeper Look Into This Tarot Card

Death

The Death tarot card represents change, transformation, and endings. It suggests that the querent may be facing a significant change or transformation in their life, and that they may be moving on from an old way of being to a new one. The image on the card often depicts a skeletal figure riding a horse, symbolizing the idea of death and transformation.

The Death card can also indicate that the querent may be letting go of something that no longer serves them, and that they may be facing the end of a cycle or chapter in their life. It can suggest that they are moving on from an old situation, relationship, or habit, and that they are making space for something new to come into their life. Additionally, the card can indicate that the querent may be experiencing a sense of renewal and rejuvenation, and that they are ready for a new beginning.

In a reading, the Death tarot card can indicate that the querent may be facing a significant change or transformation in their life, and that they are letting go of something that no longer serves them. It can serve as a reminder to embrace change, and to have the courage to let go of what no longer aligns with their values and beliefs. The card can also suggest that the querent may be experiencing a sense of renewal and rejuvenation, and that they are ready for a new beginning.

Historical Reference

Go back in time to what the creators of the deck had to say about it.

The veil or mask of life is perpetuated in change, transformation and passage from lower to higher, and this is more fitly represented in the rectified Tarot by one of the apocalyptic visions than by the crude notion of the reaping skeleton. Behind it lies the whole world of ascent in the spirit. The mysterious horseman moves slowly, bearing a black banner emblazoned with the Mystic Rose, which signifies life. Between two pillars on the verge of the horizon there shines the sun of immortality. The horseman carries no visible weapon, but king and child and maiden fall before him, while a prelate with clasped hands awaits his end.

There should be no need to point out that the suggestion of death which I have made in connection with the previous card is, of course, to be understood mystically, but this is not the case in the present instance. The natural transit of man to the next stage of his being either is or may be one form of his progress, but the exotic and almost unknown entrance, while still in this life, into the state of mystical death is a change in the form of consciousness and the passage into a state to which ordinary death is neither the path nor gate. The existing occult explanations of the 13th card are, on the whole, better than usual, rebirth, creation, destination, renewal, and the rest.

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