Major Arcana · XIII
Death Tarot Card Meaning
- transformation
- endings
- transition
- renewal
Death upright
Death is the ending that makes room for what is truer. Something in your life has completed. Grieve it with honour, then let it go — the new form cannot take shape while the old one is still being held.
Death reversed
Reversed, Death warns of a transformation resisted. Clinging to what has already ended prolongs the grief. Let the old form go with honour; something truer is waiting to begin.
How to read Death
Death is card XIII of the 22 Major Arcana. When a Major Arcana card appears, readers give it extra weight: it points to one of the bigger lessons or turning points of the moment.
Upright, let its keywords guide the reading: transformation, endings, transition, and renewal.
Reversed, the same themes are usually blocked, delayed or turned inward. Read the reversed meaning above with that in mind.
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