Death — Tarot Card Meaning
Draw one card from the 22 Major Arcana as your card of the day — upright or reversed, with its meaning.
XIII · Death
Upright
An ending that makes room: transformation, release and the compost of the new.
Reversed
Clinging to the expired: the door will not close itself gently forever.
Death is card XIII of the Major Arcana. Upright, the classic reading goes: An ending that makes room: transformation, release and the compost of the new.
Reversed, the emphasis shifts: Clinging to the expired: the door will not close itself gently forever. Reversals are not “bad omens” — traditionally they point to the same energy turned inward, delayed or overdone.
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