Death represents new beginnings, transition, dramatic change, and transformation.
The familiar symbols of death – a scythe, black robes, skeleton – are accompanied by a flag with a white rose on a black background, a rising sun and a young child. The Fool is clearing his head from his recent contemplation and feels a lack that needs to be filled. He comes to the realization that the old must be rejected and dealt with before you can welcome the new. It is time for the death of his old life.
This card doesn’t suggest that someone close to you is going to die. Rather, it says that death is part of the cycle of life and it is time for you to clear the way of what you no longer need to make way for the new.
Don't be scared of this card. Death is indicative of transition or dramatic change in your future. This change can be in almost any aspect of your life, but it will almost certainly be permanent, significant, and absolute. Death suggests a complete severance between the past and the future, and it will likely be painful. Despite the sense of loss that may accompany it, Death fills an important and natural role in life, and leads eventually to acceptance. It is a necessary part of moving forward, and you will find the changes easiest if you embrace them, rather than fight them. Expect the end of a close friendship, a project, or something else significant... but do not focus too greatly on the negative. This change leads to new beginnings and a positive transformation, and it's time to move on.
Mother Nature, my Spirit Guide, Guardian Angels, and Spirits of the Earth, I ask for your help and guidance with this reading.
Guard me with a circle of white, joyous light – encapsulated in shimmering purple – and send my grounding cord deep into the Earth.
Please speak to me through this Tarot reading and guide me on my journey towards an answer.
