wickathou · tarot

Death

XIII Major Arcana

Upright

╭────────────────────────╮
│      XIII · DEATH      │
│                        │
│               ┼        │
│              ⌐φ        │
│           ┬────╗       │
│             o |        │
│        ─────╨───       │
│                        │
╰────────────────────────╯
  • endings
  • transformation
  • letting go
  • renewal

Something has finished — and that is the good news. Death is the great transformer: the ending that clears the ground for a life you could not have had while it still stood there.

Reversed

╭────────────────────────╮
│      XIII · DEATH      │
│                        │
│               ┼        │
│              ⌐φ        │
│           ┬────╗       │
│             o |        │
│        ─────╨───       │
│                        │
│      ‡ REVERSED ‡      │
╰────────────────────────╯
  • resistance to change
  • holding on
  • stagnation

You are carrying something that has already ended. Resistance to change keeps a shell standing long after the life left it. What would open up if you finally laid it down?