XIII
Death
Major Arcana · Water
Death rarely means literal ending; it names transformation and the clearing away of what has run its course. It invites you to release what is finished so something new can take root. Reflect on what is asking to be let go, and how an ending might be the doorway to renewal.
The image
A skeletal figure in black armor rides a white horse, carrying a black banner with a white rose. Figures fall or kneel before it; a bishop, a child, and a maiden. The sun rises between two towers in the distance.
Upright
transformationendingsreleasetransitionrenewal
Reversed
resistance to changeclinging to the paststagnationfear of endingsincomplete transition