 Death
XIII– Ironically, of all the cards this one
does not mean what people think it would. It is generally
never a card indicating a death at all, it instead
is the re birthing energy that is also associated
with Death.
Death
is seen as the skeleton upon a horse, it reminds us
of the aftermath of war, where there is a sense of
rising up at the ashes. This is the power of Death.
It is not so much the transition of Death, though
that is important as well, but the idea of rising
up stronger and better for having gone through the
transition.
In
life we have to remember that Death is a vital part.
Without things dying, other things cannot be born
again. The fact that when something dies it also creates
fertile ground or even fuel, such as oil, this is
the Death card. It is the fuel or the fertile ground
that the Death card is more related to in the Tarot.
It is about the rising up again, the sense of getting
up and moving forward after we have already gone through
a great deal.
When
a reader comes across Death in a right side up position,
it is actually good news to whomever is being read.
The Death card signifies that energy of renewal of
being stronger for all that the client/recipient has
been through. I always tell the clients this is an
energy of having done something before, but maybe
it didn’t work or the client/recipient was not
strong enough, but now they are! This is the rebirth
of something that the person being read is involved
in or will be shortly.
When
in the reverse position, it can indicate a situation
that cannot be changed for some reason; the hands
are tied at least for the moment. The card is not
one of giving up, more like you have to plan for the
future because in the present moment there is a limited
amount that can be done. So there is a sense of something
that has yet to be played out or finished before moving
on. Like if you want to be stronger the next time
around you need to complete the lessons you are presently
involved in.
In
meditation this card can be used to help gain that
added extra strength when we are getting ready to
attack something or get involved in something where
we didn’t do as well the first time out. This
can be when someone is getting ready to start a new
relationship after there has been a loss or divorce.
It can also relate to business endeavors or projects
that we are getting ready to get into where we can
only hope that all we have learned has only helped
to make us stronger and better in our next venture.
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