Major Arcana · Major · No. 13
Death
死神
Major Arcana
Death
ending transformation the necessary cut
Upright
Something is ending so that what comes next can. This is not the end of you — it's the end of one of you.
Reversed
Refusing the ending, holding the body upright after the breath has left.
About this card
Death is card number 13 of the Major Arcana. The 22 cards of the Major Arcana trace the soul's full arc, from The Fool's first step to The World's closing circle. Each is an archetypal threshold along that journey — and Death marks one of them.
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