Death
Transformation, ending, rebirth
Associated planet: Pluto
What the card shows
A skeleton mows a ground scattered with heads and hands. The Tarot de Marseille gives it no name: it is the only untitled card. It speaks of ending and transformation, seldom of death in the literal sense.
Upright
The end of a cycle, stripping away, room made for the new.
Reversed
Refusing to turn the page, a transformation dragging on.
In love
A break-up, or the end of one way of loving that makes room for another.
At work
A deep change: end of a job, restructuring, a new career.
Let what is over be over.
In our four decks
Each deck reads the card in its own language. The illustrations change every day.
Tarot de Marseille
Death
A chapter closes for good. Welcome this ending as the soil for profound renewal.
Angel Tarot
The Angel of Rebirth
An angel accompanies you through this passage. What ends frees space for a new grace.
Lunar Tarot
The New Moon
Complete darkness is not void. It is the moment the seed is buried, invisible but alive.
Modern Oracle
The Shedding
What leaves had to leave. Don't hold on to what no longer resembles you. The void it leaves isn't a lack, it's space.