Amber Fate (amberfate) wrote, @ 2003-11-11 13:06:00

Current mood:	blank
Current music:	"Don't Fear the Reaper", Blue Oyster Cult

offering the eleventh: Death




Death. Heavy, dark, turgid card surrounded by images of funerary trappings and black mourning veils. The problem is that the Death card in Tarot has never indicated physical, impending demise for the querent. Oh, it can, depending on circumstance, but for the most part, Death indicates radical, foundation-shaking change.

It can be a card of voluntary sacrifice, a card of initiation--the querent choosing to give up certain aspects of their life in order to evolve and change in other areas. It can be a card signifying an end of some sort--a chapter closing in one's life, something that was once important falling into the past. In many ways, the Death card in Tarot can be seen partially in the light of the rune Hagalaz, in the sense of great change, endings that bring new beginnings, the hailstorm that breaks through the ground, revealing great treasure.

All things must end. Destruction must precede creation. The Death card in a reading reveals to the querent that that destruction is coming, but it will be followed by new growth and creativity, a life spangled with bright things. All things must end, and thus begin again.

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