Major Arcana · tarot

Death

Something is finished. Not a disaster — the compost step, and it is not optional.

Scorpio · VrischikaUpright & reversedFree
XIIIDeath. An armoured skeleton rides a white horse past a fallen king, a bishop, a woman and a child, carrying a black flag with a white rose, with the sun rising between two towers.DeathScorpio · Vrischika
NumberXIII · 13
ElementWater
SignScorpio · Vrischika
What the card shows

An armoured skeleton rides a white horse past a fallen king, a bishop, a woman and a child, carrying a black flag with a white rose, with the sun rising between two towers.

Upright
an endingchangeclearing

Something is finished. Not a disaster — the compost step, and it is not optional.

Reversed
clingingslow endingfear of change

Holding the door shut on an ending that has already happened.

In love

A chapter closing, which is not the same as a person leaving.

In work

Let the old role go. You cannot be promoted out of a job you refuse to leave.

Where this card comes from

The Golden Dawn gave every card a planet, a sign or an element, and the Rider–Waite–Smith deck was drawn to that system. That zodiac is tropical. This site’s astrology is sidereal, roughly 24° away, so Death being Scorpio describes the card and not your chart.

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