Major Arcana field note

Death tarot

A traditional upright and reversed meaning for Death, from the 22-card Major Arcana used in Mystica's Tarot picker.

Traditional tarot reference 4 min read
Major Arcana · card XIII

Death

Let the finished thing be finished.

Upright

Endings, transformation, release, and the clearing that makes a new form possible.

Reversed

Clinging, fear of transition, or an ending being prolonged because its grief has not been honoured.

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The upright thread

What this card opens

Endings, transformation, release, and the clearing that makes a new form possible.

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The shadow thread

What the reversal complicates

Clinging, fear of transition, or an ending being prolonged because its grief has not been honoured.

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