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The Death tarot card meaning: All you need to know

In this article you will understand The Death Tarot Card Meaning in love and in other areas of your life

Leo Chioda

By Leo Chioda

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The Death Tarot Card meaning is the end. This arcane is the harbinger of the end, and that is why it is one of the most unwanted and feared cards in the Tarot.

But the meaning of the Death Tarot card is also transformation and dissolution of what is saturated.

If you draw this card, there is no way to escape, because it means endings in one way or another.

It can be scary because, in general, we weren’t educated to deal with death and endings in a sensible way.

Beyond the End of Death Tarot Card meaning

In many Tarot decks, Death is “The Nameless Card”. Furthermore, this card is always personified by what is most macabre, however most natural to human beings: a corpse, someone made of bones.

Even if you are not happy that you chose the Death card, you have to remember that Tarot analyzes your real life, not what you want. The fact that you didn’t like the outcome of Death doesn’t mean you have to start over and choose other cards for the same question.

The good side of the Death card

If the Death card is drawn, you should expect a conclusion, an end. It could be a relationship, an idea or a project.

Death Tarot Card is a message of the need to reap something for the new to sprout.

This card also says that what is not in our reach does not belong to us and cannot be modified according to our will. It is an end, whether it is desired or not.

Another interpretative possibility concerns a firmer stance. The oracle advises to accept one\’s own possibilities and take appropriate actions on what can be changed. And what you can\’t change, time will take care.

Love and The Death

Difficult situations and selfishness are the main characteristics of this card\’s pattern for questions about Love, about your emotional life and love relationships.

It’s common that the Death card appears when you want to improve your love life, even if the initial feeling is literally death.

What was once healthy can now be incompatible, i.e. difficult. There may be anguish and lack of affection due to loving distance, for example. Therefore, the card indicates that the relationship needs to be reviewed and interactions need to be recycled.

If Death came out to you, try thinking about these questions:

  • What must “die” in my love relationship?
  • How to turn this love into something that is really good to me?

The Death about You

If the Death Tarot Card appears when you asked about your personality, it may be a message. This being that you have been an unpredictable, changeable, mysterious, sincere and also selfish person.

Furthermore, Death suggests you are constantly changing your mind and taking careless actions. The card meaning also reveals that you can be surprised by being extremely unpredictable, someone who appears when least expected and disappears in the most important moments.

The Death card may bring the revelation that you consider yourself as indomitable, someone who is very sure about him/herself and own will, who never bows to the others whims.

That\’s why you end up being a person who show up and leave when you want to, who assume an exaggerated sincere attitude.

What to keep in mind about the Death card meaning

It’s good to understand that people won’t always think like you do. Realize that it is crucial to respect others instead of judging without knowing.

The Death Tarot card means that you tend to attract more dislikes than healthy relationships. So try to see the good side of who approaches you and situations that are unforeseen.

Even if you want to act on your own, know how to treat others well and have patience. You don’t lose anything by being kinder.

The Death card about other people in your life

If you came up with Death in the Tarot on a question made that involves another person, this card suggests you need to go with the flow of Death. Or that you should accept this other person exactly as they are.

It is prudent, therefore, that you respect this person’s cycles. Therefore, realizing there is life, love and friendship in their personality.

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Leo Chioda

Leo Chioda

Leo Chioda is a writer and one of the main tarologists working in Brazil. He holds a degree in Portuguese Language from UNESP, where he is currently developing a thesis on poetry and alchemy at USP. He has signed for the Café Tarot blog and social media since 2006, where he publishes associations between the arcana and popular culture, literature, music, and cinema.