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Major Arcana · XIII
Death
TransformationEndingsChangeLetting go
Upright Meaning
Profound transformation, not literal death. Something is ending so something else can begin. Permission to grieve and to walk forward.
Love
End of a relationship phase; transformative love; major change.
Career
Career transformation; old role ending; necessary change.
Reversed Meaning
Resistance to change, fear of endings, holding on, stagnation.
Love (reversed)
Refusing to let go of ex; fear of next phase; stagnant love.
Career (reversed)
Stuck in dying career; refusing to evolve.
Astrological correspondence
Death classically corresponds to Scorpio — drawn from Hermetic / Golden Dawn esoteric tradition.