What does the Death card mean?

Upright, Death speaks to Ending, Transition, Release. Let the ending be an ending. What follows cannot arrive while you hold the door.

What does Death mean reversed?

Clinging to a form that has already emptied. Grieve it properly and move.

In love questions, Death describes the emotional weather rather than a verdict. Read it beside the surrounding cards and the position it landed in.

Rider–Waite–Smith deck (1909), illustrated by Pamela Colman Smith. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

EndeÜbergangLoslassen

Aufrecht

Lass das Ende ein Ende sein. Was danach kommt, kann nicht eintreten, solange du die Tür offen hältst.

Umgekehrt

Du klammerst dich an eine Form, die bereits leer ist. Trauere richtig und gehe weiter.

In der Liebe

Romantically it points to a bond changing shape rather than ending. Let the change happen at its own speed.

In Arbeit und Geld

At work this signals a threshold: the skill you have been quietly building is about to be visible.

Der Ratschlag

Protect your energy for one week and watch what falls away on its own.

“I can hold clarity and kindness at once.”