Tarot Class | Death | Class

[mol]

Here is another card:

http://www.mysticwicks.com/img/tarot/riderwaite_death.gif

Forward....

[Dagda Moon~Lily]

Okay, for me this is a transition card. Endings and beginnings. Getting rid of the old to bring in the new. Death is riding a horse, this indicates to me control and stability in the transition. ...the general course of things. Change. Enlightment between conscious and subconscious.

[Silver Venus]

Its about a death of a situation (not a physical death) thus creating a new beginnning!
Its about change and growth ~ one has to give up something or put an end to it to move forward and open the next door of life!
Everything is never ending ~ the wheel of life ~ therefore death is only a temporary state but one step that has to be taken!

Here are my two death cards from the Secret and Mystic Tarot...

[BrightStar]

Hi all!
To me this card also signifies endings and new beginnings.I think the new beginning idea is stronly shown by the rising sun in the background.The flower is really interesting on the flag,does anybody know what kind of flower it is?
Peace and Love
BrightStar

[Dagda Moon~Lily]

:)

[Dagda Moon~Lily]

What flower???? It's the Mystic Rose that signifies Life!! The sun is the sun of immortality (between 2 pillars)!!

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I'm really enjoying reading all of these posts!!

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[Dagda Moon~Lily]

Okay, how about this card? Anymore voluteers to post insights to this card before we ask Semele to post the key words??

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[Silver Venus]

Strange that I didnt notice the pope before ~ I think he's there to say 'Have faith' because it will get better or this change has been for the best.
I think this is a Karma card too - what comes around goes around.

Thanks for the Mystic Rose info - dont white roses mean something to do with death too?

[Dagda Moon~Lily]

Well, white represents purity....so I would assume that there is a purification process with death. :) Getting rid of sickness, negativity, refreshing the spirit, cleansing it.

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[Silver Venus]

aha! Thanks :D

[Xois]

This one is about transition that is beyond our control.

I have included my death cards--but only the ones i acutlaly use


http://webhost.bridgew.edu/jllavoie/tarot/13s.gif

They really need to be seen bit so I posted them to the web instead of here...

[Silver Venus]

Wow your cards are so unique Xois!! Thanks for posting them on the web for us all..
I really like the endless dance of death card (are all these from this deck black and white? have you ever thought about colouring them in?) and the other one from the h.. deck (sorry cant remember the name) is very extradionary, I love the details of the feathers, eye and water!
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[Xois]

Hi Silver

Yes all the cards are black and white...to be honest, the moood hasn't struck me to color them in...I get some powerful insight from them

the other deck is called the Haindl deck (just fyi) :)

I'll post more links as I work my way up through the lessons!

Xois

[Dagda Moon~Lily]

Credited to Joan Bunning.

ACTIONS:

ending
closing one door to open another
bringing something to a close
completing a chapter
concluding unfinished business
putting the past behind you
having a parting of the ways

going through transition
changing status
moving from the known to the unknown
being cast adrift
waiting in an in-between state
being in the middle

eliminating excess
cutting out what isn't necessary
shedding old attitudes
getting down to bare bones
concentrating on essentials
getting back to basics

experiencing inexorable forces
being in the path of sweeping change
being caught in the inescapable
going through what cannot be avoided
being part of a powerful movement
riding your fate
accepting the inevitable



DESCRIPTION

Death! A powerful energy indeed. Who can look at the dark, skeletal figure on Card 13 and not feel uneasy? Here we see the face of our deepest fear - our greatest unknown. We recoil from Death because we think of it as annihilation. In the tarot (and in life I would suggest) Death is not a permanent end, but a transition into a new state. Life is eternal in its essence, if not in its form. To grow, to move, to live - we must "die" to the old to give birth to the new.

It is a truism in tarot work that Card 13 rarely has anything to do with physical death. A responsible card reader never interprets Card 13 in this way because this view is too limiting. Death is not something that happens once to our bodies. It happens continually, at many levels and not just in the physical. Each moment we die to the present so the future can unfold.

In readings, Death often represents an important ending that will initiate great change. It signals the end of an era; a moment when a door is closing. At such times, there may be sadness and reluctance, but also relief and a sense of completion. Death also suggests getting down to basics. Dying has a way of making you concentrate on what's important. This card reminds you to cut out the unnecessary. Death can also mean you will experience an inexorable force. Death is inevitable, and sometimes there are events that are inescapable as well. When these moments occur, the best approach is to ride your fate and see where it takes you.

[Illyandra]

Red robed Death strolls the forest path carrying his black banner of the white rose. He pauses allowing a butterfly to cross his path...

I feel this card has a lot to do with the 'everything has a time and a place' theory, the idea of fate and destiny. I do not believe fate or destiny is the future written in stone, I feel it is malleable and can be changed. I feel we are responsible for the path we walk.

Death represents the cycle of life: birth, death, and rebirth. It is not only the physical, but spiritual, emotional, and intellectual as well. This is a card of hope to me, I feel it is change. Change does often make me nervous, but excited as well. I am not too set in my ways that I do not enjoy change. I feel it represents growth also. Growth of the soul through spiritual lessons learned, growth of our mentallities and intellect through life experiences, and growth of our emotional selves. I feel when change comes, so does growth as you expand into new areas, walk new paths, travel in a new direction.

~~To live is to grow, to grow is to change, to change is to be reborn. ~~unknown

Not sure if I made that up, I read so much that it's very likely I read it somewhere. :D

[Dagda Moon~Lily]

Great Illy! You are doing a pretty good job of catching up too!

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