This has to be the most famous of the Arcana cards.

What do you see in this card ?

What does it say to you ?

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Let the beauty of what you love, be what you do ~Rumi

I see the begining of something new : )

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Have you ever heard Ralph Stanley (bluegrass singer extraordinaire!) sing "Oh Death"?

Oh Death,
Oh, Death!
Won't you spare me over to another year?

Well what is this that I cant see?
Ice cold hands taking hold of me.
Well I am death, none can excel,
I've opened the door to heaven or hell

Oh death, someone would pray,
could you wait to call me another day
The children prayed, the preacher preached
having mercy is out of your reach

I'll fix your feet till you cant walk.
I'll lock your jaw til you cant talk.
I'll close your eyes so you cant see.
Tts burrin' time come go with me.

Death, I come to take the soul,
lLeave the body and leave it cold,
To drop the flesh off of the frame
The earth and worms both have a claim

Oh Death,
Oh, death!
Won’t you spare me over to another year?

My Mother came to my bed,
placed a cold towel upon my head.
My head is warm, my feet are cold;
Death is a-moving upon my soul

Oh Death, how your treating me,
You closed my eyes so I cant see.
Well your hurting my body; you make me cold; you
You run my life right out of my soul.

Oh Death, please consider my age;
please don't take me at this stage.
My wealth is all at your command,
If you will move your icy hand

Oh the young, the rich or poor,
All alike to me you know.
No wealth, no land, no silver, no gold
Nothing satisfies me but your soul.

Oh Death,
Oh, Death!
Won't you spare me over to another year?
Won't you spare me over to another year?
Won't you spare me over to another year?

-------- Ralph Stanley

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Grassaf, Eolas

LOL Sounds like someone is afraid of dying.

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I have often noted that Christians seem to be more afraid of dying than other people. Very likely that has to do with that whole "after death, the Judegment" sentiment.

I don't feel that way, but it is a very common feeling....and one should never laugh at the fears of others.

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Grassaf, Eolas

You are right and thank you for putting me straight. I forget sometimes that judgment is still very much part of this world and forum : )

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I usually read the death card as major change. The "death" of the old, so that something new can be "born." I have had more that one person freak out over the appearance of this card, only to be laughing at themselves after I explain what I think of it and how it relates to other cards in the reading. It is quite amusing actually.

change, and even death to in fact. Like when my dad died, my whole life changed. Death causes change. However, the death card doesn't always mean death, either. So your right about that Rev. Kelly. I can mean radical change.

I read my little sister's tarot cards to her back in 2000, more than once and the Death Card seemed to love coming up on her, she of course thought it meant total bad luck because of her job and the way her life was at the time, she's spent the last years since she was 18 til now when she 29 working at an escort service, and has now had a baby and her mothering instinct has kicked in and she is makeing a whole lot of radical changes in her life. She was my dad's baby so she took it very hard as well when our dad died in 2005.

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When a man sleeps in his bed, his soul leaves him to soar above, each soul according to its own way.......
The Zohar

I am not sure that you can say that this card is famous, maybe infamous is more accurate.

What the symbols in this card say to me are:

Death is really Change.

Change comes to all
Old/young, wise/innocent, healthy/sick, etc.

Each person will have their own way of dealing with change.
Some face it, some turn away, some plead, some laydown and give up.

There is no way to stop change, change is moving forward, change is about bringing balance , change can not be stopped.

The blues and yellow in the card, to me say this card is a very positive card.

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Let the beauty of what you love, be what you do ~Rumi