Major Arcana 13 · Nun נ · Scorpio
Death
Transformation and endings. Let go of what is finished.
Good and bad traits
Good traits
- Transforming
- Fearless
- Deep
- Renewing
- Resilient
Bad traits
- Resistant
- Grieving
- Obsessive
- Morbid
What Death means
- Love
- Love changes you completely; endings make room for true bonds.
- Work
- Change, crisis work, medicine, psychology, and endings that start new things.
- Money
- Money changes hands at turning points: inheritances, debts settled, careers ended and begun.
- Health
- The organs of renewal and elimination; regular cleansing and rest help.
- Spirit
- Transformation: every ending in your life is a door to rebirth.
- Advice
- Let go of what is finished.
Reversed
Clinging to what is over: a job, a bond or a habit that has already died.
Shadow work: Fear of change makes you hold on, or cut too fast. Grieve, then move.
Yes or no
No
As a yes or no card, Death answers no.
Ask yourself
What has ended that I have not yet let go?
Affirmation: “I release what is finished and welcome what is born.”
Correspondences
- Number
- 13
- Hebrew letter
- Nun נ
- Astrology
- Scorpio: the card of Scorpio
- Constellation
- Structure and transformation. The Emperor and Death: you build order, and you end what no longer serves so that something stronger can stand.
- In the Destiny Matrix
- Transformation, Renewal, Letting go, Fearlessness; in the minus: Fear of change, Destruction, Clinging, Crisis
Death as a birth card
Add your birth month, day and year (for 7 March 1990: 3 + 7 + 1990 = 2000), then add the digits until the total is 22 or less; 22 is the Fool. The card you reach first is your soul card, the last your personality card. Work out yours.
Famous people with Death as their soul card
Every card
- 0. The FoolBeginnings, faith, the leap into the unknown
- 1. The MagicianWill, skill, turning ideas into reality
- 2. The High PriestessIntuition, secrets, the inner voice
- 3. The EmpressFertility, abundance, nature, mothering
- 4. The EmperorAuthority, structure, fatherhood
- 5. The HierophantTradition, teaching, institutions
- 6. The LoversUnion, choice, values
- 7. The ChariotWillpower, victory, direction
- 8. StrengthCourage and gentle mastery (Justice is 8 in Marseille;…
- 9. The HermitSolitude, wisdom, the inner light
- 10. Wheel of FortuneCycles, fate, turning points
- 11. JusticeTruth, cause and effect (Strength is 11 in Marseille; Lust…
- 12. The Hanged ManSurrender, sacrifice, a new perspective
- 14. TemperanceBalance and alchemy (Art in Thoth)
- 15. The DevilBondage, desire, materialism
- 16. The TowerSudden upheaval and revelation
- 17. The StarHope, healing, renewal
- 18. The MoonIllusion, dreams, the unconscious
- 19. The SunJoy, success, vitality
- 20. JudgementAwakening and calling (The Aeon in Thoth)
- 21. The WorldCompletion and wholeness (The Universe in Thoth)
Questions and answers
What does Death mean?
Transformation and endings. Let go of what is finished.
What does Death mean reversed?
Clinging to what is over: a job, a bond or a habit that has already died.
Is Death a yes or no card?
No.
What does Death mean in love?
Love changes you completely; endings make room for true bonds.
What does Death mean for money and work?
Money changes hands at turning points: inheritances, debts settled, careers ended and begun. Change, crisis work, medicine, psychology, and endings that start new things.
Which zodiac sign is Death?
Scorpio, in the Golden Dawn's order; its astrological attribution is Scorpio.