Death (tarot card)

The card typically depicts the Grim Reaper, and when used for divination is often interpreted as signifying major changes in a person's life.

The Rider–Waite tarot deck depicts the skeleton carrying a black standard emblazoned with The White Rose of York.

According to Eden Gray and other authors on the subject, it is uncommon that this card actually represents a physical death, rather it typically implies an end, possibly of a relationship or interest, and therefore an increased sense of self-awareness.

DEATH.—End, mortality, destruction, corruption; also, for a man, the loss of a benefactor; for a woman, many contrarieties; for a maid, failure of marriage projects.

Reversed: Inertia, sleep, lethargy, petrifaction, somnambulism; hope destroyed.In Astrology, the Death card is associated with the fixed-water sign of Scorpio and its ruling planet, Pluto.