Major Arcana · XIII

Death

transition · release · renewal

“I can honor an ending and welcome becoming.”

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An ending asks to be acknowledged. Release what has completed its purpose so that new life has actual room to take root.

Holding tightly to a finished chapter can prolong its ache. Make one gentle, concrete gesture of closure rather than demanding instant renewal.

The skeletal rider beneath the arch embodies the passage of seasons and identities, not a prediction of physical death.

What has ended in practice but not yet in your heart?

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