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Death

A 78-card digital tarot drawn in the tones of nacre and dancheong.

Death

Endings, transformation, transition, release, renewal.

Keywords · Upright

  • endings
  • transformation
  • transition
  • release
  • renewal

Keywords · Reversed

  • resistance to endings
  • stagnation
  • fear of change
  • holding on
  • incomplete closure

Resistance to endings, stagnation, fear of change, holding on, incomplete closure.

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How this deck reads it

The contrast between the black armor and the white horse shows through its materials that ending and beginning are one body. The black pieces of mother-of-pearl grow deeper and darker the more light they hold, and the white pieces brighten the boundary beside them. The pale sun disc rising between the two stone towers marks not a closed door but a crossing point on the horizon, and the wildflowers beneath the horse's hooves suggest that a conclusion is not an event that covers the ground.

The black banner painted with a white rose reveals that change is not a threat but a sign long prepared. The picture, which restrains the colors of dancheong and leaves only the luster of ink and mother-of-pearl, says quietly that letting go is not loss but a change of form.

Artwork

A faceless figure in a black wide-brimmed hat and a black embroidered robe stands with a white chrysanthemum where the face would be, a huge pale moon disc behind, white chrysanthemums and a stone bench at the feet.

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