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	'''Death''' is the [[13 (number)\|13]]th card in the [[Major Arcana]] in most traditional [[Tarot]] decks.		'''Death''' is the [[13 (number)\|13]]th card in the [[Major Arcana]] in most traditional [[Tarot]] decks.

			It is associated with the [[qlippoth]] of [[Satariel]] ("Concealers") on the [[Kabbalah\|Kabbalistic]] [[Tree of Death]].

	==History==		==History==

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	'''Death''' is the [[13]]th card in the [[Major Arcana]] in most traditional [[Tarot]] decks.		'''Death''' is the [[13 (number)\|13]]th card in the [[Major Arcana]] in most traditional [[Tarot]] decks.

	==History==		==History==

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	The picture on the card speaks for itself, but still there is more in it than we might suppose at first sight. Beyond all doubt it is a sort of allegorical representation of Father Chronos, who, while creating, consumes his own children, and was very often pictured as a warning of death or a remembrance of mortality. But on the other hand Time marks the beginning, and birth is not less under his government than death. The earlier editions of this card show the figure harvesting heads and limbs of human bodies upon a field. This may be an expression of an old superstition, which said that those limbs with which man sinned would grow out of his grave.		The picture on the card speaks for itself, but still there is more in it than we might suppose at first sight. Beyond all doubt it is a sort of allegorical representation of Father Chronos, who, while creating, consumes his own children, and was very often pictured as a warning of death or a remembrance of mortality. But on the other hand Time marks the beginning, and birth is not less under his government than death. The earlier editions of this card show the figure harvesting heads and limbs of human bodies upon a field. This may be an expression of an old superstition, which said that those limbs with which man sinned would grow out of his grave.

	Creation necessitates equal destruction in a contrary sense, and therefore all the regenerations that have sprung from previous destruction, all transformations, and consequently death, are regarded as the passage from one world to the other. The ideas expressed by this arcanum are those of destruction preceding or following regeneration. The thirteenth card of the [[Tarot]] is placed between the invisible and the visible worlds. It is the universal link in nature, the means by which all the influences react from one world to the other.		Creation necessitates equal destruction in a contrary sense, and therefore all the regenerations that have sprung from previous destruction, all transformations, and consequently death, are regarded as the passage from one world to the other. The ideas expressed by this arcanum are those of destruction preceding or following regeneration. The [[13 (number)\|thirteenth]] card of the [[Tarot]] is placed between the invisible and the visible worlds. It is the universal link in nature, the means by which all the influences react from one world to the other.

	The natural transit of man to the next stage of his being either is or may be one form of his progress, but the exotic and almost unknown entrance, while still in this life, into the state of mystical death is a change in the form of consciousness and the passage into a state to which ordinary death is neither the path nor gate.		The natural transit of man to the next stage of his being either is or may be one form of his progress, but the exotic and almost unknown entrance, while still in this life, into the state of mystical death is a change in the form of consciousness and the passage into a state to which ordinary death is neither the path nor gate.

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	'''Death''' is the ~~13th~~ card in the [[Major Arcana]] in most traditional [[Tarot]] decks.		'''Death''' is the [[13]]th card in the [[Major Arcana]] in most traditional [[Tarot]] decks.

	==History==		==History==

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	==History==		==History==
			[[File:Death Triumph.jpg\|350px\|thumb\|The original triumph of Death in the poem ''I Trifoni'']]
	In the 1374 [[trionfi]] poem which inspired the creation of the tarot, Death was the name of one of the six original triumphs.		In the 1374 [[trionfi]] poem which inspired the creation of the tarot, Death was the name of one of the six original triumphs.

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	'''Death''' is the 13th card in the [[Major Arcana]] in most traditional [[Tarot]] decks.		'''Death''' is the 13th card in the [[Major Arcana]] in most traditional [[Tarot]] decks.

			==History==
			In the 1374 [[trionfi]] poem which inspired the creation of the tarot, Death was the name of one of the six original triumphs.

			The painting of Death depicts a carriage carrying a massive black monument of death with a skeletal [[angel]] of death on top. Two black bulls are pulling the carriage backward and the entire surrounding crowd of onlookers are all dead or running away from the approaching bulls. Additional skulls adorn the edges of the painting.

	==Rider-Waite Depiction==		==Rider-Waite Depiction==

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	'''Death''' is ~~either~~ the 13th card in the [[Major Arcana]] in most traditional [[Tarot]] decks.		'''Death''' is the 13th card in the [[Major Arcana]] in most traditional [[Tarot]] decks.

	==Rider-Waite Depiction==		==Rider-Waite Depiction==

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'''Death''' is either the 13th card in the [[Major Arcana]] in most traditional [[Tarot]] decks.

==Rider-Waite Depiction==
A mysterious horseman moves slowly, bearing a black banner emblazoned with the Mystic Rose, which signifies life. Between two pillars on the verge of the horizon there shines the sun of immortality. The horseman carries no visible weapon, but king and child and maiden fall before him, while a prelate with clasped hands awaits his end.

==Depictions in other decks==
Some decks, such as the [[Tarot of Marseilles]] and [[Visconti-Sforza Tarot]] omit the name from the card, calling it "The Card with No Name", often with the implication of a broader meaning than literal death. There are other decks that title Death as "Rebirth" or "Death-Rebirth."

The [[Vlad Dracula Tarot]] depicts the aftermath of the death of [[Vlad the Impaler]] at the hands of the Ottoman soldiers, showing his severed head on display outside a Turkish castle while the Ottoman battle flag flies high behind it.

The [[Hieronymus Bosch Tarot]] retains the classic image of death as a pale skeleton, using Bosch's painting "Death and the Miser" as its source.

==Symbolism==
[[File:Compare-Death.jpg|400px|thumb|Comparison between the Death cards in the Hieronymus Bosch Tarot and the Rider-Waite Tarot]]
The picture on the card speaks for itself, but still there is more in it than we might suppose at first sight. Beyond all doubt it is a sort of allegorical representation of Father Chronos, who, while creating, consumes his own children, and was very often pictured as a warning of death or a remembrance of mortality. But on the other hand Time marks the beginning, and birth is not less under his government than death. The earlier editions of this card show the figure harvesting heads and limbs of human bodies upon a field. This may be an expression of an old superstition, which said that those limbs with which man sinned would grow out of his grave.

Creation necessitates equal destruction in a contrary sense, and therefore all the regenerations that have sprung from previous destruction, all transformations, and consequently death, are regarded as the passage from one world to the other. The ideas expressed by this arcanum are those of destruction preceding or following regeneration. The thirteenth card of the [[Tarot]] is placed between the invisible and the visible worlds. It is the universal link in nature, the means by which all the influences react from one world to the other.

The natural transit of man to the next stage of his being either is or may be one form of his progress, but the exotic and almost unknown entrance, while still in this life, into the state of mystical death is a change in the form of consciousness and the passage into a state to which ordinary death is neither the path nor gate.

==Divinatory meaning==
In [[divination]], this card usually indicates an end, mortality, destruction, or corruption. The failure of marriage projects. Rebirth, creation, and renewal.

In reversed position, it means: Inertia, sleep, and lethargy. Hope destroyed.

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|-
|style="background:#d7d6ff";text-align:center|'''[[Major Arcana]]'''
|colspan="2"|[[The Fool]] • [[The Magician]] • [[The High Priestess]] • [[The Empress]] • [[The Emperor]] • [[The Hierophant]] • [[The Lovers]] • [[The Chariot]] • [[Strength]] • [[The Hermit]] • [[Wheel of Fortune]] • [[Justice]] • [[The Hanged Man]] • [[Death]] • [[Temperance]] • [[The Devil (Tarot) |The Devil]] • [[The Tower]] • [[The Star]] • [[The Moon]] • [[The Sun]] • [[Judgement]] • [[The World]]
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|rowspan="4" style="background:#d7d6ff";text-align:center|'''[[Minor Arcana]]'''
|[[Pentacles (Tarot)|Pentacles]]
|style=text-align:left|[[Ace of Pentacles|Ace]] • [[Two of Pentacles|Two]] • [[Three of Pentacles|Three]] • [[Four of Pentacles|Four]] • [[Five of Pentacles|Five]] • [[Six of Pentacles|Six]] • [[Seven of Pentacles|Seven]] • [[Eight of Pentacles|Eight]] • [[Nine of Pentacles|Nine]] • [[Ten of Pentacles|Ten]] • [[Page of Pentacles|Page]] • [[Knight of Pentacles|Knight]] • [[Queen of Pentacles|Queen]] • [[King of Pentacles|King]]
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|[[Wands (Tarot)|Wands]]
|style=text-align:left|[[Ace of Wands|Ace]] • [[Two of Wands|Two]] • [[Three of Wands|Three]] • [[Four of Wands|Four]] • [[Five of Wands|Five]] • [[Six of Wands|Six]] • [[Seven of Wands|Seven]] • [[Eight of Wands|Eight]] • [[Nine of Wands|Nine]] • [[Ten of Wands|Ten]] • [[Page of Wands|Page]] • [[Knight of Wands|Knight]] • [[Queen of Wands|Queen]] • [[King of Wands|King]]
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|[[Cups (Tarot)|Cups]]
|style=text-align:left|[[Ace of Cups|Ace]] • [[Two of Cups|Two]] • [[Three of Cups|Three]] • [[Four of Cups|Four]] • [[Five of Cups|Five]] • [[Six of Cups|Six]] • [[Seven of Cups|Seven]] • [[Eight of Cups|Eight]] • [[Nine of Cups|Nine]] • [[Ten of Cups|Ten]] • [[Page of Cups|Page]] • [[Knight of Cups|Knight]] • [[Queen of Cups|Queen]] • [[King of Cups|King]]
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|[[Swords (Tarot)|Swords]]
|style=text-align:left|[[Ace of Swords|Ace]] • [[Two of Swords|Two]] • [[Three of Swords|Three]] • [[Four of Swords|Four]] • [[Five of Swords|Five]] • [[Six of Swords|Six]] • [[Seven of Swords|Seven]] • [[Eight of Swords|Eight]] • [[Nine of Swords|Nine]] • [[Ten of Swords|Ten]] • [[Page of Swords|Page]] • [[Knight of Swords|Knight]] • [[Queen of Swords|Queen]] • [[King of Swords|King]]
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|style="background:#d7d6ff"|'''Decks'''
|colspan="2" style=text-align:left|[[Visconti-Sforza Tarot]] • [[Tarot of Marseilles]] • [[Rider-Waite Tarot]] • [[Thoth Tarot]] • [[Occult Tarot]] • [[Angel Tarot]] • [[Vlad Dracula Tarot]] • [[Hieronymus Bosch Tarot]]
|}

[[Category:Major Arcana]]
[[Category:Tarot Cards]]