Step 3 of 9 · Endings, Mourning and What Lasts

Death

Modern interpretation

Why this step

Death is read here through Ragnarök, which the entry says is not only catastrophe but also the clearing of an old order. The card marks an ending that is necessary rather than cruel. Its reversed reading is not the ending itself but the catastrophising that makes an ordinary change feel like the end of everything.

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