Death

Death tarot card
1The king on the ground: even kings die. Nothing is as permanent as it looks.
2The child holding flowers up to the rider: the only one on the card who isn’t afraid of him.
3The white rose on the banner: the light at the end of the tunnel.
4The two pillars from the Moon card behind him, with the sun coming up between them.
The Light at the End of the Tunnel CardThe change you’re dreading is usually the end of something you’ve been going through, not the start of something bad.
  • Transformation and change
  • Even the things that looked permanent end
  • A light at the end of the tunnel
In a reading

Something is ending so something else can start, and I wouldn’t fight it. This isn’t a card about dying. Plenty of the time it’s telling you that you’re finally getting to the end of something you’ve been going through.

Deeper meaning

The child is the only one who isn’t afraid

The horse is standing over a fallen king. That’s the blunt half of this card: even kings die, and that goes for institutions and systems too, not just your own chapters. Now look at who else is on it. A child is holding flowers up to the rider, and the child is the only one there who isn’t afraid of him. The only one who is actually excited about the change. That’s the instruction on this card. Not brace for it, be a little more playful about it and be excited for what is new. The white rose on the banner is doing the same job. It’s the light at the end of the tunnel.

In the good stuff

You’re through the change rather than facing it. This is the light at the end of the tunnel.

Watch Chris explain this card (16:10)

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