The Mystique Tarot  by Moon Masque
"Achieving life is not the equivalent of avoiding death." ~Ayn Rand




DEATH



Ending

Transformation

Rebirth

Elimination

Mortality

Behind the Lens
Death:  Life's  painful mystery many of us struggle to understand; the force that causes us to seek spiritual enlightenment to lessen our discomfort in its presence.

I realize card thirteen rarily means physical death  in a  reading, instead  alluding  to  changes and endings.  However, in keeping  with its title, I've chosen to address the far spectrum of its meaning through this photograph.

The Card's Meaning
To  experience  renewal  one must endure  the process of elimination. By stripping life to the bone  and   building  fresh  upon  the  bare   foundations,  we  can  transform  ourselves  into something entirely new.  Death in whatever form it might take, symbolic or real, is simply a rebirth into a new existence.

Contrary  to  popular  assumptions,  in  readings  Death  rarely points toward physical death. This  view  is simply too limiting, for death  can occur on many levels during different stages of our lives.  Instead  this card  speaks  primarily of endings and changes that ask us to �die� to the old to give birth to the new.  Only after the past has been relinquished, can the future unfold.

In  readings,  Death  can signify  an ending  where  one door closes so another may open.  At such  times  there may be sadness and reluctance  to change, but  one may also embrace the comforting  knowledge  that  every ending  heralds a new beginning.  When  these moments occur,  sometimes the best approach to the situation  is to willing accept fate�s direction  and follow where it may lead us.
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