by na

I think of death as decribing the context of one action - if you do this then death goes with that action - there is always with this card and the tower card - this is a big perhaps horrible change, now what do i do.

by Larry

Warning about a change. A part of you dies to create the new you. Just accept the change, there is nothing much that can be done when you have this card in a spread.

harvesting by Loic

During middle-age, number 13 symbolized, beyond its negative christian connotation, the end of the human cycle and the transfer from a state of being to another. As a matter of fact, this card could be called the harvester. Death in this card is illustrated reaping heads as if it was wheat. The position of the card among others has a meaning too: The arcanum thirteen ends the first cycle of tarot (0 the fool to 12 the hanged-man) and starts a new one (14 temperance to 22 the fool again). The first cycle is obviously very terrestrial, the second cycle is heavenly.

Death by Dragonfly

A definite end of something, making room for the new. Also, 'transformation'. From an old state into a new state. Caterpillar into butterfly. Death is a natural change, less disruptive than the tower.

by Kansara

Endings, but not necessarily shocking and disruptive ones. In any case, endings always lead to new beginnings and Death itself symbolises a sweeping away of the past.