Okay, so today I decided to sit down and do a little personal practice, focusing on the area of love with my tarot deck. It’s something I try to do regularly, just check in, see what the cards reflect back at me. You know how it is, sometimes you just feel the need for a bit of insight.
I got myself settled in my usual quiet corner. Cleared the space a bit, took a few deep breaths just to center myself. My intention was clear: what do I need to understand about love or relationships right now? Nothing super specific, just an open question.
I picked up my trusty deck – the one that feels like an old friend – and started shuffling. I shuffled for quite a while, really letting the energy flow, focusing on that question about love. When it felt right, I cut the deck and drew a single card.
And wouldn’t you know it? It was the Death card.
Now, I know, I know. That card gets a bad rap. People see the skeleton on the horse and immediately think the worst. But after years of working with tarot, my first reaction isn’t fear anymore. It’s more like, “Ah, okay. Endings. Transformations. Let’s see what this is about.”
Digging into the Meaning
So, I sat with it for a moment. Death in a love reading rarely means a literal ending of a person. It’s almost always about the end of something else:
- The end of a particular phase in a relationship.
- Letting go of old patterns or beliefs about love that aren’t serving me anymore.
- Maybe even the necessary end of a connection to make space for something new.
- Or, a significant internal transformation that needs to happen within me regarding how I approach love.
I started thinking about my own situation. Are there old ways of thinking about partnership I’m clinging to? Am I holding onto expectations that need to be released? Is there a dynamic, maybe even within myself, that needs to fundamentally change for healthy love to flourish?
It’s about shedding skin. Like a snake. It’s not comfortable, maybe not even pretty, but it’s necessary for growth. In love, this card often pops up when you need to clear out the old to make way for the new. It could be letting go of a past hurt, ending a cycle of choosing the wrong partners, or transforming an existing relationship by addressing deep-seated issues.
For me, today, it felt like a call to examine what needs to end within my own perspective on relationships. What baggage am I carrying that needs to be put down for good? It’s less about an external event and more about an internal shift. A fundamental change in how I operate or what I believe about love and connection.
It’s a powerful card, really. It asks you to be brave enough to let things die – habits, illusions, sometimes even relationships – so that something truer can eventually take root. It’s not passive; it demands action, even if that action is simply acceptance and release.
So yeah, pulling the Death card in a love reading wasn’t scary. It was clarifying. It pointed directly to the work of transformation, the necessary goodbyes we have to say to old ways to welcome something potentially much better. Just part of the journey, you know?
