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The Death card in tarot is often misunderstood due to its ominous name and imagery. However, it rarely signifies literal death. Instead, it represents transformation, change, and the end of a chapter to make way for new beginnings.
Here’s a breakdown of the Death card’s meanings:
1. Transformation and Transition
- The Death card is a powerful symbol of metamorphosis. It often signals the end of a phase, relationship, or belief system, allowing new growth. It encourages letting go of old habits or structures that no longer serve you.
2. Release and Letting Go
- This card often suggests releasing attachments. It can mean accepting loss or moving on from people, places, or things that are holding you back.
3. Cycles and Renewal
- Death is part of life’s natural cycle, and the Death card emphasizes that endings are necessary for beginnings. It serves as a reminder that every ending paves the way for a fresh start.
4. Rebirth and Personal Growth
- Seen positively, the Death card can be about rebirth and reinvention. It’s a chance to become a new version of yourself, shedding what no longer serves you.
5. Inverted (Reversed) Meaning
- When reversed, the Death card can indicate resistance to change, stagnation, or feeling stuck in a situation that needs closure. It can suggest that holding onto the past is blocking progress.
Key Themes
- Keywords: transformation, change, ending, release, rebirth.
- Archetypes: Phoenix rising from the ashes, the cycle of nature (seasons changing).
The Death card, while intense, is fundamentally about growth and evolution, encouraging acceptance of change as part of a healthy, evolving life journey.
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Reincarnation is the religious or philosophical belief that the soul or spirit, after biological death, begins a new life in a new body that may be human, animal or spiritual depending on the moral quality of the previous life’s actions. The entire universal process, that gives rise to the cycle of death and rebirth, governed by karma, is referred to as “Samsara.” “Karma” is action, which may be good or bad. Based on the type of karma one does, he chooses his subsequent birth. For example, if one has done lot of divine service and has a desire to do more service at the time of death, his soul chooses a family that is supportive for his desire, for rebirth. According to Hinduism, even Devas (Gods) may also die and be born again. But here the term “reincarnation” is not strictly applicable. Lord Vishnu is known for his 10 incarnations – “Dasavataras.”
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“Birth is okay and death is okay, if we know that they are only concepts in our mind. Reality transcends both birth and death.”
— Thich Nhat Hanh
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The Buddhist concept of reincarnation differs from others in that there is no eternal “soul,” “spirit” or “self” but only a “stream of consciousness” that links life with life. The actual process of change from one life to the next is called punarbhava (Sanskrit) or punabbhava (Pāli), literally “becoming again,” or more briefly bhava, “becoming.” The early Buddhist texts discuss techniques for recalling previous births, predicated on the development of high levels of meditative concentration.[15] Buddha reportedly warned that this experience can be misleading and should be interpreted with care. He taught a distinct concept of rebirth constrained by the concepts of anattā, that there is no irreducible atman or “self” tying these lives together, which serves as a contrast to Hinduism, where everything is connected, and in a sense, “everything is everything.”
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What is the purpose of birth and death?
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nir·va·na
/nərˈvänə,nirˈvänə/
noun
(in Buddhism) a transcendent state in which there is neither suffering, desire, nor sense of self, and the subject is released from the effects of karma and the cycle of death and rebirth. It represents the final goal of Buddhism.