Editing Death (tarot card) (section)

==Interpretation==
According to [[Eden Gray]] and other authors on the subject, it is uncommon that this card actually represents a physical death, rather it typically implies an end, possibly of a relationship or interest, and therefore an increased sense of self-awareness.<ref>Gray, Eden. ''The Complete Guide to the Tarot''.</ref><ref>Bunning, Joan. ''Learning the Tarot''.</ref>

In fact, Gray interprets this card as a change of thinking from an old way into a new way.  The horse Death is riding is stepping over a prone king, which symbolizes that not even royalty can stop change.<ref>Gray, Eden. ''Complete Guide to the Tarot'' (1970). New York: Crown Publishers.</ref>

The card, drawn in reverse, can be interpreted as stagnation and the inability to move or change, according to Gray.<ref>Gray, Eden. ''The Tarot Revealed'' (1960). New York: Bell Publishing Company.</ref>

According to [[A. E. Waite]]'s 1910 book ''[[The Pictorial Key to the Tarot]]'', the Death card carries several divinatory associations:<ref>{{Cite book|title=The Pictorial Key to the Tarot|last=Waite, Arthur Edward|date=1979|publisher=Samuel Weiser|location=New York|page=285|isbn=0-87728-218-8|url=https://archive.org/stream/pictorialkeytota00arth?ref=ol#page/284/mode/2up}}</ref>

{{blockquote|13. DEATH.—End, mortality, destruction, corruption; also, for a man, the loss of a benefactor; for a woman, many contrarieties; for a maid, failure of marriage projects. ''Reversed:'' Inertia, sleep, lethargy, petrifaction, somnambulism; hope destroyed.}}

In [[Astrology]], the Death card is associated with the fixed-water [[Astrological sign|sign]] of [[Scorpio (astrology)|Scorpio]] and its ruling planet, [[Pluto (astrology)|Pluto.]]<ref name="askAstrology">{{cite web |url=https://askastrology.com/tarot-reading/major-arcana/death/ |title=The Death Tarot Card |publisher=askAstrology }}</ref>