“From my rotting body, flowers shall grow and I am in them and that is eternity.”
Edvard Munch
Ahhhh, Tarot Death (Scorpio). Or as we sometimes call it ’round here, expired Mayo. Ha! People dislike seeing Death for obvious reasons—but there’s one, very important point to remember about Tarot’s brand of death: only the “sick” dies. This is Death’s saving grace.
Whatever wasn’t serving anymore, wasn’t real, whatever wasn’t healthy dies off. I won’t say the process can’t hurt. Often, albeit largely in proportion to how hard you fight the understanding it brings. It can prompt a hard look in the mirror, asking questions you’d rather not. But at least, you have some say.
But always better, because the sick part is what’s gone. And lighter. When there’s release, you reclaim all that energy spent running life support for a terminal status quo. Even staying unaware or remaining hopeful has demanded energy, constantly running. It wears you down. Letting Death do it’s work RELEASES, gives freedom.
And that brings us to the flip side of Death, after the release. Death’s promise is to make the way to new life! The caterpillar dies to give birth to the butterfly. Energy is recycled, never lost. Death is a requirement to make way for birth that follows. It’s the natural order. You get power earned through the experience, an infusion of energy and a fresh start.
Do you think Death carries a promise?
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“Expired Mayo” what a hoot- love those owls & the mayo!
Yes death does carry a promise only after some freaking pain of course. I don’t think a butterfly will emerge in a place where there’s still the stench of rotting whatever & that stench/pain will not go away until one really looks at “it”, acknowledges it all & gets rid of what’s rotten & expired. You can’t just walk around with a clothespin on your nose pretending it doesn’t smell weird – you gotta go through the process.
Maybe we are the beautiful Butter-pillars (as my daughter used to call them) that will emerge after the metamorphosis and I believe that is what this card is really about.
GREAT STUFF DIXIE! Gotta love the mayo and more importantly let them make their own sandwiches.
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Do you think Death carries a promise?
Yep! I always have.