Death: Yes or No
What answer the Death card gives to a yes or no question: “no”, and how to treat it.
Author: Max Raputum, Warsaw
The answer of Death: “No”
Death means an ending. For a yes or no question it more often sounds like “no” in the old form: something ends to make room for the new.
What the answer depends on
The answer depends on whether you are ready to let go. If you cling to the past, the “no” will feel like a loss.
If the card is reversed
Reversed, the answer is “Maybe”. The reversed Death softens the answer: you resist the change, and it drags on. Accepting the change will speed the process up.
What to do next
Ask yourself what exactly has to end, and prepare the ground for the next stage.
The answer in questions of love and work
If the question is about feelings: Death in love is the end of one form of relationship and the start of another. If the question is about work: Death at work is the end of a stage, a dismissal, the closing of a project or a change of profession.
How to check the answer
Check the answer with three questions: is there “an ending” in my situation? Is the lack of “transformation” getting in my way? What am I missing if I look through the theme of “release”?
About the Death card
Death (XIII, Scorpio). The keywords of the card: an ending, transformation, release, a new chapter. This card corresponds to the sign of Scorpio, so in questions about a choice or a decision it is often linked with the people and themes of that sign. The general interpretation upright and reversed is on the page of the card.
The Death card in other questions
Frequently asked questions
Is the Death card a yes or a no?
In a yes or no spread the answer is “No”. Death means an ending. For a yes or no question it more often sounds like “no” in the old form: something ends to make room for the new.
What does Death reversed mean in a yes or no answer?
The answer is “Maybe”. The reversed Death softens the answer: you resist the change, and it drags on. Accepting the change will speed the process up.
What does the answer of Death depend on?
The answer depends on whether you are ready to let go. If you cling to the past, the “no” will feel like a loss.