This whole time, I seem to have been drawn to The
High Priestess of the Major Arcana, simply because of the card’s
spiritual, arcane nature. It seems that while I am still very much drawn to the
properties of this card, I feel like after going more in-depth with each of the
Major Arcana that Death is the card that is most resonating to me. Here is why…
Death comes to us all; it is our greatest teacher, but in
time it kills all of its pupils. Without death, there would not be life, just
like without darkness, there would be no light. Kind of goes hand in hand with
what I like to say; “balance is all”.
Many people are frightened or even saddened by the topic of death, crying or
mourning if a loved one dies. The truth is, the spirit is eternal and there is
always a chance for rebirth after this life; wherever we go, I won’t know until
I get there myself (as will everyone in due time), we are made whole again. When
we cry at a funeral, for instance, we cry for ourselves. We are innately
selfish because we would do anything to have that person back, alive and well—but
the thing we must focus on when losing a loved one are the memories. Those will
live on for as long as we remember and cherish them.
Death doesn’t always have to be literal, either. In life, we
encounter important, inevitable transitions of phases or ways of life—getting married,
getting divorced, going to college, having a baby, seeing that baby grow into
an adult, loss of job, loss of home, loss of ideals or beliefs…all of these
more common aspects of life fall into this category because they bring about
big changes in life overall. Sometimes these changes are more internal than
external, but either way, they affect us in huge ways.
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