Death
The picture · Bright face · Shadow · Way through
Every card has four faces: what the picture shows, the bright face it turns when the situation supports it, the shadow when the same root is overdone or stuck, and the way through that the picture itself draws.
A pale rider bears a white-rose banner; on the horizon the sun rises
What needed to end ends — and a new chapter opens
Clinging to what is already over
Behind the rider the sun rises — the far side of an ending is morning
As your card of the day
If Death is the first card you draw today, the day leans toward “What needed to end ends — and a new chapter opens”. When it tips toward “Clinging to what is already over”, remember the way the picture draws: Behind the rider the sun rises — the far side of an ending is morning.
Read Waite's 1911 text and the correspondences
Auspira is for entertainment and self-reflection. The cards are a mirror that shows the present from another angle; they do not predict the future and are no substitute for medical, legal, financial, or psychological advice.