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XIII - Death
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A woman dies gently, surrounded by angels. A winged skeleton spreads his arms to arch over the scene.

My Interpretation: Each day could be your last - would you be happy with your eulogy? Massive upheaval, time for a complete and dramatic change. Life is short, so seek real satisfaction and fulfillment while there is still time. It is time to take control of your own destiny and live your life in a meaningful way - if you found out you were going to die tomorrow, would you have regrets about how you have lived your life? This is the time to resolve them. To balance the karmic books and free yourself from lurking guilts and feelings of what could have been. (Reversed: Fear of change is inevitable, but you must face it. Resistance is useless...)

Edit notes to self: Changed completely from v1.0 as old card was too scary for the meaning of the Death card. People worry enough when they get this card, so I needed to make it more positive. This card is nothing like the Rider-Waite card (Horseman of the Apocolypse), but that's intentional. Still to do - pretty happy with it.

Sources:

Base Pic: Konrad von Soest, German painter (active between 1394 and 1422 in Westphalie); The Death of Mary c. 1420 Panel, 141 x 110 cm Marienkirche, Dortmund.

Skeleton: Jan van Eyck, Flemish painter (b. before 1395, Maaseik, d. 1441, Bruges); Last Judgement 1420-25 Oil on wood transferred to canvas, 56.5 x 19.5 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

Top Two Angels Faces and Angel Hands: Masolino Da Panicale, Italian painter, Florentine school (b. 1383, Panicale, d. 1447, Firenze); The Annunciation 1425-30 Tempera on panel, 148 x 115 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington.

Other Three Angels Faces: Benozzo Gozzoli, Italian painter, Florentine school (b. cca. 1420, Firenze, d. 1497, Pistoia); Procession of the Magi 1459-60 Fresco, Chapel, Palazzo Medici-Riccardi, Florence.

Lilies: Giovanni Bellini, Italian painter, Venetian school (b. cca. 1426, Venezia, d. 1516, Venezia); Angel Announcing c. 1500 Oil on canvas, 224 x 105 cm Gallerie dell'Accademia, Venice.

Parchment Text Panel: Unknown Illuminators, England; The Aberdeen Bestiary (Aberdeen University Library MS 24), written and illuminated around 1200. Aberdeen University, Scotland.

Gilt Border: Conrad Witz, Swiss painter (b. cca 1400, Rottweil, d. cca. 1445, Basel); King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba 1435 Panel, 84 x 79 cm Staatliche Museen, Berlin.