Death Reversed Tarot Card Meaning
General Interpretation
The Death reversed card in a reading hints at a resistance to transformation, stagnation or a fear of letting go what no longer serves you. You’re likely clinging onto something that you know deep down isn’t working out for you. This could be a relationship, belief, habit or aspect of your identity. Death reversed signals change on the horizon but change that is actively being avoided out of denial or fear. It is through this change that much needed transformation will come. The door just has to stop being held shut.
Read on as we examine Death reversed in more specific situations.
Death Reversed Love and Relationships
Getting Death reversed in a love reading for a single person hints at holding on to past relationships or carrying emotional baggage into the present. It’s this baggage that is preventing you from fully engaging with potential love in the present. Take Death reversed as a gentle push to let the past stay in the past, heal your broken heart, and let love in. Only by closing one chapter can you move onto the next.
Getting Death reversed when asking about a new or potential relationship suggests something may be feeling off to you, but you’re ignoring this feeling. You may be entering this relationship without having fully processed pain from the past. Or, you consciously recognize something is amiss in this connection, but you’re staying out of fear of letting go. Are you afraid of being alone?
The Death card reversed when asking about your current relationship suggests one or both of you may be resisting change in this relationship, when change is sorely needed. Something in the dynamic feels outdated, but one of you is afraid of rocking the boat by trying to change things up. Death reversed is a gentle reminder that if you don’t grow together, you’ll decay together.
Well, if there ever was a sign you’re not over your ex, Death reversed would be it. Either you’re not over them, or you’re still energetically tied to this person. You still have this person on your mind a lot, and it’s preventing you from fully moving on. But you may also be clinging to happy memories, or hoping they’ll come around and give you the closure you deserve. Let this former relationship die with dignity.
Asking about your crush and getting Death reversed is telling you to stop holding onto hope that your crush will come around to you, when that’s clearly not happening. Whatever the reason is, this person likely is not interested in something romantic with you. It sucks, because you two might have a lot in common and would go great together, but not everything is destined to happen. Let go, and then you can let something real into your life.
Getting Death reversed when asking about your child indicates that your child may be struggling with accepting change or they’re clinging to old routines. They may also be afraid of the developmental changes they’re going through. This can be normal, and should be handled with empathy and support. Help them to see that change is normal and a part of life, not a part of themselves that they’re losing.
Death reversed when asking about a current friendship suggests there is an unwillingness from one or both of you to let go of a connection that has clearly run its course. The friendship could be stuck living in the past, while refusing to deal with the present. If this friendship is truly worth salvaging, then both of you need to commit to transforming the way you relate to each other. If not, then it’s time to dead it in the water.
Death reversed appearing when asking about a former friendship hints that the connection is not over on your part. You may still be hoping they come back around, and going through emotional loops trying to figure out what went wrong. Or, they keep coming in and out of your life, and you haven’t set boundaries. Save your dignity, and move on from this dead friendship with grace.
One or both of you are unwilling to let go, grow or evolve when asking about your enemy and getting Death reversed. You may still be hung up on the other, obsessed over what the other is doing, telling everyone within ear’s shot. And the funny thing is? The other may not even give a damn! But this could also be you both hanging onto beef that really is petty, pointless and should be dead already.
Death Reversed Career and Money
Wanting to start a new job, or change career paths? Death reversed when asking about a potential job or career suggests that this career path is just not for you, but you’re refusing to accept this fact. You may be holding on because letting go of this idea would mean letting go of a dream. This idea had its purpose for its time, but now it’s time to find something more purposeful and ultimately realistic.
Death reversed when asking about your current job or career says you may have been staying in a job way past its due date. This could be due to a sense of obligation, fear, or guilt. This is not stability. It’s stagnation. You don’t need to burn bridges with anyone at this workplace, but you do need to look at moving onto greener pastures.
Death reversed when asking about a potential business idea suggests this idea may need a complete overhaul if it is to survive. You may be trying to go through with something that just isn’t working out for you. This could be due to finances, a tight market, recession or other logistical factors. The Death card reversed is a gentle reminder to either overhaul, or leave it alone and try something else.
Getting Death reversed when asking about your current business suggests you may be resistant to change something that direly needs change. You may be clinging to outdated systems, branding, services, or employees that are detrimental to your business. Change is necessary for growth and this is doubly true in the world of business. It’s not failure, it’s survival.
The Death reversed when asking about your finances and money hints at a refusal to let go of unhealthy money habits. This could be due to poor investments, splurges, gambling or limiting money beliefs. It’s time to face head on the changes you need to make for the longevity and health of your financial well-being.
Death Reversed Pregnancy Meaning
Death reversed when asking about pregnancy suggests a resistance to change, and this could be due to anxieties or fears around pregnancy. If you’re asking if you’re currently pregnant, the answer is likely no. Alternatively, this card can mean that you’re holding onto routines and expectations that may be blocking conception. If you are already pregnant and you get Death reversed, it suggests a fear of transformation or clinging to a former identity. Are you afraid that giving birth will mean a loss of freedom?