Death, dressed all in black, sits on a white horse. He carries a flag in his left hand.
The people fall to their knees, except the priest. He looks up confidently; his faith gives him the strength to do so.

If man has come so far on his quest that he has taken his destiny upon himself and has thus passed the ordeal of the previous card (The Hanged Man), then a reversal follows. The old man dies, as it were, and the new is born. This is expressed by Death. It means spiritually the dying of the old ego and the passing into a higher consciousness.

Death wears black. Black absorbs all other colors. Death absorbs all individual lives.
The horse is white. White reflects all colors and symbolizes purity, but also Nothingness.
The white mystic rose on the flag represents life and purified desire.
The sun between the two columns is the symbol of immortality. The boat on the water is the self, moving toward a new life.

Death symbolizes dying and liberation from the old. The coming back to the essence. The transformation of the personality and entering into a new sphere of consciousness.

CHANGES; THE END OF THE OLD AND THE BIRTH OF THE NEW
The end of a particular cycle or phase and at the same time the beginning of a new one. Liberation. Renewal.

Everything comes to an end. So does closing something in your life today. Sometimes it takes pain but often you get something new in return. Know that your life will never be the same again. There is no going back. Now you have to. NOTE: Death never means dying but a final transformation where there is no going back.

A substantial change. A conclusion and a new beginning. What do you want to renew?
From whom or what do you want to renounce?
What new possibilities do you create?
What do you experience intensely?
What are you leaving behind?
What are you changing in your life?