The Death card is one of the tricky cards of tarot. When it shows up in a reading, readers are very quick to point out that it does not mean actual death. Instead, it means transformation. I agree that there is a transformative element to the Death card. However, I think we do a disservice when we gloss over the hard aspects of the card. By doing so, we either neglect our jobs on at least two counts. First, we provide information about what is to come so that they can be prepared for it. If we ignore the messy parts of Death, we do not allow or help them to face it with all the necessary information. If they are going through it and tell the to simply focus on the “new beginning”