Not time to transition.
"Old feelings are dying, new feelings are going to begin--as mentioned, there is a change going on in your feelings. So, if you maybe hated someone, that hate is dying, and maybe you're starting to like them?"
Isn't this likened to a transition though?
Transition is defined as a "process" or period of changing from one state to the next. This means, to me, that either (1) you see the change coming and have time to adjust, or (2) it's so gradual that you change without realizing it. Thus, cards like Temperance, the Wheel, or the World would, to me, be better defined as transitions. Temperance melds the old elements into something new, like blending a family. The old families, their ways and dynamics, are still alive and kicking. But as the new, combined family "rejiggers" the situation--makes adjustments--they blend into something different. The Wheel indicates a new stage in an old situation. Like, you're still at the company, still in the same department...but you've been given a new position with more responsibility. It may be a bit of a surprise, but it's not like you were, out of the blue, fired. You can easily adjust. The World is closer to Death in that you do have to say good-bye to something; graduate and leave college for a job, for example. But the World card indicates that you're prepared for this, maybe even planned for it. You saw it coming and the transition is smooth.
But Death...Death isn't a process or period of change. It's "That's over." And you go, "Wait! What?" You did not see this coming or at least, did not see it coming *right now!* Example of transition: "Oh, one day we're going to get married...we've been talking about it...we're moving in together...I've been looking at rings and dresses...we've set a date." Example of Death: "I need to say something. It's this: I want to get married or I want to end the relationship."
What? Wait? Where did
this come from?
And there is that "drop" in your gut. That moment of numbness and nothing. Are you scared? Are you sad? Are you happy? Do you know what you feel? Whatever was there (the relationship as you thought you knew it), it isn't there any more...it's just gone. And there may be a long nothing where you grieve over that (and there is nothing to "transition" to), or there may be a sudden replacement ("Marry me!"), and you don't feel like you're getting any time to process it. You either accept the new or you don't.
That's the difference between Death and all those other transition cards. You don't get time to "transition."