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I came across some interesting observations in Paul Fenton-Smith's Tarot Masterclass that I wanted to get opinions on. He says:
"If the Death card appears with at least three of the following cards, it can signify a physical death: Ten of Swords, Six of Swords, Four of Swords, Three of Swords, the World, Judgement, the Tower . . ."
This seems rather prescriptive and I'm wondering how much hard evidence there is for it. In my cartomancy material, the Ace of Spades is the traditional death card, but not by itself. My main experience with tarot in physical death situations has been in the timing of expected deaths, not in predicting untimely ones. The convergence of a tarot reading and an unexpected death would seem to be a fairly uncommon experience.
Given the modern, more complex spin on it, I'm more inclined to see Death as the antithesis of the line from Game of Thrones: "Winter is here, Spring is coming (eventually)." Reversed, it might be more "Winter abides. Don't put your hat and gloves away just yet." I would be more likely to see something with active Mars energy as exposure to risk of death (through accident, etc) - Tower especially. I haven't looked closely at life-threatening illnesses related to "parts-of -the-body" cards.
Do you have any reliable (or at least likely) indicators that you use to warn of something as dire as sudden death?
"If the Death card appears with at least three of the following cards, it can signify a physical death: Ten of Swords, Six of Swords, Four of Swords, Three of Swords, the World, Judgement, the Tower . . ."
This seems rather prescriptive and I'm wondering how much hard evidence there is for it. In my cartomancy material, the Ace of Spades is the traditional death card, but not by itself. My main experience with tarot in physical death situations has been in the timing of expected deaths, not in predicting untimely ones. The convergence of a tarot reading and an unexpected death would seem to be a fairly uncommon experience.
Given the modern, more complex spin on it, I'm more inclined to see Death as the antithesis of the line from Game of Thrones: "Winter is here, Spring is coming (eventually)." Reversed, it might be more "Winter abides. Don't put your hat and gloves away just yet." I would be more likely to see something with active Mars energy as exposure to risk of death (through accident, etc) - Tower especially. I haven't looked closely at life-threatening illnesses related to "parts-of -the-body" cards.
Do you have any reliable (or at least likely) indicators that you use to warn of something as dire as sudden death?