Padma
<snip>...actively harvesting that which is already dead.<end snip>
sorry to butcher your quote, Prudence, but this bit realllly stuck out to me...the people who seek love feelings in this card are doing exactly that.
<snip>...actively harvesting that which is already dead.<end snip>
But what about good romantic cards after death. I have found myself reading feelings and finding death and after that the lovers or two of cups... Or six of cups... I find it confusing too, but tend to think something is changing for the better
Death as someone's feelings for another has always been very straightforward to me: end of, move on.
To try and put a positive spin on it - like that person the querant is asking about sees the querant as an inevitable relationship - is akin to denial, which is a common reaction to Death.
Sometimes the Death card means don't even ask, you know the answer, enough.