Favourite Death Card.

[Tanga]

What's your favourite Death Card?

The 1st Death Card I saw that I really thought "Wow" - was The Thoth Tarot one.
The suggested 'cycles/tensegrity of the Universe' in it draws me in and makes me keep "taking a double take" as it were.
Since then there are others - but the Thoth is The One:

The Thoth Tarot
Golden Tarot
Parallel Worlds Tarot
Dame Fortune's Wheel Tarot

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[dancing_moon]

Those are great Deaths, Tanga.

My two favorites would be:

Universal Fantasy - very atmospheric, and the best match for my 'anthropomorphized' version of Death.

TdM (e.g. Grimaud) - I love the non-compromising old-style 'grim reaper' feel to it.

 

[Barleywine]

The Thoth for me, hands down. I call it "the Dancing Death." Death cavorting instead of solemnly trudging along gives the idea of a liberating "release." Or maybe it's just a warning not to participate in any dance marathons?

 

[Girl Archer]

Gotta go with the Death card from Sweet Twilight tarot, and the Phantasmagoric Theatre tarot. They are packed with fun and lots of insights.

 

[Tanga]

The Thoth for me, hands down. I call it "the Dancing Death." Death cavorting instead of solemnly trudging along gives the idea of a liberating "release." Or maybe it's just a warning not to participate in any dance marathons?

You've made me laugh Barleywine - I've never seen that... and dance marathons would certainly be the death of my creaky knees. :-D

 

[Chrystella]

Yep, my favourite is also the Thoth, followed by Etteilla's dancing skeleton.

 

[Barleywine]

In the Thoth Death card I like the Scorpio associations - the Serpent and the Scorpion crawling in the dirt and the Eagle soaring above - with the Fish (Nun) as a kind of intermediary state. To me it feels like a "deep tissue massage" that releases toxins from way down deep, which can then be processed and eliminated. I think that's why I see it as "release" as much as - or as a preliminary to - "transformation."

 

[Tanga]

In the Thoth Death card I like the Scorpio associations - the Serpent and the Scorpion crawling in the dirt and the Eagle soaring above - with the Fish (Nun) as a kind of intermediary state. To me it feels like a "deep tissue massage" that releases toxins from way down deep, which can then be processed and eliminated. I think that's why I see it as "release" as much as - or as a preliminary to - "transformation."

Huh - and I look at all those things at Death's feet (in that Thoth Death card) and think "look at all those beautiful, powerful, poisonous things! - how awesome is nature!"

I've never thought of the fish as Nun - but Ofcourse!
Leading onto the thought - Nun/Naunet is my patron Deity (I'm Wiccan). But that would then be the snake as Nun, and a frog would be the correct representation of Naunet (combined, they are a Sacred Androgyne).

Huh...
Keep talking Barleywine...

 

[2dogs]

I rather like the somber atmosphere of the Voyager.

 

[JackofWands]

If we're looking at more traditional imagery, the Robin Wood Tarot has by far my favorite Death card.

Otherwise, I love the Tabula Mundi Death and the Silver Era Tarot's rendition of the card.