XIII: Death

“To die before dying is to truly live.” In the Pagan Otherworlds deck, Death rides not as destruction, but as transformation itself, the necessary decay that nourishes rebirth. Cloaked in stillness and inevitability, this archetype teaches that nothing truly ends; it merely changes state. The skull becomes the seed, the void becomes the womb. Chlorite, the green spirit within quartz, is the healer’s mineral, dissolving what has grown stagnant so new life may emerge. It purifies the energetic field, guiding cellular and spiritual regeneration. Pearl Skull carved and reversed, mirrors the mystery of reflection and return. The pearl, born from irritation and time, carries lunar wisdom: that beauty forms through pressure, that even death holds luster. 28" ONE OF KIND