Death
- ending
- transformation
- release
- renewal
Upright
Something has ended, or needs to. Death is rarely about literal death, but about a chapter closing so a new one can begin. In your question, it asks you to stop keeping alive what is already over. Grief is allowed, but behind it waits space for something new.
Reversed
You know something is over, yet you hold on. Perhaps the fear of the unknown is greater than the discomfort of the old, so you linger in the doorway. Death reversed shows that the change comes anyway, but it grows heavier the longer you postpone it. What would it cost to actually let go?