Daily Reflections: Death

013150051310, in Numerology from here you can extract two numbers: 13 and 15 and in the next sequence they would be backwards: 51 and 31. The constant play of the Devil and Tarot cards.


The mere fact of hearing this word causes fear, because the meaning that emerges in the minds of many is the loss or the end.

In Tarot, Death, is marked by the 13 (another number charged with superstition). But we see other versions:

"This is the Tarot card number 13 (XIII). In the Western world, this number is considered bad luck, so, for superstition in many decks you omit the name or number.
A human skeleton is displayed on the field and their feet, human remains can be seen from different genders and social positions, no one can escape his blade, or the rich (king) or the poor, in allusion to the literary topic sumus et pulvis reverterimur pulvis (Dust we are and we become dust) used during the Middle Ages remembering the equalizing power of death.
In the Tarot de Marseille, the skeleton has a scythe in his hands as plowing the land where the bodies are.
In the Tarot de Rider, Death is dressed in black armor on his horse, which progresses slowly and carries a black flag with a white flower with five leaves. In the background you can see a boat on a river (the symbol of the Styx, the border between the world of the living and the dead in Greek mythology) and the far right is seen a sunrise between the two columns. In this tarot death if they have a name. "

(Source: Wikipedia)

Some words used in the interpretation are:

"End of a cycle, lost, conclusion, sadly."

"Transition to new state, psychological transformation"

"Finish, regeneration, removal of old habits."

"Trapped end, goodbye, profound changes."

The Death Card, according to the Rider Waite Tarot.

The Death Card, according to the Marseilles Tarot

The Death Card, reinvented according to the album artwork of "Holywood: In The Shadow of the Valley of Death"

It is truly rare that the Death Card bears the literal meaning when it's consulted, meaning that he or she will never see it's own death reflected, unless it's for extraordinary circumstances.

So far Manson has given us clues for the appeal of his new album, words like "suicide death metal" and the number of tracks, 13. This has some resonance with the past albums but with 15 tracks, also resembling the Devil Card. What other mysteries does it hold?

In the meantime I leave you with this beautiful song from The High End of Low, "Running To The Edge of the World", which vaguely reminds us about some of the elements in the Death card.

Remember when i took you
up to the top of the hill?
we had our knives drawn.
they were as sharp
as we were in love.
if god crossed us
we'd take all his drugs,
burn his money
and his house down,
and wait for the fire to spread.

but sometimes hate is not enough
to turn this all to ashes.
together as one
against all others
break all of our wings to
make sure it crashes
now we're running to the edge of the world
running running away
we're running to the edge of the world
but i don't know if the world will end today

I had no choice,
I erased the debt of our family.
I let you say goodbye
with lips like dynamite.
And everyone
turned their backs
because they knew
when we held on tight
to each other,
that we were something
fatal
that fell into the wrong hands.

but sometime hate is not enough
to turn this all to ashes
together as one
against all others
break all of their wings and
make sure it crashes

we're running to the edge of the world
running running away
we're running to the edge of the world
but i don't know if the world will end today

i don't seek death
i seek destruction
until death we see destruction

we don't seek death
we seek destruction
until death we seek destruction

we're running to the edge of the world
running running away
we're running to the edge of the world
but i don't know if the world will end today
we're running to the edge of the world
running running away
we're running to the edge of the world
but I don't know if the world will end today

I can see a new beginning
rise behind the sun
but we can never catch up to it
as fast as we run

I can see a new beginning
rise behind the sun
but we can never catch up to it
as fast as we run
I can see a new beginning
rise behind the sun
but we can never catch up to it
as fast as we run

I can see a new beginning
rise behind the sun
but we can never catch up to it
as fast as we run