Queen of Pentacles

Nature does not hurry,
yet everything is accomplished. 
~ Lao Tzu

with thanks to Anne

XIII ~ Death

When I go down to the grave, I can say, like so many others, I have finished my work; but I cannot say I have finished my life. My life will continue. My tomb is not a blind alley. It is a thoroughfare. ~ Victor Hugo

There is no death! What seems so is transition. This life of mortal breath is buta suburb of the life elysian, whose portal we call death.”

If your songs contain truths, then death is just the middle of a long lasting existence. ~ Lucan, Roman poet 

The best way to prepare for death is to spend every day of life as though it were the last. Think of the end of worldly honor, wealth and pleasure and ask yourself: And then? And then? ~ St. Philip Romolo Neri

Truly, truly, I say unto you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit. ~ John 12:24

We begin to die as soon as we are born and the end is linked to the beginning. ~ Manilius

The doors we open and close each day decide the lives we live. ~ Flora Whittemore

If you realize that all things change, there is nothing you will try to hold on to. If you are not afraid of dying, there is nothing you cannot achieve. ~ Unknown

The key to change… is to let go of fear. ~ Roseanne Cash

Tarot Authors on the Death Card:

On the journey through the night…there is no guaranteed return ticket. ~ Hajo Banzhaf, Tarot and the Journey of the Hero

Death becomes the Teacher Card when you realize that coming to terms with death is true liberation. You can then die to those rules that constrict your freedom of spirit. ~ Mary K. Greer, Tarot Constellations

Death is not only a physical transformation but the change from a subjective to an objective state of mind. ~ Amber Jayanti, Living the Tarot

5 of Swords

The 5 of Swords represents the first decan of Aquarius, ruled and subruled by Uranus.

There is no road toward peace; peace is the road. ~ Mahatma Gandhi

Those who are free of resentful thoughts surely find peace. ~ Buddha

Peace cannot be kept by force; it can only be achieved by understanding. ~ Einstein

If you want to make peace, you don’t talk to your friends. You talk to your enemies. ~ Mother Teresa

The real and lasting victories are those of peace, and not of war. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson