A skeletal figure is shrouded in a swirling robe, though its skull is clearly visible. The Skull card is a reminder of the universality of death—and the fact that everyone must confront death alone.
Upright Meaning
- Person. A person facing imminent death, or one who wields necromantic power.
- Creature or Trap. An Undead creature, or a trap that deals necrotic damage.
- Place. A place of solitude and isolation, or a place where someone died recently.
- Treasure. A treasure associated with death (perhaps funerary implements), or a magic item with necromantic power.
- Situation. A person's life in peril.
Reversed Meaning
- Person. Someone haunted by the inevitability of death and seeking to escape it, or a person who has returned from death.
- Creature or Trap. An immortal creature or one that doesn't age, such as an angel, a Fiend, or a naga.
- Place. A graveyard or another place where the dead are gathered.
- Treasure. An art object that celebrates or depicts deliverance from death, or a magic item that wards off death (such as a Periapt of Wound Closure or a Scarab of Protection).
- Situation. Many lives at stake.