May 1601
the world’s card for the month
The collective card for May 1601 is Death. It’s the same for everyone alive this month, set by the date alone, and it sits in the testing third of the wheel.
Death is the part of you that lets something end so something else can begin. It is release, transformation, the clean cut that makes room. Its endings are transitions, not punishments.
How May 1601 becomes Death
The collective year card for 1601 is Strength (8). Add the month number (May is month 5): 8 + 5 = 13. Card 13 is Death.