August 1989
the world’s card for the month
The collective card for August 1989 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 August 1989 becomes Death
The collective year card for 1989 is The Hierophant (5). Add the month number (August is month 8): 5 + 8 = 13. Card 13 is Death.