October 1996
the world’s card for the month
The collective card for October 1996 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 October 1996 becomes Death
The collective year card for 1996 is The Empress (3). Add the month number (October is month 10): 3 + 10 = 13. Card 13 is Death.