08. Coffin

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Category: Emotion Card

Astrological Symbol: ☾ Moon | ♍ Virgo

Keywords: Ending, stopping, closure; Waiting, stagnation, hopelessness; Loss, grief, sorrow, emotional shutdown; Exhaustion, fatigue, lack of vitality, illness.

Card Behavior: The effect of the Coffin is weakened by adjacent positive cards.

Emotion: Sadness, depression, despair, disappointment.

House Meaning: Death / Illness / Something that has stopped.

Concepts: a. An ending; something has reached its conclusion with no new possibilities. b. Deadline. c. Stagnation; spending the entire day in one place; idleness; wasting time; boredom; lack of progress. d. Fatigue; burnout; lack of energy. e. Illness; physical pain.

Career: Resignation; Bankruptcy; Layoffs; Expired contracts; Failing an exam; Unsuccessful job search; Career stagnation; Lack of productivity; Work environment with no growth.

Love & Relationships: An ex-partner; Relationship ending; Being blocked; No progress in a relationship; Suffocating relationships; Disappointment; Emotional withdrawal.

People: Depressed individuals; People in deep sorrow; Passive and uninspired individuals; Negative thinkers; Low self-esteem; Those lacking energy; Chronically ill individuals; The deceased.

Objects: Dark spaces; Dimly lit indoor areas; Cinemas; Basements; Cabinets; Drawers; Sound systems; Musical instruments; Containers with lids; Airtight spaces; Prisons; Tunnels; Funerals; The human body.

Health: Depression; Suicidal tendencies; Claustrophobia; Coma.

Spirituality: Near-death experiences; Ascension; Nirvana; Valhalla.

Advice: Sometimes, the destruction of the old is necessary for new beginnings. Let go of the past and start fresh. Now is the time to rest and recover.

Imagery: Time standing still.

Summary: The Coffin symbolizes endings and stagnation. While it is often associated with death, in Lenormand, this is a metaphor indicating that a phase of life has ended or that something will not develop further. Additionally, it represents emotional and physical suffering as well as illness.

Comparison: See 10. Scythe, 36. Cross, 44. Hot Spring for further differences.