Description: The angel Gabriel emerges from the heavens, blowing on his bannered trumpet. This is the creative Word which liberates man from his earthly limitations. The dead are rising from their coffins, which are floating on the sea. There is a man, a woman and between them a child. They raise their arms in adoration and ecstasy.

Snowy mountains in the background represent the heights of abstract thought.

This is the reawakening of Nature under the influence of spirit. This card symbolizes the mystery of birth in death.

Divinatory Meaning: An awakening, a change of position or renewal of some sort. A change in personal consciousness which is now on the verge of blending with the universal.

Reversed: Failure to find happiness in old age. Fear of death. Separation and disillusionment. Weakness. Physical health must be watched. Possible loss of worldly goods.