First off, great question!
This actually ties into something I talk about a lot — the whole 'yes/no' paradox in tarot. Honestly, the best tarot readers are the ones who can handle yes/no questions, because those are the clearest, most direct, and least harmful answers you can give. Anything extra you add can sometimes just make the querent more anxious. It’s often better to just say something straightforward, like 'no, he doesn’t love you,' rather than overcomplicate it and fuel more paranoia.
That said, giving a clear yes/no isn’t always easy. 'Yes' and 'no' aren’t really answers in themselves — they’re decisions about how you interpret the answer. The cards can point to so many possibilities.
Take your example with the Death card. It’s normal to read it the way you did, but it doesn’t have to be fixed. Death represents transformation, endings, and rebirth — the natural cycles of life and shedding old patterns to make room for new beginnings. Reversed, especially in a question about death, it could suggest resistance to change or a delay in that natural cycle. It might indicate that the process is being disrupted or postponed.
Basically, Death is a 'yes' to some things and a ‘no’ to others — yes to new journeys, no to old ones. It’s not about literal death, but transformation. Your role as the reader is to tune into that energy and use your intuition to decide how to interpret it as yes or no in the context of the question.
