The same is true for the card of Death in the Tarot. In his slow unceasing march, all fall before him - Kings and commoners and clergy. It doesn't mean that every time you get this card that you are going to die - necessarily. The vast majority of the time the card of Death means enormous significant, perceived as inevitable, change or transition. Something significant in your life is going to die.
Death is important here because something has to die to make room for the new.
All change requres this. Some change comes easy, some comes hard. Things aren't always what they seem, and again, the interpretation is totally up to you. Divination usually requires this method of functioning. The left brain has to ask the right question, and has to know all of the meanings and key words, say, in Tarot, of the cards.