Ten of Swords
The Ten of Swords points to the lowest point and an inevitable end, often marking the most oppressive period when there is nothing left to lose. It symbolizes a sudden, tragic ending and a drastic change in life circumstances that brings emotional emptiness and pain from loss. The card indicates a severe condition or crisis and the necessity to finish the situation. Upright it denotes disaster, devastation, and decay; reversed it suggests enhancement, capture, or winning.
Keywords
Keyword
DESTRUCTION
Description
This card points to the lower limit, the bottom, the inevitable end. The most oppressive period, there is nothing more to lose; it is necessary to finish the situation. The card symbolizes a sudden end to something. Severe condition, emotional emptiness, pain from loss. A tragic moment, a drastic change in the life situation, a crisis.
Upright
disaster, devastation, decay
Reverse
enhancement, capture, winning
Visual Description
A lone man kneels on a slope, bent forward with his head lowered as multiple swords protrude from his back and lie embedded in the ground around him. The sky behind him is a banded wash of yellow near the horizon fading into blue above, with pale, ribbon-like streaks rising upward. Sparse grass and a few thorny shrubs crowd the foreground, and the figure wears simple chainmail and a plain tunic.
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