Ten of Wands
The Ten of Wands depicts a person burdened by heavy responsibility, pressing forward toward a distant goal despite strain. It symbolizes the culmination of effort and the oppressive weight of duties that can lead to focused determination or eventual release. Upright, it encourages taking responsibility and seeing projects through; reversed, it warns of struggle, surrender, or the need to liberate oneself. The card suggests evaluating which burdens are necessary and which can be set down to reveal renewed light and freedom.
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Card Title
Ten of Wands
Description
A man carries ten wands on his back with a single strap. He wears no top and has braids on each of his forearms. He bows forward and keeps his arms out to ensure his package does not fall out. He moves through the grass to the path which will take him to a city far off in the distance. He is determined to get there without losing any of his items.
Keyword
Oppression
Correspondences
Fire, Saturn, Pluto, Sagittarius
Upright
focused determination; release; culmination of effort; take on responsibility.
Reversed
struggle; giving up; drop everything; liberate yourself; bring out your light.
Visual Description
A muscular man walks away from the viewer across a scrubby, dusty landscape with his back bent under ten long wooden staves bound together and slung across his shoulders; his arms are raised as if balancing or straining. A distant town or buildings sit on the horizon to the right. At the top of the card is the Roman numeral X. A parchment-like banner runs along the bottom with small alchemical symbols and a handwritten word, and there is a visible watermark reading 'TAROSHOP.RU' in the lower right.
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