Swords · 10
Swords · Air

Ten of Swords

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You survived the worst of it. Look up: it is already getting lighter.


Upright

The Ten of Swords is the bottom of a painful cycle, the dramatic, total end of something. It's as hard as it gets, and that's the useful part, because there's nowhere further down. The thing that was hurting you is over.

Reversed

Reversed, you are getting back up. The blades are coming out one at a time and you are finding the strength to stand. The worst of it really has passed.


In love

A painful ending has hit the bottom. Grieve it properly, knowing the only direction left is up.

At work

A crisis at work reaches its low point. Accept it, close it, and get ready to rebuild.

Swords are air: thought, speech, conflict and the truth you have to say out loud.

In the app

Draw it in a spread, with a question.

A card on its own says less than a card in a position. Celestine lays it out and reads it with your chart.