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10 of Swords, Rider-Waite-Smith
Minor arcana · Swords

10 of Swords

The Ten of Swords closes a sequence of thought or conflict. The card marks an outcome, with the sky clearing above a scene on the ground.

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What the card shows

A figure lies face down, ten blades in his back, and the sky clears at the horizon. The points draw a line across the shape stretched out in the foreground.

Its light

Recognising the end of a standoff frees up room: the shape stretched out does not ask to get up within the minute, and nothing presses.

Its shadow

You stretch out a reasoning already dead: you reread the same messages, and you delay the decision the scene has already taken under a sky that clears.

Keywords

endruptureexhaustionconclusiontransformation

Notes on the symbolism

RWS. Ten of Swords. Older games carry bare swords only; the illustrator adds a wounded figure, which hardens the end of the sequence.

What this card invites you to do

Write what is finished in that situation, with no comment. Then note down the first thing you put in place.

A card does not decide for you.
It shows you where to look.

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