10 of Swords!
Thread originally posted on the Aeclectic Tarot Forum on 05 Jun 2003, and now archived in the Forum Library.
| AquarianGoddess |
05 Jun 2003 |
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This is a horrible card and everytime it comes up in "challenges/opportunities", it's always a disaster!
Enlighten me as to how to turn this card into an opportunity, 'cause I'm clueless!
Obvisiously, 10 is an ending, but does it always have drastic connotations?
Thanks,
AG
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| bec |
05 Jun 2003 |
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Ten – Follows the Wheel Of Fortune, did this bring you to the right place in life and on the wheels of life. Ten is the end of circle, whether this is good or bad, they give you the insight to that it is the end, you have gained top benefits or it wont get any worse. A new circle in life is ready to be born.
Swords: air, thoughts, intuition, communication, dreams/nightmares, blockages, conflicts, working with in.
This card is dreaded by many readers and that goes for lot of the sword cards. Though they should not get all that much credit for being horror cards really :o)
The ten is ending a circle, so if you have felt pinned to ground feeling no matter what and how you tend to do things, it feels like they turn on you and stab you in the back, it should now have reached climax and will not get any worse.
Though in reversed the possibility that you are the one creating the swords and subconsciously lay your self on top to get stabbed is quite possible.
Maybe you are being to hard on your self, or giving others to much credit for being nasty to you, try stand up and open your eyes, view life from another angle.
Challenge is quite obvious - opportunities are harder to find here:
10 swords is offering the opportunity to learn a lesson about your self. Are you indeed the one causing your agony? or are you letting others do it to you. Either way, you now have knowledge and thereby the opportunity to constructively work your way out of it.
Hope it makes sense.......
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| Indigo_lady |
05 Jun 2003 |
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It's my own perspective, but when I see the 10 of Swords I take it as a relief...
Ok, it is true, thing are not that great, but IT'S THE END OF THE STRUGGLE...
final battle, you might not come out as a winner of it (although who knows... ) but you can be sure it's the last time you'll be in that battle field
You're still going to be feeling the effects for a while, but you can be sure that you've closed that door for good
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| Baby Owl |
05 Jun 2003 |
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Sometimes I look at this card as being a sudden, clear perception of something that I had not seen before. It is like "the straw that broke the camel's back" in that I can no longer look at something the same way. I have been denying something but now the moment of truth has arrived and false beliefs I once held must fall by the wayside.
This realization may or may not please me, but it allows me to move on to a better phase.
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| Belladonna |
05 Jun 2003 |
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I'm with IndigoLady. Relief with a capital R. This is an ending because finally, through enough struggle, strife, pain- what have you, you've been released from a karmic pattern that probably goes back many lifetimes. It feels like a death, and certainly exhaustion and maybe even sorrow accompany this card, but that is only because you haven't had time yet to experience the new dawn and all it brings. This is not the Death card.
It's more like a pattern, or way of thinking, or even a cause of anxiety, stress, etc. has died. Not you.
I mean, look at the guy. He's not feeling any pain anymore. All his troubles are over. Certainly the ending of an era, but give yourself time. Grieve the ending if you must, but don't cling to it. A whole new world awaits you. Your soul has been liberated!
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| Sobeknofret |
05 Jun 2003 |
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I third IndigoLady and Belladonna. I call 10 of swords the "cosmic acupuncture" card. If this turns up in a position in the present or past, there have been serious life issues, either karmic or that the querent has created, that have been dealt with, probably not by the querent, but by the universe. The pressure is now off, the steam has been released, and things can finally find an equilibrium. Rebalancing the cosmic qi as it were. I assume you're using a RWS or a clone? Look at the sky behind the guy-- the sun's coming up. There is a new day ahead to make things right.
If it turns up in a future reading, I see it as a warning: "deal with your issues now, or the universe is going to do it for you, and it won't be pretty in the end!" :)
--Sobe
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| Indigo_lady |
05 Jun 2003 |
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Originally posted by Sobeknofret
is a new day ahead to make things right.
If it turns up in a future reading, I see it as a warning: "deal with your issues now, or the universe is going to do it for you, and it won't be pretty in the end!" :)
--Sobe
ohhh that's a nice one... I hadn't thought of interpreting in the future like a warning to change course of action
Nothing is set in stone ;)
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| Umbrae |
05 Jun 2003 |
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From my notebook: ": Death…of the Ego. Moving out of old trappings, putting into motion the plans of the past – opens up the future…not so much as an ending of a cycle, but a bursting forth of the next stage. Look at things to closely, and you may become weighed down. The Ten of Swords taught me that everything that I think is important, all the plans I’ve made, everything that I have accomplished can change in a heartbeat – and if I am quick to ascertain that the wind has changed, then all is good; however if I keep thinking about me – me - me…all is lost. Ultimately this card is about the necessity of peace. “And in the end - The love you take - Is equal to the love you make.” Yet another view; if you have seen your ship sink, why stand at the quay and continue waiting?"
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| HudsonGray |
05 Jun 2003 |
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Right, the old 'well, THAT'S over with!' card. It won't get worse & it's all done with, you can move on now.
Remember that the light in the background is the sun coming up on a new day, new cycles, new journey. Sure the card looks nasty, but that guy on the ground isn't going to get any deader, or hurt any further.
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| sagitarian |
05 Jun 2003 |
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Perhaps my interpretation will help.
I view the ten of swords as something that was very horrible has come to an end, and now all that is left is to heal, recover, and move on. Usually this is something that is stranious on the querent both physically and psychologically. Some examples might be if you had an extremely bad time in high school, upon graduation you may find a ten of swords in the present position symbolizing that your high school years (and all the pain that it's caused) is over and time to start anew. Of course there is thousands upon thousands of different situations that this card can come up and represent. If it comes up as a card that is blocking you, then it's something that has ended but your not letting go of it, your holding on the hurt feelings and that alone is keeping you from moving on to better things.
Peace to your gentle soul!
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| AquarianGoddess |
07 Jun 2003 |
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I'm estastic to read "it's the end of the circle"! Hooray to that!
The card has come up to the question of a long-standing bad situation and perhaps it's denoting the demise of the situation (which would be welcome news) and also that information (swords) that wasn't available before, will come to light.
Thanks to all of your for giving your advice, it's made a difference in how I now view the card!
Fondly,
AG
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