Hmm. I don't think that's an omen. I wouldn't take it as that to be honest.
If it happened to me I think I'd buy a new deck, but I'm a perfectionist with those things.
I may have missed this but which deck was it? If it's a major publisher, email them and see if they can send you that one card. Llewellyn does, for example. That way you don't have to buy a whole new deck. If it's OOP or the publisher isn't willing to, there's a thread on the forums here where you can see if someone has the card you're missing
The DruidCraft... I emailed OBDO this morning. It was a trimmed deck so hopefully they'll send me a new 10 of swords. Schtuff happens !
I don't know if it's a good omen or a bad omen or any omen at all, but I would definitely get several days of amusement out of this, if it happened to me.
I'd be like , " Ten of Swords trapped in the bushes ! Awesome !", to me meaning " Countless troubles unable to reach me, trapped by my environment and my own silliness ! Go us !"
Sort of like a bullet missing my head because I tripped over a child's toy I left on the stairs.
Then I'd declare the bush a magic bush for a few days and name it "Trouble trapper" or something silly and avoid sticking my hand in it so I don't get "pricked"
I'd prolly only use the deck if the Ten of Swords would have been the significator for the reading, and look for a new Ten of Swords. If anyone asked about it, ( and possibly if they didn't) I'd tell them, " We lost our original troubles so we had to get new ones"
Have fun with it and happy birthday !
YAMV ( Your Amusement May Vary
Chitrani
I think it means you don't need that card anymore, after you passed the troubled period in your life. And happy belated birthday! I understand you don't want to buy a whole different copy then Haha I think it's a great omen! Your deck wants you to stop overworrying and overthinking by literally making that card disappear to open your eyes
Ah man, bummer to lose a card from a trimmed deck.
