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For the purposes of comparison, I have attached two versions of the Ten Sword cards - one from the Payen, the other from Hadar.
A quick note that in the latter the two central swords have differing pomels and quillons or cross-guards - but each still clearly depicts that possibly important representation of sword with cruciform-hilt.
The scimitars or curved swords interweave and are made from semi-circular form, and hence each sword closer to the centre is in fact a smaller depiction than the outer one.
I mention this as it is one reason why they may also be viewed as mimicking a vortex, the inner ones further away from the viewer, with the blades of the straight ones penetrating ever more deeply within the recesses of the formed vesica piscis.
As per the comment I make in the Ten Batons thread of this series, the foreground/background inversion also leads to seeing similarly depicted and curved forms.
In a reading, the ten may be viewed as not only completing of engagements, but also perhaps a need to engage in productive means with an opponent.
A quick note that in the latter the two central swords have differing pomels and quillons or cross-guards - but each still clearly depicts that possibly important representation of sword with cruciform-hilt.
The scimitars or curved swords interweave and are made from semi-circular form, and hence each sword closer to the centre is in fact a smaller depiction than the outer one.
I mention this as it is one reason why they may also be viewed as mimicking a vortex, the inner ones further away from the viewer, with the blades of the straight ones penetrating ever more deeply within the recesses of the formed vesica piscis.
As per the comment I make in the Ten Batons thread of this series, the foreground/background inversion also leads to seeing similarly depicted and curved forms.
In a reading, the ten may be viewed as not only completing of engagements, but also perhaps a need to engage in productive means with an opponent.