QUOTE >> I guess my question is, do you see this more as a card saying "You're going to have a hard time" or as a card saying "It's hard right now, but keep going and you'll make it"? Or something else?
In answer to your question, i view 10 Wands a lil differently than most, in that for me this card represents completion. So under this influence the querent MAY be experiencing results. For instance, they may have recently seen the result of some endeavour ... or they could be about to see the outcome of something.
So for me this card relates to: a condition or situation that has gone as far as it can. & As such this card could ALSO appear when the client needs to bring something to a point of completion.
So i don't see this card as representing hard times, but rather i think it speaks of completion. & For me interestingly enough, on its own this card does NOT INDICATE whether the querent will meet with success or failure as regards their objective or with respect to their situation. So i generally look at the surrounding cards to try & see whether the querents situation appears favourable or not, or draw a clarifying card if necessary.
In its reversed position or IF ill-dignified, 10 Wands can ALSO refer to: a situation that has gone as far as it can, in the sense that what is done IS done. & As such there may be little the querent can do to change or alter the outcome. OR this card could also apply in the sense that they've gotten as much as they can out of this cycle, activity or process, and so this MAY be an indication that there is really nothing left to gain at this point in time. So in this sense, this reversal MAY be signaling the need for the client to re-evaluate their priorities or reconsider their objectives.
So i guess i'm in the later catergory re: viewing this card as "something else", altho i'm curious whether the way i view this card had any significance re: your daily draw??