Ten of Swords

Ten of Swords — Minor Arcana, from The 1909 London Deck.

Upright

a definite ending, rock bottom, the worst of it

It is over, and overstated — ten swords is more than anyone needs. The one comfort is that this is the bottom.

In a yes or no reading, Ten of Swords upright answers no.

Reversed

recovery, survival, getting up

The ending has happened and you are still here. Everything from here is upward, slowly.

In a yes or no reading, Ten of Swords reversed answers maybe — the situation has not settled.

What this card does in a reading here

A reading draws one card and answers the question you asked with it. Ten of Swords can come up either way up — reversals are on in this deck, because the 1909 original was drawn with them in mind — and the two readings above are the starting point, not the answer. The answer depends on what you asked.

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