Roswila's Tarot Gallery & Journal: THE TEN OF SWORDS

I have a lot of meanings for the Ten of Swords as years back it used to come up in my personal readings a great deal. But before I go on to share them I want to stress that the Ten of Swords carries not only the traditional possible meaning of "Ruin," but of impending rebirth.

I did a three-card reading (Body/Mind/Spirit) earlier this week that was so bad it was laughable--8 of Swords, 10 of Swords, The Moon. I was depressed, I admit, but, wow.

My favorite interpretation of the Ten of Swords is this one, from Learntarot.com:

The Ten of Swords appears to be a card of terrible misfortune, but surprisingly, it often represents troubles that are more melodramatic than real. The man on this card has quite a few swords in his back. Wouldn't one be enough? Isn't ten a little excessive? Perhaps this gentleman's suffering - though sincere - is exaggerated as well.

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