Auraveil
Minor Arcana · Swords
Ten of Swords
- painful ending
- betrayal
- rock bottom
- crisis
- loss
- Element
- Air
- Astrology
- The Sun in Gemini
- Yes or no
- No
Imagery and symbolism
A man lies face down with ten swords in his back beneath a black sky, while a golden dawn breaks over calm water on the horizon.
- ten swords
- prone figure
- black sky
- dawn on the horizon
- calm water
Upright meaning
Upright- painful ending
- betrayal
- rock bottom
- crisis
- loss
A painful ending or rock bottom. It is over — and that means the only way now is up.
Reversed meaning
- recovery
- regeneration
- resisting an end
- survival
Recovery after a crisis, or refusing to let something end. Accept the ending to begin healing.
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