CARD OF THE DAY
Ten Of Swords
KEYWORDS: rock bottom, finished, give up, closure, end-of-suffering, overkill, overdoing, too much force, it’s over, utter defeat, ruin, pain, envy, loss, tears, illness, karmic results, betrayal, sadness, failures, divorce, bankruptcy, layoff.
NUMERICAL SIGNIFICANCE - the month of October, the tenth of anything.
TODAY’S MESSAGE - It’s time to admit that something is over. It’s time to let it go. Stop thinking about it. Stop talking about it. There is no need to get in the last word. Let it go and move on. If you don’t, you’ll only be dragging out your own suffering. Something new is awaiting you. Create the space to let it in.
When the Ten of Swords appears in a reading, it is likely that the situation has become as bad as it can possibly be. This is rock bottom. Enough is enough. There is nowhere to go but up.
The suit of Swords represents communication issues. In this card, we see that the person portrayed has suffered immense pain due to communication issues, possibly from multiple sources or events. But the good news is, this suffering is coming to an end. Things can only get better from here.
However, there is also the possibility that someone represented by this card has a great amount of self-pity and feels like a martyr. Like they’ve made huge sacrifices for others and received nothing in return. If this is you, ask yourself what you gain by feeling like this. Is feeling sorry for yourself helping you move forward? If not, pick yourself up and get on with life. Take the lessons you’ve learned with you so that you don’t make the same mistakes again.
ADVICE: Quit the struggle and surrender completely.
