Ten of Swords
"A figure lies face down with ten swords in the back, yet dawn breaks on the horizon: the harshest ending and, with it, the beginning."
Upright meaning
The Ten of Swords is the bottom of the pit: a painful ending, a betrayal, the feeling that it could not get worse. But it is precisely there, at the lowest point, that the sun begins to rise on the horizon. What ended has truly ended: there are no more swords that can be driven in.
Reversed meaning
Reversed, you rise from the ground. Recovery begins, the painful cycle finally closes, and you understand that hitting bottom was the start of the climb. The worst is over.
In love
The definitive end of something already mortally wounded. Painful, but it frees you for what comes.
In work and money
An abrupt close, a failure, or a betrayal at work. Accept the ending: from here, the only way is up.
The card's advice
Let die what has already died: the dawn at the bottom of the card is for you.