Ten of Swords
Swords · Minor Arcana
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painful endings
deep wounds
betrayal
loss
crisis
Reversed
recovery
regeneration
resisting an inevitable end
A cloaked figure lies face down on a floating shore, ten swords planted in the ground around and over their fallen form. Their hand makes a blessing gesture. A calm sea spreads before them, and on the horizon, the sun rises golden through dark clouds. The worst is over—total ending that allows new dawn.