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Ten of Swords

A 78-card digital tarot drawn in the tones of nacre and dancheong.

Ten of Swords

Painful ending, rock bottom, betrayal, collapse, the worst is over.

Keywords · Upright

  • painful ending
  • rock bottom
  • betrayal
  • collapse
  • the worst is over

Keywords · Reversed

  • recovery
  • rising again
  • surviving the ending
  • old wounds closing
  • refusing the final lesson

Recovery, rising again, surviving the ending, old wounds closing, refusing the final lesson.

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How this deck reads it

The figure with ten swords pierced in the back wears a red cloak, and this redness is painted with the vermilion pigment of dancheong, condensing the intensity of pain that has reached the ground. The swords reflect light as pieces of mother-of-pearl and contrast with the dark sky, and the sun rising above the horizon is expressed in the subtle luster of mother-of-pearl, showing the moment when ending and beginning overlap. The sky layered with heavy clouds and the calm sea create a stilled emotion, and the arrangement of all the swords standing vertically in the back suggests that there is no further attack.

Artwork

A person wrapped in a red cloak lies face down on the ground with ten swords stuck in their back. The sun rises above the horizon and black clouds lie low.

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