Swords · Air
Ten of Swordsfor Gemini
"The worst already happened. Now what?"
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A prostrate figure, pierced by all the swords belonging to the card. Swords represent thoughts and ten represents the end of a chapter. Together this card means the end of something you've been struggling with and grief for who you were when you started this journey.
You are facing an ending (maybe of a relationship, maybe a job, perhaps cutting ties with someone). You've struggled and thought about what to do and how to fix things, but you were unable to salvage things while still remaining true to yourself. Grieve what you lost (innocence, respect for a friend, a relationship) and hold space for what might grow from the space you have cleared in your mind.
You are unwilling to let go of something that is holding you back-- perhaps a relationship or job that meets some need but doesn't fulfill you completely. You must trust in yourself that you can get through a tough situation and come out stronger. Self love and trust are critical. Future you is looking out for you.
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Ten of Swords for Gemini
The Communicator
Gemini is an Air mutable sign ruled by Mercury, whose natural subject is talk, siblings, short trips, the daily traffic of information. Swords are the air suit, so the Ten of Swords sits in Gemini. That makes this Gemini's own card, so nothing in it is being read from the outside, and the flattering interpretation is the one to distrust. What it asks for is the thing Gemini already believes it is good at: write the sentence down and stop rewriting it. Gemini is mutable: it adapts, and this card is about completion, which asks the one thing mutable signs resist, which is settling on a final form. Air meeting its own element is amplification, which raises the sign's strengths and its usual failure by the same amount. Upright, it is complete, which is not automatically the same as good.
Keep the thread
Artemis remembers what you asked, and tells you when something comes back around.
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