Wands · Fire
Ten of Wandsfor Leo
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A man oppressed by the weight of the ten wands which he is carrying. Wands represents passion and ten represents family/endings. Together this card represents having an abundance of passions to the point that it becomes a burden. A true labor of love; this card is overworked and not yet in harmony. The journey of completing the task is done, but the journey of maintaining the task has just started.
You have completed your task and are carrying all of the fruits of your labor-- instead of a feeling of satisfaction and ease, you feel physically/mentally/psychically exhausted and are wondering if you can bear it all. Perhaps you promised a loved one something that has now become a burden (maybe a financial promise or a household task you took on alone). Maybe a project at work that felt like a promotion actually just means you now have two jobs. Either way, ask for help and delegate.
Instead of others demanding too much of you; you are demanding too much of yourself. The inner critique adds a lot of weight-- especially for pursuits involving creativity and passion. Perhaps you have over committed to avoid your emotions (you are too busy to feel). This behavior has caught up with you-- you need rest and balance. Practice saying no to things and accepting that no one can be perfect all the time.
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Ten of Wands for Leo
The Creator
Leo is a Fire fixed sign ruled by Sun, whose natural subject is creativity, romance, play, being seen doing the thing. Wands are the fire suit, so the Ten of Wands sits in Leo. That makes this Leo'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 Leo already believes it is good at: spend the energy on one thing today. Leo is fixed: it holds on, and this card is about an ending, which is the specific move fixed signs will delay the longest. Fire 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.
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