Ten of Swords Reversed

As we crawl our way through this unending and miserable Pandemic, we can begin to see a light at the end of the tunnel. My oldest and youngest children are getting their Booster vaccinations today, which I'm very excited about. My friends have all seemingly avoided the big C this winter, which was very hard to do, and despite the news media saying "we will all get Omicron, the question is when?" I'm doing okay hiding out in my little cave and avoiding other humans. I have enough happy pills to keep me smiling instead of worrying.

We will get through this, and the getting through this is The Reversed Ten of Swords. It's recovery or finding one's way out of disaster. On it's most negative side, it is regret and an inability to move on, but it still implies that the worst is behind us now. 
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I'm going to go pop some vitamin C and watch Chef.

​Upright, this Ten is pain, destruction, defeat, and a terrible end. There is nothing positive about this card. Even reversed, it can often represent clinging to disaster and not being able to move on.

However, there may also be some positives to the reversed interpretation. You could be rising above your difficulties, through the worst of a disaster, or your life could slowly be improving after a devastating event.

This is one Tarot card where the reversed interpretation might be better than the upright one.
 
Questions answered by reversed Ten of Swords:
Who? A survivor 
What? An escape from disaster
Where? At the end of a long road or dark tunnel
When? The middle of June; After a devastation; ten days
Why? “Freedom is what we do with what is done to us.” ~Jean-Paul Sartre
Yes or No? Yes

The reversed Ten of Swords as:
…an action?

• Fix something
• Celebrate your small accomplishments

 
…a place in your house?

• The toolbox
• The bathtub

 
…a place in your city?

• The river
• An event venue

 
…a place in the world?

• Switzerland

• Seattle, WA
• New Zealand

 
…something to eat?

• Vitamin C
• Berries, fruit, veggies, and nuts

 
…something to clean?

• Restock the first aid supplies
• The emergency prep storage

 
…where to find the missing item?

• On a tidy surface
• Someone else will find it for you

 
…a color? Rainbow; bright
 
…a movie theme? Recovering; surviving disaster

• Chef
• The Martian

• Stranger than Fiction

…a new career?

• Start a new business
• Knife salesman
• Chef
• Go back to school

 
The reversed Ten of Swords
Before any card: Surviving the worst of (card)
After any card: Regeneration; recovery

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