The Ten of Swords is a painful ending, rock bottom, and the worst being over. A figure lies pierced by ten swords, yet dawn breaks behind — the low point where the only way left is up.
A figure lies face down with ten swords in the back, while far on the horizon day begins to break. The Ten of Swords stands for an ending, rock bottom, and the dawn that follows. It is the card of passing the point where things can get no worse as a new phase opens.
