Tarot card
Ten of Swords
Ten of Swords: an exhausted conflict reaching an unmistakable ending. The card joins the air nature of Swords to its place in the numbered sequence.
2 correspondences · 0 with an ancient or scriptural source · 0 with no source located · Ten of Swords in full
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The oldest attribution here is Suit and element Air, first attested 1888 CE.
Suit and element
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Air
Traditional- Who says so
- Not yet attributed to a school
- Earliest verified attestation
- 1888 CE
- Ancient or scriptural source
- Not yet investigated
Swords express the powers of Air: thought, judgment, conflict, communication and force consciously directed.
Evidence
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Samuel Liddell MacGregor Mathers (primarily); Harriet Felkin (later material), Book T, c. 1888 — Titles and descriptions of the four suits, pp. 3–23
Sephirah and number
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Malkuth
Traditional- Who says so
- Not yet attributed to a school
- Earliest verified attestation
- 1888 CE
- Ancient or scriptural source
- Not yet investigated
The Tens bring the suit to its material limit. The process has become fixed in a final form, whether that culmination is welcome or hard to bear.
Evidence
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Samuel Liddell MacGregor Mathers (primarily); Harriet Felkin (later material), Book T, c. 1888 — General meanings of the small cards under the Sephiroth, pp. 27–28