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Ten of Spades: Meaning in Playing Card Reading
The suit of Spades covers hardship, worry, conflict. I will tell you what this card means and how to read it in love.
What the card means
The ten of spades is tears and sorrow, a real trouble: a heavy stretch, a grief that stays a while. The card of sadness, and of the kind that passes.
Ten of Spades in love
Tears, hurt, a heavy stretch in the relationship.
Ten of Spades with the cards around it
The tears in this card multiply among spades: the heavy stretch drags on, the grief cuts deeper, the sadness gathers around you. Hearts nearby dry them, and comfort follows the sorrow while the stretch begins to brighten. Diamonds and clubs turn the grief into busy work, and the trouble dissolves into things that need doing. The closer the ten lies to your card, the longer this cheerless spell holds on.
Neighbours in a spread change the force of a card: its own suit strengthens it, another suit softens or complicates it, and court cards nearby point to real people.
FAQ
Is the Ten of Spades a good card or a bad one?
Neither one on its own, because cards do not prophesy. The card names what is already on your mind, hope or worry or waiting, and how it all turns out is yours to decide. The Ten of Spades works as a mirror here and sets nothing in your future.
What does the Ten of Spades mean next to an ace?
Aces alongside strengthen the Ten of Spades and make the event large and quick, so the card speaks at full voice. The ace of its own suit and the ace of hearts weigh most of all. The first hits the theme squarely, the second warms even a piece of hard news.
The card named one minute of your life. The sky at the hour you were born I can work out for real.
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