Description
Overall Concept:
The Ten of Wands represents burden, responsibility, and the weight of obligations. It marks the final stage of a journey where success is near, but effort is heavy.
Modern Interpretation:
This card suggests you may be carrying too much—whether physically, emotionally, or energetically. It encourages you to delegate, simplify, or reassess your load. In modern readings, it often signals burnout, overcommitment, or the need to release what is no longer yours to hold.
Traditional Keywords:
Burden, responsibility, hard work, stress, obligation, overload
Reversal Possibilities:
Letting go, release, delegation, collapse from strain, refusing help, lightening the load