The third decade of Sagittarius from December 11 to 21.

Saturn, the Sun as a symbol of heaviness in the soul and a gloomy mood because you work too hard

or Saturn in Sagittarius or in the 11th house creates in your mind an image of futility.

Houses X and I and associated planets (primarily Mars)

All Tens bear the collapse of their element, a certain extreme. It is clear that the situation must go very far to come to this.

Interpretation

The Ten of Wands symbolizes the strength, will power and endurance that are so needed to cope with a business once started. This is the ultimate test of willpower, courage and self-confidence. The situation with the Ten of Wands seems difficult and uncontrollable.

In the Ten, the energy of Fire has reached its maximum and is now enclosed in a structure that limits her freedom, a kind of “straitjacket”. Therefore, we feel that our actions are suppressed and opportunities are limited.

Traditional meanings: unbearable burden and lack of perspective. A difficult situation. The goals seem unattainable, the pressure of circumstances – insurmountable.

As a forecast, the Ten of Wands informs that it is better not to take on a project, because now it is “unbearable” at the moment. You shall wait until the situation clears.

Personal Feelings

Your mind is indigestible, and your heart is heavy.

The state of a workaholic working 24 hours a day, lost in a labyrinth of things to do.

You have taken on too much – your responsibility is beyond your strength.

Your situation (your work, your love and marriage, or your studying at a prestigious institution) is clearly perceived as an unbearable burden, exorbitant oppression.

A feeling of failure and inconsistency presses you. Your mind feels tired and depressed. Your life is all stress with not joy.

There is a struggle to cope with internal tension, limiting your own vital impulses.

The Ten of Wands brings up the topic of hyper-responsibility and the desire to do everything yourself because of the belief that it will be better.

Do not be a perfectionist who wants to do everything at the highest level and please everyone. Working hard only can get you a nervous breakdown.

The Ten of Wands is a rather gloomy mood card…

We have taken on too much, because we expected too much, and now the illusions have been dispelled, but the burden remains.

Incomprehensible tasks hang like a heavy millstone around the neck.

In a sense, this card, like the Ten of Swords, reflects the experiences. The Ten of Wands talks about very specific worries: will there be enough money, will I be on time, will I cope with things? (of course, if the Nine of Swords is nearby, there is panic).

The Ten of Clubs hints at the inability to draw conclusions from the experience gained and the re-creation of stalemate situations.

You need to find a way to navigate the current state of affairs in a difficult situation.

On a Deeper Level

What you fought for, you ran into. What it all started as a bright idea whether it was a business venture or marriage, has grown into a lot of projects and acquired a bunch of responsibilities. It is difficult to do all this at the same time, and now desired goal obscures the surrounding world from you.

You are tested for strength.

The third decade of Sagittarius, ruled by the planet of completion, Saturn, lays the foundation for the transformation of energy into material results and describes its manifestations.

Saturn in Sagittarius gives ideological pragmatism. The abstract worldview and sublime spirituality of the previous decade here become an ideology and a ritual that creates support for the idea.

It is important to translate the idea into reality.

But… the idea at this level can turn into a dogma, and the high principles preached can no longer be consistent with a rather base and ambitious position in practice.

This is the case when views are imposed, and any atrocities are justified by some higher righteousness.

The 10 of Clubs symbolizes the stopped development: further movement is suppressed, if you take a conservative position until you receive material satisfaction from the planned implementation.

Man separates himself from his idea, from his creation. This is the stage about which you can say: “Inspiration is not for sale, but you can sell the manuscript!”

Light and shadow (advice and caution)

Nothing can be done, you need to drag this cross.

Advice in a crisis in a relationship:

even if you don’t understand where and why you need to carry this load, you don’t see the prospects, you don’t understand what could unite you – go ahead, do what you have to do every day, even if reaching the limit of their capabilities. Return to the house, and do not run away, even if it seems unbearable to you. The crisis will be overcome, it makes sense to endure. Love can conquer it all.

The warning of the card sounds like this: the last straw that breaks the camel’s back is at the ready of fate. Can you take off this burden yourself?

It’s time to stop going out of your way.

Give up responsibilities and tasks, shed the burden and find time for pleasure, relaxation and happiness.

Move from the religion of sacrificial self-torture to the religion of rational egoism.

Delegate authority and distribute part of your burden to others, despite their desire to nobly refuse.

Immediately give yourself a break, otherwise you will experience a breakdown in health or failure in all matters.

Become aware of the dynamic of self-destruction that now guides actions in your daily life.

Career

“Success at a high cost.”

You get a desired job, but now you got even bigger goals and it is very difficult to achieve them. Success brings what was expected – improved living standards, recognition, power, and so on – but it comes at a price.

There is a clear professional overload going on in the Ten of Wands. The burden of overwhelming obligations, the adoption of which, as a rule, was associated with ambitious aspirations. You may lose sight of the goal, because load in unbearable.

You have to make tremendous efforts and give all the best to stay afloat. This card always associates over-activity with things like recognition, respect, reputation and image in the eyes of others.

The Ten of Wands is the price of great success. You earn a lot of money, but you do not have the opportunity to spend it; you may own a comfortable house or a tropical island, but you never go there because you have no time, you are always working.

You have an excessive number of projects and a dispersion of forces. Lots of unfinished business that hinders progress.

Difficult working conditions, lack of prospects, development opportunities.

Personal Relationships

The classic card of a family oppressed person. Whether it’s a man or a woman, the meaning of the situation is the same – overloaded with duties and responsibilities, a position of a “workhorse” or “servant for everything”, and a slowly growing desire to leave in an unknown direction. But this desire is suppressed, just like all other desires…

Seeing no prospects, not understanding what is happening (after all, everything once started so nicely), you are doing what is expected of you, and often feeling guilty at the same time.

The Ten of Wands does not indicate an objective load; it reflects the specific narrowness of thinking and attitude to life that you profess at this stage.

The 10 of Wands is a retribution for your errors.

In fact, this burden is your complexes and fears. The fear of not being liked, of not being pleased, of being a bad person in someone’s eyes – this, coupled with pride (“I can do anything!”), makes you take on too much.

The fear that those close to you will stop loving you if you devote less time to them and more to yourself.

It is in family life that the question that the Ten of Wands poses (where did you go and is it worth dragging all this load further?) turns out to be very scary.

The Ten of Wands can speak of a hyper-responsible attitude towards the union – a person strains himself, strains another, takes everything very seriously.

Often the motive is the fear of being alone or “a wrong sense of duty.” Affection and serious intentions are wonderful, but the approach is wrong, which, combined with a manner of putting pressure on a partner, results in a relationship brings neither joy nor pleasure.

The 10 of Clubs serves as an indicator of a forced union: the relationship was somehow imposed under the pressure of circumstances, the person was almost forcibly ringed. Now he sees one thing – the inability to get rid of it.

In the old interpreters, one of the meanings of the Ten of Wands is a wedding when all the relatives pushed the poor fellow to marry and also printed an official certificate of pregnancy on top.

In the Ten of Wands, there is an element of violence, suppression and overkill, therefore for intimate life it carries a rather negative meaning.

Here there is an extreme pressure of desire, a kind of rigidity of demands. It can be an indication of a mismatch in temperament among partners (one always lacks satisfaction, the other feels almost like a victim of sexual violence) and intimacy that occurs on a voluntary-compulsory basis.

Health

Chronic fatigue. professional burnout. Unbearable loads. Overtraining (for athletes). Chronic health problems caused by overwork, depletion of resources and the inability to recover normally. Prostration.

The 10 of Wands Reversed

The Reversed Ten of Wands carries certain losses: Saturn requires sacrifice. Difficulty, resistance, obstacles, inconvenience.

In the old manuals, the meaning of the reversed Ten of Wands is similar to the vibrations of the Seven of Swords – intrigue, duplicity, betrayal, deceit, cunning, hypocrisy, meeting with the destroyer of your interests. Unhappiness on the basis of envy, jealousy.

In metaphysical terms, the reversed 10 of Clubs means the inability of thoughts and ideas to manifest themselves.

This could be a situation of a misunderstood genius, a thought expressed out of time, either too early or too late.

In some ancient interpretations – the beginning of a rise after a difficult period.

Escaping from an oppressive situation (here, perhaps, a shade of “betrayal” and “damage to reputation” is also possible).

Combination with other Cards

With the Fool – throwing off the burden, escape to freedom.

With Justice – hyper-responsibility, accepting an additional burden out of a sense of duty.

With the Hanged Man – liberation from oppression through a change of point of view

With the Moon – deceit by a false friend.

With the Four of Wands – the end of a difficult period, relief, liberation

With the Five of Wands – struggle, squabbles, complication of the path

With the Queen of Wands – sickness in the very near future (such as a fever).

With the Four of Swords – the threat of illness due to overwork, “you may end up in a hospital.”

With the Six of Swords – fighting alone.

With the Nine of Swords – terrible anxiety due to financial problems.