Ten of Swords
A gravestone engraved with “Called Back” suggests a return, a summons from fate. Something may have happened that silenced this person completely, leaving them resting here. The gravestone reveals that their destiny is already sealed, hard to alter — yet their will and thoughts linger on.
The epitaph, the sun, and the melting snow indicate that perhaps things aren’t as bleak as they seem. When circumstances reach an extreme, they eventually rebound. From here, improvement begins, for nothing can be worse than this moment. The small flame beside the grave — protected, still alive — and the little snowdrops suggest that after winter’s harshness, the warmth of spring is close at hand.
UPRIGHT
Acceptance of fate, no turning back, decisive, taken to the extreme, destruction, new hope approaching, appeal, declaration.
REVERSED
On the verge of collapse, repeated suffering, sensing the consequences, time to end it, temporary rest, seizing the chance to change.