10 of Swords Tarot Card: You are not going to get any deader, so nothing left to do but recover
To look at the 10 of swords tarot card is to see a scene of desperation and despair. I mean, look at this guy. He’s been downed. He’s been stabbed. He’s bleeding. There’s a good chance that he is dead. What happened here? Keep in mind that the suit of swords represent our thoughts and the effect our own mind has on us. With that in mind, look at what our own thoughts are capable of doing to us.
Sometimes stress gets to us. Sometimes worry is overwhelming. Sometimes the burden of thinking too much kills us. You don’t always realize you are doing this to yourself until the deed is done and you are dead. The good thing about being dead though, it gives you a chance to recover. Now you can. You’re not going to get any deader. As dead as you are is as dead as you are going to be. It’s not going to get any worse.
Because it is not going to get any worse, you can analyze what exactly happened, what your thoughts did to you, and now you can send healing energy to the wounded parts so you can get back up, shake off the hurt and live again. And when you do this, you are that much stronger. So when you are having 10 of swords moments, keep in mind it is all designed to make you better and stronger.