Ten of Wands
Upright
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- overload
- carrying it all
- burden
- no fun left
Ten logs and a bent back walking to a town it can't see. The Ten of Wands is overload: carrying every responsibility yourself until the load becomes the whole journey. Set some down.
Reversed
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- putting the bundle down
- delegating
- breakdown averted
The bundle hits the ground and your spine remembers itself. Releasing the excess, delegating at last — or, harder, realising you chose every stick. Keep three. Put down seven.