Ten of Wands: tarot card meaning

Ten of Wands is card 10 in the suit of Wands, associated with the element of Fire. Drawn upright it speaks of completion, passion, initiative; reversed, of passion blocked, stalled action.

Upright meaning

completion, passion, initiative

Carrying an overload of responsibility -- a heavy burden that you are nearly managing, but it is time to put some down.

Reversed meaning

passion blocked, stalled action

Burnt out by a burden you refuse to share -- let go of what you are carrying alone.

The suit of Wands belongs to Fire and to passion, initiative and growth.

In a three-card reading

In the past position Ten of Wands describes the current that carried you to where you are; in the present position, what is most alive in the situation now; in the future position, the direction things tend toward if nothing changes. A reading weighs it against the other two cards rather than on its own.