Readings
Two Cards
If you are trying to make a very important decision in your life and you don’t know which path to follow, if you are really doubtful about the consequences the crossroads tarot spread will help you to find your way.
Ten of Swords
Upright
Painful endings, deep wounds, betrayal, loss, crisis
The Ten of Swords indicates an unpleasant yet necessary ending. For example, a relationship may get to an unexpected end, your job may be ended. It is as if this conclusion has come out of the sudden and shook your world. You could have never assumed it, but now it has arrived, leaving you thinking as if the world has crashed around you. You are suffering the pain of this unexpected end.
When the Ten of Swords shows up, you may be the victim of another person’s betrayal or dishonesty. You may feel as they stabbed you in the back. The pain is deep not because their behavior is painful, but because this indicates the end of your connection with them.
Even if you have been hurt or deceived, you now have a choice to pick yourself up and move forward with your life, rather than hoping someone will take compassion on you.
Therefore, the Ten of Swords is admitting your current condition. You no longer hold change but let it happen, even if it creates pain. You understand that there must be a difference to help restoration, and you allow it to occur.
The good message is that the Ten of Swords indicates the final difficulty – no more sadness will happen to you from that source. You must feel the full meaning of what has happened before you can move ahead and start again.
Pick yourself up and think about what occurred to you, and what you can acquire from the event. When you do this, the pain will fade, and you will shortly see why all of this required to occur so that you can develop into your whole potential.
Reversed
Recovery, regeneration, resisting an inevitable end
The reversed Ten of Swords shows that you are fighting an undeniable transformation or ending because you are not able to face up to what is occurring. However, the more you hold, the more this situation will continue to hurt you, so it’s time to get this over with so you can start again. Believe that everything is appearing for a purpose.
The reversed Ten of Swords urges you to review and free any perspective of your life that is not helping you. Rather than staying on your hurtful past, it is necessary to look forward and realize how these issues free you up.
Finally, the reversed Ten of Swords can show up as a pleasing sign that the pain and sorrow you have been experiencing is stopping. When this card is upside-down, the swords look to be falling, liberating him of the pain. You are clearing the memories of the past and letting yourself the chance to move forward with hope for the future.
Eight of Wands
Upright
Movement, fast paced change, action, alignment, air travel
The Eight of Wands tells the conflicts of the Seven of Wands have now ended and you have the freedom to move ahead with your plans again. The Eight of Wands is a dynamic card, carrying a high level of energy that moves you ahead to attain your aims at a much faster speed than ever before.
The Eight of Wands urges you to go with the flow. Everything is moving fast right now, so manage this forward momentum to manifest your dreams. Let the energy of the Universe to flow through you and drive you closer to your goal. Trying to slow things down because you’re not ready or you’re nervous about the unfamiliar will just waste this moment. Use energy instead to feed positive development and create meaningful results.
With the Eight of Wands, you can look ahead to the fast conclusion of a plan currently started, but you can also assume to be occupied by something fresh and even more moving soon. Nothing holds you right now as you are just filled with energy and opinions, and you cannot wait to finish one task and start another.
This card is a sign to ‘hit while the metal is hot.’ It is most clearly an action-oriented card that inspires you to move fast to pursue the best possibilities available. There is no waiting around while the Eight of Wands is shown, so decide where your energy should move and get on with it!
Usually, the Eight of Wands implies air travel. You may even appreciate being part of a tour organization that visits multiple countries in as many days!
Reversed
Delays, frustration, resisting change, internal alignment
The Reversed Eight of Wands implies that you are rushing ahead with a plan, but you need to slow down and contemplate your next steps before proceeding. You may miss something in your hurry and be likely to make bad decisions. Or, you may rush into things without a definite plan of where you are directing, instead of spending time into small tasks. The problem is that with this method, you never finish anything because you are skipping from one idea to the next and completing none of them.
The Reversed Eight of Wands can signal that you are holding change, trying to stop the movement of energy. If you have been feeling stuck, do things differently and get the energy flowing once again.
The Reversed Eight of Wands can indicate delays, particularly concerning trips or plans. This is very frustrating, and you may be growing more anxious by the day. Continue looking for alternative ways around the difficulties presented so you can carry out your projects.