The Suit of Spades is associated with action, change, force, power, oppression, ambition, courage and conflict. Action can be both constructive and/or destructive, sometimes resulting in violence. This suit can also mean hatred, battle, and enemies, and of all the suits, this one is considered to be the most powerful and dangerous. The Suit of Spades deals with the mental level of consciousness that is centered around the mind and the intellect. Spades mirror the quality of mind present in your thoughts, attitudes, and beliefs. Spades themselves are double-edged and in this way the Suit of Spades symbolizes the fine balance between intellect and power and how these two elements can be used for good or evil. As such, the Spades must be balanced by spirit (Clubs) and feeling (Hearts). The negative aspects of the Suit of Spades (i.e. when the Spades cards appear reversed) include anger, guilt, harsh judgement, a lack of compassion and verbal and mental abuse.
Timing: When looking for time sensitive answers, Spades generally means moderately fast, often a matter of days to weeks.
Tens represent the maximum expression of the suit – all the events taking or taken place. Tens signify the conclusion of a cycle, event, or undertaking. Because of this they represent both an end as well as the early stages of a new beginning. These cards are about what completes that turn of the wheel, getting it back to one (aces) and yet carrying with it all that it has experienced through those other numbers on its way round the circle. Tens represent both the beginning and ending of a cycle or a set of circumstances born out of the previous cycle. As a result, we close the door on a cycle while at the same time we open the door on a new one. It represents the manifestation of all creation; life, ideas, form and launches us back into the same cycle hopefully wiser.
Upright Meanings: suspicion, anxiety, overwhelmed, joylessness, nightmares, stress, guilt, negativity, mental anguish, burden, terror, deep unhappiness, isolation, remorse, hormonal, at breaking point, focusing on past, desolation, insomnia, subject of gossip, cruelty, fear, illness, making mountains out of molehills, menopause, despair, inability to cope or face life, regret
suspicion, anxiety, overwhelmed, joylessness, nightmares, stress, guilt, negativity, mental anguish, burden, terror, deep unhappiness, isolation, remorse, hormonal, at breaking point, focusing on past, desolation, insomnia, subject of gossip, cruelty, fear, illness, making mountains out of molehills, menopause, despair, inability to cope or face life, regret
Reversed Meanings: surviving disaster, being saved, courage, positive energy, worst is yet to come, good health, relapse, things getting better, being beyond help, total ruin, pulling yourself together, learning from past hardships, fears coming true, over the worst, escaping ruin, despair, rising above problems, ignoring bitchiness
When we see any version of The Ten of Spades , the feelings are powerful. Whether reversed or upright, the card signals the finality of defeat. There is no way to avoid this tragedy – it has happened over a long course of events that have been a long time coming.