Ten of Wands

 

"That’s a heavy load you’re carrying, but it’s not just wood you have there, it’s quality timber that can be shaped into support beams for a new home or temple.  It’s hot and you’re tired, but keep in mind that heat is not the only quality of the fire that burns inside you. Feel the Divine in the Fire. Let it light your way and lend you the strength to continue your journey. Understand that fire, focus it, let it burn away the chaff and reveal the eager, fertile soil under your feet." 

-T-Rexx blog

  image Stephanie Pui-Mun Law (ShadowScapes Tarot)

julia iredale (ostara tarot) 

 

 marseilles tarot deck

The 10 Wands represents an opportunity to 'stick or twist' – you have reached the point which you set out to reach, now you can sit there or you can move on to new things. But taking on too much can take a toll - Setbacks and losses could follow – is it time you took things easier? Learned to delegate? Or to specialize? Or simply to be more selective?
This card raises questions about the use of your precious energy and represents quite an ‘expense’ if things don’t work out - on the other hand, that expense could be worthwhile if the experience settles things finally, one way or the other - it leaves the question - at the expense of what? 10s are invariably positive in allowing you to move on, whatever the outcome, so not playing this card could leave you forever a little stuck. Whether it is worthwhile or not is something you will almost certainly know already. -heart shaped world

Transformation

I went as far as one could go

And then went farther

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

Two of Wands

"Designing and implementing a strategy for change is a waste of time until you have discovered and embraced the current reality."

~Andy Stanley 1958-

...signifies the harnessing of one's personal power...
...the receiving part of the personality is open to learning...
...the active part of the personality is demonstrative...
...the dream vision is intuition awakening, a form of fire that precedes verbal communication...
...the personality may have flashes of insight or understanding of what it is capable of doing....

-motherpeace

...Mind can accept any boundary anywhere. But the reality is that, by its very nature, existence cannot have any boundary, because what will be beyond the boundary? --again another sky.
Don't be content easily. Those who remain content easily remain small...this smallness is your own imposition upon your freedom...

-osho

Strength

Strength, an essential fusion of physical power,

perception from the center and radiant mental energy.
Serene in the midst of chaos, infinity is her womb.

"For they have sown the wind,
and they shall reap the whirlwind…”
~Hosea 8:7a

I am Spirit

Making body
is what I do

I am Body

Expressing spirit
is what I do

I am Primal
I am Sublime

You are strongest
When Both are One
-crone

When this card comes up in your reading, pay attention to what you have passion for and use this passion to further your life. This is a card of enormous courage, vitality and power to achieve anything within your imagining. The power you have is not a power over others but a power from within, a strength you have that is really your own. You do not need to hold it over others, but use this inner strength calmly and by example many others may discover this most powerful strength.

-Connie Lehman

mixed hand embroidery including needle punch

"Conduct your blooming
in the noise and whip
of the whirlwind."

~Gwendolyn Brooks