Ten of Wands

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Card Meaning: Drudgery, oppression and tedium. Cruelty and the distress which follows. Shouldering the burdens of others. Impotent anger and depression against an overbearing force. Drowning in a multitude of obligations.

Qabalistic/Astrological significance: The influence of Malkuth and Saturn upon the third decan of Sagittarius. A free spirit crushed by the weight of mundane responsibility, familial duty, and/or tyranny.