Swords represent the suit of air: intellect and logic. Use that keen edge to slice through your problems and traumas.
 
The Tens in the Minor Arcana are the ultimate experience of this suit. They are the end of the journey.
 
Something is ending in a brutal and painful way. The Ten of Swords represents loss, an unexpected and abrupt end.
 
Allow yourself the grieving process but resist the temptation to wallow. Betrayal and deception hurt but lessons have been learned.
 
The ordeal is over. Take a deep healing breath and begin again. You possess the power and the intellect to start fresh.