正位關鍵詞
- 超載
- 一肩挑盡
- 行至終點
- 成功的重負
- 承諾成堆
逆位關鍵詞
正位牌義
一個身影一次抱起十根權杖，臉埋進柴捆。權杖十是出了體重問題的成功：事業長大了、生活填滿了，所有的好與所有的重，在同一雙手臂裡。這張牌不問你扛不扛得動——你已經證明了扛得動。它問的是該不該扛，還要扛多久。你離門已經不遠，所以要漂亮地收尾，但現在就開始放下幾捆：分派、推遲、刪除。目標是跨過門檻時，還能抬頭。今天就放下一樣。
逆位牌義
逆位時，那捆柴要麼變輕，要麼砸落。健康的一面是釋放：交出職責、承認擔子太重、發現世界沒有你的肩膀也照轉。更硬的一面是垮塌或曝光：門面撐不住，難以為繼的安排自己現了形。如果你一直一面踉蹌一面維持體面，趁誠實還沒自行安排日程，先選誠實。也當心壓力下的人，把責備連重量一起卸給別人。無論如何，盤點一下：哪些真正是你的，哪些從來不是，哪些可以在下一道門口放下。
古典選段 — The Pictorial Key to the Tarot (1911), Part III §2
Divinatory Meanings: A card of many significances, and some of the readings cannot be harmonized. I set aside that which connects it with honour and good faith. The chief meaning is oppression simply, but it is also fortune, gain, any kind of success, and then it is the oppression of these things. It is also a card of false-seeming, disguise, perfidy. The place which the figure is approaching may suffer from the rods that he carries. Success is stultified if the Nine of Swords follows, and if it is a question of a lawsuit, there will be certain loss. Reversed: Contrarieties, difficulties, intrigues, and their analogies.