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Ten of Swords

Lord of Ruin

The face of Ten of Swords, engraved in gold on black, with its title, Lord of Ruin.

It is finished. The worst has passed, and the sky is already paling.

Upright

Endings, rock bottom and release. The worst is over.

Reversed

Recovery, regeneration or resisting an ending already complete.

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The spirit work

In the Goetia, Gaap, guide of the four kings, by day; Decarabia, who makes birds fly before the seeker, by night. Rest and wait for first light.

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Correspondences

DecanSun in Gemini, 20° to 30°, the third face
Tree of LifeMalkuth in Yetzirah
Governing angelsDamabiah by day, Manakel by night
Image of the decanA man seeking arms; a fool with a bird in one hand and a pipe in the other.
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Day spiritGaap, president
The seal of Gaap

Appears as a man walking before four great kings, as their guide. Makes knowing or ignorant, causes love or hatred, frees familiars, carries people swiftly, answers truly. Goetia 33.

Night spiritDecarabia, marquis
The seal of Decarabia

Appears as a star in a pentacle, then a man. Knows the virtues of birds and precious stones and makes birds fly and sing before the magician. Goetia 69.

Ten of Swords in the guidebookAll seventy-eight cards

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Notes on sources

The meanings, the questions and the correspondences are the guidebook’s own. The paths, letters and astrology follow the Golden Dawn’s attributions; the angels are the Shem ha-Mephorash, as the deck gives them; the spirits, shown only when you ask for them, are the seventy-two of the Goetia. Where each comes from, and what is old and what is modern, is set out in the guidebook’s Notes on sources and seals.