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Ten of Wands

Lord of Oppression

The face of Ten of Wands, engraved in gold on black, with its title, Lord of Oppression.

You are carrying more than is yours. Put one thing down and the road reappears.

Upright

Burden, overcommitment and responsibility. You are carrying too much, often by choice.

Reversed

Laying the load down, delegating or burning out if you refuse.

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The spirit work

In the Goetia, Eligos by day knows how battles will go; Balam by night gives true answers and makes one invisible. Ask what you can put down without loss.

Where the card sits

Correspondences

DecanSaturn in Sagittarius, 20° to 30°, the third face
Tree of LifeMalkuth in Atziluth
Governing angelsReiyel by day, Omael by night
Image of the decanA man the colour of gold, idly playing with a staff.
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Day spiritEligos, duke
The seal of Eligos

Appears as a goodly knight with lance, ensign and serpent. Discovers hidden things, knows the course of wars, wins the love of lords. Goetia 15.

Night spiritBalam, king
The seal of Balam

Appears as three heads (bull, man, ram), flaming eyes, riding a bear with a goshawk. Answers truly of all times, makes invisible and witty. Goetia 51.

Ten of Wands 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.