Danse Macabre · Ten of Swords

It is darkest just before dawn.

Denotes:

The Ten of Swords is very similar to the Death card of the Major Arcana. Desolation, catastrophe, defeat, ruin. The hopes and dreams of the past are crushed, though new ones may arise in time.

When reversed or otherwise ill-dignified:

Doubt, mistrust, betrayal.