Tarot Verbatim™

Ten of Wands - Nine of Swords chronic pain chronic - Ten of Wands pain - Nine of Swords Ten of Wands is anything long term, difficult, overwhelming, or slow. The picture of a man making slow progress carrying a huge load of logs on his back says all these things. 'Chronic' means long term, so here it is. Nine of Swords clutches his head; he has a headache that wakes him up in the middle of the night. This card seldom translates just pain, but today that's what it says....