The Lovers and Ten of Swords

The Lovers with the last Gemini decan, which is the deck at its most final. The Ten of Swords is face down with ten blades and the sun coming up behind. The tradition reads the pair as a choice that ended something completely, and it is careful that the ending is not necessarily a mistake.

Associated with a decision that finished a relationship. Read as conclusive and as survivable.

A choice followed by a definitive close. Frequently read after the fact rather than before it.

The order is the reading and only you know it. A choice that caused this is a decision; a choice made because of it is a response.