The Suit of Hearts deals with the emotional level of consciousness and is associated with love, feelings, relationships and connections. Hearts are about displays of emotion, expression of feelings and the role of emotions in relation to others. The Hearts Cartomancy cards indicate that you are thinking with your heart rather than your head, and thus reflect your spontaneous responses and your habitual reactions to situations. Hearts are also linked to creativity, romanticism, fantasy and imagination. The negative aspects of the Suit of Hearts (i.e. when the Hearts cards appear reversed) include being overly emotional or completely disengaged and dispassionate, having unrealistic expectations and fantasizing about what could be. There may be repressed emotions, an inability to truly express oneself and a lack of creativity. The Suit of Hearts traditionally represents the west and autumn. If using an ordinary deck of playing cards, Hearts are represented by the Suit of Hearts.
Timing: When looking for time sensitive answers, Hearts generally means moderately slow, usually weeks to months.
Tens represent the maximum expression of the suit – all the events taking or taken place. Tens signify the conclusion of a cycle, event, or undertaking. Because of this they represent both an end as well as the early stages of a new beginning. These cards are about what completes that turn of the wheel, getting it back to one (aces) and yet carrying with it all that it has experienced through those other numbers on its way round the circle. Tens represent both the beginning and ending of a cycle or a set of circumstances born out of the previous cycle. As a result, we close the door on a cycle while at the same time we open the door on a new one. It represents the manifestation of all creation; life, ideas, form and launches us back into the same cycle hopefully wiser.
Upright Meanings: abundance, positivity, celebrating, physical well-being, acclaim, joy, satisfaction, hopes, pleasure, optimism, wishes coming true, recognition, fulfilment, entertaining, security, cheerfulness, rewards, high self-esteem, achievements, fame, realizing dreams, success, happiness, sex, sensuality, confidence, triumph, prosperity
abundance, positivity, celebrating, physical well-being, acclaim, joy, satisfaction, hopes, pleasure, optimism, wishes coming true, recognition, fulfilment, entertaining, security, cheerfulness, rewards, high self-esteem, achievements, fame, realizing dreams, success, happiness, sex, sensuality, confidence, triumph, prosperity
Reversed Meanings: keeping up appearances, disharmony, family secrets, dysfunctional family, social services, quarrel, rocky relationships, neglect, lack of security, lack of stability, lack of teamwork, miscarriage, losing your home, broken home, non-traditional families, not wanting marriage, waste, broken relationships, infertility, homesickness, divorce, unhappy home, unhappy family life, isolation, foster families, conflict, separation
When The Ten of Hearts is reversed, the strong bonds that one forges with family and community are broken, or twisted. The Ten of Hearts is truly the most ‘happily ever after card, but somehow this idealized image of domestic peace and comfort is broken, or was unrealistic all along. Instead of connections, you may find distance. Instead of coming together, you may be pulling apart.