Card 10
The Scythe
La Faux
Original French
La faux doit annoncer
L’approche d’un danger.
Pourtant, quoi que tu fasses,
Il faut que tu y passes.
English
The scythe announces the approach of danger. Yet whatever you do, you must pass through it.
The reading carried by the verse
Danger approaches and cannot simply be avoided. The scythe asks for alertness and a decisive passage through.
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