It may easily lead to overconfidence and a proclivity to reach beyond your abilities, including a tendency to accept too many challenges. Or you may tend to impose your will on others, even through with the best of intentions. The unconscious force of the Ace of Wands has been replaced by the conscious force of the Dix. It is now a potent instrument that must be used circumspectly, or it will become self-defeating, and the Dix will be no better than the Ace. Mastery of Will and Spirit.
Rays emanate from it across a glowing background.
The Decad sends out its force as did the Ace, but whereas there was chaotic power at the center of the keraunos of the Ace, the keraunos of the Ten has at its center all the differentiated structure of the Decad. The rays and glowing background represent a much more disciplined manifestation of power. The Dix of Swords indicates a proper and satisfactory conclusion to intellectual, confrontational or divisive situations. In the best of cases this will be a consequence of courageous striving and in the service of noble goals. However, if there is not enough courage to maintain intellectual independence, or if intellectual vanity is allowed to grow, the result will most likely be defeat, ruin, jealousy and sorrow.