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Five of Swords Tarot Card Meaning

Five of Swords belongs to the suit of Swords — the air suit of the mind, truth and conflict. Upright it speaks of conflict, winning the wrong way, tension; reversed, of reconciliation, release of grudges. Below — the original 1911 meaning by A. E. Waite, the card's archetype and its astrological correspondence.

Five of Swords tarot card — hand-illustrated Lunara deck
Minor Arcana · SwordsAirVenus in Aquarius

Upright meaning

“Degradation, destruction, revocation, infamy, dishonour, loss, with the variants and analogues of these”
A. E. WAITE — THE PICTORIAL KEY TO THE TAROT, 1911

Keywords: conflict, winning the wrong way, tension, ego battles, walking away.

Reversed meaning

“The same; burial and obsequies”
A. E. WAITE — THE PICTORIAL KEY TO THE TAROT, 1911

Keywords: reconciliation, release of grudges, remorse.

The archetype

In the language of the thinking function (discrimination, conflict and truth — the air of the mind): crisis — the function in conflict, loss as a teacher.

Astrology

Decan: Venus in Aquarius. Air triplicity (Gemini, Libra, Aquarius).

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