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Five of Wands Tarot Card Meaning

Five of Wands belongs to the suit of Wands — the fire suit of will, creativity and ambition. Upright it speaks of competition, conflict, disagreement; reversed, of resolution, cooperation. Below — the original 1911 meaning by A. E. Waite, the card's archetype and its astrological correspondence.

Five of Wands tarot card — hand-illustrated Lunara deck
Minor Arcana · WandsFireSaturn in Leo

Upright meaning

“Imitation, as, for example, sham fight, but also the strenuous competition and struggle of the search after riches and fortune. In this sense it connects with the battle of life. Hence some attributions say that it is a card of gold, gain, opulence”
A. E. WAITE — THE PICTORIAL KEY TO THE TAROT, 1911

Keywords: competition, conflict, disagreement, tension, creative friction.

Reversed meaning

“Litigation, disputes, trickery, contradiction”
A. E. WAITE — THE PICTORIAL KEY TO THE TAROT, 1911

Keywords: resolution, cooperation, avoiding conflict.

The archetype

In the language of the intuition function (will, vision and desire — the fire of becoming): crisis — the function in conflict, loss as a teacher.

Astrology

Decan: Saturn in Leo. Fire triplicity (Aries, Leo, Sagittarius).

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