Five of Swords
Five of Swords warns you to pick your battles wisely and think before you act, as conflicts and disagreements can cause lasting harm even when you win. It represents tension and disagreement, hollow victories, treachery, loss, and defeat, highlighting the moral cost of winning at others' expense. The card cautions that apparent success may leave you isolated or regretful for hurting others. Reversed, it signals unresolved conflicts, the re-opening of wounds, and the possibility of negotiating or a willingness to change.
Keywords
Five of Swords
Meaning
Pick your battles wisely, and think before you act. Five of Swords is about tension and disagreement with others. Even if you have won the battle, you may have still lost by hurting others.
Keywords
Conflict, hollow victories, treachery, loss, defeat
Reversed Keywords
Unresolved conflicts, re-opening wounds, negotiating, willingness to change
Visual Description
Five swords with twisted golden hilts stand embedded in a bare brown ground against a slate-gray, stormy sky. The blades are crossed and angled, forming small clusters with three on the left and two on the right. Scattered around their bases are black and white feathers and small rips in the earth; no people appear in the scene.
Anima Mundi tarot
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