Card 26 • wands

Five of Wands

Brief Description

The Five of Wands represents conflicts, competition, and tension that block your ability to move toward your goals. It can manifest as internal conflict—inability to understand what you want—or interpersonal disputes involving multiple people. The card symbolizes necessary struggles that, while uncomfortable, often serve as stepping stones toward greater understanding and fulfillment.

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Keywords

DISAGREEMENT • COMPETITION • TENSION • CONFLICT

Upright Meaning

A two-headed snake pulls itself in different directions. The Five of Wands points to conflicts and changes. This Arcana speaks of tension and phenomena that block your ability to move toward your goal. This can be either internal conflict—the inability to understand what you want—or interpersonal conflict involving two or more people.

Reversed Meaning

You are trying your hardest to avoid conflict situations. You have a poor tolerance for tension between people and within yourself, so you ignore it and hope that everything will resolve itself. You may find that some of your hidden reactions and creative impulses are being suppressed for the sake of maintaining peace. Sometimes we need to accept conflict as a necessary step on the path to understanding and a sense of satisfaction.

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