The Meaning of the Five of Swords in the Tarot Card System

The 5 (Five) of Swords

General Meaning

Defeat, disgrace, heavy loss, lack of self-belief, confrontation with those around you, conflicts, resistance, encroachment on the querent's property. In the near future you may have to face humiliation, anxiety, losses, fear, and failure. A dark period in life. Stress, tears, conflicts with those around you. A feeling of despair — it seems as though everyone has turned against you.

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Meaning in Situations

Most likely, your behavior appears negative and destructive to those around you. You should swallow your pride and impose certain limits on yourself — only then will you be able to achieve what you want. You are being selfish and refuse to admit that you have taken on something you do not really enjoy. Most likely, you blame others for your own mistakes. Your main goal is victory, no matter what price you pay for it. Perhaps you got what you had dreamed of for so long, only to suddenly realize that this victory does not bring you the long-desired peace and does not fulfill all your wishes. Your aggressive behavior will not help you achieve the desired result — it will accomplish exactly the opposite. You must finally accept that not everything is within your power and not everything can be changed, so you would do better to concede defeat.

Defeat — not an outright defeat, but a victory won at too great a cost. An unfinished victory, a victory with an ambiguous outcome.

Work

Competition that can only be beaten temporarily but never defeated completely (for example, the field of cutting-edge technology). Large investments but small profits. Fly-by-night companies — they took the money and shut down.

Health

Save the patient at any cost.

Relationships

The desire to conquer a partner at any price, followed by dissatisfaction — what was it all for? A relationship in which the process of conquest is more interesting than the prize itself. A scandal with no result: they quarreled and then calmed down.

Personality Type

A brawler, a "fighting dog" with a death grip.

Advice and Warning

Advises seeing the matter through to victory by any means. Warns that the price of victory may be far too high.

Yes or No

"No." The game is not worth the effort.

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Reversed Meaning

The positive meaning of the reversed card is that the slander and attacks against you have finally come to an end. The negative side — you feel humiliated, and at times it seems to you that you are being persecuted. Your self-esteem is very low. This may be because you were regularly humiliated before and recently suffered a crushing defeat. It is possible that someone is regularly stalking you or even openly attacking you.

Even worse than in the upright position. Loss, retreat from the fight.

Reversed Meaning: Work

Withdrawing from the market for a while, falling back to reserve positions.

Reversed Meaning: Health

Conservative treatment that provokes acute manifestations of the illness in order to clarify the diagnosis.

Reversed Meaning: Relationships

Giving up the fight for a partner for a time.

Reversed Meaning: Personality Type

Defeated, but not broken.

Reversed Meaning: Advice and Warning

Advises conceding defeat for a time (surrender in order to win). Warns that a brutal fight lies ahead.

Reversed Meaning: Yes or No

There is a risk of loss.