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The Five of Swords is a complex and often misunderstood card with many interpretations. Encompassing both victory and defeat, heroism and surrender, it tends to shake up any tarot spread when it appears, but that doesn’t make it a negative card by any means. We’ll tell you everything you need to know about the Five of Swords, including its powerful imagery, upright and reversed meanings, yes-or-no readings, and its most significant synergies with other key cards.
Things You Should Know
- The upright Five of Swords represents challenges, adversaries, battles, action, victory, defeat, and surrender.
- The reversed Five of Swords represents resolution, acceptance, moving forward, and learning.
- The Five of Swords depicts a victorious young man holding the spoils of a battle as his adversaries retreat into the distance, sorrowful and defeated.
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