Five of Swords
Five of Swords — the suit of air, of thought, conflict and trouble.
A disdainful man looks after two retreating and dejected figures. Their swords lie upon the ground. He carries two others on his left shoulder, and a third sword is in his right hand, point to earth. He is the master in possession of the field.
Divinatory meaning
Degradation, destruction, revocation, infamy, dishonor, loss, with the variants and analogues of these.
Reversed
The same; burial and obsequies. [Illustration]
From The Pictorial Key to the Tarot, A. E. Waite, page 56 of the library’s copy. The words are Waite’s.
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