- Suit
- Swords
- Keywords
- Hollow victory • Cost
- Astrology
- Venus in Aquarius, 1st decan
- Yes or no
- No
An argument you win and still lose; the price of being right.
Five of Swords upright
An argument you win and still lose; the price of being right. Swords belong to air: thought, words and conflict. A Swords card points at a decision or a story you are telling yourself.
Five of Swords reversed
Wanting to make peace; seeing there's no point in keeping the fight going.
A reversed card is not automatically bad news. It can mean the upright meaning is weaker, turned inward, or flipped; the cards around it tell you which.
In love and relationships
An argument where being right costs the relationship.
Work and money
A competition won that left no one happy; resentment stays behind.
Advice
You won the argument, but look at what you lost. Being right doesn't always pay. After winning, repairing the relationship is up to you.
Is Five of Swords yes or no?
No. This card leans toward no, or not like this: what you are asking about runs into the obstacle the card describes.
Astrological correspondence
In the Golden Dawn system, which the Rider-Waite-Smith deck was drawn within, Five of Swords corresponds to Venus in Aquarius, 1st decan.
