Five of Swords

Description & Symbolism

Five of Swords

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

Upright

Degradation, destruction, revocation, infamy, dishonour, loss, with the variants and analogues of these.

An attack on the fortune of the Querent.

Reversed Meaning

Reversed

The same; burial and obsequies.

A sign of sorrow and mourning.