Properties of 5 of Swords

 

Alternate Names: Defeat

 

Keywords / Additional Meanings:

An attack on the fortune of the Querent. Reversed: A sign of sorrow and mourning.

 

Description:

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, dishonour, loss, with the variants and analogues of these.

Reversed Meaning:

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

 

Astrological / Elemental Correspondence: Venus in Aquarius