✦ Digital Sages
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Tarot card

Five of Swords

Also called Lord of Defeat
Tarot card1 tradition
overview

A man smirks, gathering swords while two defeated figures walk away: hollow victory and conflict.

Uses

  • Resolving conflict
  • Choosing your battles
ritual
Suit
Swords · Air
Golden Dawn title
Lord of Defeat
Decan
Venus in Aquarius (0°–10° Aquarius)
Sephira
Geburah (5)
Upright
Conflict, defeat, winning at a cost, tension
Reversed
Reconciliation, making amends, moving on

Working with it

Ask yourself whether winning this argument is worth what it costs, and decide before you speak.

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Where the traditions place it