What does the Five of Wands tarot card mean?

This card speaks of defending one's own interests among equally smart people. It is an opportunity to compare your capabilities and skills with those of others. The characters on the card have started a scuffle—it is unclear whether in earnest or in jest; nevertheless, it is obvious that this battle is clearly not real (at most, a training fight). However, the other cards in the spread will suggest just how principled this conflict actually is.

What does the Five of Wands reversed mean?

Unfair competition, fights without rules, where you could very well get stabbed in the back. Intrigues and disputes, legal problems, and lawsuits. Fanning quarrels, persecution, harassment. Being pushed out of a certain niche.

What does the Five of Wands mean in love?

Crowded together, yet bored apart. There is an agitating discomfort in the relationship, which can vary from minor disagreements to major scandals. Personal confrontations flare up constantly and for any reason, fueled by ambition and the desire to prove something to someone. This might just be a phase of rubbing off each other's rough edges (interestingly, one of the ancient meanings of this Arcana is "a prudent marriage"). As a rule, the friction of the Five of Wands serves mutual development, but surrounded by negative cards, it could turn into a pointless "battle of the titans."

What does the Five of Wands mean for career?

Competition, competition, and once again, competition. Intrigues and conflicts, but not particularly destructive ones, an atmosphere of mutual disagreement, "much ado about nothing," and things haven't moved an inch. Disputes over resources, property, copyrights, spheres of activity. A mass of disagreements on all sorts of operational issues, which clearly does not improve the working atmosphere.

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Five of Wands

Wands — Minor Arcana

Lord of Strife

"Hard in training, easy in battle"

The first decan of Leo from July 23 to August 2.

Astrological equivalents - Saturn in Leo or in air signs.

Mars in the 5th house as a symbol

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