5 of SwordsRider-Waite-Smith (RWS) Tarot Meaning
Number: 5 of Swords · Arcana: Minor Arcana — Swords
- Pyrrhic Victory
- Conflict
- Unfairness
Upright meaning
A hollow victory — the field won, but at the cost of others' dishonor and real loss.
Reversed meaning
That same defeat carried to its conclusion, closer now to a final, formal ending.
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