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Five of Swords
Tarot de Marseille
Essence: A new idea making its way, vision and ideals on the plane of the mind, conviction, defending a position, words getting sharper
General meaning
Upright
new ideaconvictionvisiondefenceargument
↕ Reversed: Conviction that turns into dogma, imposing ideas, arguing to be right, paralysing doubts, verbal confrontations
By topic
- Love
clashing positionsdialogue that brings you togetherdefending what you feelconvictionclarity
- Friendship
debatedefending a friendopposing positionshonestyargument
- Family
discussion of ideasdefending a positiondialoguevaluesconvictions
- Career
defending a proposalthought leadershipconvictionargumentvision
- Work
a project defended with argumentsnew ideaconvictionproposaldebate
- Studies
thesisargumentdefending a positionyour own ideadebate
- Money
defending a financial positionarguments for negotiatinginvestment ideaconvictionfinancial vision
- Pets
defending the animalconviction about its carefirm rulesvet argumentsclarity
- Health
therapeutic convictiondefending a treatmentdetermined mindargumentsinformation
- Choices
defend your own choiceconvictionargue your caseclear visionideal
- Creative projects
founding ideamanifestoa concept with directiondefending the projectvision
- Creativity
a clear concept that gives directionmanifestoguiding ideaconvictionvision
The keywords for each topic describe the card upright; the reversed meaning has its own line.
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