5♀︎ ♒︎Five of SwordsDefeat (Venus in Aquarius)THOTH *

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Five of Swords

Thoth · Defeat (Venus in Aquarius)

Essence: Five bent, notched swords forming an inverted star, defeat from giving in at the worst moment, surrendering to avoid conflict

General meaning

defeatgiving inhumiliationweaknessloss

↕ Reversed: Settling into the victim role, not getting up after the blow

Love: giving in too muchsubmissionlost argumentunequal relationshiphumiliation
Friendship: always giving inunequal friendshiphumiliationbetrayalabandonment
Family: lost conflictgiving in for the sake of peacetensioninjusticewear
Career: failing in a competitionlosing a postcaving inpressurehumiliation
Work: losing a power strugglegiving in to pressurehumiliation at worklost conflictabuse
Studies: giving upadverse resultlosing confidencedropping outlack of motivation
Money: lossbad dealgiving in during negotiationscamgains that vanish
Pets: docile animal that gives insubmissionfearlost fightweakness
Health: weaknessexhaustionlow moodloss of strengthlow defences
Choices: don't give in just to avoid conflictavoid surrenderingacknowledge the defeatlearnbeware of deciding out of fear
Creative projects: abandonmentgiving in to criticismdefeat by the competitionloss of momentumgiving up
Creativity: losing faith in the workgiving up authorshipcrushing criticismgiving upblock

The keywords for each topic describe the card upright; the reversed meaning has its own line.

With court cards, someone makes you give in. Example: Five of Swords (Defeat) + Prince of Wands is letting an impetuous person walk over you.
With strength cards, you get back up. Example: Five of Swords + Lust is getting your courage back after losing.
With Cups, you give in too much. Example: Five of Swords + Two of Cups (Love) is an unequal relationship.

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