54-Five of Swords Upright Thoth Family Tarot Reading

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Family, Friends & Relationships:

In general, the Five of Swords can indicate that someone you care about may be away for a while. Don’t get too possessive if that’s the case. Assume that they will be coming back to you. The Five can indicate conflicts, both external and internal. Don’t escalate conflicts unnecessarily. Think before you act.

Card Meanings: Self-Sabotaging Behaviour, Lack Of Communication, Deception, Abuse, Standing Up For Yourself, Self-Sacrifice, Crime, Cowardliness, Assault, Serious Conflict, Empty Victory, Hostility, Surrender, Murder, Violence, Walking Away, Fighting Back, Victory, Intimidation, Bullying, Rape, Change, Defeat, Aggression, Underhanded Behaviour, Overcoming Challenges

When the Five of Swords appears, you are likely to find yourself with some mixed feelings about life in general and about a few people in particular. Don’t ignore these, but don’t feel like you have to speak every word you’re thinking and feeling either, as you could ruin the very things that you want the most – such as close, intimate relationships with your friends and lover. Think several times before you really let someone have it even if they deserve it. Pick your battles.

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Portable Magic: How much success you have in contacting your subject depends on many factors. Those who are psychically receptive will become aware of you and will think of you at the same time you do this exercise. Close friends, family members, or a lover are more likely to become aware of your contact than casual friends. Some times of day are more conducive to success than others. The best time is at night when the air is still, and when the cares of the day have been pressed to the background of the mind. If you do this exercise when your subject is asleep, that person may dream about you.

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Tarot Card Meanings: Five of Swords; this card has a number of meanings but generally the sense of defeat, disgrace, disappointment are the main associations described in older sources.  Quarrels amongst friends, family or associates which will lead to defeat or loss are highly likely.  Mental turmoil and distress are indicated.  Reversed; defeat in the short term but with positive results is indicated by some sources.  Older texts regard the Five of Swords when reversed to indicate a funeral.

Portable Magic: Each court card has two elemental properties that work in combination to define the nature of the card the background element and the foreground element. The first is the element that comes from the suit to which the court card belongs. For example, all court tarot cards in Wands have as their base or foundation the element of Fire, which is the element of the entire suit of Wands. The background element of the suit serves as a stable foundation against which the foreground element functions. It is much the same as the astrological relationship between the signs of the zodiac and the planets. The planets act against the background of the signs, which color or modify their meanings.

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