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When the Five of Swords reversed appears in the context of love, you may be sacrificing your happiness because of a need to show/feel that you are ‘right.’ People have sensibly asked ‘Do you want to be ‘right’ or do you want to be happy?’ Sometimes you have to let go of your ego and simply accept things, whether you are looking for love or whether you are in in a long-term relationship.
Card Meanings: Revenge, Communication, Regret, Shame, Loss, Ending Conflict, Compromise, Overcoming Challenge, Escalating Violence, Defeat, Uncovered Crime, Major Sacrifice, Unfairness, Humiliation, Releasing Stress, Moving On, Risk Everything, Peaceful Resolution, Relentless, Remorse, Not Heeding Warnings, Arrest, Held Accountable
This card, the Lord of Defeat, has much more to do with how we limit ourselves in order to avoid disappointment, than it does to do with external events. Nobody ever gets every single thing they want out of life. But if, to avoid additional pain, they don’t take chances and risks, then they will end up never achieving their fullest potential, never seeking out success, and always feeling as though life has somehow done the dirty deed to them. A day ruled by the 5 of Swords may have more than its fair share of setbacks. You might get news that you don’t want, or have one of your hopes dented a bit. If that is the type of day you have, don’t turn that disappointment into fear. Spend some time with your feelings. You are entitled to feel let down when something that matters to you goes awry. Do something gentle with yourself, to remind yourself of the things which are right in your life. Give yourself a good cuddle. And then dust off your disappointment, and decide which course of action will serve you best in order to try to follow through on what you need. Very often, when we get a knock-back, we compound it by beating ourselves up. In no time at all, the original disappointment has been overwhelmed by a bunch of other negative thoughts and attitudes that hurt and damage us. By the time we’ve finished we are desperately distressed, have kicked our self-esteem into touch, and feel completely incapable of contributing anything useful or worthwhile.
If, instead of doing this, we empathise with ourselves, we will find the original disappointment easier to get into perspective, against the backcloth of the rest of our lives. We will find it simpler to see the REAL problem, rather than cloaking it with a bunch of insecurities and difficulties. And we will not gather fear around us which makes us hesitate when taking the next necessary step. If, on a day ruled by the Lord of Defeat, it is not outside events which cause problems, then spend time thinking about your overall attitudes. Seek out your fears about defeat, and confront them. Call them by name, and challenge them out into the light, where you can get a good look at them. Fearing pain does not stop us experiencing it. But living in accordance with fear can stop us from experiencing life.
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Creative Tarot: Thats a Five of Swords situation. You are engaged in a fight even though you know deep down there is no way to win. But youve invested so much time, so much thought and money, that you cant give up on the dream. Your pride is such that its not that you cant stand not winning, its that you cant stand the idea of losing. It has blinded you to the reality that this is not going to work. The only thing you can do is to drop the idea wholesale and walk away. Put that energy into a new project instead of squandering it on something that isnt meant to be.
Portable Magic: Why the Tarot has four court cards in each suit, and common playing cards have only three court cards in each suit, remains a mystery. All explanations are conjectural. It used to be widely assumed that the Knights represented court cards that had been lost from common playing decks at some point in their evolution, but now that we know playing cards are older than the Tarot, this explanation seems less plausible. In any case, traditional Italian and Spanish playing card decks contain a King, Knight, and Page in each suit, and omit the Queen, making the question even more obscure.
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Portable Magic: Your significator must always be chosen from among the court cards, and should be the card that most closely expresses your nature. It should be the court card in harmony with your personality, and need not reflect your physical appearance, although older men should usually choose a significator from the Kings and mature women a significator from among the Queens, whereas younger men should choose one of the Knights and younger women one of the Pages. Always use the same court card for your significator. Set it upright, from your own perspective, in the center of the circle.