54-Five of Swords Upright Rider Waite Work Tarot Reading

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Career, Work Or Retirement:

In the context of work, the Five can show that you may be your own worst enemy. Don’t expect the entire system to be changed just because you believe it should be different. How you speak your mind is as important as what you say. There may be some unfairness at play in your work world. Be sure that your behavior is impeccable.

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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Complete Book of Tarot
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Complete Book of Tarot: Hebrew letter: Yud or Yod (an arm and closed hand; a Hebrew word meaning to do a deed, make, work, throw, or worship; a closed fist holding something). Notice the Hermit’s arm and closed fist holding the lantern on the card.

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Reversed Cards: Have you ever thought for sure things were going to go your way, only to find the situation didn’t work out the way you thought at all? Welcome to the Five of Swords in the protection aspect. The thing that didn’t happen wasn’t mean to. It was not your path, and it was not the best outcome for you. It may not feel like it now, but in time you will see that this was all just a bump in the road along your journey to happier and more prosperous results.

Complete Book of Tarot: The Golden Dawn used number associations in various ways to assign meanings to the tarot cards. One of their fundamental ideas was to pair the thirty-six pip cards numbered two through ten with the thirty-six decans of the zodiac. What is a decan?

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Complete Book of Tarot: Card 6, the near future, was the Nine of Swords, sometimes called the nightmare card. It depicts a woman, perhaps a cloistered nun, sitting up in bed at night in a state of worry and preoccupation. The querent said that the possibility of not being able to have children was weighing heavily on his girlfriend’s mind. In addition, her mother’s health has recently concerned her.