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==General description==  | ==General description==  | ||
In the [[Rider-Waite Tarot]] deck, [[Pamela Colman Smith]] depicts the Five of Swords as a disdainful man looking after two retreating and dejected figures. Their swords lie upon the ground. He carries two others on his left shoulder, and a third sword is in his right hand, point to earth. He is the master in possession of the field.  | In the [[Rider-Waite Tarot]] deck, [[Pamela Colman Smith]] depicts the Five of Swords as a disdainful man looking after two retreating and dejected figures. Their swords lie upon the ground. He carries two others on his left shoulder, and a third sword is in his right hand, point to [[earth]]. He is the master in possession of the field.  | ||
==Divinatory meaning==  | ==Divinatory meaning==  | ||
The element of   | The element of [[earth (element)|earth]] with its influence of [[Mars]] and [[Saturn]] on the Fifth house, ruling the heart, is certain to lead to a feeling of being wronged by the world, an inner bitterness and impotence, which hinders enterprise and business; so these will suffer. The heart itself, being of precisely the opposite nature, will suffer and find things awkward, horrible, and hideous.  | ||
However, he may be the master of the field if his inner force is great enough to conquer the afflictions which assail him. In other words, it need not be a card of absolute defeat, for there may very well be a good result, but nevertheless it denotes serious difficulty and a critical moment or period in life, in which the querent or some one to whom it relates will be threatened with the above-mentioned sad effects.  | However, he may be the master of the field if his inner force is great enough to conquer the afflictions which assail him. In other words, it need not be a card of absolute defeat, for there may very well be a good result, but nevertheless it denotes serious difficulty and a critical moment or period in life, in which the querent or some one to whom it relates will be threatened with the above-mentioned sad effects.  | ||