Five of Wands

Number: 5 Arcana: Minor Arcana Suit: Wands Astrology: Saturn in Leo

Keywords

confrontation, disruption, distinction, objection, strife

Fortune Telling

• Prepare for a fight with your best friend
• Remember: once you let words loose, you can’t take them back

Meanings

Light

• Calmly expressing a dissenting opinion
• Allowing someone to use his or her own methods to get a job done
• Opening the floor for discussion or debate
• Comparing progress made so far to standards set earlier

Shadow

• Berating others for their ridiculous opinions
• Picking fights
• Offering destructive criticism
• Baiting people with barbed remarks
• Disrupting progress with an endless stream of pointless objections

Archetype

N/A

Numerology

5 (The Catalyst: instability, resistance, confrontation)

Elemental

N/A

Mythical/Spiritual

N/A

Affirmation

“I can express dissent in constructive ways.”

Questions to Ask

• To what extent is your current issue worth fighting for?
• What alternatives are there to outright conflict?
• What happens in a “fair fight?” How can you keep this fight fair?

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Reference: Tarot