Tarot Card Meaning: Five of Swords

Five of Swords in a Tarot Card Reading

The five of swords means Defeat. Sometimes it is double defeat, when there is also rejection. This is giving up on communication, leaving behind the debate and the active listening. After no ability to get through, another side or all sides may choose to step back and disengage, realizing it is the best option.

The energy here of Venus in the sign of Aquarius, she is detached here, and cold. Not the environment or worries that Venus prefers. This is a change leading up to the next needed evolution for the growing community and family, which is not as small and simple as it used to be.

Five of Swords is associated with the planet Venus, this means that the qualities of the planet are embodied in the archtype of the card that correspond to it. Five of Swords is associated with the astrology sign of Aquarius Five of Swords is the Aquarius tarot card - click here to read more about the astrology association to tarot.