Five of Wands reversed
Reversed, the staffs are lowered. The card can show conflict avoided, a dispute settling, or a group finally agreeing on a direction.
Reversed keywords
- avoiding conflict
- disputes fading
- inner conflict
- exhaustion from fighting
- agreement
What Five of Wands reversed means
Reversed, the staffs are lowered. The card can show conflict avoided, a dispute settling, or a group finally agreeing on a direction. It can also show the less healthy version: a fight that has gone inward, so that you argue with yourself instead of with others, or exhaustion that makes you concede points you should have held. Ask whether the peace is real or just tired.
In love, reversed
Conflict avoided rather than resolved, or a quarrel finally dying down. If you have been dodging the argument, it is still there. If you have had it, let the peace hold.
At work, reversed
Conflict avoided rather than resolved, or a dispute finally settling. If you have been dodging the argument, it is still there. If you have had it, let the peace hold.
Money, reversed
A money dispute avoided rather than settled, or one finally dying down. If you have been dodging the conversation about who pays, it is still there.
As feelings, reversed
Conflict, or the avoidance of it, sits behind this feeling. They may be tired of arguing, or so wary of friction that they keep their real views to themselves. Sometimes the struggle is internal, a tug of war between wanting you and doubting it.
As a person, reversed
The shadow is someone who either fights for the sake of it or will not fight at all. This person may pick small battles to feel alive, or bottle up disagreements until they leak out sideways. Either way, the real issue can go unaddressed.
As advice, reversed
Have the argument you have been avoiding, or stop having the one that is only in your head. If the peace between you is tired rather than real, say so. Conceding points you should hold is not harmony.
Yes or no, reversed
Five of Wands reversed softens a hard card into a maybe: avoiding conflict and disputes fading. The outcome depends on what you do next.
Waite's reversed meaning (1911)
Litigation, disputes, trickery, contradiction.
Questions
- What does Five of Wands reversed mean?
- Reversed, the staffs are lowered. The card can show conflict avoided, a dispute settling, or a group finally agreeing on a direction. Its reversed keywords are avoiding conflict, disputes fading, inner conflict and exhaustion from fighting.
- Is Five of Wands reversed a yes or no?
- Five of Wands reversed softens a hard card into a maybe: avoiding conflict and disputes fading. The outcome depends on what you do next.
- What does Five of Wands reversed mean in love?
- Conflict avoided rather than resolved, or a quarrel finally dying down. If you have been dodging the argument, it is still there.
- What does Five of Wands reversed mean as feelings?
- Conflict, or the avoidance of it, sits behind this feeling. They may be tired of arguing, or so wary of friction that they keep their real views to themselves. Sometimes the struggle is internal, a tug of war between wanting you and doubting it.
Readings here are possibilities to reflect on, not predictions. Draw your own cards or ask a yes-or-no question.