Five of Swords
The picture · Bright face · Shadow · Way through
Every card has four faces: what the picture shows, the bright face it turns when the situation supports it, the shadow when the same root is overdone or stuck, and the way through that the picture itself draws.
The picker-up of swords watches two walk away
Knowing which fight was never worth it
A win that leaves nothing worth keeping
The storm clouds are already tearing — fold this game, find the next
As your card of the day
If Five of Swords is the first card you draw today, the day leans toward “Knowing which fight was never worth it”. When it tips toward “A win that leaves nothing worth keeping”, remember the way the picture draws: The storm clouds are already tearing — fold this game, find the next.
Read Waite's 1911 text and the correspondences
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