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The Fairy Tarot- 5 of Spring
Rider-Waite- Smith- Five of Wands
The RWS- 5 of Wands displays 5 combatants. This whole RWS card bespeaks fiery conflict, which is the aggressive element of fire that is in and motivates "all things". This is a card of assertiveness, combativeness, and action--good or bad.
This card may mean great personal courage as our "first responders" risk their life to save someone else's or putting one's reputation on the line for something in which they believe. Therefore, it can mean popularity and success through one's own decisive actions. At best this is a card of candor, and of a clearly and emphatically expressed decision.
This is a card of Willfulness, so there is also impulsive action, which can bring on more trouble than it's worth. Hence, at its very worst, this card represents tyrannical, warring behavior or an aggressive attack being perpetrated on the querent. Five is also the number that represents the body Homo sapiens.
The 5 Star of Humanity
The Rider-Waite- Smith-5 of Wands, displays the activities of 5 youth, assaulting each other with fertile wands, mimicking war, or strife as a pentacle of wands is shown torn apart. On Traditional Tarot cards, each youth is shown dressed in assorted colors or styles, implying the chaos of different egos trying to prove they are right by using force. Here, it is also implied that the journey towards mastery, is strife filled. For to master any activity, including love or war, requires intensive training, focus diligence and determination; qualities that many who seek comfort, shy away from as "effort". Mastery of any art requires passion, devotion, and an uncompromising attitude.
The Fairy Tarot-5 of Spring
The Fairy Tarot-5 of Spring is also about competitive or confrontational behavior. Two fairies are shown competing in a field of hyacinths, while butterflies and bees buzz around their heads. Individually these are insignificant things, but combined they become big strife causing distractions.
When the 5 of Wands or 5 of Spring card is thrown during a reading it implies:
- There is a 5 day, 5-week or 5-month period in the querent's life consisting of quarreling, fighting, and violent strife or contest.
- Because of this volcanic energy, there is also boldness, rashness, and a certain amount of cruelty.
- Lust, desire, prodigality, and generosity are also possible.
- In such a fiery card, more so than many others, it really depends on which position the card is sitting and whether it is ill or well dignified.
If ill dignified by surrounding cards or reversed, it implies:
- There is soon to be, or is now being, quarreling, argument, and fighting in their immediate environment, which is deeply passionate and usually means in a relationship, be it family, or lover.
- Recklessness.
- Rash actions.
- If the 5 of Wands lands in the position of "finds you" (Celtic Cross) and/or the significator position, it usually means that the querent is in internal Strife over a situation and is unable to decide. Where the cards fall, tells all!
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