Five of Arrows (Five of Wands)
Tarot card meaning
This is a card for a time when life is in full swing. When there are arguments, questions. And these arguments can be between equals. They can also be about authority, or arguments with parents. Or standing up for your opinion, competition, conflict, some obstacles. On the card, everyone is equally matched.
How it changes with the cards next to it
Depending on which cards lie next to it, the Five of Wands reads differently:
- as competition;
- as a fight between equals;
- as lots of thoughts in your head, all tangled up — inner chaos, that is, not an outside conflict.
Money and work
Competition, arguments at work, clashing ambitions of different leaders. Everyone pulls the blanket their way, defending their own interests.
Love and relationships
Getting used to each other’s personalities, frequent fights over nothing, a power struggle in the couple — who’s in charge. Jealousy, or healthy or unhealthy competition for each other’s attention.
Personal growth
Tension, the feeling of fighting the outside world or your own contradictions, irritation, emotional exhaustion from constant clashes.
Choices and decisions
Uncertainty in the middle of chaos. You have to make decisions on the fly. Stand your ground in an argument or prove you’re good at what you do.
Hidden motives
The person may pick fights to assert themselves, to test how strong you are, to play at rivalry, or to defend their boundaries in a harsh way.
From the wider tradition
Not Tahmina’s own words: meanings common among other tarot readers, which she has reviewed and approved.
- Five people waving wands out of sync — the chaos of not working together, nobody hears anybody.
- A “sporting” fight that toughens you up; healthy competition.
- Small, annoying obstacles and disagreements, not a real war.
The section above is the shadow side of the upright card — every card has one. I don’t read cards upside down — here is why.
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