Swords

Five of Swords

Degradation
destruction
revocation
infamy

Divinatory Meanings

Degradation, destruction, revocation, infamy, dishonour, loss, with the variants and analogues of these.

Waite's Symbolic Description +

A disdainful man looks after two retreating and dejected figures. Their swords lie upon the ground. He carries two others on his left shoulder, and a third sword is in his right hand, point to earth. He is the master in possession of the field