- Arcana
- Minor · five of swords
- Correspondence
- Venus in Aquarius · first decan
- Element
- Air
- Sign
- Aquarius
- Planet
- Venus
Five of Swords
Venus in Aquarius · first decan
Upright
hollow victory · cost · conflict won badly
You can win this and be left holding the field alone. Count what the win costs.
Reversed
reconciliation · grudge · walking away
Either the beginning of repair, or a defeat still being carried around as a grievance.
Why this astrology
The pips two through ten map onto the thirty-six decans, ten degrees of the zodiac each, so Five of Swords is venus in aquarius · first decan — a planet working through a particular third of a sign. Aces are the root of their element and the courts carry it as temperament.