Five of Wands

Five of Fire · a card from the Eutheum deck

Upright

competition, conflict, tension

Reversed

avoiding conflict, truce

Upright meaning

Rivalry, dispute, a clash of different views and ambitions. The Five of Fire doesn't have to mean hostility: it is often healthy competition and a test of strength from which something new emerges. Like the young people and Nubytes sparring with staffs, it's more of a trial than a war.

Reversed meaning

Avoiding conflict at all costs, or a dispute that has stopped being creative and become exhausting. Time to look for common ground.

Love and relationships

Quarrels, disagreements, tension that may clear the air. Reversed: weariness from constant bickering, or sweeping problems under the rug.

Work and money

Competition, different opinions in the team, brainstorming. Reversed: a conflict that blocks the work, a need for mediation.

The card's advice

Treat the dispute as training, not war. Whoever listens, wins.

In Natuland

Young people and Nubytes clash with burning staffs in a dusty clearing among red rocks. Sparks fly and staffs cross, but it is more a trial of strength than hostility.

Symbols on the card

• Five crossed staffs: rivalry and tension.
• Members of different peoples: different characters and ambitions.
• Dust and sparks: a conflict you can learn something from.

The cards, characters and lands come from the novel “The Eutheum Awakening”. See the book →