Five of Wands
Upright
Five staves clashing. Competition, friction, the healthy fight and the pointless one.
competition · friction · the healthy fight · the pointless one
Reversed
Conflict avoided or resolved; a quarrel you should walk away from.
conflict avoided · resolved
In astrology
Five of Wands is Saturn in Leo ♌︎ — the first ten degrees of the sign, roughly 23 July – 1 August. Saturn brings limits, time, structure; Leo is fixed fire.
In the Celtic Cross
Where Five of Wands falls changes what it says. In the present it names the atmosphere you are in; as the crossing card it shows what lies over the matter; at the foundation it is the root of the situation; in the outcome it is the road ahead if nothing changes. Read the ten positions, or lay a spread and see where it appears.
Draw this card for yourself
Where it falls is what it means. Lay a spread and see whether Five of Wands turns up — and in which position.