The Pictorial Key to the Tarot

Swords
FiveA 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. Divinatory Meanings: Degradation, destruction, revocation,
infamy, dishonour, loss, with the variants and analogues of these. Reversed: The same; burial and
obsequies.