Five of Wands: Yes or No
What answer the Five of Wands card gives to a yes or no question: “no”, and how to treat it.
Author: Max Raputum, Warsaw
The answer of Five of Wands: “No”
The Five of Wands is conflict and rivalry, so the answer is “no”: the situation is noisy, and the result you ask about is hindered by a fight now.
What the answer depends on
The answer depends on whether you can get out of arguments and agree. While everyone pulls their own way, “yes” will not happen.
If the card is reversed
Reversed, the answer is “Maybe”. The reversed Five softens “no” into “maybe”: the conflict is ending or you are avoiding an argument. The answer will appear when the tension drops.
What to do next
Work out who and what you are really arguing about and offer a concrete agreement.
The answer in questions of love and work
If the question is about feelings: The Five of Wands in love is arguments, rivalry and the energy of conflict. If the question is about work: The Five of Wands at work is competition, arguments and a chaotic fight of ideas.
How to check the answer
Check the answer with three questions: is there “competition” in my situation? Is the lack of “argument” getting in my way? What am I missing if I look through the theme of “chaos”?
About the Five of Wands card
Five of Wands is a card of the suit of Wands, element fire. The keywords of the card: competition, argument, chaos, a fight for position. In questions about a choice or a decision it works through its key themes, not through specific events. The general interpretation upright and reversed is on the page of the card.
The Five of Wands card in other questions
Frequently asked questions
Is the Five of Wands card a yes or a no?
In a yes or no spread the answer is “No”. The Five of Wands is conflict and rivalry, so the answer is “no”: the situation is noisy, and the result you ask about is hindered by a fight now.
What does Five of Wands reversed mean in a yes or no answer?
The answer is “Maybe”. The reversed Five softens “no” into “maybe”: the conflict is ending or you are avoiding an argument. The answer will appear when the tension drops.
What does the answer of Five of Wands depend on?
The answer depends on whether you can get out of arguments and agree. While everyone pulls their own way, “yes” will not happen.