XXXIX
The Lord of Defeat
Five of Swords

Five of Swords

Contest finished and decided against the person; failure, defeat, anxiety, trouble, poverty, avarice, grieving after gain, laborious, unresting; loss and vileness of nature; malicious, slanderous, lying, spiteful and tale-bearing. A busybody and separator of friends, hating to see peace and love between others. Cruel, yet cowardly, thankless and unreliable. Clever and quick in thought and speech. Feelings of pity easily roused, but unenduring.

Geburah of w (Defeat, loss, malice, spite, slander, evil-speaking).

Herein the Angels layna and hymcx bear rule.

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