And the Hello and welcome to Terro Bites. I'm Theresa Reed the Tarle Lady. I'm the author of the

Tarot Coloring Book and your host for this podcast series. This is episode 48 of

Tarro Bites. The podcast where I dish out short entertaining bite-sized lessons on how to read Terro.

For today's episode, our topic is The five of Wands.

So let's begin.

But before we begin, did you notice my new opening jingle?

Hey, it was time for a change.

You know, I just felt like I wanted something a little bit different to jazz things up and also a lot of people didn't like that

Sort of obnoxious flute with the old jingle so hopefully you guys are going to like this one a lot better.

All right let's go ahead and start talking about that five of Wands.

So the five of Wands is an interesting card, you know, depending on how you look at it, the figures

are either fighting or playing. Now in 78 degrees of wisdom, Rachel Pollack says this,

the young people are fighting but not to hurt each other. Like

children playing knights, they bang their sticks together without really hitting anyone.

They seek not to destroy, but to only compete for the sheer joy of action.

So let's take a look at those figures. You know, here's something interesting about actually all the figures

in the Riderweight Smith deck.

If you examine their faces, most of the time,

their expressions are rather neutral. So go on and flip through the deck and you'll see what I mean.

There are only a few figures with faces that convey a certain mode. For example, the Seven of Swords and the Five of Swords both have

smirks on their faces, which really lets you know that they're up to no good.

Now the Seven of Wands is another example. The figure there looks like he's really struggling.

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