Upright Meaning:
Pulling the Five of Swords in a home and family reading upright is telling me that you’ve been fighting with your family. Are you and your partner not seeing eye to eye? Are you and your roommate or relative butting heads at home? Whoever the person is, you will be the “winner” of these arguments in the end, but it will cost you your relationship with that person.
Pulling this card upright here is a warning: is losing this person worth winning an argument? If not, then sit down and do your best to have a productive conversation with them.
Reversed Meaning:
If the Five of Swords is reversed in your home and family reading, you’ve probably just moved past a big argument in your domestic situation. Things are calmer now, but feelings are very seriously hurt. You need to instigate an apology. Your roommate, your partner, your sibling, or parent may soon leave you or ask you to leave the home you share if you don’t apologize.