The Card Codex
Five of Wands

Minor Arcana · Wands

Five of Wands

Upright

rivalryfrictioncompeting truths

It is not so much people colliding as their truths, each side certain of its own. Take it as tempering rather than war: your own edge is sharpened against someone else's.

Reversed

dodging the quarreltension held insidelooking for common ground

You are walking around a conversation that is long overdue, and carrying the argument inside instead. Say out loud where the disagreement is, and look for where the goal is still shared.