The Five of Swords can be summed up as the power of fear to dominate one’s reality. You may have experienced several setbacks in the past, and because of that you may find it difficult to take further risks. The more you feed these ideas, the stronger they become, until you have surrounded yourself with false enemies. It is through the mechanism of fear that your unconscious beliefs may end up creating your reality. Make sure that your fears do not prevent you from taking more risks and trying again.