What do you do with an old statue after

Keep it if the person who placed it is still in the room — otherwise it goes.

The past is The Lovers upright: this statue was a choice made on values, not just a purchase — someone chose it, or someone gave it. The present is Five of Wands upright: it is now a contested object, and more than one party has a claim on where it goes, including you. The future is The Emperor reversed: if it gets handled by decree — one person deciding, rules about it, or shoving it to the back of a cupboard as a way of ending the argument — it turns into something rigid and closed off in your house rather than a settled question.

So, conditional on what you can check: if you ask around and someone still has a real attachment or a claim on that statue, it stays where it has honor, not where it has clearance. If nobody claims it, Five of Wands says the only battle left is a leftover one, and the Emperor reversed warns that keeping it out of stubbornness is the same mistake as dumping it.

Before you decide anything, ask the one person who was there when the old statue was set up — where it came from and who placed it. That answer is yours to get, and the cards don't have it.

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