Tarot card meanings · Minor Arcana · Swords

Seven of Swords

Assessment and perseverance — taking stock before the next push — in the realm of thoughts, truth and the decisions you are circling.

Seven of Swords
Lunara deck · ◇

How Lunara reads it

Upright: Assessment and perseverance — taking stock before the next push — in the realm of thoughts, truth and the decisions you are circling.

Reversed: Doubt or impatience undermining work that is actually progressing — in the realm of thoughts, truth and the decisions you are circling.

Keywords: patience, clarity · reversed: doubt, clarity

Correspondences

  • Element: Air
  • Planet: Moon
  • Zodiac: Aquarius
  • Yes / no: no · reversed: maybe

When it appears upright

  • Refusing to do something dishonest, even when there's no chance of ever being caught
  • Handling a difficult situation with finesse
  • Pointing out assumptions
  • Acting ethically in public and in private
  • Living a life that is beyond reproach

When it appears reversed

  • Stealing or lying
  • Doing whatever you can get away with, simply because you can
  • Looking for a way around consequences
  • Justifying wicked behavior by focusing on the wickedness of others
  • Failing to examine your own motives and prejudices

Classic readings

  • Don't assume people around you are worthy of your trust
  • Ask for an accounting of where people have been, and what they've been doing

In love

Upright: secrecy, dishonesty in love, avoiding commitment, hidden motives. Reversed: confession, coming clean, exposed secrets, conscience.

In work and money

Upright: strategic planning, office politics, working independently, questionable professional tactics. Reversed: exposure of tactics, coming clean, conscience, revealed deception.

Inner life

Upright: self-deception, hidden motives, spiritual avoidance, need for honesty and integrity. Reversed: confession, self-deception revealed, conscience, coming clean.

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