Seven of Swords
Seven of Swords
Number 7 Air
A swords card: thought, truth, and what you keep turning over.
Upright
getting away with itdeceptionstrategyacting alone
Someone is taking something and hoping not to be noticed. The Seven of Swords is deception: occasionally yours, more often self-deception, sometimes simply the decision to handle something alone and quietly. The figure leaves two swords behind, which is the tell: this will not entirely work.
Reversed
caughtconfessioncoming clean
It comes out. Reversed, this is being caught, confessing before you are caught, or the relief of stopping a pretence that was getting heavy. Also: giving up on doing it all alone.
What is in the picture
A man tiptoeing from a camp with five swords in his arms and two left standing behind him. He is looking back over his shoulder, grinning.
What it says about…
The line a reading leads with, depending on what you said you were asking about.
A bit of everything
Upright: something is being got away with, and not cleanly.
Reversed: it comes out, or you decide to say it first.
Love and relationships
Upright: something not being disclosed here.
Reversed: honesty, late but worth having.
Work and direction
Upright: a shortcut, or a colleague working an angle.
Reversed: own the mistake before it is found.
Money and security
Upright: something in this arrangement is not being declared.
Reversed: get straight with it now; later is more expensive.
Me, honestly
Upright: the person being deceived here may be you.
Reversed: stop carrying it alone. Tell one person.
A decision I am stuck on
Upright: no: not if it requires anybody not to find out.
Reversed: yes, if it is the honest version.
If this card leads
Assume it comes out, and decide from there.
As a yes or no
Upright, it reads as no. Reversed, maybe.
“I would rather say it than be found out.”
Draw it in a reading
The meaning above, applied to something you are actually asking about.
