Seven of Swords

Swords

Seven of Swords

Meanings

  • lies
  • trickery
  • scheming
  • strategy
  • resourcefulness
  • sneakiness
  • cunning

Meanings Reversed

  • confession
  • conscience
  • regret
  • maliciousness
  • truth revealed

Other Meanings

  • 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

Other Meanings 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

Meanings

  • dishonesty
  • presumption
  • sneakiness
  • assumptions

Fortunes

  • 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

Questions

  • What assumptions am I making?
  • How well-defined is my sense of ethics?
  • How should I respond when I know others are breaking the rules?
Numerology
7 (The Motive: imagination, inner work, psychology)
Affirmation
"I hold myself to the highest ethical standards."
Seven of Swords — Tarot Meanings · Mago Lucas