Seven

Seven of Swords

Suit of Swords · air

The Seven of Swords speaks to cleverness, cunning, and the temptation to cut corners or go it alone. It asks an honest question about your own motives — where are you being strategic, and where are you quietly deceiving others, or yourself?

The image

A man tiptoes away from a camp carrying five swords, glancing back over his shoulder, leaving two swords behind in the ground.

Upright

strategystealthself-deceptioncunningacting alonegetting away with something

Reversed

confessioncoming cleanself-reckoningexposurereturning what was taken