Seven of Swords
Minor Arcana · Swords

Seven of Swords

KeywordsStrategy, secrecy, evasion, deception

The picture · Bright face · Shadow · Way through

Every card has four faces: what the picture shows, the bright face it turns when the situation supports it, the shadow when the same root is overdone or stuck, and the way through that the picture itself draws.

The picture

On tiptoe, a man slips from camp with five swords

Bright face

Strategy over confrontation; a clever route

Shadow

A trick that costs everything if seen

Way through

He left two behind — not taking it all is the way out

As your card of the day

If Seven of Swords is the first card you draw today, the day leans toward “Strategy over confrontation; a clever route”. When it tips toward “A trick that costs everything if seen”, remember the way the picture draws: He left two behind — not taking it all is the way out.

Read Waite's 1911 text and the correspondences

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