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Seven of Swords, Rider-Waite-Smith deck

Tarot card meaning

Seven of Swords as feelings

This person may be holding something back, or avoiding a direct conversation.

  • strategy
  • secrecy
  • caution

How our meanings are written

▲Upright

This person may be holding something back, or avoiding a direct conversation. Their feelings are hard to read and they may be hiding some of them. Watch how their words match their actions.

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▼Reversed

This person may be ready to be honest about what they feel, or has been caught out in an evasion. The truth is surfacing. Their feelings become clearer.

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Advice

Be strategic, but do not be sly. If you take an indirect route, ask what you are not saying and who it may affect.

Reversed: Come clean before you are found out. Take responsibility and look for a more honest way forward.

A question to reflect on

Where am I avoiding being direct?

Reversed: What would honesty cost me here, and what does avoiding it cost?

Seven of Swords: common questions

What does Seven of Swords mean as feelings?

This person may be holding something back, or avoiding a direct conversation. Their feelings are hard to read and they may be hiding some of them. Watch how their words match their actions.

What does Seven of Swords reversed mean as feelings?

This person may be ready to be honest about what they feel, or has been caught out in an evasion. The truth is surfacing. Their feelings become clearer.

What advice does Seven of Swords give?

Be strategic, but do not be sly. If you take an indirect route, ask what you are not saying and who it may affect.

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