Card Meaning: Seven Of Swords
General
The swords cut both ways and so the Swords suit. This is another double-edged
card in that suit. We see person that obviously steals from what seems is a
military camp. Steeling is a tricky thing if you get caught but even more if you
steal from people that can seriously hurt. you. We don't know is he caught or
not, maybe this kind of deed has proven profitable for him. He obviously doesn't
look too worried, we see rather reckless expression on his face. His steal or
victory shall we rather call it, for sure is not complete, we see that he has
left two swords behind indicating that through trickery and theft one could
never achive total and lasting victory. Also these two swords indicate that the
trickster is not applying enough effort or he would take all swords leaving
nothing behind, clearly there is some sort of laziness in all this. Be aware of
cheating yourself into victory, there are other ways to win, trying to save the
energy on short-term by the unethical means only postpone the problems on the
long-term and make them harder to handle. The decisions signified by this card
usually are taken recklessly, hasty and without full knowledge about the
potential risks. Interesting detail is that trickster is wearing five swords in
his hands, connection with the Five of Swords - possible defeat.
Reading
Positive:
diligence, partial success, thinking outside of the box, confidence, endeavor.
Negative: indecision, acting without honor, confusion, theft
in progress, deceit, betrayal, deception, somebody is working against you behind
your back.
A man in the act of carrying away five swords rapidly; the two others of the
card remain stuck in the ground. A camp is close at hand. your back .ry Meanings:
Design, attempt, wish, hope, confidence; also quarrelling, a plan that may fail,
annoyance. The design is uncertain in its import, because the significations are
widely at variance with each other. Reversed: Good advice, counsel,
instruction, slander, babbling.
— The Pictorial Key to the Tarot, by A.E. Waite