Seven of Swords
The Hidden Game
The energy of the card
Here there is sneaking, keeping quiet, dodging. The card shows insincerity – from talking around things to cunning and deceit. It asks you an honest question: are you playing a hidden game yourself, or is someone playing one with you?
Your path with this card
What lies behind it reveals itself as you shed light on the matter step by step. Every honest question, every careful look uncovers a bit more. The card invites you to wake up – to the game of others and to your own.
- Where are you holding something back right now?
- Where do you sense that something is being kept from you?
In the shadow
Here the card itself lies in shadow: tricks, excuses, sneaking away from responsibility. It invites you to be clever – and stay honest while you are at it, with others and with yourself.
The image and its meaning
A figure with 5 swords sneaks away from a camp.
He had to leave 2 swords behind – they form a boundary between him and the camp. Is he a thief who has robbed the armory of an enemy camp to weaken its defense? Or is he himself a soldier who is deserting and leaving the camp with 5 swords for his own defense and as loot?
Our intuition and the neighboring cards in the spread tell us what exactly is meant. A theft is taking place and the thief wants to stay undiscovered. Something is being stolen that weakens our defense, yet 2 swords remain ours.
The Seven of Swords prepares us for a situation in which we must expect cunning or dishonesty in some form – or in which we are being dishonest with ourselves. It is a secret, cunningly calculated situation. No matter how it turns out – we still have 2 swords left for our defense that we can use – so there is still hope even if we did not recognize the dangerous situation in time.
Related cards
Tarot The Moon
With the Moon, it is the unknown and your own fear that deceive. With the Seven of Swords, someone deceives on purpose. Both call on you to look closely.
Lenormand The Fox
In the Lenormand, The Fox carries the same energy: cunning, calculation and a warning against foul play.
Symbols on the card
- Mann stiehlt fünf Schwerter · List, StrategieEtwas wird im Geheimen getan – nicht unbedingt unehrlich, aber taktisch.
- Rotes Zeltlager im Hintergrund · KonfliktfeldEin Ort des Streits oder der Spannung – man entfernt sich.
- Zwei zurückgelassene Schwerter · UnvollständigkeitNicht alles kann mitgenommen werden – Gefahr der Entdeckung.
