Seven of Swords
The Seven of Swords represents deceit and the consequences of dishonesty, primarily emphasizing the lies we tell ourselves. It highlights how these lies can corrode our self-esteem and hinder our personal growth. The card warns that the truth will eventually emerge, regardless of attempts to conceal it. When inverted, it focuses on internal dishonesty and self-deprecation, resulting in emotional and mental constraints that prevent true progress.
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Deceit and Lies
Oh, such a big liar. Honestly. If you look at the card, the guy is sneaking away with something that clearly doesn’t belong to him. It could be someone stealing back something from the person that took it from them. But how often does that happen? I don’t think that all lies are bad. There are some lies that we tell to protect ourselves or others. These aren’t bad lies, inherently. I think that the lies that start to corrode us are the ones we use to protect ourselves from ourselves. Makes sense, right? Why is it bad? If you’re not a follower of Judeo-Christian ethic, it’s not a sin, so who cares, right? I think that we should care. I don’t think I’m being overdramatic here, but I strongly feel like lying chews on your soul. One of the reasons we’re on this planet is to seek the truth. Whether that be faith or science, friendship or love, our true calling or our true gifts. Anything that deviates from the truth is bad. Are you working a job you hate? You feel bad. Are you with a person you don’t like? Your relationship sucks. It works as a disease, in the truest sense. Dis-ease—it makes your soul become ill at ease if you wander too far from your truth.
Brazen Actions and Consequences
So this guy is sneaking off with the swords, with a big, shit-eating grin on his face. But what’s this? Back in the corner of the card? In most Basic decks, there is a group of men with swords and spears cresting the hill. In the Llewellyn deck, our Sneaky Pete is rappelling down the cliff, and I have to think that those same men are waiting at the bottom of the cliff for him. The action of stealing is so completely brazen in this card. Seems like he’s going to get busted in just a few minutes. What’s done in the dark will come to light, and even if it doesn’t happen right away, the truth will come out. Even if no one else saw his lie, he knows. His soul is going to get a pretty good ding on it. I think that we lie to protect ourselves from ourselves when we don’t want to have hard conversations (breaking up), when we are afraid to fail (never leaving this awful job), and when we are certain we can do what we want with other people and remain untouched (cheating). We don’t want to have these hard conversations because it’s easier to buy the bullshit that we’re serving up.
Seven of Swords Inverted
We’re not looking at the truth with the Seven of Swords inverted; we’re looking at dishonesty pointed inward. You tell yourself you’re stupid, ugly, not worth anything, and then you believe it. And a cage starts to grow around your self-esteem. With every lie you point at yourself, you restrict your grace. Even if it’s not an abusive lie, even if it’s a lie that puts you in a better light than you should be at the moment, when you don’t reach the expectation that your lie has created, it will all come crashing down.
Self-Deception and Its Consequences
Even worse, though, is damage and disease that we do to ourselves. We hold ourselves back. We impede our progress to the truth. We save ourselves in the short term, only to suffer in the long term. If we loved ourselves the way we should, I suspect there would be a lot less dis-ease floating around than there is now. Of course, if we loved ourselves the way we should, I wouldn’t ever have any readings to do.
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