Card 56 • swords

Seven of Swords

Brief Description

The Seven of Swords warns of dishonest and fraudulent acts, hypocrisy, and intrigue, indicating deception or avoidance of responsibility. It highlights low deeds such as theft, gloating, meanness, and the use of deceptive language or arrogance. It also points to inventiveness and agility, the desire to protect oneself, and attempts to escape from unpleasant situations. In readings, upright aspects emphasize fraud, desertion, and thievery, while reversed aspects suggest reproach, directness, or awkwardness.

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Keyword

THEFT

Description

This card exposes dishonest, fraudulent acts. Hypocritical behavior and intrigue. Avoidance of responsibility, low deeds, gloating, meanness. Deceptive language, arrogance. Inventiveness and agility, the desire to protect oneself, an attempt to escape from an unpleasant situation.

Upright

fraud, desertion, thievery

Reverse

reproach, directness, awkwardness

Visual Description

A young man in patterned clothing and a cap crouches among birch trees, carrying or gathering several swords into a sack at his feet. The sack on the ground is filled with blades, some hilts visible. In the distance, three armed soldiers stand together, watching or marching away across a grassy plain. The scene is rendered in cool blue-green tones with detailed trees and low vegetation.

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✍️ Deck author(s): Mila Losenko

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