Seven of Swords
The Seven of Swords describes hurried departures, theft, sneaky or underhanded behavior, and actions taken without adequate planning. It often signals scattered energies, a swift escape, or a sacrifice made to facilitate a hasty course of action, leaving fragmentation that needs mending. Reversed, it indicates detection or retrieval—deceptive acts exposed, lost items found, or a decision to abandon a rash plan; it can also point to overdone preparation that delays action. Magickally the card is used to recover stolen or lost items or to reveal hidden motives, and reversed can be employed to stop deals or halt misguided schemes.
Keywords
Description
Description: Leaving a situation in a hurry; something has been lost or forgotten; a theft; a hasty move; deciding to take action despite a lack of planning and preparation; scattered thoughts and disparate energies; a gathering up of power; sneaky behavior; getting away with it; having to spring into action before one is ready to do so; a swift exit; an escape; living a life on the run; trying to run away from problems that inevitably chase one down; a sacrifice is made in exchange for the current course of action; carelessness that may result in making a mistake; looking back on a situation that has been abandoned or left behind; a scattering of energies; struggling to pick up the pieces following an abrupt change of fate; a fragmented soul that requires mending.
Reversed
Reversed: Preparation and planning is overdone and causes unnecessary delay; a person on the run is caught; a lost object is found; a theft is foiled or otherwise prevented; sneaky motives and actions are exposed; getting caught in the act; something forgotten has been remembered; something left behind has been retrieved; a coming together of dissipated forces; picking up the pieces; deciding against a hasty course of action.
Magickal Uses
Magickal Uses: Useful in spells and charms to prompt the return of lost or stolen items, or in magick to cause underhanded doings to be exposed. Reversed, use to stop a deal from going through, or to call a halt to hasty actions and misguided schemes.
Visual Description
A lone man in traveler's clothing slips away across a snowy mountain pass at night, carrying several swords under his arm and a bag slung over his back. A bright campfire blazes on the snow, around which two swords lie abandoned. Two wolves or wolf-like creatures are curled up near the fire, one sleeping and one resting with its head down. Jagged dark mountains frame the scene and snowflakes drift through the night sky.
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