Seven of Swords: tarot meaning, upright and reversed

A figure carries five swords away from a camp while looking back toward two left behind.

Upright

strategy · secrecy

A private plan or indirect approach requires care about what is concealed.

Reversed

disclosure · self-deception

A hidden strategy may be exposed or its assumptions need reconsideration.

In a reading

The position gives this card a particular task: a description of the situation, a challenge, or guidance. Read its image and meaning alongside the other cards and the question that brought them together.

Golden Dawn correspondence

Moon in Aquarius, 20–30 degrees. This is the attribution in Book T.

Sources

A. E. Waite, The Pictorial Key to the Tarot. These notes are original interpretations of the Waite–Smith imagery, informed by that text.