Seven of Wands: tarot meaning, upright and reversed

A figure on high ground faces six staffs rising from below.

Upright

defence · conviction

Hold a considered position while responding to real opposition.

Reversed

overwhelm · doubt

Continual defence may drain confidence or obscure what deserves protecting.

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

Mars in Leo, 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.