Seven of Wands Tarot Card, in its core, represents being overly protective of yourself, your beliefs, and work. This card is associated with the fire element, representing the Zodiac signs of Aries, Leo, and Sagittarius, and its season is spring
Seven of Wands, the seventh card of the Wands Suit, carries all the qualities of the number 7. In a psychic reading, this translates to work ethic, discipline, struggle, patience, changing course, think long term, trust, and commitment, wisdom, reflection, faith, understanding.
Seven of Wands Meaning
When drawing tarot cards, usually they are put in a vertical setting, spread on a timeline of the past, present, and future. In this kind of drawings, the Seven of Wands may come up upright, as well as reversed. Some psychic readers like to read reversed tarot cards. Some don’t. Either way, the other tarot cards in the drawing will make up for the way the psychic reader conducts their readings, because a Tarot Card deck is connected to the energy of the psychic reader, so it ‘talks’ to them.
Upright Position
Merging the qualities of number “Seven” and the qualities of the “Wands Suit,” the Seven of Wands card would represent:
| Being protective of your possession or close ones | Being aggressive and firing the first shot |
| Not being afraid to go after what you want | Applying force to prove your point |
| Being in a defiant position | Refusing to give in or give up |
| Objecting authority, which may lead to legal issues | Standing firm, holding your position |
| Protecting your faith and beliefs |
Reverse Position
In a reverse position, the Seven of Wands would mean precisely the opposite of its core qualities, bringing in the drawing:
| Bending your faith and beliefs | Giving in under pressure |
| Giving up | Compromising, even against yourself |
| Burned-out | Losing your authority |
| Showing weakness |
Horizontal Position
There are also spreads where the tarot cards pulled are placed on vertical as well as horizontal positions. If the Seven of Wands would sit in a horizontal position, it means you need to hold faith and hold your balance.
Things may not be looking good for you right now, but you know what you stand for, and if you have faith in your heart and intentions, even though people may not see it now, they will eventually see it. You have to resist, be mindful of your reactions, and do not compromise your standards.
Seven of Wands – One card pull [Yes or No]
One Card Readings are for when you need a fast, straight to the point answer, you wish not to see the future events or the past events. You just need a specific answer to the question for a present situation that is bothering you. You shuffle the cards, then choose only One Card, or you read the One Card that falls out while you are shuffling. Whichever method you use to pull the card, listed below are some of the questions and answers you may get when you pull the Seven of Wands.
Yes or No Answer
Upright Position: If you pull the card in an upright position, it means Yes as a Wands suit, if you stand firm in your ground and beliefs.
Reversed Position: If you pull the card in a reversed position, it also means Yes, but you have to rest a little to regain lost energy or connection.
For a Yes or No answer, the Seven of Wands represents Yes, as a card of the Cups Suit.
Seven of Wands – Love and Relationships
If your question would be how someone sees you or feels about you, how the relationship is going, or where will it be in a year, the Seven of Wands is a great card to pull.
Upright Position
If you pull the Seven of Wands upright, it could indicate that you are in a bad place with your partner. They or you are trying to force your beliefs, your work ethic to the other, and neither of you are enjoying it. At some point, one of you will get fed up with the attitude and arrogance of the other. Do not allow such petty inconvenience to ruin the relationship when you can communicate it through.
What not to do?
It would advise you not to face your problems while blaming or imposing yourself on others. Instead, see if you can understand where they come from. In this case, the advice would be to take time to commit to talking out the feelings, emotions, heartaches, or needs of one another. If you are frequently in a fighting – surviving mode, your relationship should be your safe place, not another battle.
The Seven of Wands reversed would bring to the attention that maybe you are walking on eggshells, fearing you’ll upset your partner. You don’t have to accept the other’s dominance or control over you, and if you are not feeling heard, or your feelings are not validated, you need to not settle in a situation that can be or turn abusive and dangerous for you.
Reverse Position (Love and Relationships)
If you pull the Seven of Wands, reversed, it means you or your partner may feel intimidated by the other or may need constant reassurance of love and appreciation. It may also mean that you have been fighting a lot lately, and now it is time to rest and talk to each other with empathy and to resolve whatever has been the issue recently. Remember, it is both of you against the problem, not against each other.
Seven of Wands – Finance, Business and Career
If you pull the Seven of Wands in a business reading, it means you are a leader even in an environment where someone else is the boss. Your words go a long way. This is not necessarily a good thing. You may be imposing your leadership or making it hard for others to work with you. You might not work well on teams and prefer to work alone. No one tells you what to do, because if there’s anything you detest more, it is authority.
If you are working on your own business, it indicates that you are a good businessman, you know what to fight for, and when not to, you know how to cut deals that give more advantages to you, and you surely know how to apply force when needed. These qualities are a must if you want to succeed on your own.
What not to do?
In business, this card would advise not to push your colleagues over the edge by purposely upsetting them or triggering them. It could also mean just to ignore the negative comments sometimes because they’re not worthy of your attention. Also, it indicates you should hold your ground and onto your faith.
You may be compromising too much. You don’t need to compromise your standards or your integrity because you fear otherwise you may lose your job or be ridiculed by your colleagues. Everyone loves someone that knows how to stand for themselves and not bend your ways for just anyone.
Reverse Position (Business and Finance)
The Seven of Wands reversed means you are compromising your standards to please others, or even to make a cut for yourself. It may work for now, but in the long run, you will lose your authority, be viewed as weak, and no one likes someone that bends the way the wind blows. That indicates someone that is not to be trusted or relied upon.
Seven of Wands – Timing
When will something happen answer?
If it is a question that involves around the timing of an event and you pull the Seven of Wands, this would mean that whatever you desire or wonder about will manifest pretty soon. How soon is that? It would be kind of complicated because it would mean springtime, of a Zodiac Sign season Aries, Leo, or Sagittarius.
It would also be counted in days or months, which would mean one month later, or around the 7th, 16th, 25th of the upcoming month.
The way you want to interpret this is keeping in mind that whatever you are asking about is coming pretty soon. From there, you would figure out the time. For example, if it is summertime when you are doing the reading, it would not indicate that your desire will manifest in spring. The highest possibility is that it would manifest during Leo Season or the upcoming month.
Other times that is much easier than that because you are pulling the number “Seven” it would mean in 7 days, in 7 weeks, or 7 months. In Tarot or any other divination works, it is rare to foretell the future in a year, because the choices we make along the way alter that future a lot.
Seven of Wands – The Message Answer
Sometimes, we don’t have a specific question. We just want to know how our day will look like, or how we should approach the day ahead. This reading is best performed in the morning, so you form an idea of what that day will bring you.
Upright
Upright The Seven of Wands would foretell a day that requires you to stand in your power. You may also have to defend your beliefs or your work. You may feel forced to prove your point or be in defiant mode all day long.
Reversed
If you pull the Seven of Wands in reverse, it foretells a day during which you may find yourself not in the best mood, even allowing some situations or negative comments slip by because you don’t have the energy to deal with that. It may also indicate a day when you will face adversaries or someone that will make you feel small and inadequate.
Seven of Wands – Cards Combinations
In a psychic reading, there are at least six cards drawn, and each tarot card’s meaning is interpreted along with the other cards, always bearing in mind the first question upon which the reading is conducted and aims to give answers. A psychic will see the tarot cards in a symbiotic relationship with one another, never try to read them one by one, but the whole drawing as a whole.
That’s why it is essential to have a look at how the Seven of Wands communicates with the other Tarot Cards. Taking into account, there are 78 Tarot Cards in a deck. We will have a look at how the Seven of Wands would be interpreted and affect the outcome of the reading in the light of Suits.
Interaction with the Cup Suits
The Cup Suits represent emotions, feelings, relationships, and contract-ships. If we were to draw the Seven of Wands with a tarot card from the Cup Suits, it would mean that you are facing emotional issues, maybe you feel exhausted of having to do too much, or bearing too much on your shoulders, but sometimes you have to do just that for your loved ones. It does not mean to wear yourself out, but be the bigger person and face your challenges with grace.
Interaction with the Pentacles Suits
The Seven of Wands and the Pentacles Suit is a rather good combination for your job or own business. The Pentacles suit represents money, income, jobs, and if you draw this suit with the Seven of Wands, it would indicate that you have the skills to do your job successfully, but you are constantly fighting with your colleagues or people around you. Maybe they do not ever approve of your work or your ways, or they have bad comments on whatever you are working on. Either way, remind yourself that you are still good at what you do, and fight those voices with success.
Interaction with the Swords Suits
The Swords Suit gets its share of being a negative suit, where most of the cards represent anxiety, failure, walking away. The Swords Suit, along with the Seven of Wands, tells the story of a person who has been burdened with a lot for a long time and bothered by events that have caused worries, anxiety, and even depression. You may have turned inward to find that fire in you. Not to heal, but to impose yourself wherever you need to change or whenever things are not going your way. You will resort to using force to shift the events. You may need therapy to help you heal.
Interaction with the Wands Suits
The Seven of Wands, along with another card of the Wands Suit, means there is a lot of tension built in you either emotionally or mentally. You have not been getting your way for a long time, or you seem not to be able to push that project into being applied, and you are running out of patience. You seem ready to fight your way through and throw fits because obviously, no one is listening to you or even looking at you. Maybe faith is not working right now, but fighting could bring worse results. You should show your authority and leadership qualities rather than your fists.
Overall, the Seven of Wands, either by itself or pulled in a tarot card draw, is a card that foretells strong beliefs, but you have to stand for them. It also indicates inner issues bothering you, causing personal struggles that manifest in aggressive or passive-aggressive manners.
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