Seven of Swords Tarot Card Meaning: Upright, Reversed, Love & Career

Seven of Swords (Air, thought, truth and conflict) means strategy, secrecy, sidestepping. Upright and reversed meaning, in love, in career, and as advice.

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Seven of Swords belongs to the suit of Swords, which is about thought, truth and conflict. The seven stands for a test or an assessment. Its core themes are strategy, secrecy, sidestepping. Cleverness or evasion. Ask whether the shortcut is honest.

Seven of Swords upright meaning

Cleverness or evasion. Ask whether the shortcut is honest.

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Seven of Swords reversed meaning

Coming clean or being found out. Honesty simplifies things.

Seven of Swords in love and relationships

Swords focus on communication, honesty and how words land between partners. With strategy and secrecy in play, this card, a test or an assessment, asks whether that theme is being met honestly in your connections.

Seven of Swords in career and money

Swords focus on decisions, strategy, negotiation and clear thinking under pressure. As a test or an assessment, the Seven of Swords points to strategy as the thing to pay attention to at work.

The suit of Swords

Swords is the suit of air: ideas, communication, decisions and conflict. These cards cut to the truth, for better or worse, and often point to mental patterns.

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Seven of Swords stands for strategy, secrecy, sidestepping. Cleverness or evasion. Ask whether the shortcut is honest.

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