Seven of Swords Art and Meaning
About the Deck
A modern digital cartoon deck featuring traditional symbolism in a whimsical stick-figure style.
Provenance
Damian Cugley. Web, 2002. Used with permission of the artist.
Meaning of Seven of Swords from the Alleged Tarot Deck
Upright
foresight, evasion, disarming the opposition
Reversed
timidity, conservative behaviour
According to Many Schools of Thought
Papus's Divinatory Meanings
Enemy successful.
A. E. Waite's Secondary Meanings
Upright
Dark girl; a good card; it promises a country life after a competence has been secured.
Reversed
Good advice, probably neglected.
Mme. Le Normand's Divinatory Meanings
Good news. A letter from a distance. Bad news. An invitation.
S. L. MacGregor Mathers's Divinatory Meanings
Upright
Hope, Confidence, Desire, Attempt, Wish
Reversed
Wise Advice, Good Counsel, Wisdom, Prudence, Circumspection.
P.R.S. Foli's Divinatory Meanings
Upright
Everyday worries, or a resolve taken
Reversed
silly stratagems in love-making.
Mme. Le Marchand's Divinatory Meanings
by means of a lost letter a secret will be revealed, and this will cause much sorrow; an officer will restore the letter, and all will end well.