The Seven of Swords tarot card photographed outdoors

The Deck · Swords

Seven of SwordsSwords · Minor Arcana

Upright meaning

Acting alone and not saying so. The Seven of Swords is strategy that shades into deception — sometimes necessary, rarely clean.

Reversed meaning

Exposure, confession, or the decision to come clean before you are caught.

On the card

This deck names it Seven of swords.

In love

Something is being concealed.

In work

Check what you are not being told.

In yourself

Be honest about your own manoeuvring.

DeceptionStrategyStealthSelf-interestGetting away with it
A tarot card photographed in the field

Venus in Retrograde

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