Seven of Wands
Rider-Waite
General meaning
Upright
perseverancedefending your own positioncourage under pressureresiliencestanding firmmomentary superiorityprotecting what's yoursdetermination in the face of competitiona defended advantagefirmness in the face of a challengebraveryconvictionresilience against adversitydefending your own ideasstaying powera firm stancefighting to hold onto what's been achievedconfidence in your own positiontenacityfortitudeactive defensethe energy to hold your groundconfidence in the face of oppositionfirmness of characterthe courage not to give in
↕ Reversed
exhaustion from defending yourselfgiving groundoverwhelmed by the pressurelack of convictionretreatdefenselessnessunsustainable pressuredoubts in the face of the challengelosing the advantageexhaustion from constant fightinggiving in to oppositionlack of firmnessvulnerabilitywear from holding out too longpremature surrenderthe feeling of being cornereda weak defenseinsecurity in the face of competitionexcessive outside pressureabandoning your own stancetiredness of fightinga feeling of being at a disadvantagelosing groundlack of energy to hold ongiving in from exhaustion
By topic
- Love
- defending the relationship against outside doubtsfirmness in your own feelingspersevering despite difficultiesconviction about what you wantresilience against outside pressurecourage to defend the bondstanding firm in your own valuesdefending your own stance as a coupledetermination to save the relationshipconfidence about your own feelings
↕ exhaustion from defending the relationship, giving in to outside pressure, doubts weakening the bond, tiredness of fighting for the relationship, the feeling of being cornered in the relationship, a lack of emotional firmness, vulnerability to others' opinions, giving up in the face of difficulties, unsustainable outside pressure, losing conviction about the relationship
- Friendship
- defending a questioned friendshipfirmness against others' opinions about the grouppersevering in a valuable bondcourage to hold your ground with friendsresilience against social pressureconviction about your own friendshipsdefending a friend who's absentdetermination to hold onto the bondconfidence in your own social choicesstanding firm despite criticism
↕ exhaustion from defending a friendship, giving in to the group's pressure, tiredness of justifying your own social choices, doubts about keeping a certain bond, a feeling of being at a social disadvantage, a lack of firmness with friends, vulnerability to others' judgment, giving up to group pressure, losing conviction about a friendship, wear from holding a social stance
- Family
- defending a family decisionfirmness against family pressurepersevering with an established boundarycourage to hold your own stance at homeresilience against family expectationsconviction about your own household decisionsdefending your own family independencedetermination to hold to an agreementconfidence in the face of family judgmentstanding firm despite pressure at home
↕ exhaustion from defending a family stance, giving in to pressure at home, tiredness of justifying decisions to the family, doubts about an established boundary, the feeling of being cornered by family expectations, a lack of firmness at home, vulnerability to family judgment, giving up to pressure at home, losing conviction about a family decision, wear from holding a stance within the family
- Career
- defending your own trajectoryfirmness against professional competitionpersevering despite obstacles in the fieldcourage to hold a professional stanceresilience against pressure from the job marketconviction about your own pathdefending your own ideas at workdetermination to hold onto a hard-won positionconfidence in the face of competitionstanding firm despite professional pressure
↕ exhaustion from constant competition, giving up professional ground, tiredness of defending your own position, doubts about your own professional path, a feeling of being at a disadvantage at work, a lack of firmness against competition, professional vulnerability, giving up to pressure in the field, losing vocational conviction, wear from holding a professional position
- Work
- defending an idea before the teamfirmness against work pressurepersevering on a challenged projectcourage to hold your stance in your roleresilience against the workloadconviction about your own way of workingdefending a method of your owndetermination to keep up the paceconfidence in the face of workplace criticismstanding firm despite pressure from the team
↕ exhaustion from constant work pressure, giving in to the team's criticism, tiredness of defending your own method, doubts about your way of working, the feeling of being cornered in your role, a lack of firmness against the workload, vulnerability to the team's opinion, giving up to pressure at work, losing work conviction, wear from holding a stance in your role
- Studies
- defending a project or thesiskeeping your grade uppersevering under pressuretough examsnot giving uparguing wellholding on through the last stretchcourage
↕ feeling overwhelmed, giving up, too many fronts open, insecurity when defending yourself, crushing criticism, exhaustion, yielding to pressure, studying defensively
- Money
- defending a financial decisionfirmness against pressure to spendpersevering with a savings plancourage to hold a financial limitresilience against spending temptationsconviction about your own financial prioritiesdefending your own financial judgmentdetermination to hold your financial courseconfidence in the face of others' pressure over moneystanding firm on a financial agreement
↕ exhaustion from defending a financial limit, giving in to pressure to spend, tiredness of justifying financial decisions, doubts about your own financial plan, the feeling of being financially cornered, a lack of firmness with money, vulnerability to outside pressure to spend, giving in to financial temptations, losing financial conviction, wear from holding a money limit
- Pets
- defending a decision about its carefirmness against outside opinions about the petpersevering with a training methodcourage to hold a boundary with the animalresilience against pressure to change methodsconviction about the way you care for itdefending your own raising decisionsdetermination to keep a routineconfidence in the face of others' judgment about the animalstanding firm in its training
↕ exhaustion from defending a care method, giving in to outside opinions, tiredness of justifying decisions about the pet, doubts about your own raising method, the feeling of being cornered by criticism about the animal, a lack of firmness in its care, vulnerability to others' judgment, giving in to pressure to change methods, losing conviction about raising it, wear from holding a routine with the pet
- Health
- defending a healthy habitfirmness against pressure to abandon a routinepersevering with a lifestyle changecourage to hold a self-care limitresilience against temptations that affect wellbeingconviction about your own health decisionsdefending your own recovery pacedetermination to stay consistentconfidence in the face of others' judgment about your bodystanding firm in a treatment
↕ exhaustion from defending a healthy habit, giving in to pressure to abandon a routine, tiredness of justifying health decisions, doubts about your own wellbeing process, the feeling of being cornered by health expectations, a lack of firmness in self-care, vulnerability to judgment about your own body, giving in to temptations that affect wellbeing, losing conviction about your own health, wear from holding a healthy habit
- Choices
- defending a decision already madefirmness against those who question the choicepersevering on the chosen pathcourage to hold a stance despite others' doubtresilience against pressure to change your optionconviction about your own judgmentdefending the decision to othersdetermination not to turn backconfidence in the face of outside judgment about the choicestanding firm despite the pressure
↕ exhaustion from defending a decision, giving in to pressure to change your option, tiredness of justifying your own choice, doubts about the path already chosen, the feeling of being cornered by outside opinions, a lack of firmness about the decision made, vulnerability to judgment about the choice, giving in to others' pressure, losing conviction about the decision, wear from holding a questioned choice
- Creative projects
- defending the project's original visionfirmness against criticism of the creative workpersevering despite the process's difficultiescourage to hold your own styleresilience against pressure to change creative directionconviction about your own proposaldefending the artistic decisions madedetermination to finish the project as conceivedconfidence in the face of outside judgment about the workstanding firm in the creative process
↕ exhaustion from defending the project's vision, giving in to pressure to change creative direction, tiredness of justifying artistic decisions, doubts about your own proposal, the feeling of being cornered by criticism of the work, a lack of firmness in the creative process, vulnerability to judgment about the work, giving in to outside pressure, losing conviction about the project, wear from holding a creative vision
- Creativity
- defending your own artistic stylefirmness against comparisons to other creatorspersevering in your own process despite doubtscourage to hold onto your own voiceresilience against pressure to fit a moldconviction about your own talentdefending your own creative decisionsdetermination to follow your own artistic pathconfidence in the face of outside judgment about your talentstanding firm in your own expression
↕ exhaustion from defending your own style, giving in to pressure to resemble others, tiredness of justifying your own creative process, doubts about your own talent, the feeling of being cornered by comparisons, a lack of firmness in your own artistic voice, vulnerability to judgment about your talent, giving in to pressure to fit in, losing conviction about your own creative path, wear from holding an artistic identity
✨ 3 tips for combining it
- With Strength, holding steady. Example: Seven of Wands + Strength is defending what's yours without losing your temper.
- With exhaustion cards, pick your battles. Example: Seven of Wands + Ten of Wands speaks of fighting on too many fronts at once.
- With success cards, holding on is worth it. Example: Seven of Wands + Six of Wands suggests that if you stand your ground, you win in the end.
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