Seven of Wands Tarot Card Meanings
Seven of Wands’ Upright & Reversed Meanings
Ideas: Demands, doormat, indifference
Traits: Apathetic, cowardly, open, relaxed, soft, submissive, tolerant, timid, uncaring, vulnerable
Emotions: Contentment, gladness, pity, relief, satisfaction, sympathy
- Actions:
- Dealing with requests one by one
- Giving or taking criticism
- Keeping up with demands
- Questioning your beliefs
- Relaxing your boundaries
- Stopping proving yourself to others
Ideas: Boundaries, bravery, resolve
Traits: Aggressive, alert, cautious, competitive, courageous, determined, firm, forceful, protective, tough
Emotions: Eagerness, enthusiasm, excitement, optimism
- Actions:
- Attempting to form boundaries to prevent invasion
- Clinging to your values despite all pressure to abandon them
- Continuing an endeavor against all odds
- Defending yourself against physical and emotional trials
- Making your voice heard
- Refusing to be silenced through fear or intimidation
- Refusing to put up with abuse
Ideas: Defensiveness, obstacle, self-righteousness
Traits: Argumentative, inconsiderate, intolerant, moody, reactive, rigid, selfish, sensitive, stubborn
Emotions: Anger, annoyance, frustration, grouchiness, grumpiness, irritation, pride, tenseness
- Actions:
- Banging your head against a wall
- Beating a dead horse
- Having a chip on your shoulder
- Needing to be right always
- Responding to constructive criticism with defensiveness
- Taking unnecessary risks as a means of proving your fearlessness
Seven of Wands’ Advice
Personal Growth
Standing up for yourself is healthy and reasonable. Turning the other cheek doesn’t mean making yourself into a doormat. It’s okay to insist on respect. Apply this principle to your interactions with others, too; it’s easier to get fair treatment when you’re known for treating others fairly.
Relationship
In a healthy relationship, each person feels secure. Partners and friends who constantly abuse others or tear people down must be confronted. Being in a relationship does not mean squelching your own unique insights; stand up for what you feel is right.
Career
The workplace tends to reward aggression. Defend yourself and your own work, making sure you have hard data to back up your claims. If you must become involved in unpleasantness, be sure those you investigate have no valid reason to feel attacked.
Spirituality
Especially when you feel attacked, your spirituality should guide you. Don’t be defensive; as a spiritual person, you know it’s “not about you.” As dramas unfold, stand up for your beliefs, but avoid absorbing and reflecting the poisonous emotions of others.
Seven of Wands’ Symbols & Insights
Six Converging Wands
On Rider–Waite–Smith-inspired decks, we often see a lone figure threatened by six converging Wands. Six is the number of collaboration, suggesting that many people have come together to launch an attack. But who is carrying those wands? Is the attack real … or imagined?
The King of the Hill
Many illustrations for this card place the lone warrior on top of a small hill cliff. Is our friend a guard? If so, what is he guarding? And, more importantly, is it worth fighting for?
Crisis as a Clarifier
A crisis has the power to reveal what we really value. In your situation, how far are you willing to go to stand up for what you believe in?
The Marseilles Image
Again, a lone wand comes to shatter the arrangement we worked so hard to establish! The lattice we built for the Six collapses. Why would someone do this? How can we prevent it from happening? And are these, in the end, the questions we should be asking?
More About Seven of Wands Tarot Card
- Prediction
- Don’t be surprised by a personal attack.
- Prepare to defend yourself or someone you love.
- Timing
- Between August 12 and 22
- Affirmation
- “I am willing to take a stand for what I believe in.”
- Numerology Number
- 7
(the motive: imagination, inner work, psychology) - Classical Element
- Fire
- Astrological Planet in Sign
- Mars in Leo
- Story Character
- The main character is attacked by the minions of his adversary.
- Questions to Ask
- When do you feel most threatened? When do you get defensive?
- How capable are you of defending yourself?
- What kinds of beliefs are worth defending?
