7 of Swords

Correspondences

Element: Air

Timing: Feb 9 – Feb 18. Moon in Aquarius

Numerology: 7 – Regaining or losing control, mastery, choices, responsibility, myth, secrets.

Card Counting Value: 7

Keywords

Feeling ineffectual; delusion; feeling inept; pessimism; subterfuge; theft ; theft of ideas; mental procrastination; just doing enough; falling short of the mark; working beneath your own standards.

Reversed: being caught out; feeling ashamed of your actions; blaming others; making excuses.

Tarot Tidbit

The Golden Dawn call the 7 of Swords the Lord of Unstable Effort. Crowley called it Futility. Etteilla called it Hope. No-one called it Theft or Deceit, not even Arthur Waite in the Pictorial Key to the Tarot.

The 7 of Swords Across Tarot Elements

Daily Taroscope: November 22, 2011 – Deception
Daily Taroscope: January 19, 2012 – Unfinished Business