Tarot card meanings · Wands
What does Seven of Wands mean in tarot?
In A. E. Waite's Pictorial Key to the Tarot (1910), the Seven of Wands upright means “It is a card of valour, for, on the surface, six are attacking one, who has, however, the vantage position. On the intellectual plane, it signifies discussion, wordy strife; in business—negotiations, war of trade, barter, competition. It is further a card of success”, and reversed “Perplexity, embarrassments, anxiety. It is also a caution against indecision”.
Upright
It is a card of valour, for, on the surface, six are attacking one, who has, however, the vantage position. On the intellectual plane, it signifies discussion, wordy strife; in business—negotiations, war of trade, barter, competition. It is further a card of success.Waite, The Pictorial Key to the Tarot, Part 3
Reversed
Perplexity, embarrassments, anxiety. It is also a caution against indecision.Waite, The Pictorial Key to the Tarot, Part 3
What does the picture show?
A young man on a craggy eminence brandishing a staff; six other staves are raised towards him from below.Waite, The Pictorial Key to the Tarot, Part 3
Where does the Seven of Wands fall in a reading?
Seven of Wands belongs to the suit of Wands. On this site you draw three cards, which take three of the places in the ten-card method Waite describes: “This covers him”, “This crosses him”, “This is before him”. The same card reads differently in each place, and the I Ching cast beside it may agree or disagree.
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Draw three cardsWaite's words are quoted as printed, and left out where they speak of money, law, illness or disaster. The pictures are the 1909 deck drawn by Pamela Colman Smith. For entertainment and self-reflection.