Description
Overall Concept:
The Seven of Swords represents secrecy, strategy, and deception. It often points to stealthy behavior, withholding information, or navigating a situation unconventionally.
Modern Interpretation:
This card may suggest that someone is not being fully honest—possibly you or someone in your environment. It encourages strategic thinking but also invites you to examine whether your actions align with your values. In modern readings, it reflects cunning, independence, or evasion, but warns against self-sabotage or unethical shortcuts.
Traditional Keywords:
Deception, strategy, secrecy, trickery, independence, escape
Reversal Possibilities:
Exposure, coming clean, guilt, getting caught, truth revealed, facing consequences