Seven of Swords

The five planets and the two luminaries whirl above you in a fountain spray of stars, their strange gravity shifting the cities of the plain. The mystical Sevens speak of change both good and bad.

This is a time for inner journeys. Meditate on hard work and its rewards, but be not proud; The Chariot warns of the risk of celebration in the moment of an illusory victory.

Upright

• Unevenness
• Restlessness
• Unintentional betrayal

New ideas may liberate new energy, leaving you able to apply considerable effort to an ongoing project. This is likely to be temporary, and followed by a period of rest. Accept this; do not attempt to force further progress once your resources are depleted.

Alternatively, you may find yourself trapped by your situations, unable to focus on challenges that are uninteresting to you. Your mind may be a leaf on the breeze, untethered from the tree of your endeavours.

Guard your preoccupations, for others may take them from you or use them against you, consciously or not. This may not be a time to share ideas of value.

Reversed

• Insubstantiality
• Indecision
• Manipulation

Conversations and writings are a thin layer of paint that hide a different surface; promises may turn out to be meaningless and compliments false. Perhaps awareness of this makes action seem an impossibility, tormenting you with uncertainty and indecision.

A charming fellow traveller may seek to blind you with language. Do not be in thrall to their words, for their advice is faulty and their schemes are dubious. You walk through a catacomb dense with traps and pitfalls.