Tarot Card of the Week: Nov 14 – Nov 20, 2016
Seven of Swords
This week we have a Full Moon at 22° Taurus. This is a Super Moon — stretched across the Scorpio / Taurus axis — which can shed light on questions you may have about your values, and can see you struggling with feelings of uncertainty.
Because of this, you’ll want to work on trusting your instincts and staying tuned in to your environment.
You may be dealing with internal conflicts and anxiety. You may be feeling guarded and apprehensive and may see yourself being more touchy or jumpy than usual.
You may also be dealing with trust issues, as in questioning other people’s motives or agendas. You could be questioning your own instincts, or fretting over something that just feels “off.” It can be especially challenging for you to navigate through uncharted territories, much like the woman in this version of the card.
There are elements of fear, uncertainty and even paranoia associated with the Seven of Swords — this version from the beautiful Cosmic Tarot. This usually comes from overthinking and over-analyzing things, to the point where your own intuition becomes hopelessly compromised.
Tarot Card of the Week: Seven of Swords
Tarot Card of the Week: April 25 – May 1, 2015
Seven of Swords
With five planets in retrograde motion by the end of this week — for the first time in over 10 years — you will need to give some serious thought to everything you say and communicate to others.
You may even want to keep your thoughts to yourself. At least until you’ve got a good handle on them and know where you stand. You want to be clear on what you need to withhold and what you may want to share with others, long before you speak.
Remember though that retrogrades don’t only refer to retracing your steps. They also require you to turn inward and evaluate your thoughts from a more personal perspective, and because of this you don’t want to discount the ideas that come to you during this time.
The Seven of Swords — like all Sevens — requires you to weigh the different aspects of a complicated situation, and arrive at a solution that causes the least amount of distress.
It can refer to a moral dilemma or one with no easy answer, such as a decision that favors the head over the heart. But it also involves strategy, planning and cunning.
Tarot Card of the Week: Seven of Swords
Tarot Card of the Week: September 7 – September 13
Seven of Swords
This week’s card is the Seven of Swords from Timothy Lantz’s gorgeous Archeon Tarot.
The Seven of Swords requires you to trust in your instincts and stay tuned into your environment. It’s a card of strategy, cunning and ingenuity, which can also translate as conniving and duplicitous.
The Seven of Swords — like all sevens — speaks of difficult choices and moral dilemmas. There are temptations disguised as opportunities, which could turn out to be more than you bargained for in the end.
The raven in this version of the card is perched before the light of a full moon, a glowing sun time-piece dangling from his beak.
A Native American legend tells of a snow white bird who steals the sun and moon and places them in the night sky. The sun is so hot that it chars his white feathers, rendering them permanently black.This becomes the raven.
Notice the four swords piercing the moon and the three that are penetrating the earth below it. The moon represents mystery, illusion and the depths of the human psyche; we can see this as a need to penetrate the veil that obscures our motivations.