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Seven of Wands Tarot Card Meaning
The Seven of Wands tarot card means defence, persistence and holding your position. Standing your ground.
Upright
- Defence
- persistence
- holding your position
Reversed
- Overwhelmed
- giving up
- constant defending
Yes or no
Yes
The Seven of Wands is one of the 14 cards in the suit of Wands. Wands are the suit of fire: energy, ambition, work you care about and the drive to get things moving.
What the card shows
A man on a ridge grips a wand in both hands and fends off six wands that rise from below him.
This is the card as drawn by Pamela Colman Smith for the 1909 Rider-Waite-Smith deck, which is in the public domain.
Upright meaning
The Seven of Wands is read as defending your position. You have the high ground and others want it. It points to standing by your beliefs and not backing down under pressure.
Seven of Wands reversed
Reversed, it is read as feeling overwhelmed, giving ground, or being worn out by always having to defend yourself.
Yes or no?
In a yes or no question, the Seven of Wands is usually read as a yes. Readers differ on some cards, so treat this as one common reading. You can ask a yes or no question and draw a card for it.
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