Minor arcana · Swords
7 of Swords
The Seven of Swords sets out several ways of going about things. It raises the question of tact, of discretion and of what gets decided away from other people’s eyes.
The Seven of Swords sets out several ways of going about things. It raises the question of tact, of discretion and of what gets decided away from other people’s eyes.
The man leaves the camp with five blades, two left standing behind him. His head stays turned towards what he leaves, while his steps go forward.
Leaving with what is needed and letting the rest stand takes judgement: five blades are enough, two stay in the camp to say what you do not take.
The repeated manoeuvre wears your word thin: you hold back part of what you know, and the other person stops believing you, project after project.
RWS. Seven of Swords. The swords taken and the swords left behind form the real subject of the drawing: the part kept measures against the part given up.
Spot the information you hold back and write why you keep it. If the reason rests on an advantage and not on work, say so.
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