1. Tarot
2. Card meanings
3. Seven of Wands

Minor Arcana · Wands

Seven of Wands

• valour
• discussion
• competition
• success

Upright meaning

Valour from a strong position. Waite reads discussion, competition and success: holding your ground thoughtfully.

Reversed meaning

Reversed, Waite gives perplexity and a caution against indecision.

• perplexity
• a caution against indecision

Symbolism

A young man on a height holds off six staves raised towards him from below.

Group

Minor Arcana · Wands

Element, astrology

Not given by Waite, so we give none

Source

Our own plain-English summary of A. E. Waite, The Pictorial Key to the Tarot (London: Rider, 1911), Part III §2 (The Lesser Arcana). The keywords are Waite’s own words. Waite’s fortune-telling lists also contain harsher terms; we keep to the reflective readings he gives and never state an event as certain.

Tarot is a tool for reflection, not a prediction of fixed outcomes. This is not medical, legal or financial advice.