The Seven of Swords


What a strange card the Seven of Swords is.  A man appears to be dancing along carrying a bundle of swords and sticking them in the ground as he goes.  Behind him are carnival like tents and in the distance is a group of people who are almost certainly gathered round a camp fire. 

If your life seems fraught with troubles. It's no good throwing your hands up in the air and saying you can't cope when everyone around you expects you to sort things out NOW. The dancing man could be struggling with the burden of all those swords and yet he dances with a smile on his face.  If you are facing a number of difficulties then this card is telling that you can be like this man and carry them lightly.  You don't need to be a superhero and solve the problems on your own all in one go.  No-one can do that.  What you need is to sort things out one by one.  Put some of your troubles on a back burner and sort out the one thing that is annoying you first.  Once you've done that you can move on to the next difficulty and have a go at that.  The chances are that by the time you get a short way through your list of troubles someone else will have solved some of them for you. 

If you are horrified at this idea then don't be.  You can't strike out on your own all the time.  If you look again at the Seven of Swords you'll see that the dancing man is dancing on his own.  You don't have to do this.  Look at the group of figures round the camp fire.  They are probably having a good gossip while someone else does all the work.  The truth is that they have left things to you because you always do them or because you took off on your own and simply didn't want to ask anyone to help.   It's time now to think about a bit of delegation.  People like to feel included and they like to feel useful so don't go and do everything yourself and then say, "There I've done that all on my own, what did you do?"    Go and have a gossip by the fire while someone else takes charge for a while.

Your daily tarot card
There are times when all of us feel that we need some guidance in life, especially when we feel unsure about the path we're taking. A daily tarot card can often help you to see things a bit more clearly. There is no magic in this. What you are doing is drawing on your inner resources and strength. You are using your intuition and the illustration on the card to help you to see things in every possible light. I find that rather than relying on a computer to draw the daily card for me it's best to have an actual deck that I can draw a card from myself. The deck I'm using here is the Universal Rider Waite deck which is easily available online. Some of the auctions are shown below, or for more information visit our Rider Waite page.

 

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