Seven of Swords: Yes or No
What answer the Seven of Swords card gives to a yes or no question: “no”, and how to treat it.
Author: Max Raputum, Warsaw
The answer of Seven of Swords: “No”
The Seven of Swords is cunning and things unsaid, so the answer is “no”: there is a hidden factor in the situation, and there is no open “yes”.
What the answer depends on
The answer depends on what is hidden. Until you know all the facts, trusting promises is risky.
If the card is reversed
Reversed, the answer is “Maybe”. The reversed Seven softens “no” into “maybe”: the truth comes out and the situation clears.
What to do next
Check the facts and ask for written confirmation of what you were promised.
The answer in questions of love and work
If the question is about feelings: The Seven of Swords in love is things left unsaid, cunning or secrecy. If the question is about work: The Seven of Swords at work is cunning, getting round the rules and things left unsaid.
How to check the answer
Check the answer with three questions: is there “cunning” in my situation? Is the lack of “getting around rules” getting in my way? What am I missing if I look through the theme of “secrecy”?
About the Seven of Swords card
Seven of Swords is a card of the suit of Swords, element air. The keywords of the card: cunning, getting around rules, secrecy, strategy. In questions about a choice or a decision it works through its key themes, not through specific events. The general interpretation upright and reversed is on the page of the card.
The Seven of Swords card in other questions
Frequently asked questions
Is the Seven of Swords card a yes or a no?
In a yes or no spread the answer is “No”. The Seven of Swords is cunning and things unsaid, so the answer is “no”: there is a hidden factor in the situation, and there is no open “yes”.
What does Seven of Swords reversed mean in a yes or no answer?
The answer is “Maybe”. The reversed Seven softens “no” into “maybe”: the truth comes out and the situation clears.
What does the answer of Seven of Swords depend on?
The answer depends on what is hidden. Until you know all the facts, trusting promises is risky.