Seven of Wands: Yes or No
What answer the Seven of Wands card gives to a yes or no question: “maybe”, and how to treat it.
Author: Max Raputum, Warsaw
The answer of Seven of Wands: “Maybe”
The Seven of Wands speaks of defending a position: you stand on high ground, but you are attacked. In a yes or no spread this is “maybe”: the result depends on your firmness.
What the answer depends on
The answer depends on whether you hold the position. If you retreat, the answer turns into “no”; if you stand, into “yes”.
If the card is reversed
Reversed, the answer is “Maybe”. The reversed Seven leaves the answer at “maybe”: tiredness and giving up positions. Check whether it is worth the fight.
What to do next
Decide what exactly you are defending and prepare two arguments in your favour.
The answer in questions of love and work
If the question is about feelings: The Seven of Wands in love is defending a position: you stand on high ground and fend off staffs from below. If the question is about work: The Seven of Wands at work is defending a position and standing up for your right.
How to check the answer
Check the answer with three questions: is there “defending your position” in my situation? Is the lack of “resilience” getting in my way? What am I missing if I look through the theme of “a challenge”?
About the Seven of Wands card
Seven of Wands is a card of the suit of Wands, element fire. The keywords of the card: defending your position, resilience, a challenge, boundaries. 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 Wands card in other questions
Frequently asked questions
Is the Seven of Wands card a yes or a no?
In a yes or no spread the answer is “Maybe”. The Seven of Wands speaks of defending a position: you stand on high ground, but you are attacked. In a yes or no spread this is “maybe”: the result depends on your firmness.
What does Seven of Wands reversed mean in a yes or no answer?
The answer is “Maybe”. The reversed Seven leaves the answer at “maybe”: tiredness and giving up positions. Check whether it is worth the fight.
What does the answer of Seven of Wands depend on?
The answer depends on whether you hold the position. If you retreat, the answer turns into “no”; if you stand, into “yes”.