Seven of Wands

Seven of Wands stands for defence, perseverance, conviction. The Seven of Wands is holding the high ground against people who want it. You've got something worth defending and the challenges keep arriving from below. It's tiring, and you're winning: those two facts sit together here.

In a love reading, the Seven of Wands upright means: Defending a relationship against outside opinions, or defending your own boundaries inside it. Hold the line.

Reversed, the Seven of Wands points to overwhelm, giving up, defensiveness, exhaustion. In relationships: Fighting your partner instead of the problem. Everything reads as an attack right now, and it isn't.

For work and career, the Seven of Wands upright means: Your position is challenged and it's yours to keep. Argue from evidence and don't flinch.

On finances, the Seven of Wands upright means: Protect what you've built. Say no to the request that would drain it.

The Seven of Wands belongs to the Minor Arcana, in the suit of Wands, which covers the everyday texture of a reading rather than its turning points.