Magic Power

The Seven of Swords is a card of stealth and deception.

Magic Charm

Focus on this card when you want to prevent theft, deception, or carelessness. You can also turn to this card if you need to shield yourself with a metaphysical cloak of invisibility.

Key Symbols

• A shady-looking character sneaks away from a campus building, carrying five swords. He moves under cover of darkness, wrapped in an even darker cloak, and shrouded by low-lying fog.

• This thief in the night is carrying the swords by their blades, rather than their handles — which means he’s risking his own life and limbs with his exploits.

• The Seven of Swords typically symbolizes deception, theft, and loss, along with a corresponding sense of violation and invasion of privacy.

• It can be a cautionary card: someone left those swords unguarded.

• We can’t tell the whole story from this card. The student here isn’t necessarily a burglar. He could be the rightful owner of the swords, simply caught in the appearance of impropriety. He could be collecting the swords for safekeeping, taking them in a training exercise, or playing a practical joke.

• Whatever the case, he’s not absconding with everything in sight. He’s leaving two swords behind.