Pamela Colman Smith · RWS deck
The Minor Arcana
Seven of Cups
Netzach in Briah
- Suit
- cups
- Rank
- Seven
- World
- Briah
- Station
- Netzach
- Verb
- I create
Netzach, desire and endurance
Netzach is victory: what is wanted, what attracts, and what holds out over time.
Upright
Flowing. The many wants of a self before one is chosen: imagination with no object yet. In the world of creation, desire arrives as a crowd of possibilities, and the card is honest that none of them has been paid for.
Misdirected. Living among the options, or mistaking fantasy for choice.
Reversed
Blocked. No wants can be felt and no options appear.
Flooded. Too many wants, none chosen, fantasy flooding in.
The image
A figure seen from behind, in silhouette, faces seven cups floating in clouds. Each holds something different: a face, a veiled shape, a serpent, a tower, jewels, a wreath, a dragon.
Learn how to read Seven of Cups in a spread
This page shows you what Seven of Cups means. Knowing how to read it — how it shifts next to the other cards, what the reversal is really telling you, and how to turn a spread into a clear answer — is what the RWS Decoded course and book teach, card by card.
