Pamela Colman Smith · RWS deck
The Minor Arcana
Seven of Swords
Netzach in Yetzirah
- Suit
- swords
- Rank
- Seven
- World
- Yetzirah
- Station
- Netzach
- Verb
- I connect
Netzach, desire and endurance
Netzach is victory: what is wanted, what attracts, and what holds out over time.
Upright
Flowing. A want that takes a quiet route: strategy, or avoiding the open conversation. In the world of mental formation, desire becomes a plan, and the card asks whether the plan is one you could explain to the person it affects.
Misdirected. Cleverness that avoids accountability, or taking what was not offered.
Reversed
Blocked. The want has no route and cannot be acted on.
Flooded. Scheming everywhere, indirection as the default.
The image
A man tiptoes away from a camp with five swords in his arms, leaving two stuck in the ground. He looks back over his shoulder, and the tents behind him are quiet. The picture fits the station only partly. It shows the quiet route, and less of the want that sends him down it.
Learn how to read Seven of Swords in a spread
This page shows you what Seven of Swords 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.
