Seven of Wands
Seven of wands is a card that I find has a lot of different interpretations depending on who is doing the reading and how they learned the tarot. In an intuitive reading this card can often cover the gamut, but traditional meanings are a little varied in approach but basically similar. There is a lot going on in with the symbolism in this card and it can be helpful to break that down first… Looking at this image, the first thing felt is distress, that some sort of fight or quarrel is happening. The expression on this mans face is one of anguish and/or distress. He is defending his position on top of the hill against what seems to be others, who are also wielding staffs, coming after him. If you look closely, you see he has two entirely different shoes on and a tunic, neither of which are indicative of battle ready clothing. Also, something really important that I always notice is while we see other staffs that are seemingly attacking him, the do not seem to be wielded by other people… ...