Seven of Wands — Valour is a card of the Minor Arcana, suit of Wands in the Thoth Tarot. In a reading it speaks of valour, courage, resistance and challenge. In the Golden Dawn system it corresponds to the sephirah Netzach, the element Fire and Mars in Leo in astrology.
valour · courage · resistance · challenge · defence
What does Seven of Wands mean?
Defend your position with courage: victory is possible but calls for personal commitment.
Everyday meaning
Courage, determination, resistance in the face of opposition. It points to battles fought with valour, even against superior forces, and to victories that are possible but not guaranteed.
Psychological meaning
The courage that emerges when structures are no longer enough and only personal trust remains; the individual's fighting energy, which must however avoid seeing enemies everywhere.
Initiatic meaning
Fire in Netzach, emotional but unstable Victory, with Mars in Leo in the third decan: energy falls below the balance of Tiphareth and loses coordination. Valour is the individual courage that makes up for lost order: you can win, but only with the heart.
The shadow side
Ill-dignified, it signals stubbornness, hostility, battles lost for lack of strategy.
Seven of Wands reversed
The Thoth Tarot is traditionally read without reversed cards: the reader judges from the cards around it whether a card is well or ill dignified. This is its ill-dignified or blocked reading:
Weariness in the fight, doubt about your own strength; or excessive combativeness.
Seven of Wands in love, work and spirit
In love
Defending the bond from interference or doubts; do not turn every discussion into a battle.
At work and career
Competition, defending positions, against-the-grain initiatives carried through with grit.
In spiritual practice
Courage as a spiritual virtue: staying true to yourself even without support.
Kabbalah, astrology and the Hebrew letter of Seven of Wands
Netzach · Fire · Mars in Leo
Crowley on Seven of Wands
Crowley sets a rough, unhewn staff before the six ordered wands: individual valour taking the place of collective discipline.
Frequently asked questions
What does Seven of Wands mean in the Thoth Tarot?
Defend your position with courage: victory is possible but calls for personal commitment.
What does Seven of Wands mean in love?
Defending the bond from interference or doubts; do not turn every discussion into a battle.
What does Seven of Wands mean for work and career?
Competition, defending positions, against-the-grain initiatives carried through with grit.
What does Seven of Wands mean reversed?
The Thoth Tarot is traditionally read without reversed cards: the reader judges from the cards around it whether a card is well or ill dignified. This is its ill-dignified or blocked reading: Weariness in the fight, doubt about your own strength; or excessive combativeness.
What are the Kabbalah and astrology correspondences of Seven of Wands?
In the Golden Dawn system Seven of Wands corresponds to the sephirah Netzach, the element Fire and Mars in Leo in astrology.
