Seven of Spades Meaning in Cartomancy

Tears · Loss · Advice best not taken · Strength through sorrow

Sorrow, and the strength that comes after it. Be gentle with yourself.

Upright Meaning

The sevens concentrate their suit, and the Seven of Spades is sorrow in its purest form: tears, a loss, a disappointment that has to be felt all the way through. The English tradition adds a warning about advice that should not be followed. The folk reading notes something else: the card can show great strength, mastery that only comes from having grieved. It suggests that something sad is present and that you are more able to bear it than you fear. It invites you to cry if you need to and to be careful whose counsel you take while you do.

Reversed Meaning

Reversed, the Seven suggests tears that have passed, a loss integrated, or sorrow that has become self-pity and needs a kinder exit.

Love & Relationships

Heartache, a disappointment, grief for what a relationship was. It invites you to let the feeling be real and to avoid big decisions in the middle of it.

Career & Money

A loss, a rejection, a failed bid, or advice from someone whose interests are not yours. It suggests mourning briefly and then reviewing what you actually learned.

Advice

Feel it fully. Decide nothing important until the tears have dried.

Timing

About seven weeks; grief keeps its own calendar.

Card Combinations

• Seven Of Hearts — Disappointment in love; tears over something imagined.
• Seven Of Clubs — Worry becomes grief; a hard week. Rest, then act.
• Ten Of Hearts — Tears of joy; sorrow within a happy household, or relief after fear.

Reflection

What loss have you been managing instead of mourning?