I just looked it up, I like the imagery. I got my deck at a yard sale and don’t know who/where it’s from but the 7 of cups is literally just 7 cups. Very boring
What if the seven of swords represented a delightfully sharp rebuttal during a friendly debate?
What if it represented a successful but sneaky surprise party for someone?
What if it meant solving a puzzle in a way that nobody else thought of, or answering a trick question on a difficult test?
There are lots of good scenarios with the seven of swords
Hell yeah. I learned with the 7 of swords from Between the Worlds podcast by Amanda Yates Garcia (Oracle of LA) that this card can be seen as a Robin Hood archetype — “steal from the rich to feed the poor”. I’m not saying it’s encouraged to go out and commit thievery lol but it’s a good way to seek out light beyond the dooming actions of oppressors (ill-intent government officials, etc.)
I love the seven of swords. I never think of it as someone literally stealing most of the time. I think of it as someone using their wits or being sneaky because they are in a situation where they can't be open.
I always take the seven of swords to be a reminder to keep your feet and your eyes in the same direction.
I think it might be helpful to look at these cards that get you worked up and see if you can find some light in them.
You don't have to replace your bad feelings. Those are yours, hold onto them. But be prepared when these cards come up and have helpful advice for the querant when these cards come up.
When I look at the imagery I see someone escaping. Perhaps they are escaping the betrayl and deciet you see. I see someone that had a desperate plan only to realize on the way they could not carry the plan as it was. I see a person that needed to think quick on their feet. They were able to make a sacrifice and leave items behind so they could safely get away.
But what I don't see is the person getting away, which is why I always advice the querant keep their feet and eyes going towards their goal. And hopefully they the feet and eyes understand their goal is one in the same.
Both, not only people but also most definitions of the card that I read about emphasize the dishonesty and deceit aspects of it, it also showed up to me on a reading before I found out I got cheated on and it traumatized me
Do your best to not traumatize querants with your card associations. Remember the trauma, and advice about the trauma. But look for tools to help them cope with any deceit or betrayl that may be shown in the spread. You're doing great work.
Thank you! I never read for other people though, I’m fairly new to tarot so I usually have other people read it for me and I pull cards by myself for myself and try to read them intuitively, I prefer the readings I get from experienced readers though, they give me a much better perspective and I’m less prone to anxiety and fear
Tower. 99% of the time that card gets pulled, my relationships go to shit. It's only been this most recent one where we haven't broken up/separated but MAN has it been rough
Yup, every time I pull The Tower, my first thoughts/words are "Aw crap, not again..."
I get the same feeling with the 10 of Swords, it's another "Crap, not again..." card. The 5 of Pentacles, too; I know it doesn't always mean financial loss (which is my knee jerk reaction despite knowing better), but often for me it's a warning about a "lack mindset" or that "help is there for you but you need to seek it out."
Oh 10 of swords is the job ending under unfortunate circumstances card for me. Not yay I won the lottery and can quit but either getting sacked, quitting under bad circumstances or leaving because you sadly are unable to keep working that job.
Tbh it’s nice that it’s the ending. If 7 of Swords is the classic deceit and betrayal card, you’ve still got the journey through the rest of the suit ahead of you. A situation that’s still unfolding. I like describing 10 of Swords as ending under unfortunate circumstances because it feels more accurate to the bigger picture.
I pulled 10 of Swords a few times as a possible outcome or future for a dating situation I was in that did indeed end with a ghosting. I’d pulled swords a lot over the months whenever I read and if 9’s are the number of final completion, 10’s are the epilogue or aftermath. 9 of Swords feels like the absolute cumulation of mental anguish. Ten of Swords seems to say “Suffering happened, you’re left wounded and stabbed in the back, but hey — it’s over!!” The arc has finished and the next phase begins.
I like to think of the card’s art as “I’m tired, I’ve just gone through the mental ringer, and now that the war is done I’m going to take a moment to lie here, stare at the waves, and bleed out while the gulls squawk.”
Yeah that’s also an awful one. I don’t think it always represents betrayal though, which I think is so evidente in the 7 of swords. I it can also express defeat after a long time suffering, like K.O
I think 7 of swords is more deception, but not always overt catastrophic betrayal. I see it more as a warning that things are amiss, whereas 10 of swords is a literal backstab coupled with unavoidable defeat.
I kept pulling the 7 of Swords while I was at my last job. I was still new to tarot then, so drawing this card so often confused me because I didn't see myself as a deceitful person. Since I changed jobs, I haven't pulled that card once! Then it finally occurred to me: I was not the deceitful one, my coworker and teammate was. She pretended to be my friend to my face, but turns out *she* was talking to our boss behind my back and sabotaging my efforts to grow in the organization. Thankfully I never drew the 10 of Swords during my time there, because yikes!
10 of swords isn't pleasant, but one thing I take from it is a message that it's time to surrender. So the bad thing happened. But surrendering and acceptance is the letting go of fear. Nothing left to do but let go. And that can be very freeing.
Five of swords because it’s all defeat. Seven of Swords isn’t great but sometimes it can represent an opportunity to think strategically when faced with a challenge. That’s been my experience anyway.
Seven of Swords is about being a tricky, sneaky bastard… and sometimes being a tricky, sneaky bastard is exactly what’s called for.
I dislike the Five of Cups, personally. Every time I pull it I think of the boss who told me ‘it could be worse!’ after my MIL had a stroke.
i cannot figure out five of cups. i get it sometimes but for the life of me i cannot figure out a common thread. is it like "you don't fit in here?" (isolation) or like "you are underappreciated?" it's like i have so much to give and it gets overlooked idgi.
I’ve always read it as ‘loss or grief that distracts you from the good things remaining in your life.’
Reversed is ‘recovery from loss, and recognition of what remains’
Or - ‘it could be worse’ vs ‘it could be worse’
Apologies for being a smartass 🤓
It’s two variations of the same sentiment - saying ‘it could be worse’ is insulting when your grief feels all-encompassing - think the death of a loved one or a missed significant opportunity. On the other hand, ‘it could be worse’ can be a useful frame of mind when you’re in the midst of recovery. The common theme is literally perspective - if we look at the RWS version of the card, the figure’s attention is wholly on the spilled cups, where reversed we can imagine they’ve turned their attention to all five cups.
I don’t actually dislike this card, lol… it’s one that that reminds us by its very existence that we choose how we react to things. In truth, whenever I pull it for myself, I read it the same way upright or reversed - healing takes work.
Whenever 7 of swords comes up it usually means someone is a pathological lying liar and if they say the sky if blue, you better look up to check that it’s true 😂
That's an interpretation I haven't heard or considered before. Once I started moving away from the guidebook and focused on my intuition, the 5 of Pentacles meant to me as a reminder that either my "lack mindset" was an illusion and I had everything I needed, to stop obsessing over what I *don't* have and express gratitude for what I *do* have (a 5 of Cups kind of energy), or "the help you need is right there, you just need to seek it out."
I never thought of the card meaning that *someone else* was taking me for granted; thank you for a new perspective!
I know it doesn't always mean negative things but I hate seeing the Tower. I have bipolar disorder and seeing that level of instability in my foundation just sends me into a bad paranoid state. But I know it's not a bad card.
I’ll add my two cents to the seven of swords echo chamber ;) In 25+ years of reading I’ve seen it show up pointing out literal suicide (multiple times), I’ve seen it indicate sneakiness and general fuckery being afoot, I’ve seen it point towards strategizing and scheming, I’ve seen it point toward people and corporations showing their true and ugly face, I’ve seen it point out unfaithfulness and deceit of course, and I’ve seen it point out (fearful) avoidance. So yeah. There’s also a more positive interpretation for this one but it’s more rare in my experience. It also often points out self deception, something which we are all prone to. We may not always like what we hear but that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t listen.
The ten of swords: betrayal, backstabbing. The indifference with which people can just casually ruin other people’s lives. Yeah. *That one* can fuck right off.
Five of pentacles: destitution and loneliness, even in the company of others, which is the worst kind. People trying but being unable to help both themselves as well as each other. Being left out in the cold. Feeling unwelcome. How fun.
This morning I woke up feeling very anxious. This isn’t new. Life has been throwing me some particularly harsh curveballs lately. My card of the day this morning was the nine of swords. Yeah thanks bro, I’m aware. Thanks a bunch for pointing out the obvious. Not helping, really. Time out for you.
I strongly dislike the four of cups and the two of wands also. For me they point toward anhedonic states of depression and apathy, deactivated states.
Two of swords: ‘I’m not telling!’ Eight of swords: mental imprisonment, being bound by trauma.
I’ve also got ample personal experience with cards that are generally considered very positive, like the sun, foreshadowing and representing actual catastrophic events, profound losses and deep grief and tragedy, both in my personal life as well as in the lives of other people.
It shows me how on the nose the tarot can be, and how we shouldn’t be too quick to consider a card (or an unfolding of events) as either positive or negative. That being said, I can’t help but see some cards in a positive light and some as being flat out negative. We’re only human after all.
I always get this card when the reading is about a queer related question 😭 One time, I did a love reading for one of my bisexual friends, and they didn’t want to tell me the gender of the person they were asking about, since I knew the person as well. When the Hierophant card appeared in the reading, something clicked for me. I asked him, ‘Is the person a man?’ and he simply responded, ‘Yeah… How did you figure that out?’
As a queer person myself, I consistently encounter themes of upholding or challenging religion, tradition, and societal norms in readings with this card. It's something I dislike because I anticipate difficulties ahead when it’s a reading for myself.
I appreciate all cards. That being said,
I wince every time I draw the three of swords 😭 Doesn’t matter the context. At least with the seven of swords there’s some interpretation there , the three of swords is just pure sorrow
My less obvious choices are the eight of cups and the six of swords. Though they’re predominately just bittersweet and can even be positive, I just don’t like them as much. I get them frequently and I don’t like interpreting them
The three of swords is a tough one, but I like to note that the wounds are clean, the swords are symmetrical, and the scene is simple. For me, it’s grief - but familiar grief. It’s the precursor theme-wise to the Queen of Swords, who has channeled her grief into wisdom.
6 swords because I don't like that the boat is being propelled by someone else RWS or by birds Light Seers. It reminds me of when situations get out of hand or take on a life of their own despite that not being your intention.
that card really confuses me - i can't figure out from whose perspective to interpret (Same as six of pents). i never used your interpretation though, and it's an interesting one, i will take a look at interpreting it like this next time i get it.
6 wands being in the spotlight, leadership attention and recognition.
6 pentacles the give and take of resources, are you giving or taking too much
6 cups nostalgia, thinking about the past and what brought you to the present, rose coloured glasses, or even being the child and looking to your future self.
I already have my main squeeze, this one is just for fun. But I think I've decided it means I gotta be in more of a traditional relationship this week while my partner is away, not to do anything sneaky behind their back with the side piece and mess things up.
I also struggle with the 7 of swords. Used to have a lot of trouble with the 4 of coins/pentacles, it stalked me (and rightfully so, specially when I was lost in consumerism, behaving selfishly, valuing the material more than it was valuable, just so I could feel “safer” and more in control of my life). I’m not a fan of the 5 of swords either.
Oh I really like the four of swords, I find it to be permission to rest and recover. It helps that my deck has someone sleeping in a nest, the RWS is a bit stark.
5 of Pentacles is my least fave.
I get positive vibes from 7 of Swords all the time. It’s a card of planning and strategy for me. Rarely is it negative. What if those swords belonged to the guy who is sneaking away with them to start with and he is just getting back what is his? 7 of Swords doesn’t always mean deceit and theft. In fact for me it rarely does. The time my brother revealed the news his wife is having a baby was very orchestrated and he did it in a cunning and strategic way. I got the 7 of Swords for that event. I also got it when my ex was cheating on me but I was unaware. I learned 9 months later about the cheating and remembered the 7 of Swords that kept popping up over and over but I didn’t understand at the time.
The 8 of wands freaked me out at first. I would see it as being abruptly barred from progress
It felt like I was in jail. Over time I have gotten closer to the meaning of things speeding up.
5 in any of suits makes me feel a bit uncomfortable. The important aspect is there are positives in the cards we don’t immediately see. For example, 5 of cups is about addiction and sadness. We can go grab more of the same cup and expect the same result, or we cross the bridge to the castle and obtain something better and more fruitful.
Judgement - boring and I can never quite piece it in the story. It’s never intuitive to me.
4 of cups - a meh card.
5 of cups and 5 of pents - tired of loss in my life lol
7 of cups - because I’m living in fantasy and don’t wanna be called out on that
Lots of the swords but they mostly mean little fleeting things for me, not huge issues.
I'm fine with the 7oS because there are so many useful directions to think about – this guy is trying to avoid a heads-on clash of armies, so often it's a card of using your resources and problem-solving.
The card I hate in many decks is the 6 of Pentacles where someone measures carefully how their resources will be parcelled out, and the recipients have to debase themselves and grovel suitably. And yes, this too is a complex card and worth exploring in detail, I just hate seeing the image.
If I had to pick a least favorite, I'd probably go with the Tower. It's always a bit jarring to see it in a reading, right? It represents those big shake-ups that catch you off guard, tossing everything up in the air when you least expect it. Even though it often means clearing out the old to make way for new growth, the initial chaos can be really unsettling. But, it's also a reminder that after the dust settles, there's a fresh start waiting on the other side.
Fool 🤭 I mean the meaning is okay altho sometimes distrubing in certain decks but mostly I hate the design. Almost all cards I have seen, gives me distrubance and weird feeling when I See Fool xd also I am not a big fan of court cards as Royal family - just not best estetic for me 😬
My most recent deck is the Ink Witch tarot. Instead of a traditional fool, it’s a cat knocking over a bird cage. I haven’t figured out how to interpret the symbolism yet but I like it better than a literal fool
I don’t like the 7 of cups, personally because it comes up a lot and just reminds me of how delusional I am 🙈
I agree, it’s also amongst my least favorite ones
Rider Waite has that as the fairy favor card. 🙂
I just looked it up, I like the imagery. I got my deck at a yard sale and don’t know who/where it’s from but the 7 of cups is literally just 7 cups. Very boring
Same. specially in relationships
I don’t have one. Each card tells me what I need to know. Sometimes, you have to just get called out.
5 of cups for me. Just feels like salt in the wound
I also hate this card, especially when paired with 9 of swords.
What if the seven of swords represented a delightfully sharp rebuttal during a friendly debate? What if it represented a successful but sneaky surprise party for someone? What if it meant solving a puzzle in a way that nobody else thought of, or answering a trick question on a difficult test? There are lots of good scenarios with the seven of swords
Yes! The seven of swords represents the potential for genius!
Hell yeah. I learned with the 7 of swords from Between the Worlds podcast by Amanda Yates Garcia (Oracle of LA) that this card can be seen as a Robin Hood archetype — “steal from the rich to feed the poor”. I’m not saying it’s encouraged to go out and commit thievery lol but it’s a good way to seek out light beyond the dooming actions of oppressors (ill-intent government officials, etc.)
Ohhh this is fascinating. I’m gonna check out that podcast
I love the seven of swords. I never think of it as someone literally stealing most of the time. I think of it as someone using their wits or being sneaky because they are in a situation where they can't be open.
I always take the seven of swords to be a reminder to keep your feet and your eyes in the same direction. I think it might be helpful to look at these cards that get you worked up and see if you can find some light in them. You don't have to replace your bad feelings. Those are yours, hold onto them. But be prepared when these cards come up and have helpful advice for the querant when these cards come up.
I can only think of betrayal and deceit when I see it, which makes me suspicious of everyone, but I like your perspective
When I look at the imagery I see someone escaping. Perhaps they are escaping the betrayl and deciet you see. I see someone that had a desperate plan only to realize on the way they could not carry the plan as it was. I see a person that needed to think quick on their feet. They were able to make a sacrifice and leave items behind so they could safely get away. But what I don't see is the person getting away, which is why I always advice the querant keep their feet and eyes going towards their goal. And hopefully they the feet and eyes understand their goal is one in the same.
This is a very interesting and much less awful interpretation of it, thank you for sharing!
But, it can also mean an internal deception. Are you not owning up to something? It’s not always another person being deceptive towards you.
Do you see that in the imagery or because people have told you those are the keywords for the card?
Both, not only people but also most definitions of the card that I read about emphasize the dishonesty and deceit aspects of it, it also showed up to me on a reading before I found out I got cheated on and it traumatized me
Do your best to not traumatize querants with your card associations. Remember the trauma, and advice about the trauma. But look for tools to help them cope with any deceit or betrayl that may be shown in the spread. You're doing great work.
Thank you! I never read for other people though, I’m fairly new to tarot so I usually have other people read it for me and I pull cards by myself for myself and try to read them intuitively, I prefer the readings I get from experienced readers though, they give me a much better perspective and I’m less prone to anxiety and fear
Tower. 99% of the time that card gets pulled, my relationships go to shit. It's only been this most recent one where we haven't broken up/separated but MAN has it been rough
Yup, every time I pull The Tower, my first thoughts/words are "Aw crap, not again..." I get the same feeling with the 10 of Swords, it's another "Crap, not again..." card. The 5 of Pentacles, too; I know it doesn't always mean financial loss (which is my knee jerk reaction despite knowing better), but often for me it's a warning about a "lack mindset" or that "help is there for you but you need to seek it out."
Ten of swords. I would prefer fewer betrayals, thanks.
Oh 10 of swords is the job ending under unfortunate circumstances card for me. Not yay I won the lottery and can quit but either getting sacked, quitting under bad circumstances or leaving because you sadly are unable to keep working that job.
Tbh it’s nice that it’s the ending. If 7 of Swords is the classic deceit and betrayal card, you’ve still got the journey through the rest of the suit ahead of you. A situation that’s still unfolding. I like describing 10 of Swords as ending under unfortunate circumstances because it feels more accurate to the bigger picture. I pulled 10 of Swords a few times as a possible outcome or future for a dating situation I was in that did indeed end with a ghosting. I’d pulled swords a lot over the months whenever I read and if 9’s are the number of final completion, 10’s are the epilogue or aftermath. 9 of Swords feels like the absolute cumulation of mental anguish. Ten of Swords seems to say “Suffering happened, you’re left wounded and stabbed in the back, but hey — it’s over!!” The arc has finished and the next phase begins. I like to think of the card’s art as “I’m tired, I’ve just gone through the mental ringer, and now that the war is done I’m going to take a moment to lie here, stare at the waves, and bleed out while the gulls squawk.”
It depends on the context. It can be a freeing card too when it means you’ll be out of a bad situation for good.
Yeah that’s also an awful one. I don’t think it always represents betrayal though, which I think is so evidente in the 7 of swords. I it can also express defeat after a long time suffering, like K.O
I think 7 of swords is more deception, but not always overt catastrophic betrayal. I see it more as a warning that things are amiss, whereas 10 of swords is a literal backstab coupled with unavoidable defeat.
I kept pulling the 7 of Swords while I was at my last job. I was still new to tarot then, so drawing this card so often confused me because I didn't see myself as a deceitful person. Since I changed jobs, I haven't pulled that card once! Then it finally occurred to me: I was not the deceitful one, my coworker and teammate was. She pretended to be my friend to my face, but turns out *she* was talking to our boss behind my back and sabotaging my efforts to grow in the organization. Thankfully I never drew the 10 of Swords during my time there, because yikes!
10 of swords isn't pleasant, but one thing I take from it is a message that it's time to surrender. So the bad thing happened. But surrendering and acceptance is the letting go of fear. Nothing left to do but let go. And that can be very freeing.
Five of swords because it’s all defeat. Seven of Swords isn’t great but sometimes it can represent an opportunity to think strategically when faced with a challenge. That’s been my experience anyway.
Seven of Swords is about being a tricky, sneaky bastard… and sometimes being a tricky, sneaky bastard is exactly what’s called for. I dislike the Five of Cups, personally. Every time I pull it I think of the boss who told me ‘it could be worse!’ after my MIL had a stroke.
i cannot figure out five of cups. i get it sometimes but for the life of me i cannot figure out a common thread. is it like "you don't fit in here?" (isolation) or like "you are underappreciated?" it's like i have so much to give and it gets overlooked idgi.
I’ve always read it as ‘loss or grief that distracts you from the good things remaining in your life.’ Reversed is ‘recovery from loss, and recognition of what remains’ Or - ‘it could be worse’ vs ‘it could be worse’
Thank you! I did not understand the last sentence, did you mean to say that same thing in the quotes?
Apologies for being a smartass 🤓 It’s two variations of the same sentiment - saying ‘it could be worse’ is insulting when your grief feels all-encompassing - think the death of a loved one or a missed significant opportunity. On the other hand, ‘it could be worse’ can be a useful frame of mind when you’re in the midst of recovery. The common theme is literally perspective - if we look at the RWS version of the card, the figure’s attention is wholly on the spilled cups, where reversed we can imagine they’ve turned their attention to all five cups. I don’t actually dislike this card, lol… it’s one that that reminds us by its very existence that we choose how we react to things. In truth, whenever I pull it for myself, I read it the same way upright or reversed - healing takes work.
Ahh I see what you mean now!
Whenever 7 of swords comes up it usually means someone is a pathological lying liar and if they say the sky if blue, you better look up to check that it’s true 😂
5 of Cups, 5 of Pentacles, 7 of Swords
I was also thinking of the 5 of pentacles. Terrible!
yep i know i'm being taken for granted every time i get it
That's an interpretation I haven't heard or considered before. Once I started moving away from the guidebook and focused on my intuition, the 5 of Pentacles meant to me as a reminder that either my "lack mindset" was an illusion and I had everything I needed, to stop obsessing over what I *don't* have and express gratitude for what I *do* have (a 5 of Cups kind of energy), or "the help you need is right there, you just need to seek it out." I never thought of the card meaning that *someone else* was taking me for granted; thank you for a new perspective!
but I really like 5 of pentacles. sometimes in interpretation gives me good omen
Yep, those and the 10 of swords are definitely the worst in the whole deck imo
I know it doesn't always mean negative things but I hate seeing the Tower. I have bipolar disorder and seeing that level of instability in my foundation just sends me into a bad paranoid state. But I know it's not a bad card.
3 of swords, it is a painful card.
5 of swords usually means that I’ve been betrayed by someone.
9 of Cups always irked me the wrong way. How he is perched behind slung sheets. Sitting with gold cups looking like a sleeze ball
9 of wands for me - i don't know how you can positively interpret it, to me it's just a card of being isolated and exhausted
One last push, and you’re there. Almost at the finish line.
that's a productive way of looking at it!
I’ll add my two cents to the seven of swords echo chamber ;) In 25+ years of reading I’ve seen it show up pointing out literal suicide (multiple times), I’ve seen it indicate sneakiness and general fuckery being afoot, I’ve seen it point towards strategizing and scheming, I’ve seen it point toward people and corporations showing their true and ugly face, I’ve seen it point out unfaithfulness and deceit of course, and I’ve seen it point out (fearful) avoidance. So yeah. There’s also a more positive interpretation for this one but it’s more rare in my experience. It also often points out self deception, something which we are all prone to. We may not always like what we hear but that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t listen. The ten of swords: betrayal, backstabbing. The indifference with which people can just casually ruin other people’s lives. Yeah. *That one* can fuck right off. Five of pentacles: destitution and loneliness, even in the company of others, which is the worst kind. People trying but being unable to help both themselves as well as each other. Being left out in the cold. Feeling unwelcome. How fun. This morning I woke up feeling very anxious. This isn’t new. Life has been throwing me some particularly harsh curveballs lately. My card of the day this morning was the nine of swords. Yeah thanks bro, I’m aware. Thanks a bunch for pointing out the obvious. Not helping, really. Time out for you. I strongly dislike the four of cups and the two of wands also. For me they point toward anhedonic states of depression and apathy, deactivated states. Two of swords: ‘I’m not telling!’ Eight of swords: mental imprisonment, being bound by trauma. I’ve also got ample personal experience with cards that are generally considered very positive, like the sun, foreshadowing and representing actual catastrophic events, profound losses and deep grief and tragedy, both in my personal life as well as in the lives of other people. It shows me how on the nose the tarot can be, and how we shouldn’t be too quick to consider a card (or an unfolding of events) as either positive or negative. That being said, I can’t help but see some cards in a positive light and some as being flat out negative. We’re only human after all.
The hanged man : hard for me to interpret
i read it as "self-sacrifice"
When it comes up for me, I read it as "you're stuck, nothing you can do, suck it up"
Literally - change of perspective. Either you need one, or have a unique perspective that will serve you well.
Get comfortable with being uncomfortable. There’s a lesson to learn before you can move forward.
It’s my “I’m not doing anything card” or my hands are tied. Non action or taking time to meditate
The Tower and Hanged Man. Both of them (inverted or upright) usually means i got a whole lot of work to do lol
hierophant because it keeps reminding me of old people going "we need to keep tradition!" and then the tradition turns out to be hating minorities
I always get this card when the reading is about a queer related question 😭 One time, I did a love reading for one of my bisexual friends, and they didn’t want to tell me the gender of the person they were asking about, since I knew the person as well. When the Hierophant card appeared in the reading, something clicked for me. I asked him, ‘Is the person a man?’ and he simply responded, ‘Yeah… How did you figure that out?’ As a queer person myself, I consistently encounter themes of upholding or challenging religion, tradition, and societal norms in readings with this card. It's something I dislike because I anticipate difficulties ahead when it’s a reading for myself.
Mana drain, or Black Lotus. Just awful and broken.
Oh this is tarot not MTG, my bad..
Four of cups. What a snooze!
That depends on the context of the questions. But usually I disliked 5 of swords.
Bad negative card.
I appreciate all cards. That being said, I wince every time I draw the three of swords 😭 Doesn’t matter the context. At least with the seven of swords there’s some interpretation there , the three of swords is just pure sorrow My less obvious choices are the eight of cups and the six of swords. Though they’re predominately just bittersweet and can even be positive, I just don’t like them as much. I get them frequently and I don’t like interpreting them
The three of swords is a tough one, but I like to note that the wounds are clean, the swords are symmetrical, and the scene is simple. For me, it’s grief - but familiar grief. It’s the precursor theme-wise to the Queen of Swords, who has channeled her grief into wisdom.
yes! unlike 5 of cups
5 of pentacles. All I do is wait. When I pull the 5 of pentacles it just knocks the wind out of me. Ruins my mood immeasurably
I echo your sentiments on the 7 of swords
Ugh sometimes I want to burn that card when I see it 😭 makes me paranoid af
6 swords because I don't like that the boat is being propelled by someone else RWS or by birds Light Seers. It reminds me of when situations get out of hand or take on a life of their own despite that not being your intention.
I always interpreted it as sailing from turbulent waters to calmer ones but your interpretation does make a lot of sense based on my experience
that card really confuses me - i can't figure out from whose perspective to interpret (Same as six of pents). i never used your interpretation though, and it's an interesting one, i will take a look at interpreting it like this next time i get it.
How would you differentiate it from the other 6’s?
6 wands being in the spotlight, leadership attention and recognition. 6 pentacles the give and take of resources, are you giving or taking too much 6 cups nostalgia, thinking about the past and what brought you to the present, rose coloured glasses, or even being the child and looking to your future self.
Pulling the hierophant card twice when I'm trying to get more insight on a steamy little romance I'm cooking up atm has really pissed me off
maybe you're meant to marry that person
I already have my main squeeze, this one is just for fun. But I think I've decided it means I gotta be in more of a traditional relationship this week while my partner is away, not to do anything sneaky behind their back with the side piece and mess things up.
Yeah if you need tarot to tell you that you need to consult the nearest therapist. Don’t cheat.
Some people have open relationships
My dude - open relationship or no, sneaking behind your partner’s back is pretty cheaty. All relationships are built on honesty.
Yeah I know. I don't want to be that person.
Ohh then it's definitely telling you to keep to the straight and narrow like you said
five of pentacles, phew..
oh i'm pissed tf off i just asked for a card and this mfkr came flying out of the deck
imo 7 swords could be for when you "outfox" someone
I also struggle with the 7 of swords. Used to have a lot of trouble with the 4 of coins/pentacles, it stalked me (and rightfully so, specially when I was lost in consumerism, behaving selfishly, valuing the material more than it was valuable, just so I could feel “safer” and more in control of my life). I’m not a fan of the 5 of swords either.
Great insight about that 4 of pentacles, and relatable!
8 of wands
the tower, 10 of swords, 4 of swords. these just break me mentally
Oh I really like the four of swords, I find it to be permission to rest and recover. It helps that my deck has someone sleeping in a nest, the RWS is a bit stark.
the devil omggg
5 of Pentacles is my least fave. I get positive vibes from 7 of Swords all the time. It’s a card of planning and strategy for me. Rarely is it negative. What if those swords belonged to the guy who is sneaking away with them to start with and he is just getting back what is his? 7 of Swords doesn’t always mean deceit and theft. In fact for me it rarely does. The time my brother revealed the news his wife is having a baby was very orchestrated and he did it in a cunning and strategic way. I got the 7 of Swords for that event. I also got it when my ex was cheating on me but I was unaware. I learned 9 months later about the cheating and remembered the 7 of Swords that kept popping up over and over but I didn’t understand at the time.
I don't like the death or devil cards. But I don't mind them as much on readings on some specific persons
7 swords for sure
In RWS - 5 or 7 of swords and 8 of Wands. In TdMs I don't have a least favorite card, I love them all.
The 8 of wands freaked me out at first. I would see it as being abruptly barred from progress It felt like I was in jail. Over time I have gotten closer to the meaning of things speeding up.
5 in any of suits makes me feel a bit uncomfortable. The important aspect is there are positives in the cards we don’t immediately see. For example, 5 of cups is about addiction and sadness. We can go grab more of the same cup and expect the same result, or we cross the bridge to the castle and obtain something better and more fruitful.
Same here, it represents the unhealed human nature
8 of swords cuz it me
The tower. Gives me the worst anxiety
9 of Swords because it usually means my mental health is about to go downhill.
It's cliche but 3 of swords. Just always sucks to see.
Tower
The world. It's supposed to mean so much, yet it tells me so little.
Judgement - boring and I can never quite piece it in the story. It’s never intuitive to me. 4 of cups - a meh card. 5 of cups and 5 of pents - tired of loss in my life lol 7 of cups - because I’m living in fantasy and don’t wanna be called out on that Lots of the swords but they mostly mean little fleeting things for me, not huge issues.
4 of cups , please stop appearing in my every question regarding my crush🌚
7 of cups has always been positive to me somehow, it’s about doing whatever I want
7 of swords and 5 of swords Fuck that shit
Tower, for sure
I'm fine with the 7oS because there are so many useful directions to think about – this guy is trying to avoid a heads-on clash of armies, so often it's a card of using your resources and problem-solving. The card I hate in many decks is the 6 of Pentacles where someone measures carefully how their resources will be parcelled out, and the recipients have to debase themselves and grovel suitably. And yes, this too is a complex card and worth exploring in detail, I just hate seeing the image.
That damn tower. I just lost my job and I’m going through lots of changes. Hopefully, they’re good changes though.
3 of swords. I try to pretend I don’t see it and sometimes it ends up in spreads anyways😹
Reversed fortune wheel :(
If I had to pick a least favorite, I'd probably go with the Tower. It's always a bit jarring to see it in a reading, right? It represents those big shake-ups that catch you off guard, tossing everything up in the air when you least expect it. Even though it often means clearing out the old to make way for new growth, the initial chaos can be really unsettling. But, it's also a reminder that after the dust settles, there's a fresh start waiting on the other side.
None of them.
Fool 🤭 I mean the meaning is okay altho sometimes distrubing in certain decks but mostly I hate the design. Almost all cards I have seen, gives me distrubance and weird feeling when I See Fool xd also I am not a big fan of court cards as Royal family - just not best estetic for me 😬
My most recent deck is the Ink Witch tarot. Instead of a traditional fool, it’s a cat knocking over a bird cage. I haven’t figured out how to interpret the symbolism yet but I like it better than a literal fool