Core meaning
Sevens stand for challenge, faith and spiritual growth. They often bring tests that teach trust and letting go.
Spades is the suit of work, health and wisdom, and is often seen as the most spiritual suit. It’s usually linked with the element of Air and the tarot suit of Swords.
The Seven of Spades brings challenge to the suit of work and health, and the faith to overcome it. Its gift is a spiritual strength that grows through difficulty. Its lesson is trusting that challenges can be met.
Strengths and challenges
Strengths
- Resilient
- Spiritually strong
- Determined
- Able to overcome obstacles
- Inspiring to others
Challenges and shadow side
- Worry about health or work
- Feeling burdened
- Pessimism
- Trying to control everything
- Exhaustion
Light and shadow
The same card can show up in different ways, depending on how someone is going.
In balance
Overcomes challenges with faith and inspires others to do the same.
Under stress or out of balance
Feels overwhelmed and worries constantly.
Personality in everyday life
Often facing challenges with determination. They work hard and may worry about their health or work.
Love and relationships
- Strengths
- Supportive and resilient.
- Needs
- Understanding and trust.
- Possible tensions
- Worry or stress can take over.
- Growth
- Facing challenges together.
Work, money and purpose
Suited to health, healing, service or demanding careers. Fulfilled by overcoming obstacles and helping others through theirs.
Life lessons and personal growth
Practical ways to work with this card’s challenges:
- List the challenges you’ve already overcome
- Rest when you’re tired
- Choose faith over worry once a day
- Ask for support
Reflection questions
Prompts for journalling or thinking over. There are no right answers.
- What challenges have made me stronger?
- What am I worried about?
- Where do I need faith?
- How do I care for my health?
Birthdays with the Seven of Spades
4 birthdays give this card:
How it’s worked out for 7 January: 55 − (2 × 1 + 7) = 46. Counting through the deck in order (Hearts, Clubs, Diamonds, Spades), card 46 is the Seven of Spades.
Cardology associations
- Place in the deck
- Card 46 of 52
- Suit
- Spades
- Element usually linked with this suit
- Air
- Tarot card usually linked with it
- Seven of Swords
- Number theme
- Faith and challenge
The birth card is one part of Cardology
Your birth card is just one indicator in Cardology. The full system also looks at a planetary ruling card, which is a second card based on your star sign, and at Karma Cards, which are linked with lessons you’re working through and gifts you bring with you. It also uses spreads, where the whole deck is laid out in a traditional pattern. These give a set of life path cards that stay with you for life, and a new yearly spread each birthday, with a specific card for each 52-day period plus long-range and result cards. Cardology can also compare two people’s cards to describe how they connect.
These aren’t covered on this website. Here you’ll find your birth card, your planet year and the dates of your 52-day periods, but not the specific cards that fall in them. To explore the rest, look for a full Cardology reference, such as Robert Lee Camp’s books.
See your own Cardology year. Enter your birthday to find your card, your planet year and the seven 52-day periods of your year, with a printable PDF.
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