Ever wondered what the Page of Swords and Seven of Cups Tarot Combination means?
Sometimes, when deciding what to write on my blog, I look at the search terms people have used to find my site. Tarot card combinations appear to be what most people are after interpretations for. Being able to relate two or more tarot cards to each other is often one of the hardest parts of learning the craft. Mostly the learning comes through practice, and in the initial stages of using tarot, feedback from the person you’re reading for. If, however, you’re reading for yourself, comprehending what those two cards mean together can be incredibly tricky.
The ‘Page of Swords and Seven of Cups Tarot Combination’ is a search term someone used recently, and if this person was reading for themself, I can fully understand why they’d need a little help understanding its meaning.
The Page of Swords is a fascinating and complex card, but with this combination I don’t need to go into a whole variety of potential meanings, because I have the modifying cards, The Seven of Cups.
The Page of Swords is a court card, so as a personality or character tarot card, we can quickly understand that he represents either the questioner, or someone in the questioner’s life. For this example let’s say that it’s someone the questioner knows.
The tarot suit of Swords symbolise mental activity. Thinking. The Page of any tarot suit represents the young energy. This doesn’t necessarily mean that the person is young age wise, but that they have a youthful approach, or are learning the skills represented by the suit. So here, with the Page of Swords, the individual is learning to use the processes of thinking and discriminating. Bring to mind any child you know, and you’ll quickly see that a youngster practising their mental abilities tends to try it on and test their luck. How far can they push you? Can they outsmart you? What happens if they tell an untruth, or an outright lie? They aren’t necessarily using their mind in the same way that we, as adults, will. It’s all a bit of a game.
A picture of the Page of Swords is emerging. He’s a mental gymnast! He’s not always honest and is usually very smart, because he uses his mind in ways we never thought possible.
Next let’s look at the Seven of Cups. Cups are all about emotions and emotional desires. Seven is a number of abundance and potential. Put the two together and you can see that the Seven of Cups is all about latching onto emotional potential. It’s the tarot card of wishful thinking and daydreaming of what we would like. There’s no action in this tarot card, only dreamy desire.
Now if we put the two card together we can see that we have a person with a monkey mind daydreaming. This is a fantastic tarot combination for anyone involved in the creative arts. Okay, so they haven’t put pen to paper yet, or picked up their paintbrush, but they have a truly inventive way of viewing the world. If, however, this is a romantic question we’re asking, then everything goes steadily downhill. Fast! The Page of Swords isn’t necessarily lying, but he’s definitely fantasising.
When asking about a lover this tarot combination starts to spell trouble. The Page of Swords influenced by the Seven of Cups will promise you the world, and mean it: but they won’t be able to deliver. They’ll have huge ideas for your future together, but won’t necessarily be able to get their act together. At some point you’ll confront them and say, ‘But you said that you’d make a million.’ Well, in their dreams they did. They may also aggrandise who they are and what they have to offer you in life. No, they’re not lying, just imagining themselves to be more than they are.
The worst scenario is if you’re asking about getting involved in a business with this person. They have a zillion plans, a billion brilliant ideas, and are apparently smart enough to make it all happen. Wrong. They’ll sit there and dream the dream, talk the talk, but never get round to acting.
If you’ve had this tarot card combination appear in your reading I’d love to hear from you. How did The Page of Swords and Seven of Cups turn out for you?
I received this combo but it was slightly different. The Page of Swords was the Situation and the 7 of Cups was the Influence.
An individual perceived that a ‘boss’ had maybe passively rejected them. The employee went to the building with the key given to them to open the door; but a deadbolt was also locked this time; never before. The employee couldn’t get in without the deadbolt being unlocked. It was dark and in an enclosed neighborhood. The employee did not want to be perceived by others as ‘fidgeting’ with the locks on someone’s door. There was no communication about the deadbolt. The employee had also received some ’emergency’ help from the boss the other night.
The employee started to think that the ‘boss’ may have perceived him or her as bothersome. The employee put that fact together with the lock issue and interpreted the situation as a ‘passive’ rejection.
The employee asked for a reading about; “what she did wrong”. The employee got the Page of Swords reversed as the situation and the 7 of cups as what influenced it.
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What happened to the employee….in-fact.
The ‘boss’ had locked both locks for the first time and was too busy too respond to the text from the employee; about being on way to the building. It was simply that the boss locked both locks for a first time, employee was not aware or advised, boss did not know employee was on way, employee was not advised that the key she or he did have; was able to open up the deadbolt lock.
lol…………
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Hi Marie,
That’s really interesting.
The Page of Swords describing the situation interprets two ways. Firstly, the tricky situation, and secondly, that the employee didn’t want to be thought up to no good. One interpretation for the page of Swords is ‘the thief’ or burglar.
One day I will write an article, or book, on All the interpretations I’ve ever seen for the Page of Swords. He’s such a chameleon.
In your scenario the 7 of Cups is the employee’s imagination running wild. They imagined the ‘boss’ was being passive aggressive. They imagined people would think they were breaking in. They imagined they’d be perceived as bothersome.
Thank you so much for sharing such a fascinating real life example.
Toni
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Hi there Toni -Sorry if this is a little off topic. I wanted to see if you can help interpret whether ANY of these may indicate a jail sentence? These are 3 different readings:
Reading #1.
Past: 3 swords
Present: 6 wands
Future: Hanged man = to wait it out/jail?
Reading #2.
Past: High Priestess
Present: 6 cups
Future: 8 swords = prison of some kind?
Reading #3.
A reading’s “Future” Column:
Hermit +
8 cups +
Judgement = ? Jail? Or not?
Your thoughts? Thanks.
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Hi Kari,
None of the 3 readings specifically imply ‘going to jail,’ but the questioner’s anxiety is shown and there is the possibility of a trial or legal proceedings.
Reading #1
3 swords is anger and the 6 wands is friendship. Hence there may be anger at a good friend, and alongside the Hanged Man, mean that they are waiting to see what action the friend takes. One friend may implicate the other in a crime/misdemeanor.
Reading #2
The High Priestess next to the 6 cups implies that the questioner does not know everything that took place in the past. The 8 swords says there are things that people have kept quiet about and not let come into the open. It also means that the questioner is keeping their mouth shut about something and is too afraid to speak up.
Reading #3
This reading says that secrets will come out.
The Hermit means keeping things close to ones chest, yet the 8 cups says the questioner will have to go somewhere and speak up. The Judgment card is not about being judged, but about the truth coming out.
Whether or not the questioner will go to prison all depends on them telling the truth, and whether or not they are guilty. So far all the cards will say is that keeping quiet won’t help and it’s better to speak up and tell the truth.
Hope this helps,
Toni
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Thank you so much for your interpretations, Toni.
Really, really helpful.
Thanks.
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