Swords · Air
Seven of Swordsfor Leo · Health and Energy
"Deception isn't the question. What you do next is."
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A man in the act of carrying away five swords rapidly; the two others of the card remain stuck in the ground. Swords represent knowledge and seven represents trickery. Together this card represents a bit of a hair brained scheme.
Be careful, a trickster is at play. Perhaps romantically someone says exactly what you want to hear, but does not mean what they say in their heart. Perhaps you are tricking yourself into doing something that you know isn't aligned with your values. Either way, be honest with yourself about what you actually want and need; don't resort to tricks to get there.
Your plan is backfiring, you had a strategy and were executing on it, but it is just not working. You might have to be honest about your own shortcomings and see what you can do to change. People are not trying to hurt you, but your plan is not going as expected. Regroup and move forward with earnestness.
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Seven of Swords for Leo in Health and Energy
The Creator
Swords are the air suit, so the Seven of Swords sits in Libra. Libra sextiles Leo, which is help that has to be taken up rather than help that arrives. What it asks for is this: write the sentence down and stop rewriting it. Leo is perfectly capable of that, which is exactly why not doing it needs a better excuse. Upright, the assessment is being made alone, which is where it is easiest to be wrong.
When reading about health through a Leo lens, the Seven of Swords says that you feel like your body is something you push and recover from in private, something to be proud of (or to hide the cost of), and something that should not betray you publicly. This has either built real strength and self-knowledge, or left you managing an injury or exhaustion you cannot admit to anyone. The body has been sending the same signal for months and nobody has bothered to listen. The Leo blind spot in it is being ordinary, being forgotten, being the one no one thought to invite, being seen doing something mediocre.
In practice that can look like anxiety with a real cause. Whatever form it takes, it is being weighed alone, where it is easiest to lie to yourself.
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