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Again the Rider- Waite-Smith card and it more modern equivalent, the Modern Witch Tarot, are more mundane in their philosophy than more modern Tarot Cards and therefore, are good beginner cards. Waite illustrates a thief who has to leave some of the swords behind for there are too many to carry. The attempt to carry all is futile. Therefore, this card suggests that trying to over-think a thing is futile. Only examine one thought at a time, rather than every possible thought at once, for one cannot expect to think the same thoughts over and over and get different results! You are just going to have to settle for less knowledge than makes you feel secure and like the thief on the Rider-Waite-Smith card, just use what you have and leave thoughts of more or security behind. Therefore, let's not deceive ourselves into thinking we have all the answers, sometimes you must start without surety.

The Axiom, "Above all things, know thyself", is an old but well established doctrine of the Gnosis (Ancient Knowledge), and Western Hermetic Qabalah .

In the Gnostic Gospels of Didymos Judas Thomas, Jesus is quoted as saying, "If those who lead say to you, 'see, the kingdom is in the sky.' then the birds of the sky will precede you. If they say to you, 'It is in the sea,' then the fish will precede you. Rather, the kingdom is inside of you, and it is outside of you. When you come to know yourselves, you will then become known, and you will realize that it is you who are the sons [suns] of the living father. But if you will not know yourselves, you dwell in poverty and it is you who is that poverty." (The Gnostic Gospel of Thomas---The Nag Hammadi Library--)

The word Suns in brackets is of my own insertion, because the original word is interpretable as Sun/Son, both having similar meanings in Semitic language and Qabalah, the fact that many Monks who interpreted the Gospels from the original Greek, were misogynistic, required them to use the word "Son" or suffer the wrath of the Patriarch. Being that we are all androgynous and/or Hermaphrodites due to a left male side and right female side of our brains, each of us are to advance our personality to Tiphareth (beauty), the Son/Sun of the Solar logos, which is number 6 on the Tree of Life which it is not a gender. but both genders as One. 6 is the number of the Sun, and is the Christ/Buddha state of conscious energy; the highest state of awake consciousness that we can reach in a physical body. More research into the old papyri that was dug up in Nag Hammadi Egypt , will reveal even more Gnostic gems for the inquiring mind.

The Modern Witch- 7 of Swords-is based on the Rider-Waite-Smith-7 of Swords card. Here a modern woman is carrying away 5 swords and leaving 2 behind. This card implies dishonesty. There are times when one lies, maybe just a little lie, to keep things copasetic. Maybe you dealing with a antagonistic coworker, or an abusive relationship where you need to keep some secrets to keep yourself safe. Just be careful that you deceit is not harming others, as it will then also harm you. Most often, the truth is the best way to deal with a confrontive situation. When truthful, you may have to leave the relationship or even the job. I know this is hard, but it will keep you from lying yourself into victimization.   

The lower worlds forming the square are all worlds of "mind dreams", worlds of illusions brought on by assumptions of the I AM (God/Goddess). Often called the "upper Astral", this where ideas, become measured "dreams" before they become manifested. All is Mind and therefore, all images are imagined. Here we are Psyche's/Celestial energy dreaming we are manifesting as forms of the I AM's experiment in Self-Awareness and/or a "Me". This is explained throughout the 78 cards of the Tarot. Each of us dreams we are human, when all in all, we are spiral energy and/or Spirit "dreaming" we are physical forms. Above all things, know thyself!

When the 7 of Swords, is thrown during a reading, the querent:

• Is or shall, experiencing 7 weeks or 7 months of  futile effort because of the characteristics of , self doubt , such as,  being untrustworthy, due to vacillation.
• Is experiencing unstable effort in all that is attempted. 
• There is also the prospect of journeying over-land, with mixed results. 
• Partial success is suggested, because of  yielding  when victory is at hand. Such a yielding is brought on by the self-defeating thoughts of self doubt which tend to "drain  strength" because of internal conflict. 
• There is an inclination to loose when on the point of gaining  through not continuing effort.
• There is also suggested: a love of abundance, a fascination of display (where the wrapping is more important than the gift), given to compliments, ease of affronts and insolence's with need to detect and spy on others. 
•  Inclinations to betray confidences, not always intentional, but subject to vacillation, causing unreliability. The strength of which all depends on the dignity of the accompanying cards.
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If reversed or ill dignified by the surrounding cards, it implies:

• Deceitfulness.
• Intrigues. 
• Insincerity.

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