The Seven of Cups as Advice: Choose One

Written by Chaya the Medium.

The Seven of Cups as advice asks you to pick a cup. Here is how, and what the reversal says about clarity.

If you want the short answer, the Seven of Cups as advice says: choose one. Stop keeping every option open in your imagination and pick the one you will actually pursue.

What the Seven of Cups advises upright

Tina Gong's the Seven of Cups guide at Labyrinthos associates the upright card with choices, fantasy, illusion and wishful thinking. In an advice position I read those meanings as an instruction: the attitude or action the card is asking of you, rather than a description of what will happen. The Minor Arcana overview at Biddy Tarot is a useful second reference.

Upright, the Seven of Cups advises reality-testing: list the options, check which are real, and commit to one.

What the Seven of Cups is not asking you to do

The Seven is not asking you to stop dreaming. It asks you to act on one dream.

The Seven of Cups reversed as advice

Reversed, the Seven of Cups as advice says clarity is arriving. Trust it and decide. A reversed card in an advice position is usually pointing at the habit that is getting in your way, not at a punishment.

The Seven of Cups as advice in love

In love, the Seven of Cups advises seeing the person as they are, not as you imagine.

The Seven of Cups as advice for work and money

For work and money, it advises narrowing to one plan. Advice from a card is reflection. For decisions with legal, medical or financial weight, take it to someone qualified as well.

One step to take this week

Write every option down, cross out all but one, and take one step toward it.

For comparison, the Moon as advice and the Lovers as advice ask different things of you. The the Seven of Cups card meaning page covers the card in full, and the Seven of Cups as a yes or no, the Seven of Cups as feelings and the Seven of Cups as timing cover the other questions people most often ask of it. You can draw a card for yourself with the free daily tarot tool. For a personal interpretation, my guide to an online psychic reading explains how readings work, and the three-card tarot listing and customer reviews are worth reading before deciding whether to order.