The Seven of Pentacles as Intentions: To Wait and See Whether You Are Worth It

Written by Chaya the Medium.

The Seven of Pentacles as intentions is a plan leaning on a hoe. Here is what I would read in it, upright and reversed, and why the pause is respect.

If you want the short answer, I would read the Seven of Pentacles as intentions that are invested and under review. In an intentions position the card suggests the person has put real effort into you and now intends to stand back and assess whether it is growing into what they hoped. The intention is serious. The pause is not withdrawal; it is the honest look of someone deciding whether to keep tending.

This is the figure leaning on the hoe looking at the coin bush. They intend to keep tending if it is fruiting. They are checking.

The Seven of Pentacles upright as intentions

Tina Gong's the Seven of Pentacles guide at Labyrinthos associates the upright card with long-term view, perseverance, investment and sustainable results. When the card lands in a position that asks what someone intends toward you, I read those meanings as the shape of their plan rather than as a promise about what they will do. Feelings and intentions are different questions; the Seven of Pentacles as feelings covers the first, and this page covers the second. The general card meanings at Biddy Tarot are a useful second reference.

Upright, I read the Seven of Pentacles as a person whose plan toward you is patient and evaluative: they have invested, they care about the result, and they intend to continue if the evidence supports it. They are not planning to walk away. They are planning to look, and what they see is partly what you have given back.

What I would not read into it is impatience or rejection. The figure is not leaving the field. He is deciding whether to keep working it, and that decision usually comes out in favour of what has been growing.

What the card does not tell you

The card does not confirm the person's assessment ends in staying, that what they hoped for matches what you want, or that the pause is short. No card lets a reader see another person's plans. What a card can do is describe the kind of intention that fits the person's behaviour, and give you something to check against what they actually do.

The Seven of Pentacles reversed as intentions

Reversed, the Seven of Pentacles as intentions describes the assessment going badly: a person who has concluded the investment in you is not paying off and intends to stop, or one who is pulling at the crop too early and intends more than the relationship is ready for. It can also describe someone who has been tending a feeling for you that was never going to grow and is beginning to see it.

In your own question, ask whether the person seems to have concluded this is not working, or whether they are rushing something that needed time. A reversed card as intentions is a prompt to compare what is said with what is done, not a diagnosis of bad faith.

The Seven of Pentacles as an ex's intentions

Asked about an ex, the Seven of Pentacles as intentions can suggest they are assessing what they invested in you and whether anything is still growing from it. That is thoughtful and undecided. If they conclude the field is worth returning to, it will be a slow, practical return. If not, a quiet walk away. My guide to asking a psychic whether an ex will come back explains what a reading can and cannot say about that question.

The Seven of Pentacles as a new person's intentions

For someone new, this card describes someone who has put effort into you and intends to see whether it is met. Meet it. The Seven of Pentacles keeps tending what shows signs of growth and stops tending what does not, and the signs are yours to give.

What their intentions look like in action

Look for effort followed by watching: they have been consistent, and lately they seem to be noticing how you respond. A Seven of Pentacles intention looks like someone taking stock.

What to record before drawing again

Keep three short notes: the question you asked, what the person has invested in you, and what you have given in return that they could see as growth. The third note is the crop.

For comparison, the Three of Pentacles as intentions and the Knight of Pentacles as intentions describe different intentions. The the Seven of Pentacles card meaning page covers the card in full, and the Seven of Pentacles as timing and the Seven of Pentacles as a yes or no cover the other questions people most often ask of it. For a personal interpretation, my guide to a love psychic reading online explains how I work, and the three-card tarot listing and customer reviews are worth reading before deciding whether to order.