The Seven of Wands as How Someone Sees You: Defensive, and Hard to Get Near

Written by Chaya the Medium.

The Seven of Wands as how someone sees you means they see you on the hilltop with a staff. Here is what the picture includes, upright and reversed.

If you want the short answer, the Seven of Wands as how someone sees you means they see you as defended: someone holding a position, braced against them, not easy to approach. It can be respect for your strength. It can be the sense that every approach meets a wand.

This is you on the hilltop with six wands coming up at you. They see you holding ground. They may think they are one of the six.

The Seven of Wands upright as how someone sees you

Tina Gong's the Seven of Wands guide at Labyrinthos associates the upright card with perseverance, defending a position, challenge and standing your ground. When the card lands in a position that asks how someone sees you, I read those meanings as the image the person holds of you, which is not the same as who you are and not the same as what they feel. the Seven of Wands as feelings covers what they feel; the Seven of Wands as intentions covers what they plan. This page covers the picture. The general card meanings at Biddy Tarot are a useful second reference.

Upright, I read the Seven of Wands as a person who sees you as strong-willed and principled: someone who stands their ground and does not give way. They respect it and may find it hard to get close to.

What I would not read into it is warmth. The Seven of Wands sees a defence, not what is behind it.

What the card does not tell you

The card does not confirm the person sees you as hostile, or that they know what you are defending. No card lets a reader see inside another person's head. What a card can do is describe the kind of image that fits the person's behaviour toward you, and give you something to check against how they actually treat you.

The Seven of Wands reversed as how someone sees you

Reversed, the Seven of Wands as how someone sees you means they see you as worn down or giving in, or as defending something not worth it.

In your own question, ask whether you have been more guarded with this person than you meant to be. A reversed card here is a prompt to notice whether the picture the person holds has gone sour or gone wrong, not a verdict on you.

The Seven of Wands as how an ex sees you

Asked how an ex sees you, the Seven of Wands suggests they see you as someone who shut them out and held the line. That can be respect or a grievance. 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 Wands as how a new person sees you

For someone new, this card means they see you as guarded. One clear invitation lowers a lot of wands.

How to check the picture against reality

Look at whether the person approaches you cautiously, as if expecting resistance. That caution is the picture.

What to record before drawing again

Keep three short notes: the question you asked, what you might be defending, and whether this person is actually a threat to it.

For comparison, the Five of Wands as how someone sees you and the Nine of Wands as how someone sees you describe different pictures. The the Seven of Wands card meaning page covers the card in full, and the Seven of Wands as a yes or no and the Seven of Wands as timing 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.