Seven of Swords

Seven of Swords

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The Upright Readings

betrayal, insolence, unwise attempt, deception, getting away with something, acting strategically

The one you trusted is likely to betray you. Just like Vikramaditya Raja of Vikram Betal (a story). The priest who had promised to give him powers betrayed him. You may get very brutal treatment. You will face unwanted other words. A foolish attempt to bend you will be deceived. One has to get away from something according to a well-thought-out trick. Now you have to learn to act strategically. Otherwise, your enemies will bury you.

The Reverse Readings

counsel, helpful, advice, Imposter syndrome, self-deceit, keeping secrets

You should always consult a knowledgeable person. Your assistants will give you advice but their advice could be rookie syndrome. Self-deception can happen. Keep yourself silent like Vikramaditya. Here you open your mouth and there the disillusion will fly away. It is very important to keep things secret, keep silent.

Seven of the swords

European Tarot card study points:

A man with a hat in his yellow long shirt is stealing five swords by keeping two swords behind. A battlefield tent is far behind. He is walking softly on his tips.

Ancient Indian Tarot card study points:

A brave King Vikramaditya is in his red cloth. He is carrying Betal (soul in the dead body) on his shoulders but the cunning Betal escapes.

Betal has a condition for king Vikramaditya not to speak anything. If he speaks, Betal will fly. While on his shoulder Betal used to tell one story with an intelligent question at the end. Betal asks the king if he knows the answer he cannot keep mum or he will die.

Then Vikramaditya has to speak. To speak is a breach of the first condition then Betal used to fly back. This continues for twenty-five nights. The king is carrying five swords somehow; two swords are on the floor. Vikramaditya is looking back for Betal.

(Please read the detailed story.)

'Vikram Aur Betal' is based on 'Betaal Pacchisi', written in the 11th century by Kashmiri poet Somdev Bhatt. These are spellbinding stories told to the wise King Vikramaditya by the witty ghost Betaal.

Vikramaditya was a great king who ruled over a prosperous kingdom at Ujjain. He had immense love to learn and have adventures. He was brave, fearless, with strong willpower. Every day many visitors used to visit the king and gift him something. The King used to accept all the gifts with courtesy. Among such visitors was a mendicant who presented fruit on every visit. King Vikramaditya used to hand over the fruit to the royal storekeeper.

One day while handling the fruit, it broke and from the pop came out a ruby. The King was surprised. He ordered to check all the fruits. Ruby is found in each fruit. The King decided to meet the mendicant. However, the mendicant had set a condition that the King must meet him under a Banyan tree in the center of the cremation beyond the city, at night, on the 14th day of the dark half of the month.

King met him as decided. The King asked the mendicant why he was doing this. The mendicant tells about a task, to King Vikramaditya. Only he can perform. King Vikramaditya had to visit the northernmost corner of cremation where he would find an ancient tree. There would be a corpse hanging on the branches. He would have to fetch it for the mendicant, as the mendicant was seeking certain occult powers, he would practice certain rites sitting on it.

King Vikramaditya was supposed to carry the corpse on his shoulder in silence. En route, the spirit of Betaal (in the corpse) used to narrate a story to the king and after completing the story Betaal would pose a query that if The king knew the answer, was bound to respond lest he will break his head into thousand pieces. If speaks, he would break the vow of silence and Betaal would fly back to the treetop, leaving the king inches short of his destination!

The king would go after the corpse and restart. As the name 'Betaal Pacchisi' suggests the Betaal told King 25 stories. 'Pacchisi' is derived from the word 'Pacchis' in Hindi which means twenty-five. However, looking at the determination of king Vikramaditya, Betaal disclosed the true motive of the mendicant. The mendicant planned to practice certain rites sitting on Betaal but he would kill the King, to get all the powers. However, he still went to the mendicant, but he was prepared for a surprise. Betaal proved to be right and the mendicant tried to kill Vikramaditya. However, Vikramaditya outwitted the mendicant and killed him.