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Wands · VII

Seven of Wands

Lord of Valour

The face of Seven of Wands, engraved in gold on black, with its title, Lord of Valour.

Hold the high ground. You are outnumbered only on paper.

Upright

Courage under pressure. Defend your position and your values; you hold the advantage.

Reversed

Exhaustion, or defending ground that is no longer worth holding.

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The spirit work

In the Goetia, Vassago by day finds the hidden; Malphas by night reveals what enemies desire and think. Ask to see clearly who is actually against you.

Where the card sits

Correspondences

DecanMars in Leo, 20° to 30°, the third face
Tree of LifeNetzach in Atziluth
Governing angelsMahasiah by day, Lelahel by night
Image of the decanA youth with a whip, and a man very sad.
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Day spiritVassago, prince
The seal of Vassago

Of the same nature as Agares, and of a good nature. Declares things past and to come and finds all things hidden or lost. Goetia 3.

Night spiritMalphas, president
The seal of Malphas

Appears as a crow, then a man, speaking hoarsely. Builds houses and towers, reveals enemies’ desires and thoughts, gives familiars. Goetia 39.

Seven of Wands in the guidebookAll seventy-eight cards

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Notes on sources

The meanings, the questions and the correspondences are the guidebook’s own. The paths, letters and astrology follow the Golden Dawn’s attributions; the angels are the Shem ha-Mephorash, as the deck gives them; the spirits, shown only when you ask for them, are the seventy-two of the Goetia. Where each comes from, and what is old and what is modern, is set out in the guidebook’s Notes on sources and seals.