Card 33 of 52 · Diamonds · Seven
Seven of Diamonds Playing Card Meaning
Diamonds speak of money, practical matters, news and travel; the Seven brings a test, uncertainty, a warning. Season: autumn.
Tarot counterpart: Seven of Pentacles
What the Seven of Diamonds Means
The Seven of Diamonds is the card of the small loss. Seven tests, and in the suit of money that means an unexpected bill, a bad bet, a miscalculation, or criticism of how you handle your affairs. Older readings spoke of loss, of sharp words, and of a surprise to do with money. It rarely means ruin. It means a gap in the details that costs you, and it asks you to check the figures before someone else does. Its better side is a lesson learned cheaply.
Seven of Diamonds in Love
Sharp words, often about money or practical things, and a sense of being judged. Or a small disappointment: a gift that misses, a plan that falls through. The Seven of Diamonds says the trouble is fixable if you look at what actually happened rather than what it felt like.
Seven of Diamonds in Work and Money
A loss you can absorb and a mistake you can correct. Check invoices, contracts and assumptions. Expect criticism of your handling of money or resources; answer it with figures. Do not take a financial gamble this season.
Seven of Diamonds as a Yes or No
No
Not as planned. The Seven of Diamonds warns of a cost you have not counted.
Seven of Diamonds as a Birth Card
Birthdays with the Seven of Diamonds as their playing-card birth card: 20 January, 18 February, 16 March, 14 April, 12 May, 10 June, 8 July, 6 August, 4 September, 2 October.
Find any birthday's card on the cartomancy page, or your tarot birth card, a different calculation.
The Suit of Diamonds
Diamonds are the suit of the material world: money, property, contracts, news, journeys with a purpose, and the people who deal in them. A reading full of Diamonds says the matter is practical, and that the answer will arrive as something concrete: a message, a payment, an offer, a trip. The suit is neither kind nor cruel; it describes what is on the table. Old cartomancers gave the suit the autumn, the harvest season, and matched it with the Pentacles of the tarot.
The Seven in Every Suit
The Seven means a test, uncertainty, a warning; the suit decides where.
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What does the Seven of Diamonds mean?
The Seven of Diamonds is the card of the small loss. Seven tests, and in the suit of money that means an unexpected bill, a bad bet, a miscalculation, or criticism of how you handle your affairs. Older readings spoke of loss, of sharp words, and of a surprise to do with money. It rarely means ruin. It means a gap in the details that costs you, and it asks you to check the figures before someone else does. Its better side is a lesson learned cheaply.
What does the Seven of Diamonds mean in love?
Sharp words, often about money or practical things, and a sense of being judged. Or a small disappointment: a gift that misses, a plan that falls through. The Seven of Diamonds says the trouble is fixable if you look at what actually happened rather than what it felt like.
Is the Seven of Diamonds a yes or a no?
No. Not as planned. The Seven of Diamonds warns of a cost you have not counted.
Which tarot card is the Seven of Diamonds?
The Seven of Pentacles. Diamonds correspond to the tarot's Pentacles, and the Seven matches the Seven. The two cards share most of their meaning, though the tarot card carries a picture and a reversed reading that the playing card does not.
Whose birth card is the Seven of Diamonds?
In cardology the Seven of Diamonds is the birth card for 10 birthdays: 20 January, 18 February, 16 March, 14 April, 12 May, 10 June, 8 July, 6 August, 4 September, 2 October. The rule is 55 minus twice the month minus the day, counted from the Ace of Hearts (1) to the King of Spades (52); the Seven of Diamonds is number 33.
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