SEVEN OF WANDS
Confront the Shadow -- Defending oneself. Battling others and holding the higher ground. Are your enemies and challenges real or imagined, self created or manifested for distraction? The card of confrontation can no longer be avoided. You are put to the test.
SHADOW: The shadow meaning of this card is victimhood and ego identification. The ego doesn't care about the nature of the energy that feeds it. Victim mentality and "poor me" feeds the ego. Victim mentality engages in the idea that you are "good" while others have wronged you. The ego takes center stage when you feel right and others appear wrong. Look at the patterns in your life. Examine how people disappoint you. Is resentment and pain a repetitive theme? What benefit do you receive from repeating these patterns?
Sunlight contains boundaries while darkness holds infinite horizons. The more we repress darkness, the deeper it haunts us. We are usually our own worst enemy. Presumed enemies in our life are the shadow projections of our psyche. Tarot sevens are uncanny, squirmy, and tend to be supernatural in nature. Why is your shadow rising? Why now? The witch is cloaked; perhaps she hides and represses too much. She holds up a torch, willing to look at the darkness that rises before her. What are you afraid to look at? What have you been avoiding? It is standing right in front of you.