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Minor Arcana

# Seven of Swords

Māyā (माया)

Deception, Trickery

Seven of Swords. Examine your strategies—are you being clever or dishonest with yourself? She steals away with an armful of swords. This is the lying we do to ourselves. We are all thieves stealing from our own possible development. What potential are you cheating yourself out of? What are you stealing from your own growth?

## Keywords

Deception

Strategy

Cunning

Theft

Buffers

Self-Sabotage

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