I might read these two together as someone who doesn't want a sexual relationship. OR someone who wants their secret sexual relationship to come out in the open.
I’m sorry. I probably should have clarified that these two cards did not appear in the same reading together. It was 2 separate readings but the same spread/questions. Reading #1 turned up the 7 of Swords Rx for the 1st question and the 7 of Wands as how they view you “between the sheets.” That was pretty self-explanatory to me (aggressive, a “top” person, gets the job done). In reading #2 Death Rx was the card that appeared alongside HP. I figured that meant they were content with how things were and didn’t want anything about it to change. But I was drawing a blank for the 7/S Rx and feeling conflicted about HP. Not sure if that changes your interps of the 2 cards. You may have a point about secrecy, though. It’s not explicitly a secret but it is something that’s not widely known.
HP decides whether or not she wants a relationship or not. She's not opening and welcoming like the Empress. She's perfectly content on being alone and on her own. So if someone is seeing you like the HP and the 7 of Swords rx also turns up in that reading, I would think that this person wants a more honest relationship with you, but you make them think of affairs and secret stuff, which they don't like. They would like it if you could be more honest and open with your emotions because they don't feel that you are being forthcoming.
Perhaps HP is secretive in that she’s not as “vocal” about what she wants. Maybe the other person is confused about what exactly she likes and always wonders “Am I doing it right? Is this the right technique?” It could be they need more verbal affirmation to unlock the mystery, maybe?
7 of S rx could be about vulnerability and because he can't see you for who you are (HP) he feels vulnerable.
I haven’t heard of this card meaning feeling vulnerable before but that’s an interesting take on it.
Then he views you as the single woman, eternally single. He views you as some what sterile emotionally (given the 7Srx). Very emotionally unavailable. HP can also come up as the other woman. Is he married? Does he worry that you relationship will come out into the open (7Srx)
No, no one’s married. It’s possible there’s some worry about it coming out into the open but it’s not because of another woman. I’m not too sure about the emotionally sterile and unavailable part. The question wasn’t really how they see you as a person. It was relegated to how satisfied they are with your “performance” (so to speak).
I don't see sexy with these two combos at all. It almost borderlines being used sexually.
I don’t think anyone is being used, at least maybe not intentionally. But neither card struck a strong sexy vibe with me, which threw the whole readings off.
I think this person views you as someone who is not honest in relationships and who sees you as aloof. Because "honest" is 7Srx and "not" is HP. If that makes sense.
It makes sense, but since these cards are from different readings, that might change things.
HP: is the woman a man has an affair with or a woman who will always be his best friend.
Empress: is the woman a man wants to marry, to bring home to mom and who mothers his children.
Empress is clearly a more warm and nurturing card. I’ve heard different interps of them, though. Some see HP as the eternal friend, not flame, and Empress as the woman you marry. Others see HP as very sexual and Empress as decidedly not sexual but more of a motherly relationship. I’m more of a believer in the former but I don’t know if HP can NEVER be sexual. I’ve had it come up in a positive but mysterious yet seductive light.
I have had these cards come up very much the way Laurelle describes them. High Priestess and 7 of Swords screams affair to me. But, that's not always the case in every circumstance. I think both cards reinforce an aspect of secrecy.
It’s definitely not an affair.
They are both loner operators. I feel like someone is not being on the up and up or entirely open. Seven of Swords reversed may mean that someone is trying to avoid intimacy, but because Seven of Swords is reversed or blocked, there is no easy way to escape. Perhaps one of the individuals feels uncomfortable with the idea of lovemaking (for whatever reason - inhibitions, insecurities, ambivalence).
Avoiding true intimacy is possible, but I don’t think the other person is trying to “escape” the situation. They may be inhibited but I don’t believe they’re necessarily mapping their escape route.
I think confrontation at some point would be inevitable. The High Priestess can also be a harbinger of secrets from the past - past relationships? past lover affairs? and those secrets may very well go down with her to her grave. Keeping secrets from one's partner can mean the death knell for the relationship.
Confrontation? How so?
If I were to pull these cards myself, I would want some clarity, at some point. I would feel like someone was not being honest with me or I was not being honest with myself or that there were aspects of the relationship that I was overlooking. I would consider pulling cards at a later date or perhaps confronting the issue straight on if I figured out what the great mystery was.
That’s kind of why I posted on here: for clarity.
7/S Rx might mean self-deception but I’m not sure how that fits in the context of the question that was asked.
I see 7 of Swords reversed meaning possible difficulties with intimacy. With the 7 of Swords, you do not only have possible emotional dishonesty and deception, you also might have a situation where someone is looking to escape a situation that they cannot handle. If this person has a history of avoiding intimacy, perhaps, 7 of Swords (reversed) suggests they won't so easily be able to accomplish that this time around (for whatever reason).
Difficulties with intimacy is a huge possibility here. I don’t know if this person is strategically avoiding true emotional intimacy or is just clueless on what it is and how to do it. I think that if they truly wanted to escape the situation, they would have by now.
7 of Swords also suggests resourcefulness, someone using the talents and skills they have available. With 7 of Swords reversed, the individual is not making such great use of their skills (they might have some 'tricks' up their sleeve) but it's not having the desired effect. It reminds me of the Magician reversed. The guy's got all the resources and skills, but it's just not working for him. The Magician might need to attempt to pull another rabbit out of the hat, and the Seven of Swords dude might need to pull out another sword.
Maybe they do have some tricks up their sleeve but are too inhibited to use them? Although this is their feelings on the sexual relationship itself, and not necessarily related to how they see themselves in it.
I wouldn't say so much disengaged, rather I prefer the word, ineffectual. In a sexual context, maybe what this person had planned as a means of seduction isn't working so well.
Would ineffectual mean the sex is not truly meeting their needs? Maybe their attraction has waned?
The High Priestess is a keeper of secrets, and she's also discreet if she does choose to have sex. The 7 of Swords upright is someone can't trust. With the 7 of Swords reversed, this would indicate someone she knows she can trust to be discreet as she is.
Discreet is a good word here. I like it better than secretive, at least.
