Seven of Pentacles (Assessment)

The first card I pulled for today is the seven of pentacles. The card features a man leaning on a staff. He looks like some kind of farmer or something. He is looking at these seven pentacles which seem to be growing on a vine or some kind of bush. He looks like he is admiring his work and also thinking about the future. There is kind of an air of day-dreaming in this card, and maybe thoughts towards a future harvest and the rich sweet flavor these fruits will yield.

The classic definition of this card has to do with assessment, reward or a change of direction. All of which are very pertinent towards my life and which have been on my mind a lot today. So for that reason it seems very appropriate. Also interesting is the explanation Aeclectic gives about the sevens in general:

The sevens are about finding yourself in a situation where you are not in control. Sevens relate to the Chariot, a card about finding and maintaining complete control and mastery over wild or opposing forces.

And the seven of pentacles specifically:

Ultimately, the sevens share that message, the farmer’s message: hold out, be patient, don’t rush, go around. Be in control of yourself and you can be in control of this situation.

Might be interesting to pull some results off Google News for “farmer” and pull some relevant quotes and bits into our discussion:

1. A farmer in Japan who doesn’t have a lot of space to deal with is coming up with some technologically innovative ways to produce more crops: by growing lettuce on the walls!
2. A 69 year old farmer in upstate New York seems to have gone totally missing completely randomly
3. And a short article from Belgium:

A Belgian farmer discovered a new species in his herd after one of his cows mated with an American buffalo.

The result is Kobi, a mixture of the Belgian Blue Cow and the buffalo reports Het Nieuwsblad. Jos Rutten from The Flaming Star ranch in Hamont said: “It has the head and the shoulders of a buffalo and the back and the neck of a cow. And it makes the same sound as a buffalo calf.”

These articles, combined with the card itself and it’s classical meanings seem to indicate that a creative solution needs to be found, to avoid total dissolution. Luckily, it also sounds like that creative solution may just appear on its own, like in the case of the Belgian farmer!