Seven of Wands

Upright

defence · holding ground · overload

Whatever you built is now worth attacking; the ground you hold is proof it matters.

Reversed

overwhelm · giving way · misplaced defence

Too many fronts at once, or a wall defended long after the thing behind it left.

Why this astrology

The pips two through ten map onto the thirty-six decans, ten degrees of the zodiac each, so Seven of Wands is mars in leo · third decan — a planet working through a particular third of a sign. Aces are the root of their element and the courts carry it as temperament.