Seven of Wands and Seven of Cups

Defending a position against too many options. The Seven of Wands is holding high ground against attackers below; the Seven of Cups is seven visions in the clouds, none of them chosen. The tradition reads the pair as fighting hard for something while remaining unclear what it is.

Associated with defending a relationship while privately entertaining alternatives, or with defending a choice that has not actually been made.

Fending off challenges to a direction that is itself unsettled. Read as effort spent protecting an undecided position.

The Seven of Wands is winning; the figure has the high ground and mismatched boots. This pairing suggests the fight is going better than the thinking.