Seven of Pentacles Reversed

This last Saturday, I hosted a party for a bunch of teenagers here. It was our first giant event since the Before Times. It felt wonderful to have all that fresh energy running around the house, but with it came the need to dispose of old energy. I had so much clutter on tables, counters, floors, everywhere, and I needed to get rid of it, fast! So I dumped it all in my office and declared the office off limits to guests. 

I should have done more planning before agreeing to host this party. What I should have done is systematically gone through clutter and sorted into keep, giveaway, and throwaway categories. Instead, I threw it all into boxes or randomly onto my office desk, and now what I have is an office full of junk. It took a bunch of labor and resulted in getting nowhere fast. It is a very reversed Seven of Pentacles way to clean - tons of work with no net benefit at the end. I still own all the clutter, it's just now in one place. I still need to deal with it. 

I think I'll go eat a hot dog and watch Office Space.

The Seven of Pentacles upright is about patience assessment, perseverance and hard work.

Reversed, it’s almost always negative. You can look at the reversed seven as the opposite of hard work. It could be bad business management, an inability to complete what you’ve started, or not getting any benefits from your labor.   
 
Questions answered by the reversed Seven of Pentacles:
Who? One who is unable to retire
What? A failed investment; a debt
Where? At a failing business
When? The middle of May; Seven months ago; when the investment loses money
Why? “We often miss opportunity because it's dressed in overalls and looks like work” ~Thomas A. Edison
Yes or No? No

The reversed Seven of Pentacles as:
…an action?

• Change your mind
• Do not take action now

 
…a place in your house?

• Dirt
• Unused pots and pans
• A pile of unpaid bills

 
…a place in your city?

• An empty construction site
• An abandoned building

 
…a place in the world? 

• California
• India
• Barcelona, Spain
• The Suez canal
• Edinburgh, Scotland

…something to eat?

• Hot dogs
• Pie

 
…something to clean?

• The space around you right now

 
…where to find the missing item?

• Where you were last sitting or lying down

 
…a color? Light blue
 
…a movie theme? Laziness; bad business management

• 101 Dalmations
• Office Space
• Startup.com

 
…a new career?

• Line stand-in
• Tester – food, hotel, video game, etc

 
Seven of Pentacles reversed
Before any card: Bad business decisions about (card)
After any card: Failed investments; laziness

For more on this reversed seven, read Applied Tarot Reversed!