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Leaning on the hoe, looking at what has grown so far. The Seven is the pause partway through to judge the return: not finished, not failing, just slower than you hoped and worth an honest look.
Reversed
Reversed, you're pulling the plant up to check the roots, or persisting with something that has already shown you what its yield is going to be.
If this is your card this month
What have you invested in that deserves an honest review?
A card is a prompt rather than a forecast. It doesn't know what will happen, and the useful part is what you do with the question it hands you. We make that case at more length in not a prediction, a mirror.