7 of Swords

OK, I'm starting a thread on ATF about this card because I just don't get it. Knowing me, the more I stare at it, the clearer it will become but that's not happening at the moment so I would like to discuss it.

Against the usual violet background of the Swords suit we see 7 swords arranged in a pattern.

At the top of the card are three crossed swords bound together by a blue ribbon.
Below them are 2 lots of 2 crossed swords, each pair bound by a blue ribbon.

Sevens to me are very complicated cards.
On the one hand they are related to The Chariot and are about challenges and how we overcome them.
They are the challenges that we push ourselves into to move forward from the success, harmony and balance of the sixes. They are that push to the 'next level'.
On the other hand, seven is a very magical number and has elements of introspection to it.
It can be seen not only as a push from the six but also as a pause to look within and decide which way to go next, which direction to push in or which chance to take.

I usually interpret the 7 of Swords as meaning using your wit, your intellect and your communication skills to overcome some sort of problem.
It can be about studying or gathering information in the form of research.
It can also be about coming up with a cunning or crafty plan and taken to the extreme it can mean deceit.

I often split the sevens into a three and a four.... The creativity and progress of the three interacting with the grounding and manifestation of the four but this pattern of swords isn't saying anything to me. I see the three at the top but then 2 lots of 2..... Help....

OK after a bit of discussion on ATF, I think I may have got a handle on this a bit better.
It's a card of negotiations, of using wit and intellect to solve problems (as I thought) but maybe about mediation too.
The 2 lots of 2 crossed swords tied with ribbon are opposing factors that can't see eye to eye - what they need is someone to step in and help them out (the third sword in the upper 3).
This sort of makes sense to me.
It's compromise, it's research - it's whatever it takes to resolve the problem.