Six of Swords
transition · moving on · calmer water · a journey
Card art: Pamela Colman Smith, 1909, for A. E. Waite. Public domain.
The suit of Swords
In a few words
- transition
- moving on
- calmer water
- a journey
A boat crossing to calmer water, passengers quiet. Leaving trouble behind; the crossing is the cure.
Upright
- Everything
- A boat crossing to calmer water, passengers quiet. Leaving trouble behind; the crossing is the cure.
- Love
- Moving past a hard patch together, or moving on alone. Either way, calmer water ahead.
- Work
- A transfer, a new city, a change that takes you away from strain.
- Money
- Moving money to safer ground. A journey or relocation with costs that pay off.
- Myself
- You are carrying your swords with you, and that is fine. The water is calmer.
Journey by water, route, way, envoy, commissionary, expedient.The Pictorial Key to the Tarot (1911), p. 242
Reversed
- Everything
- Unable to leave, or the crossing keeps getting delayed. Baggage too heavy for the boat.
- Love
- Stuck in a pattern you meant to leave. Or a move that solves nothing because the problem came along.
- Work
- A transfer blocked, or running from a problem that follows you.
- Money
- A move that costs more than it saves. Or refusing to change a losing strategy.
- Myself
- Resisting the transition. Rowing back to the shore you left.
Declaration, confession, publicity; one account says that it is a proposal of love.The Pictorial Key to the Tarot (1911), p. 242
The card, as Waite described it
A ferryman carrying passengers in his punt to the further shore. The course is smooth, and seeing that the freight is light, it may be noted that the work is not beyond his strength.The Pictorial Key to the Tarot (1911), p. 242
The plain-word meanings on this page were written for ShreeJyoti and are still under review.