Minor Arcana · Swords
Six of Swords
The crossing
Upright meaning
Leaving rough water for somewhere calmer. The sadness has not lifted, but the direction is right.
Reversed meaning
Stuck and unable to get out, or carrying the old baggage across.
What is in the picture
A ferryman poles a boat carrying a cloaked woman and a child. Six swords stand upright in the hull — they are bringing them along, not leaving them behind. The water on one side is choppy; ahead it is flat. Nobody in the boat is happy, and the boat is going the right way.
Love
The hard stretch is passing. Things are settling.
Career
A change of job or of place. The move helps.
About this suit
Swords are about thought, truth and conflict. The suit of speech, decisions and what runs through your head — fear included.
One thing you can do
Write down one concrete step that moves you out of the current situation, small enough to do this week. This card travels in short stages.
Is Six of Swords a yes or a no?
Yes, in the sense that things get easier. Moving house, changing jobs, changing chapters — all favoured.
Beside another card
A card changes meaning according to what sits next to it. These are the two most common pairings — tap through to read the other card.
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