Tarot · Swords
Six of Swords
- transition
- moving on
- calmer waters
The picture
A ferryman poles a boat carrying a cloaked woman and a child across the water; six swords stand upright in the boat, and the water ahead is smooth.
The meaning
The boat travels from rough water into calmer water. The tradition reads the Six of Swords as transition, moving on and slowly breathing out. It stands for a departure that was needed, and a journey to a kinder shore. The burden travels along, but it grows lighter.
Reversed
Reversed, it is read as difficulty letting go, or a journey that is delayed.
In love
In love it is read as relief after a hard time, or a careful fresh start.
At work
At work it stands for a change, a move or the way out of a difficult situation.
As your card of the day
Things can grow calmer today. You are already on your way to another shore.
The Six of Swords stands for transition. Let someone help you a little further along today.
Swords belong to air. Readers see in them thought, decisions and plain words, the uncomfortable ones included.
Picture: Pamela Colman Smith, Rider-Waite-Smith tarot, 1909, public domain (Wikimedia Commons).