Six of Swords Tarot Card Meaning
Keywords: transition · moving on · calmer waters · recovery
What you see on the card
A ferryman stands with his back to the viewer, pushing a long pole; in the boat a woman in a shawl and a child sit with heads bowed, along with six upright swords. The water in front is choppy, the water further off is smooth.
Six of Swords upright
A boat leaving stormy shores for calmer water: a transition under way, carrying the lessons along as the waters settle
Six of Swords reversed
Unable to let go enough to leave; the passage to calmer water keeps being delayed
In love and relationships
In love, the Six of Swords shows moving away from a turbulent period towards calmer water — leaving a painful situation, or a relationship moving through a difficult transition together. Reversed, it shows being unable to let go enough to leave.
In career and money
At work, it is a transition: a move, a new role, leaving a stressful environment for a more stable one. Take the lessons with you. With money, things are gradually becoming calmer.
As advice
As advice: keep moving towards the calmer shore, even slowly. You do not need to have healed completely to start the journey.
In a reading, a card is never read alone: its position, its orientation and the cards beside it change what it says.
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