Six of Swords

Upright meaning

A gradual transition away from difficulty. Moving toward calmer conditions while still carrying the past.

Something to consider

Moving on can be gradual and still count. Choose the next step that makes daily life a little calmer, even if your feelings have not caught up.

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Historical texts

Waite: the card

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.

Source: The Pictorial Key to the Tarot — A. E. Waite (1922) · Public domain

Waite: divinatory meaning

Journey by water, route, way, envoy, commissionary, expedient.

Source: The Pictorial Key to the Tarot — A. E. Waite (1922) · Public domain

Waite: reversed

Declaration, confession, publicity; one account says that it is a proposal of love.

Source: The Pictorial Key to the Tarot — A. E. Waite (1922) · Public domain

Mathers: meaning

58. Six of Swords.-Envoy, Messenger, Voyage, Travel; R. Declaration, Love proposed, Revelation, Surprise.

Source: The Tarot: Its Occult Signification, Use in Fortune-Telling, and Method of Play — S. L. MacGregor Mathers (1888) · Public domain