Six of Swords upright
A figure poles a boat through still water; six swords stand in the prow; a woman and child sit huddled. The Six of Swords is transition, sober and on purpose.
Move. The water under the boat is calmer than the water behind. This card affirms the leaving, even when you can't yet see the new shore.
Six of Swords reversed
Reversed, the transition is delayed or being resisted - you know you need to go but haven't started the crossing.
Keywords
- transition
- passage
- moving on
- calmer water
- release
Where this reading comes from
Meaning authored from the Rider-Waite-Smith reader tradition rather than copied from any single modern source.
Common questions
- What does Six of Swords mean?
- Crossing the water - leaving harder ground for calmer. A figure poles a boat through still water; six swords stand in the prow; a woman and child sit huddled. The Six of Swords is transition, sober and on purpose.
- What does Six of Swords mean reversed?
- Reversed, the transition is delayed or being resisted - you know you need to go but haven't started the crossing.
- Is Six of Swords a good card to draw?
- Six of Swords belongs to the swords suit, which deals with thought, conflict and truth. No card is simply good or bad; what it means depends on the question and where it lands in the spread.
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