Swords
Six of Swords
- transition
- moving on
- passage
- calmer waters
On the card
A ferryman poles a small boat toward a distant shore, carrying a hunched, cloaked figure and a child, with six swords standing upright in the bow.
Upright
You are leaving rough water behind and heading somewhere calmer. The journey may be quiet and a little sad, but it is moving you forward. Accept help on the way, carry only what you need, and trust that the far shore offers a gentler place to land.
Reversed
Moving on feels harder than expected, or something unresolved keeps pulling you back. You may need to say out loud what you have been carrying before you can truly leave it. An honest conversation or confession could be the oar that gets you going again.
- Love & connection
- A relationship is shifting into a steadier phase, or you are healing after a difficult one. Go gently and let the calm come.
- Work & purpose
- A transition, a change of team or direction, is underway. Focus on the next stretch, not the whole voyage.
- A prompt for you
- Let the past be the shore behind you, not the boat you sit in.
Card art: SoulMates Quest deck. Meanings based on A. E. Waite (1911). A reflection, not a prediction.