Uprighttransition, moving on, leaving difficulty behind
Reversedresistance to change, unfinished business
Upright meaning
The Six of Swords stands for transition and moving toward calmer times. It points to leaving difficulties behind, travel or a gradual recovery.
Reversed meaning
Reversed, it can show resistance to change, unresolved problems carried along or a delayed transition.
What the card shows
A ferryman rows a boat carrying a cloaked woman and a child toward a distant shore. Six swords stand upright in the boat.
As your card of the day
You are moving toward calmer waters. Leave troubles behind and accept help on the journey. Transition brings relief.
“I move peacefully toward better times.”
Take one step away from a stressful situation.
Questions
What does Six of Swords mean in tarot?
The Six of Swords stands for transition and moving toward calmer times. It points to leaving difficulties behind, travel or a gradual recovery.
What does Six of Swords reversed mean?
Reversed, it can show resistance to change, unresolved problems carried along or a delayed transition.
Is Six of Swords a yes or no card?
Maybe. Gradually; things are moving in a better direction.
Card pictures: the 1909 deck by Pamela Colman Smith (public domain). Meanings based on A. E. Waite's The Pictorial Key to the Tarot (1910), rewritten in modern language. For inspiration and reflection only.