Swords · tarot

Six of Swords

Leaving rough water for smoother, with the swords still in the boat. Better, not resolved.

Mercury in Aquarius · Kumbha 2nd decanUpright & reversedFree
SixSix of Swords. A ferryman poles a boat carrying a huddled woman and child across still water, six swords standing in the hull.Six of SwordsMercury in Aquarius · Kumbha 2nd decan
SuitSwords · Air
RankSix
Book T calls itEarned Success
ElementAir
PlanetMercury · Budh
SignAquarius · Kumbha
Decan2 · 10°–20° Aquarius
What the card shows

A ferryman poles a boat carrying a huddled woman and child across still water, six swords standing in the hull.

Upright
passagemoving oncalmer water

Leaving rough water for smoother, with the swords still in the boat. Better, not resolved.

Reversed
stuckcarrying itdelayed

The crossing stalled, or the trouble packed and brought along.

In love

Moving on quietly. Sadness allowed on the trip.

In work

Take the transfer. Somewhere calmer is enough of a reason.

Where this card comes from

The Golden Dawn gave every card a planet, a sign or an element, and the Rider–Waite–Smith deck was drawn to that system. That zodiac is tropical. This site’s astrology is sidereal, roughly 24° away, so Six of Swords being Mercury in Aquarius describes the card and not your chart.

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