Tarot card meanings · Minor Arcana · Swords

Six of Swords

Movement toward ease, help given or received, a gentler passage — in the realm of thoughts, truth and the decisions you are circling.

Six of Swords
Lunara deck · ◇

How Lunara reads it

Upright: Movement toward ease, help given or received, a gentler passage — in the realm of thoughts, truth and the decisions you are circling.

Reversed: Help with strings attached, or nostalgia standing in for progress — in the realm of thoughts, truth and the decisions you are circling.

Keywords: relief, clarity · reversed: imbalance, clarity

Correspondences

  • Element: Air
  • Planet: Mercury
  • Zodiac: Aquarius
  • Yes / no: yes · reversed: no

When it appears upright

  • Making the best of a bad situation
  • Recovering from defeat
  • Resetting expectations
  • Making allowances for unexpected circumstances
  • Helping others who find themselves in dire circumstances
  • Changing the way you see the world
  • Broadening your perspective through study or travel

When it appears reversed

  • Refusing to accept that things have changed
  • Playing the victim
  • Rejecting the idea that your actions have consequences
  • Applying scientific criteria to matters of faith, or confusing faith with science
  • Believing the whole world should be like your small corner of it

Classic readings

  • You'll soon go on a long journey over water
  • Actions have unexpected consequences, so be prepared

In love

Upright: moving on from conflict, emotional transition, healing together, leaving relationship difficulties behind. Reversed: resisting transition, unfinished business, returning to trouble, stuck.

In work and money

Upright: moving to a better role, gradual career recovery, relocation for work, leaving difficulties behind. Reversed: resisting change, rough transition, unfinished business, stuck baggage.

Inner life

Upright: spiritual transition, moving toward clarity, gradual healing, leaving troubled thoughts behind. Reversed: resisting transition, carrying old baggage, returning to trouble, stalled healing.

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