Card 55 • swords

Six of Swords

Brief Description

The 6 of Swords symbolizes a journey through hard times towards recovery, marked by change and hope. In its upright position, it denotes transition, recuperation, and moving forward. In its reversed position, it suggests being trapped in adversity, despair, and stagnation.

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Imagery

A woman, shrouded in a dark cloud, travels over the sea. She looks troubled and appears to be grieving. Six clouds, floating beside her, carry all the woman's troubles and pain. She reaches for a rope, attached to a star above and an anchor below, hoping it will lead her to a new place where she can recover from her sorrows.

Upright Meaning

Transitional period, 'the blues', recovery, change of scenery, moving on, hope

Reversed Meaning

Mired in suffering, stuck in a bad situation, despair, inertia

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✍️ Deck author(s): Catrin Welz-Stein

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