Six of Swords
The Card
A cloaked woman and child sit huddled in a small boat as a ferryman poles them across a river. Six swords stand upright in the boat's hull. The right side of the water churns; the left is smooth. They are going somewhere safer.
Symbolism
The six swords are the burdens carried — the mental difficulties that could not be shed before departure. The turbulence left behind is the painful situation. The calm ahead is peace earned through the willingness to leave. The cloaked figures do not look back.
Crossing toward calmer waters. A ferryman poles a small boat carrying two passengers and six upright swords. The water on the right is turbulent; the left, calm. Something difficult is being left behind. The crossing is sorrowful but necessary.
Stuck in turbulence, resisting necessary transition, returning to what was left behind.
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