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Minor Arcana · Suit of Swords · Six

Six of Swords

Upright: transition, moving on, relief, passage. Reversed: resistance, baggage, stuck, delayed.

Six of Swords — the Rider–Waite–Smith tarot card
Rider–Waite–Smith, 1909

Six of Swords upright meaning

  • transition
  • moving on
  • relief
  • passage

You're moving away from rough water toward something calmer, even if the shift feels quiet. Let yourself leave the hard chapter behind this week, relief comes gradually, one step at a time.

Six of Swords reversed meaning

  • resistance
  • baggage
  • stuck
  • delayed

You want to move on, but you keep carrying the same baggage that made the last chapter hard. Something's keeping you anchored, name what you refuse to leave behind before you can move forward.

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Arcana
Minor
Suit
Swords
Rank
Six (6)
Deck
Rider–Waite–Smith

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